Saturday, February 16, 2008

Johnny Weaver

'The strong take from the weak, but it's the smart who take from the strong.'
-Johnny Weaver

I have been a fan of wrestling for nearly - if not - twenty years. I hadn't heard of Johnny Weaver before.

Until yesterday.

News reached the Pro Wrestling Torch that Weaver had died at the age of seventy-two.

Weaver was a big name during the territory days of professional wrestling. He was a star in the Carolinas and has the claim to being the first wrestler to use the sleeperhold as a finishing move in his matches.

He spent the last portion of his life working as a deputy sheriff in Macklenburg County, North Carolina.


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