Category: Tribute Of Sorts

All written and/or video tributes to those who have passed on.

Mike Awesome (January 24, 1965 – February 17, 2007)

Just found out that former ECW heavyweight champion Mike Awesome recently passed away at age 42. Don’t really want to touch on the means of death, but instead I just want to remember him for all the great matches he had over the course of his career.

I remember when I saw him win the ECW title on PPV back in 99; it was the first ECW PPV aired in Canada at the time. While I was never a big fan of the guy, Awesome had a presence that made him different from other big guys in WW(F) or WCW. Here was a guy who not only looked like he could kick your ass, but wouldn’t have a problem doing it effortlessly either. He wasn’t a gimmick, he was this big bad brawler.

Then he went to WCW and he got all these shitty gimmicks… and then he was in WWE… and let’s forget all that.

His last big match around these parts was at the ECW One Night Stand show (the first one – and quite frankly, the only good one) where he had that last match with Masato Tanaka. Brutal stuff, man. But excellent too.

Condolences to his family and friends.

RIP Mike Awesome.

Eddie Guerrero (1967-2005) – A Tribute To A Champion

The following post is a compilation of individual posts from the old DTM Blog that was eventually combined to its own tribute page on the old DTM Webstation. It has been mostly preserved for the sake of historical context.

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Christopher Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004)

From USA Today:

Christopher Reeve, the star of the Superman movies whose near-fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research, died Sunday of heart failure, his publicist said. He was 52.

Reeve fell into a coma Saturday after going into cardiac arrest while at his New York home, his publicist, Wesley Combs told The Associated Press by phone from Washington, D.C., on Sunday night. His family was at his side at the time of death.

I just found out a short while ago and all I can say is… WOW. The phrase “Death of Superman” has never been more truer than it is today. And just when he was on the verge of beating his paralysis… this is truly a sad day.

You’ll be sorely missed, Mr. Reeve. R.I.P.