Sad to report that Mike Fever passed away on Sunday morning following a
heart attack. He was 53 and I believe residing in Myrtle Beach, FL with
his brother, another former wrestler, Gentlemen Jim Holliday. Fever was
a journeyman for Jim Crockett in the late 70s/early 80s and also worked
on the undercard for CWF. He never really got a push but was well
regarded as a guy who consistently gave good matches. Austin Idol told
us: "Mike Fever was genuinely a nice guy. He was always willing to do
anything he was asked in the business and we all know how much one can
be asked to do. Regardless, he was one of the good guys, liked to laugh,
and I think he was happy to have the opportunity to be in the business
during this era. I think he knew that he was part of a historic time in
the wrestling industry and he embraced it in a very sincere way."

Japanese veteran Ryuma Go (Hiroshi Yagi) passed away on Sunday
reportedly due to blood poisoning. He was 53. It's believed his daughter
found him at home last week in a bad way. He was rushed to hospital but
doctor's could not save him. Go had fractured his wrist in a bicycle
accident a few days earlier and the wound became infected and spread
throughout his body. He had been working in a restaurant of late and was
pretty much retired from the business. In 2004 he was the subject of a
lot of negative media attention due to a purse snatching incident, and
it was also revealed that he starred in an adult video. Career notes
from Zach Arnold of www.fightopinion.com: After going for a try-out in
1970 for Kokusai (Int'l) Pro-Wrestling at the age of 14, Go would end up
wrestling all over the world (in Canada, Germany, America). He ended up
working with Tatsumi Fujinami and the two had a WWWF Jr. Title match at
Nippon Budokan in 1978. He floated from New Japan to UWF to All Japan.
He formed Pioneer wrestling in 1989 and would work various independent
dates, including matches featuring space alien gimmicks. Go was known
for his raw strength and power in the ring.