According to SLAM! Wrestling and Reddit's Squared Circle, former American Wrestling Association World Tag Team Champion Stan "Krusher" Kowalski passed away on Friday at the age of 91.

Kowalski's real name was Bert Smith. Aside from being one half of the inaugural AWA World Tag Team Champions along with Henry "Tiny Mills" Mittlestadt as the tag team known as "Murder Incorporated", Kowalski was also a World War II veteran.

We at WrestlingNewsSource.com offer our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.