The pro wrestling world was hit yesterday with yet another loss. Former WCW star David Sheldon who was known as “The Angel of Death” and the infamous “The Black Scorpion” was found dead in his home yesterday morning. He wrestled for many promotions including WCW,WCCW, Jim Crocket Promotions, Texas Wrestling Federation, National Wrestling Alliance,Global Wrestling Federation, Stampede Wrestling, and Universal Wrestling Federation. Over his career he was one half of the Russian Assassins with Jack Victory and also a body guard for the Fabulous Freebirds. In the early 1990’s Sheldon held the TWF Tag Team Championship with Abdullah the Butcher. In 1990 he was awarded the vacant WCCW Heavyweight championship. His career was cut short by a leg injury during a match with P.N. News. Due to the injury WCW pulled P.N. News off the air and was released from the company. In a ironic note Sheldon was scheduled to face Bruiser Brody and Kerry Von Erich at the times of their deaths. David Sheldon wrestled his last match in 2000 for WCW. He was 43 years old at the time of his death. We here at wrestlersramblings.com would like to send our thoughts and prayers out this David Sheldon’s family during this tragic time. I will have more information on his passing as soon as it’s available.

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You would had to have been blind (in both evil eyes) to not see this one coming, but even as it has, it still makes it difficult to stomach: the WWE has released King Booker and Queen Sharmell. Gone from WWE TV since the initial aftermath of the Signature Pharmacy scandal — Booker was rumored to have been suspended for 60 days at that time, following his alleged second offense against the WWE Wellness Plan — the King was said to be livid over the penalty, and immediately went home to Texas to consider his future options, after being refused to accompany the rest of the roster on a tour of South Africa (a tour on which he and Sharmell were reported to have a Zulu renewal of vows planned that had to be scrapped).

The owner of his own wrestling promotion and school, Booker (Michael Huffman) is said to be in very good shape financially as well as professionally in terms of options, and was said to be considering retirement for some time. His leaving the WWE — confirmed with this release, made public on WWE.com — will now certainly test that theory. Things looked bleak this week when it reported that Booker had removed the WWE logo and all references to his now-former employer from his website. Mr. Mal, on a personal note, will definitely miss the King’s antics. Never a huge Booker T fan per say, his Kingly guise, however, was played by Huffman at a genius comedic level and was easily the best thing he had ever done in his career — and that’s saying something considering all the success he had in WCW with Stevie Ray, as well his time as a singles competitor in WCW and the WWE. Best of luck to Booker in his now post-WWE career.

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Sigh . . . oh, what might have been . . . In news that is especially depressing to a longtime Bret Hart fan, it looks as though the would-be new Hart Foundation 2.0 is now as-good-as gone, with news breaking that troubled Teddy Hart was axed from World Wrestling Entertainment earlier today. Hart, along with Harry Smith (son of the late British Bulldog, Davey Boy Smith) along with Nattie Neidhart (daugher of Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart) T.J. Wilson and Ted DiBiase Jr. all comprised the group in the WWE developmental territories in Florida and Ohio.

The group was set to debut next month, with talk of a Survivor Series attack on Shawn Michaels a strong rumor, with another report even having Uncle Bret come back to the WWE for the first time since the infamous Montreal screw-job (not counting his Hall of Fame induction, at which he refused to step foot inside a ring) to run a brief angle where he would introduce the group and give it his blessing. Alas, it looks all for not now, as the talented but enigmatic Hart looks to have run afoul of the WWE yet again, and in turn, ruined the chance for this Hart Foundation relaunch — especially given that he brought the name Hart to the outfit. While nothing has been confirmed yet by the WWE, it should be noted that Hart (at one time the youngest wrestler to ever earn a developmental contract with the WWE) was released from the company in the past for reported immaturity. His tenure this time around was looked at as possibly his last chance with the company. He was last seen on television as part of the short-lived Wrestling Society X on MTV.

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