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Post by doakey on Oct 16, 2006 13:58:57 GMT
from ProWrestling.com-
According to The Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer, Joseph Magliano aka "Jumpin" Joey Maggs passed away yesterday. He was 37 years old. No further details are available at the moment.
Maggs often appeared on WCW's B-shows such as WCW Saturday Night and WCW WorldWide in a "jobber to the stars" capacity throughout the 1990's. Maggs was usually used to put over the rising WCW stars at the time, but he'd occasionally get a win every now and then. On the rare occasions in which he did win, he'd finish his opponent off with the enzuigiri. Maggs made his WCW debut in 1991 and appeared off-and-on on their shows until 1998. He took part in the inaugural WCW Light Heavyweight title tournament in 1991, and even got some promo time to promote it, but lost in the first round. Soon after, he briefly formed a tag team with Johnny Rich (Tommy Rich's brother) called "The Creatures." Maggs' lone televised pay-per-view appearance took place at Halloween Havoc 1991 as "The Creatures" lost to Big Josh and PN News. Current SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long once managed him. Maggs' final WCW television appearance aired on WCW WorldWide on Valentine's Day 1998 in a loss to the emerging Bill Goldberg.
Perhaps his greatest wrestling accomplishment was winning the USWA Tag Team Championship with fellow journeyman wrestler Rex King (former WWF wrestler Timothy Well from the mid-90's tag team Well Dunn) in 1990. Maggs made his wrestling debut in 1987 at the age of 18. He was from Wildwood, New Jersey.
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Post by †SamuraiFoochs† on Oct 16, 2006 16:56:40 GMT
RIP.
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Post by tequillin on Oct 16, 2006 17:16:08 GMT
Yet another pro-wrestler who dies too young. R.I.P.
I have no recollection of him but it's still disheartening all the same.
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Post by OfLegend on Oct 16, 2006 17:34:36 GMT
Would it be heartless of me to say that I don't give a fuck?
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Post by †SamuraiFoochs† on Oct 16, 2006 17:36:51 GMT
Would it be heartless of me to say that I don't give a fuck? Maybe a little, but I sorta see where you're coming from. I just think that wherever and whoever it is, young death is truly a tragedy.
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Post by Andy_3:16 on Oct 16, 2006 18:57:33 GMT
Who?
Well, RIP.
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Post by stevenuk1 on Oct 16, 2006 19:00:59 GMT
Haven't got a clue who the guy was, but R.I.P.
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Post by nextlevel on Oct 16, 2006 20:53:22 GMT
Hes acually included in the current jobber of the week bit on the wrestlecrap website.
No recollection of him but 37 is really young.
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