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03-07-2004, 10:30 AM
For my fellow old-school WWF fans:
HERCULES HERNANDEZ PASSES AWAY
by Mike Johnson @ 1:39:00 PM on 3/7/2004
Tom Mehs sent in the following...It was reported Saturday night that Hercules Hernandez passed away. This was announced at the Pro Wresting Hall of fame Dinner held outside of Buffalo, New York. At the start of the evening they had a ten-bell salute for wrestlers who have passed in the last year including Hercules, which shocked the crowd, as none of us knew.
We've been able to confirm that Hercules Hernandez (real name Raymond Fernandez) did pass away from what is believed to have been a heart attack in his Tampa, Florida home. Fernandez would have turned 46 on 5/7.
Fernandez was best known as "The Mighty" Hercules Hernandez in the World Wrestling Federation in the 1980s as a member of Bobby Heenan's stable. His major singles feud was with Billy Jack Haynes in 1987 over who had the better full nelson. The feud featured his career highlight, a double countout against Haynes at Wrestlemania III.
Fernandez was turned babyface in a feud against Ted DiBiase after an angle where he rejected being sold to DiBiase as "his slave." He later teamed with Paul Roma as the Power and Glory tag team.
After leaving the WWF in the early 1990s, he had a run in New Japan Pro Wrestling as Hercules Hernandez teaming with Scott Norton as the Jurassic Powers. He also worked briefly in WCW as the masked Super Destroyer managed by Harley Race during 1992's Bill Watts regime.
Prior to his WWF run, Fernandez had worked for a number of territories including World Class, Mid-South, and Central States Wrestling.
Fernandez has been retired for years, but did work an independent date in Queens, New York in 2001 for Gladiator Championship Wrestling.
PWInsider.com would like to pass our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and fans of Hercules Hernandez.
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"There is no god, and the cage wasn't 30 feet."--CM Punk
Oh, how I loathe you all.
This message was edited by Peachy on 3-7-04 @ 2:35 PM
HERCULES HERNANDEZ PASSES AWAY
by Mike Johnson @ 1:39:00 PM on 3/7/2004
Tom Mehs sent in the following...It was reported Saturday night that Hercules Hernandez passed away. This was announced at the Pro Wresting Hall of fame Dinner held outside of Buffalo, New York. At the start of the evening they had a ten-bell salute for wrestlers who have passed in the last year including Hercules, which shocked the crowd, as none of us knew.
We've been able to confirm that Hercules Hernandez (real name Raymond Fernandez) did pass away from what is believed to have been a heart attack in his Tampa, Florida home. Fernandez would have turned 46 on 5/7.
Fernandez was best known as "The Mighty" Hercules Hernandez in the World Wrestling Federation in the 1980s as a member of Bobby Heenan's stable. His major singles feud was with Billy Jack Haynes in 1987 over who had the better full nelson. The feud featured his career highlight, a double countout against Haynes at Wrestlemania III.
Fernandez was turned babyface in a feud against Ted DiBiase after an angle where he rejected being sold to DiBiase as "his slave." He later teamed with Paul Roma as the Power and Glory tag team.
After leaving the WWF in the early 1990s, he had a run in New Japan Pro Wrestling as Hercules Hernandez teaming with Scott Norton as the Jurassic Powers. He also worked briefly in WCW as the masked Super Destroyer managed by Harley Race during 1992's Bill Watts regime.
Prior to his WWF run, Fernandez had worked for a number of territories including World Class, Mid-South, and Central States Wrestling.
Fernandez has been retired for years, but did work an independent date in Queens, New York in 2001 for Gladiator Championship Wrestling.
PWInsider.com would like to pass our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and fans of Hercules Hernandez.
*edited to provide more info
http://home.earthlink.net/~okterrific/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/vicrawrf.jpg
"There is no god, and the cage wasn't 30 feet."--CM Punk
Oh, how I loathe you all.
This message was edited by Peachy on 3-7-04 @ 2:35 PM