NICK BOCKWINKEL, AWA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 80 YEARS OLD!

LAST EVENING,  FORMER  AWA HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION NICK BOCKWINKEL DIED AT THE AGE OF 80!  NICK WAS ENSHRINED INTO THE WWE HALL OF FAME IN 2007!  I REMEMBER HIS INTERVIEWS AS BEING VERY "INTELLECTUAL" FOR A WRESTLER!   I WATCHED THE AWA ON LOCAL CHANNEL 49 WGCB OUT OF RED LION, PA!  THEN ESPN BROACASTED THE AWA IN THE LATE 80'S THRU THE EARLY 90'S!
IN 2005, I MET NICK AT WRESTLEREUNION 2 AT THE VALLEY FORGE CONVENTION CENTER!  

 ABOVE IS PHOTO OF NICK AT A SIGNING TABLE @ WRESTLEREUNION FROM 2005!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED COPY OF PRO WRESTLING ILLUSTRATED BY NICK BOCKWINKEL!

NICK'S LONE WRESTLING FIGURE MADE BY REMCO IN THE MID-80'S!  NOT A LOT OF TRADING CARDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR NICK!  SURPRISING FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!  THIS DOLL WAS PART OF MY COLLECTION FROM MY CHILDHOOD!  MY PARENTS CLEANED OUT THE ATTIC AND REALIZED I WOULD APPRECIATE THESE ITEMS!