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Last updated 08/11/2001.

• 07/23/2001: Hi, When I was in school I was a bad kid. I wouldn't get to class on time,talked back to the teachers gave them a real hard time.I had a wood shop teacher that tried everything to get straiten me out. One day he called into his office to talk to me I saw a picture on his wall of JYD he said that was his brother and that his brother wouldn't be where his at today without school.A couple of weeks later I meet JYD at the old Charlotte Coliseum. I told him that his brother was my teacher and who I was.A he said that his brother told him about me and that I had a hard road ahead of me if I stayed the way I was. We talk awhile and I still remember what said to me. I he did make a differents in my life. So did Mr.Colson my JR.High wood shop teacher... Them two made one hell of a tag team. Thanks for the opportunity to share this story.
  Todd Breeden
  
  
• 04/08/2001: I had first heard of the Junkyard Dog around 1979, through magazine articles covering his feud in the Mid-South with the Fabulous Freebirds. I finally got to see JYD wrestling around 1980 when Ted Dibiase brought JYD to Georgia as his surprise partner in his own feud with the Freebirds. JYD was always exciting in the ring. When you heard Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" over the loud speakers, you know that JYD was on his way to take care of business. He will definitely be remembered by longtime wrestling fans as one of the most exciting wrestlers in the history of southern wrestling.
  Rest in Peace, JYD, you will never be forgotten.
  Al T
  North Babylon, NY
  
  
• 03/28/2001: In Lake Jackson Tx. in June 26 1993 I was on a show with JYD. Still a rookie, and booked as Pete Longhorn back then I was getting ready to face NightBreeder {soon to be Ahmed Johnson, WWF I-C champ} back in the lockerroom. As I rounded a corner I came upon the JYD warming up and looking in the mirror. I smiled and he said "Not bad for a 41 year old man, huh." I replyed "Not bad at all Dog." He went on to defeat "Cajun Brawler" Bubba Monroe that nite to a big pop from the fans. I got his buisness card in my scrap book.
  RIP-JYD
  Pete "Viper" Christie
  www.angelfire.com/mi2/viperpete
  
  
• 03/25/2001: What can I say? The Junkyard Dog was one of the best. I am 25 years old and remember the days of the WWF becoming the huge success it is today. Thanks to the help of the real "People's Champion," the Junkyad Dog, the WWF is what it is today. I remember seeing the JYD in Louisville, KY in 1986. The headlining bout was the British Bulldogs vs. the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkolff. However, I (and just about everyone there) went to see the JYD take on the King Harley Race. It was the most electrifying bout of the evening, resulting in the JYD pinning the King in the middle of the ring (my father says he never heard me scream so loud in my life!). I remember watching the JYD's career slowly fall, but I always was and never stopped being a huge fan. He did not need cheap exploits, muscle drugs, or curse words to be a fan favorite. Just a few devastating moves, some dancing skills, and a good heart made the JYD one of the more popular wrestlers. As I sit here and pay tribute to the JYD, I hope fellow fans can remember the way he made you smile when he did the knee-bop dance on the ring apron during his entrance, or when he talked his talk and walked his walk during his interviews. I hope that wherever he is, he can hear his fans still call his name. Forever will I cheer the for JYD. RIP my good friend and may God Bless your soul.
  -Kendall, Akron, OH
  
  
• 01/03/2001: I never got to see the Dog in person, as I don't think he ever made it to England, but I used to watch him whenever they showed WWF matches in the 80s (which was very rarely!). He had the best headbutt in the game! I was most upset to hear about him having died - he was always a favourite of mine, and it seems of many others as well.
  Jamie
  
  
• 12/27/2000: My greatest memory of the Junkyard Dog was when he came out to the ring with his big dog chain to Another One Bites the dust theme. Another memory is when the JYD battled Harley Race in Wrestlemania 3 to be king of the WWF.
  Joel M.
  
  
• 11/12/2000: It was in Shreveport, LA., when this little incident happen....the JYD was leaving the municipal auditorium and this guy wanted to help JYD get his bag and put it in his car which was a very nice car. The dog said to him "You better get away from that car". It was so funny..I guess that you had to had been there... and another time, the dog gave my nephew his towel, and that was great of him,,,we all miss him, I have been a wrestling fan for a very long time...
  Danny L. from Shreveport, LA.. take care!!!
  
  
• 11/09/2000: I just can't believe one of the greatest wrestlers has died at 45. I started watching wrestling when I was 4, believe it or not. it was probably because my brother liked it so much. But the first wrestler I ever took a liking to was JYD. He would always come to the ring with the chains on his shoulder, and I thought that was a cool fashion. As already stated by Dennis from Ohio, his body WAS as hard as a rock and his heart WAS as soft as a pillow. However, the thing that I think is the most tragic about his death was that he was on his way home from his daughter's graduation. as I sit here typing this, I am close to tears. JYD, you're the main reason that I got interested in pro wrestling, and for that I love you and thank you. what a godforsaken loss. I will always remember you.
  Mark Sterenberg from Hudson, Ohio
  
  
• 11/08/2000: My fondest memory of Junkyard Dog was on a Saturday Night's Main Event WWF card. He and Jimmy Hart competed in a number of different physical events that evening, but not wrestling, to prove who was the better man. Events such as going to a giant waterslide, etc. I think it was on the same card JYD wrestled Terry Funk as part of their feud. At one point in the match, don't know if it was the end or not, Jimmy Hart entered the ring. I think JYD had put Funk out with a sleeperhold. JYD got a hold of Hart and pulled his pants down revealing these silky, red, bikini briefs. JYD then put his foot on Hart's back so he couldn't move and branded Hart's butt cheek with Funk's branding iron. It was a very commical wrestling moment. Hart was humiliated. Junkyard Dog was a true original. One of the stars from the true, respectable days of wrestling. Before it became a comical circus sideshow. He will be truly missed. Farewell Sylvester.
  Myles Keleman (Regina, Canada)
  
  
• 10/04/2000: I just read in a "Where Are They Now" wrestling site that the JYD is R.I.P. I'm 26 years old and I haven't been this upset in a while. Growing up, I had the opportunity to see him perform in New York, New Jersey, and Arizona, and each time he was the best wrestler on the card. It is a shame that such a great and caring man died the way he did, but I know that he brought a lot of cheer to my generation, and that cannot be taken away. I think it is great that you took the time to make this web site.
  - Oran
  
  
• 06/26/2000: I am so sad right now. I just found out that Junk Yard Dog died. I have been a wrestling fan for 15 years, and from the beginning, he was one of my favorites. At the first live wrestling event I attended (back in 1986), my friend and I almost got picked to go in the ring with him, and even though we didn't, I remember his match being one of the highlights of that night. To this day, I know every word of "Grab Them Cakes". JYD always brought a smile to everyone's face whenever he performed. He will be terribly, terribly missed.
  Regards,
  Janice (Brooklyn, NY)
  
  
• 05/02/2000: The first wrestling show I ever attended was a WWF show in Des Moines, Iowa where I live. The main event of the show was Junkyard Dog vs King Kong Bundy (this was when Bundy was destroying Hogan on a weekly basis building up to their Wrestlemania match). I was in first grade at the time and had only been watching wrestling for about a year, being only 7 at the time, I thought wrestling was real. I was concerned for my favorite wrestler, the JYD, because Bundy had just broken Hogan's ribs. Well, JYD was able to beat King Kong Bundy that night, and then he proceeded to grab a couple of kids a little older than me out of the first row at ringside to do his dance. I said "Bye Dad" and ran towards the ring and climbed over the security rail, I climbed up the ring apron and a security guard actually gave me a little help getting in the ring. I was now in the ring next to the Dog and we were doing his dance. Fans were cheering and the Dog gave me a big high five as we left the ring. The Junkyard Dog was always my favorite wrestler and I was really sad to hear he had passed away. I just found this site, and I am greatful someone went to the time and effort to honor my favorite wrestler of all time. R.I.P. JYD you are truly a wrestling legend.
  Later
  Elliott
  
  
• 04/15/2000: My name is Shawn, I have been in the sport of professional for almost 4 years now. I first entered the sport as a referee and got to be in the ring with stars that I grew up watching on T.V. such as Tommy Rich, Jimmy Valiant, Brickhouse Brown, Jerry Lawler, Sid Vicious, but the one that I finally got the chance to meet who was had always been my wrestling idol since my childhood was the legendary Junkyard Dog. I remember when we was doing a show in Arkansas close to my home town of Searcy, AR., and JYD was scheduled to wrestle for us. To me it was a dream come true when my childhood idol walked through the dressing room door.Him and me sat in the corner talking about the Mid-South days and I told him how big of a fan I had always been of him.He gave me a picture of him that night and autographed it, and I also loaned him a T-shirt that he liked, and wrestled in it that night.It was an honor to get to referee his match and get to know him. Less than 1 year later sadness hit me when I got the news that he was in a fatal automobile accident. Junkyard Dog was my hero, and I will always remember him as my hero especially when I browse through my photo album and come across my picture autographed JYdog 1996.
  Shawn Lawrence
  
  
• 03/22/2000: I had the honor of meeting the Junkyard Dog a few years back. My friend Eddie was very ill, and unfortunately we knew he wasn't going to make it. He was a huge JYD fan, so me and my friends sent a letter to the JYD, hoping he might see our pal. The JYD ended up showing up at his bedside, only three days before he passed away. JYD put a huge smile on my buddie's face when things were looking so very bleak. Eddie's girlfriend, B.A., was at Eddie's side when he died and said that one of the last things Eddie said was how happy he was that he got to meet the JYD... his hero. JYD was a special man and he will always be admired by yours truly!
  Chris Sheets
  
  
• 03/11/2000: Wow! I was typing in names to the search engines and just found out about the JYD. I had no idea he had passed. I am 28 years old and a big wrestling fan. When I was a kid, me and my Dad would go and see the wrestling matches at the old "smoke filled" Charleston County Hall in Charleston SC. We would watch wrestlers such as Ricky Steamboat, Jay Youngblood, Wahoo McDanials, Paul Orndorf, the Koloffs, and JYD!! Wow! What memories. I still follow and enjoy watching wrestling, however, wrestling has changed and nothing beats watching the wrestler from those days. Everyone loved JYD! Actually the wrestler that reminds me of him the most is the WWF's "The Rock" Simply because of the electrifying entrances that both entertainers have. Anyway, I just wanted to pay my respects to one of my childhood rememberence "JYD"
  Dave
  
  
• 02/27/2000: There was no better role model for my area of Portsmouth, Ohio where such a well-known and famous wrestler brought so much hope. The last known function he wrestled in this area was at New Boston, Ohio for the Heart Foundation, Inc. to help raise money for the ones in need for blood and/or heart transplants as well as other necessary life-giving organs! This just goes to show JYD died leaving a good and most impressive image in such a small town's mind and now memory. He left a message that we can rise to something better, we just have to make it happen. And, if the good Lord takes us home sooner than expected, then we have left our mark in the world as one of encouragement, determination, and faith.
  A Faithful Wrestling Fan and Viewer,
  Stephanie and Terry, and family
  
  
• 02/12/2000: I remember seeing JYD in a town near me back in the days that he was in the WWF. He was so nice to the fans. I feel the loss the family is going though. I hope that time only heals the pain to lose someone as nice as he was. Rest in peace JYD! You will never be forgotten!
  Kelly (Utica, NY)
  
  
• 02/12/2000: My condolences to his family, watching JYD wrestle was nothing but enjoyable, he is the reason why I began to watch wrestling at an early age. My reaction to hearing this was a huge shock and also a feeling of great sadness, the wrestling business lost a wonderful wrestler, wonderful entertainer, but most of all a wonderful person. May he rest in peace, and again my deepest sympathy to his family.
  Daniel
  
  
• 01/27/2000: I was very, very sad to learn that the Junkyard Dog was no longer with us. I used to watch wrestling with my dad since I was 5, I'm now 25 but for the last few years when they've been bringing back old school wrestlers, I've been hoping to see the JYD because he was always my fav as a kid, & it's tragic to know that he can't be here in this time of this great sport because he was one of the greatest. My best wishes to his family.
  Kara
  
  
• 01/11/2000: JYD was to me the greatest wrestler of his time. At the age of 4 (I am now 22) I became an avid wrestling fan and one of the first matches I ever saw was JYD fighting the Sheik. From that moment on I was hooked and have been watching ever since. It came as a hard blow the day I turned on the television and heard JYD had passed on. Having met many other wrestlers (i.e. Buddy Landell, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Tommy Rich, Mable, and Ken Shamrock) it saddened me not to have met JYD in person. But his memory lives on in his friends, his family, and his fans. Gone but hardly forgotten.
  Steve
  
  
• 01/06/2000: Some of my favorite memories of my youth were the many hours my Dad and I watched Mid-South wrestling. Of course Junkyard Dog was my favorite. I don't know how many times we watched him live in Alexandria La. I recall him wheeling Buck Robley to the ring in a wheel barrell and lifting his "Stagger Lee" mask while cutting up with the fans during his matches. My friend who is a paramedic in Mississippi heard the news on his ambulance radio and called me that night. What a tragedy! Rest with the angels Sylvester. You will never be forgotten!
  Jamie
  
  
• 01/01/2000: I FOUND YOUR SITE ON THE NET AND I'M A HUGE FAN OF THE LATE JUNK YARD DOG. I GREW UP IN LAKE CHARLES LA. WHERE MID SOUTH VISITED AT LEAST 2 TIMES A MONTH. I WOULD MAKE EVERY EVENT. THERE WASN'T A TIME WHEN THE JYD WASN'T IN THE MAIN EVENT. MOST OF TODAY'S STARS EITHER CAME OUT OF MID SOUTH OR MADE APPEARANCES ON MANY OCCASIONS. MY FRIEND HAD THE LIBERTY TO SIT AND DRINK A COUPLE OF BEERS WITH THE JYD IN BATON ROUGE. HE WAS IN TOWN AND STOPPED THEM TO ASK WHERE COULD HE CASH A CHECK, THEY KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHO HE WAS AND INVITED HIM TO GO INTO A LOCAL NEIGHBOR AND KICK BACK A COUPLE OF COLD ONES. THEY SAID YOU COULDN'T EXPLAIN WHAT IT WA LIKE TO SIT AND JUST HAVE A BEER WITH A GUY WHO YOU GREW UP WATCHING EVERY SATURDAY MORNING. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED.
  THANKS
  GREG
  
  
• 12/28/1999: WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MID SOUTH WRESTLING, SURE THE NAMES OF BILL WATTS, SKANDAR AKBAR, AND TED DIBIASE COME TO MIND. BUT BY FAR THE MOST FAMOUS WRESTLER IN MID SOUTH HAS TO BE SYLVESTER RITTER AKA THE JUNKYARD DOG. I MET JYD AT A CARD IN MONROE, LA ONE NIGHT ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. I'VE SEEN HIM NUMEROUS TIMES ON TV, BUT THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME TO SEE HIM IN PERSON. I WAS 22 OR 23 AND HAD A 16 YEAR OLD BUDDY WITH ME THAT WAS DEAF AND DUMB (JACKIE COULDN'T SPEAK OR HEAR). AS JYD CAME TO THE RING, HE WAS SLAPPING HANDS WITH THE CROWD. WHEN HE CAME BY JACKIE AND MYSELF, WE TALKED A BIT . HE NOTICED JACKIE'S HANDICAP RIGHT AWAY. HE INVITED US TO MEET HIM BACK STAGE AFTER THE MATCHES. WE STAYED BACK THERE TALKING FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. JUST BY TALKING (AND LISTENING) FOR THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME, I REALLY COME TO LOVE JYD. NOT JUST FOR WHAT HE WAS, BUT FOR WHO HE WAS. WHEN I HEARD OF HIS DEATH, I'M NOT EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT TEARS CAME TO MY EYES. IF ANY OF THE WRESTLING ORGANIZATIONS EVER HAVE A HUMANITARIAN AWARD, I CAST MY VOTE FOR JYD. I'LL MISS YOU, MY FRIEND.
  HOSS
  GILBERT, LA
  
  
• 12/16/1999: I really can't put into words how I felt about Junkyard Dog. I am 28 years old and have been watching wrestling since I was 5. JYD represented everything that was good about pro-wrestling. It is a shame there aren't more of today's wrestlers like him and that there is not any promotion like Mid-south. I sure miss him.
  Randall from Wilmar, AR
  
  
• 11/25/1999: In 1979 I had the absolute greatest privilege of my life, I met and worked with JYD. He was one man who took time to care for jobbers. He worked with me, helped me along and actually got me my first TV shot with Gordon Sole. He drug me from the back and into the ring ans "gonna teach dis boy a lesson. I took one "Big Thump" and decided wrestling was not for me. RIP big guy. There are a lot of people who loved you and admired what you did for the sport of wrestling. You were a true hero, both in the ring and outside the ring. There are young men alive today because of what you gave of yourself. You will be missed.
  The Wrestling Geezer
  
  
• 11/20/1999: hi my name is Dennis I have been a wrestling fan for 10 years. I loved jyd, he was the best. I have seen him in person and I am glad I had that chance. He is a good man and good wrestler. I think he is one of the best I ever seen. His head was as hard as a rock, his body was as hard as a rock, his heart was as soft as a pillow. He had a big heart and a great mind. Wrestling fans all over the world will not forget jyd. He may be gone in life but in mind and heart he is still with us today. I give the best to his family, but mostly to his his wife and kids. They had a good man. We will never forget jyd. He will always be in my heart R.I.P Junk Yard Dog always and forever, your biggest fan. Dennis from Ohio
  
  
• 11/05/1999: To me he was the man in mid south. I would like to say that it was a pleasure to have seen him in mid-south. The titles he has held, he was the reason why I watch wrestling period. He was cool and he is blessed by our lord savior.Jesus Christ.
  Ryan
  
  
• 10/26/1999: Hey There, I grew up in Mississippi, and when I was in my early teens Mid South Wrestling was the only show I ever made an effort to watch. I went several years without ever missing an episode, which is more than I can say about any other program. I remember when Jake the Snake got his start there.. not because he carried a snake (like they did when he went to the lame WWF), but because of the way he slid in and out of the ring.. snakelike. I loved it when he tag teamed with the Barbarian and they just destroyed everybody they wrestled. I remember Jimmy Coronet and the Midnight Express and their epic battles with the Rock-N-Roll Express. I remember the Grappler from the early days, and Dick Murdoch. I remember the VERY FIRST TIME Jim Ross ever did wrestling commentary... he was a guest commentator with Cowboy Bill Watts on Mid South years before he ever went to the WWF. Ted Dibiase lived in my hometown of Clinton, MS, and I used to see him all the time at the gym and at the local Chinese restaurant. But my favorite was always JYD, because he WAS Mid South Wrestling. He always drew a big crowd when he wrestled locally. He was the only wrestler that never "turned bad", at least I don't think he did. I did not know he had passed away until I read it on your site, and I was extremely saddened to learn of his death. Rest in peace, JYD. You'll always have fans that love you.
  Tim
  
  
• 10/07/1999: Hey there,
  Words cannot express how sad I was upon hearing of the death of The Junkyard Dog. I'm 29 years old now, but I grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, and I used to watch Mid-South Wrestling every Saturday morning. I liked Jake the Snake, Magnum T.A., Terry Taylor, Mr. Wrestling 2, The Rock & Roll Express, and Brickhouse Brown, but my ABSOLUTE favorite was the Junkyard Dog. I remember well when his "friend" Ted DiBiase double-crossed him and loaded his glove, knocking the Dog out and winning the North American Title. I also remember the tag team of JYD and Mr. Olympia, my all time favorite tag team. I don't think JYD was ever as good as he was when he was in Mid South. Back then, wrestling was good, clean fun for us kids, nothing like that X-rated porno-trash on the tube these days. I don't even let my son watch it. I wish guys like JYD were still around. If so, pro wrestling would be family entertainment...again.
  Derrick
  
  
• 09/06/1999: I'VE BEEN A FAN OF JYD SINCE EARLY CHILDHOOD IN LOUISIANA. THE MOST FONDEST MEMORY I HAVE IS WHEN HE DONNED THE MASK TO BECOME STAGGER LEE. JYD SHOCKED NOT ONLY ME BUT THE ENTIRE WRESTLING WORLD WITH THAT. A LOT OF PEOPLE YOUNG WON'T REMEMBER THAT BUT IT WAS AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS CAREER AS A WRESTLER
  Sincerely, KENNETH
  
  
• 08/16/1999: I live in Australia and remember Junkyard Dog mainly from the mid 80's in the WWF. He was one of my favourites. In the early 90's some wrestling came to Australia and we saw him wrestle Don Muraco. Then after his match we got a photo with him. Earlier in the night he was signing autographs and Peter Clifford (a family member at the time) got this wrestling shirt and gave it to JYD but JYD told him that he had to ask politely for it to be signed, it was so funny and we laugh about it often still ! R.I.P Junkyard Dog
  - Nick
  
  
• 07/16/1999: I have many memories of the JYD. From the Saturday morning WWF cartoon, to his bringing young children into the ring after his matches, to his countless number of charities. Words cannot describe a man like Sylvester Ritter. I am just sorry that they didn't do for him what they did for the late Brian Pillman. RIP, JYD.
  
  
• 07/14/1999: Hi! My name is Bo (Columbus, GA). My dad Jerry and uncle Ted wrestled. In 1993 Monroeville, AL made the trip with my dad and uncle. It was a show run by Buck Robley. I met JYD for the first time that night. We had some conversation. At the time he was working with at risk youth in some capacity. Anyway, a year in a half later, we are at the Farm center in Dothan, AL. JYD is there again. He walks in the dressing room and says, "Hey, Bo!" That really impressed me because I know that he'd met so many people. For him to remember me from one night in some small town, that was something! From that point on, even though he was past his prime, I was a big fan!
  
  
• 05/16/1999: I am 15 now so I never saw many of his matches, but I have a memory I swear is 100% true. About a week before his death, he did a small card in Bandon Mississippi, about 40 miles from my home. There were only about 50 people at the event. Anyway, me and my best friend Neil were in line waiting for tickets, when I felt a large but gentle hand rest on my shoulder. I looked WAY up and there was the one and only JYD. He looked at me with a big smile, then pointed to my Brett Farve Jersey and said "Packers, thats a good team, I met all the players one year." He shook me and my buddies hand and walked off. I was stuttering all night long. I couldn't keep attention to the show that night but I remember on his way to the ring he slapped fives with the fans and easily won his match. This was an independant card I will never forget.
  
  
• 05/14/1999: I was born and raised in northern Louisiana and I had the great privilege of seeing JYD wrestle on many occasions during his prime in Mid South Wrestling. His clashes with Ted Dibiase & the Rat Pack as well as the Great Kabuki, One Man Gang, and Skandar Akbar are legendary. Professional Wrestling lost a true legend when JYD passed, but his memory and contributions to his sport will live on.
  Sincerely,
  Howard W.
  
  
• 12/26/1998: Not until I read a small little blurb in the xmas 98 TV Guide did I even know JYD was dead. He really was one of my favorites. As a youngster, I went to watch WWF and had my powder blue "junk yard dog" shirt on. When he came in, he made sure to slap my hand. That meant a lot to me. He knew who his fans were. JYD is surely a throwback to when wrestling was fun entertainment. I know that such a kind, tolerant man would not stand for the racism and devisiveness of wrestling today.
  To a classic, and a legend-
  Peace JYD, Peter
  
  
• 12/21/1998: I grew up watching JYD in the old Mid South Wrestling. I saw him live twice, once during his WWF stint, and once on an independent card a couple of months before his untimely death. What was amazing was his effect on the kids.I was 14 the first time I saw him, and he made a point of shaking hands and signing autographs. I am now 28 , and the last time I saw him, the kids screamed just as hard as I had at that age. - Eric
  
  
• 11/08/1998: When I was little my grandpa and I used to watch WWF. The Junk Yard Dog was our favorite. Whenever I went over to grandpa's we would watch old and new videos of him wrestling and when it was on t.v. we watched it too. My grandpa passed away when I was thirteen, and I felt this void in my life without him. He took me twice to see the Junk Yard Dog at WWF matches, but unfortunately the JYD wasn't there. Yet, he was always our favorite. Now after many years I looked up the JYD on the computer and found he had passed on also. As I read the disturbing news, I felt like a piece of my childhood and a piece of my grandpa went with him. I wish his family well and may God look over them a little bit extra.
  Love,
  Heather

There was scheduled to be a a show on October 10, 1998 to honor the Junkyard Dog, called "Wrestling Remembers Another Fallen Legend". If anyone has more information on this event, please let me know. The Long Island Wrestling Federation (LIWF) was putting on the show at the Elks Club in Queens, New York. Wrestling stars scheduled to appear were Tito Santana, Ax, George Steele, Johnny Valiant, Johnny Rodz, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Ox Baker, Tony Atlas, and Dawn Marie.