Rest in Peace

William Moody died Tuesday.

Most people have no idea who that is.

I started watching him in the early eighties as Percival Pringle, the BLONDE, fat manager for Texas' World Class Championship Wrestling's biggest villains.

A few years later he became the manager to WWE's most famous icon of all-time, the Undertaker. That character became his legacy: Paul Bearer.

What surprised me the most is that Moody was only 58 years old when he died. That's just 5 years older than me. That means when I first started watching him in WCCW he was still in his mid 20's.

I always thought he was a lot older than that.

A lot older.

His wife died of cancer 4 years back and every interview he did after that he just talked about wanting to die and be with her. His life was not complete without her.

There was a brief time between stints as Paul Bearer in WWE that he actually lost about 100 pounds on a diet and exercise program. He never was on camera as his slimmer, trimmer self and the stress of losing his wife and not caring about fitness finally caught up with him.

He managed Kane, Mankind, and Undertaker in his career, and a few others. He played his cartoon-like character well. Both he and his urn will be missed by wrestling fans worldwide.

As he and Undertaker said often, "Rest in peace."