George "The Animal" Steel Dead at 79

It's not often I get to have two WWE related blog posts in one day, but George Steel was one of the most entertaining sports entertainers of all-time. His feud with the Macho Man over Miss Elizabeth's affections was one of the greatest storylines WWE ever did.

He retired from wrestling in the late '80's because of severe case of Crohn's disease, but he went on to coach 25 years of high school football after that.

I had just finished this portrait of him last week as part of a set of WWE wrestler digital paintings I'm working on. Click to enlarge.