Superstar Billy Graham has passed away

[Chris]

Pro wrestling legend "Superstar" Billy Graham (Eldridge Wayne Coleman) has been placed on life support as he continues to battle severe health issues.

In an update posted to Facebook on Monday morning, Graham's wife Valerie Coleman stated that "urgent prayers" are needed for her husband. Valerie said doctors wanted to remove Graham's life support, but she refused to do it.

"Please urgent prayers needed for my husband," the update said. "The doctors wanted to remove him from life support tonight, I refused. He’s a fighter and his will is strong even if his body isn’t. God is our hope"

The 79-year-old Graham, who's battled numerous health issues for decades, has been hospitalized for several months. Valerie wrote on May 9 that Graham was battling an infection and organ failure and would need to undergo emergency surgery:

Prayer warriors …..new update
Wayne will be having emergency surgery tomorrow. Still in ICU fighting the infection and organ failure. They did a nuclear test today that showed infection in the left hip and they said if we want to try and save his life they will have to go in and remove all of the old hardware and clean out the bone and surrounding tissue….it’s very extensive and you can imagine the risk involved.
It will be sometime in the midafternoon.
I see the hand of God in this and that’s where I’m putting my hope

One of the most charismatic wrestlers of all time, Graham held the WWWF Championship from April 1977 to February 1978. He was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class in 1996.

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[Bobby Barrows]

Sucks to hear about this, being in such critical condition with the numerous conditions he's had doesn't bode well, but who knows, hopefully he pulls through.

 

[Vegeta]

 

[Vegeta]

 

[Chris]

Fuck

 

[Alexa]

Damn, man

 

[Wiseman]

RIP, to a legend.

 

[Spider Matthau]

Charisma for days. RIP

 

[Gentleman Jake]

Rest easy big man


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[Bobby Barrows]

Absolutely tragic.

His legacy is ultimately one of a tragic tale of the dangers of wrestling. But he managed to live a long life despite his health issues. God speed.

 

[Cwalker]

Rest well Superstar

RIP

 

[Sabretooth]

He’s been dying for years. Surprised he lived this long tbh. RIP to an early legend. Showed what a wrestler should be

 

[Deezy]

Not many people are called "game changers" who actually did just that, Superstar Billy Graham did, He was 10 years too early, could rap, talk people into the building.

The inspiration for alot of your favourite wrestlers, favourite wrestler.

But that being said, he was not a good person, he used his faith to grift people and justify his infidelity and running out on his first family. He used his wifes TWO cancer diagnosis as away to grift donations from his fans. He sued people just in hopes of getting a settlement. He called Pat Patterson a pedophile on talk shows.

And let's be honest, he should've died 10 years ago. From what I read today, the last decade for him just seemed like a hell's punishment, this is a mercy killing.

RIP to the man who helped build the culture

But as we give people their flowers, we also got to remember there's thorns in them roses.

 

[Keith]

RIP to an icon as a performer at least.

 

[Crash]

RIP