ORLANDO, Fla. -- Roberto Múñoz Carrillo, the indie luchador known as the Black Demon on the independent pro wrestling circuit has succumbed to the coronavirus. He was just 39 years old.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Howard Finkle, the WWE Hall of Fame ring announcer credited with coining the phrase "Wrestlemania," has died. He was 69 years old.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Roman Reigns is skipping WrestleMania at WWE Performance Center in Orlando due to concerns over coronavirus pandemic and his own 'immunocompromised' health.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes is ranked 25th best among the top 500 greatest wrestlers of the past 65 years.
The HeadlineSurfer.com column Wrestling ReWind presents its latest top 500 poll in honor of Rhodes, who died Thursday in Orlando, reportedly after a fall. He was 69.
The 25th ranking among the top 500 wrestlers truly demonstrates Rhodes' standing among the pro wrestling greats.
Rhodes, with his roly-poly girth, was not a hulking figure like the immortal Hulk Hogan, No. 1 of the top 500 wrestlers in the Wrestling ReWind rankings. But Rhodes played to his strengths with that girth as the "blue collar son of a plumber."
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- So much has been written about the Undertaker’s streak ending at Wrestlemania XXX, and to of all wrestlers, Brock Lesnar, as if that was some kind of letdown.
The superstars of the WWE were last here at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach two years ago with WWE champion John Cena headlining the house show, shown in the orange shirt. Newcomers The Shield, could be on the card with him when the WWE returns to the Ocean Center in June. Tickets go on sale, 10 a.m. May 10.DAYTONA BEACH -- Catch all the action and excitement of World Wrestling Entertainment Live when professional wrestling stars return to the Ocean Center at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22.
Headline Surfer photos by Henry Frederick / Two years ago, the WWE held a house show at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach featuring stars like John Cena as shown at far left, with fellow wrestler John Morrison. Such shows are few and far between.DAYTONA BEACH -- The WWE could be setting up shop in Orlando with a new developmental training facility, which would be great news for those who love professional wrestling with rising stars such as Ryback and the trio of Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, collectively known as "The Shield."
Such wrestlers came from developmental facilities in other parts of Florida. "WrestleZone.com reports such a facility in Orlando would "hold five wrestling rings, which will allow for much more ring time for developmental wrestlers."
