{"id":3197,"date":"2015-11-15T03:51:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T09:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/?p=3197"},"modified":"2015-11-16T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T19:25:12","slug":"report-nick-bockwinkel-dies-at-age-80","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/15\/report-nick-bockwinkel-dies-at-age-80\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Bockwinkel dies at age 80"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2384475730\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Nick Bockwinkel, one of the all-time great professional wrestlers, reportedly died Saturday night at the age of 80.<\/p>\n<p>The Cauliflower Alley Club, where Bockwinkel was president until 2014, made the announcement\u00a0early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caulifloweralleyclub.org\/rip-nick-bockwinkel\/\" target=\"_blank\">CAC\u00a0announced<\/a>: &#8220;It is with a heavy heart the Cauliflower Alley Club announces that The Greatest AWA World Champion of all time and former CAC President Nicholas &#8216;Nick&#8217; Bockwinkel passed away Saturday night at approx. 8:40 p.m. due to health issues. &#8230;\u00a0The Cauliflower Alley Club, it\u2019s members, and all of Nicks fans &amp; friends send their condolences to Darlene &amp; the Bockwinkel family at this time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bockwinkel was one of the driving forces of\u00a0the AWA in the 1970s and &#8217;80s as top champion and all-time great heel. He was later recognized by WWE as part of a loaded Hall of Fame class in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Bockwinkel, who was inducted by long-time manager Bobby Heenan, joined a 2007 class that included Dusty Rhodes, Curt Hennig, Jerry Lawler, Jim Ross, The Shiek, and Mr. Fuji.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/awa-wrestling-great-nick-bockwinkel-dies-at-80\/350265471\/\" target=\"_blank\">Star Tribune tribute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; More to follow this week&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP Nick Bockwinkel. One of the classiest guys to ever grace the sport. There&#39;ll never be another. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U6L314MDX2\">pic.twitter.com\/U6L314MDX2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mike Mooneyham (@ByMikeMooneyham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByMikeMooneyham\/status\/665824193552904192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-610012947\"><div id=\"pwtor-3703292918\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Nick Bockwinkel, one of the all-time great professional wrestlers, reportedly died Saturday night at the age of 80. The Cauliflower Alley Club, where Bockwinkel was president until 2014, made the announcement\u00a0early Sunday morning. 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