Gran Naniwa Passes Away + Lucha Libre USA Star Killed

– Chris Long, who worked as comedy sidekick Solid on MTV2's Lucha Libre USA, was shot and killed Saturday night at a strip club in Doraville, Georgia. Long worked at the club as a bouncer, and the current, unconfirmed belief is that three individuals tossed out by Long and the other bouncers returned at 5:30 AM and opened fire, resulting in his death. Long tweeted earlier in the night, "Three a**holes just jobbed out to the bouncers."

On behalf of everyone here on the website, we would like to extend my condolences to the family, friends and fans of Mr. Long.

– Michinoku Pro posted on their website Saturday night that Gran Naniwa passed away on October 6th due to a heart attack. He was thirty-four years old. Naniwa was a babyface for the company and also worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling. He's probably best known in the USA for losing in the 1995 Super J Cup to Jushin Liger and working a series of tag matches in ECW leading up to their first Pay-Per-View Barely Legal.

On behalf of everyone here on the website, we would like to extend my condolences to the family, friends and fans of Mr. Naniwa.