{"id":79337,"date":"2020-11-23T15:24:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=79337"},"modified":"2020-11-23T15:24:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T20:24:04","slug":"colt-45-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/11\/23\/colt-45-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Deathmatch Wrestler Colt 45 Passes Away At The Age of 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The deathmatch community was rocked on November 21 with the news that <strong>Colt 45<\/strong>, an 11-year veteran of the deathmatch scene, had tragically passed away. No cause of death has been announced publicly, but the wrestler from Wheeling, West Virginia was only 29 years old.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rest in Peace, my brother.  <\/p>\n<p>Doing battle with you was a highlight of my 2020.<\/p>\n<p>So full of love, and life.<\/p>\n<p>A good fucking person. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/usr5KlF2Ue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/usr5KlF2Ue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PSYCHO SAMURAI (@theakiraway) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theakiraway\/status\/1329923512312745985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Over the past decade, Colt 45 has worked for various hardcore and\/or deathmatch promotions, including <strong>Vicious Outcast Wrestling (VOW)<\/strong> in his native West Virginia, North Carolina&#8217;s <strong>Milestone Wrestling<\/strong>, New Jersey&#8217;s <strong>On Point Wrestling (OPW)<\/strong>, Tennessee&#8217;s <strong>Total Psychopathic Wrestling (TPW)<\/strong>, and <strong>Pro Wrestling Georgia<\/strong>, and was on the rise as one to watch in the scene.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TPW: AKIRA vs. Colt 45 in a Barbed Wire Rope Deathmatch\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TGYLLw40v9o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fans and friends from the deathmatch scene shared their love for the late wrestler on Social Media, as the world of pro wrestling mourns another person who has died far too young.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Full Match: G-Raver VS Colt 45\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hpTxRcSpxFE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last Word on Pro Wrestling sends its condolences to Colt 45&#8217;s family, friends, and fans during this time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Man, Colt 45. RIP \ud83d\ude1e<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brandon Kirk (@ItsBrandonKirk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ItsBrandonKirk\/status\/1329956161240637450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2 people gone way too soon \ud83d\ude22 RIP Danny Havoc n Rip Colt 45 \ud83d\ude22 seriously though if there&#39;s anyone you care about just tell them that they matter and yh just tell them hugs \ud83e\udd17\ud83e\udd17\ud83e\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aVmKMKokt6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/aVmKMKokt6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Task ain&#39;t All In \ud83d\ude22 (@SirRandomTask) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SirRandomTask\/status\/1330125104026619906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This was a fucking epic death match. Akira has had an incredible year. Colt 45 had the match of his career here. Everything about this situation is just sad though. Colt still had decades left to live, much less to wrestle. Hope people go back and watch some of his stuff. RIP. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rAnHJ38Ssl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/rAnHJ38Ssl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tripping Balls (@IsThisWrestling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsThisWrestling\/status\/1330183466986639362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deathmatch community was rocked on November 21 with the news that Colt 45, an 11-year veteran of the deathmatch scene, had tragically passed away. No cause of death has been announced publicly, but the wrestler from Wheeling, West Virginia was only 29 years old. Rest in Peace, my brother. Doing battle with you was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":79343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547,6,2192],"tags":[6980],"class_list":["post-79337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-memorium","category-north-america","category-wrestling","tag-colt-45"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}