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 Performer from the first Wrestlemania found dead
Dave Meltzer is reporting that former AWA tag team champion Buddy Rose (Paul Perschmann) was found dead earlier today by his wife in his Portland, Oregon home. A cause of death is not known at this time.
Rose, wrestling as the masked Executioner, lost to Tito Santana in the opening match of the first Wrestlemania in 1985.
You might catch "Playboy" Buddy Rose currently on AWA on ESPN Classics, often teaming with his tag team partner "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers, managed by the late Sherri Martel. The rather large Rose would be introduced as weighing 271 lbs., but Rose would correct them by saying he weighed a slim trim 217 lbs.
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