Homicide wins retirement match as wrestling world pays tribute
Independent wrestling legend Homicide competed in his retirement match Thursday night, winning his final bout, with tributes pouring in from across the wrestling landscape.
Teaming with Bull James against Mike Santana and Afa Jr. at Thursday’s Outlaw Wrestling event in Brooklyn, Homicide was victorious in his final career bout taking place on his 48th birthday. Santana and Homicide were both part of the revived LAX faction in Homicide’s last TNA run.
Fan footage from the event has been posted online, including the locker room emptying for a standing ovation:
The former Ring of Honor World Champion and GCW Indie Wrestling Hall of Famer revealed this week that he was retiring from the ring after being diagnosed with a cyst on his brain. The star says that the cyst has impacted his vision and speech, necessitating retirement.
Friends and colleagues including Santana, Eddie Kingston, Bryce Remsburg, Dustin Rhodes, Will Ospreay, and CM Punk commented on Homicide’s retirement with tribute posts over the last several days. Those posts will be embedded below.
A cornerstone of the promotion in its first decade, Ring of Honor also posted a timeline video on their YouTube channel in honor of their former World and Tag Team Champion featuring more than seven hours of archival footage with fresh commentary from Kingston: