Indy Star Adam Dykes aka Adam Firestorm Passes, Aged 32

[Shane McMahon's Ass]

Source: via Gerweck.NET

Bryan Alvarez of F4Wonline.com is reporting that Adam Dykes who wrestled on the indy scene for the past decade as El Antorcha and later Adam Firestorm passed away last night. No official cause of death has been released but Dykes was involved in a tragic car accident a few months ago that could have played a part in his death.



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R.I.P, More updates will be posted

[Shane McMahon's Ass]

From Colin Vassallo:

It is with great sadness that I'm sending this e-mail to report that our
friend, and co-host of Ringside, Adam "Firestorm" Dykes, passed away last
night. I got a phone call this morning from Ian and I'm still in shock
trying to find the correct words.

Adam was 32 years old, a professional wrestler originally from New Zealand
but who lived in Victoria, BC. He wrestled for several indy promotions and
had a good run at the Extreme Canadian Championship Wrestling where he won
the NWA Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship twice and the NWA/ECCW
Heavyweight Championship.

Adam joined Ian on Ringside a couple of weeks after the show kicked off and
together they taped a year worth of shows and interviewed the likes of Bret
"Hit Man" Hart, Rob Van Dam, Eric Bischoff, Dave Hebner and others. His last
appearance on the show was uploaded yesterday, an interview with Irv
Muchnick to discuss the Chris Benoit double-murder suicide story which you
can listen at http://www.theringsidelive.com

We're still not sure how to proceed with the show at this point. Next week
Bryan Alvarez from Figure 4 - a good friend of Adam - was scheduled to be on
Ringside. We'll keep you posted throughout the week.

We're gonna miss Adam and his whacky stories on the show. He is survived by
his wife Emile and young son Thomas. Rest in peace.

Ian, who was more closer to Adam, wanted to write a few words of his own so
here they are below:

When you follow wrestling as much as we do, you'll have heard about "the
call". Well, this morning, "the call" turned into "the e-mail", or rather,
two of them.

Checking on my phone, Bryan Alvarez's e-mail saying "I absolutely cannot
believe this", and Jason Clevett's "call me" probably should have given the
game away. While I was waiting to get the PC running, a check on the phone
confirmed my fears.

For those of you who haven't heard yet, we've lost a great friend. Adam
Dykes, best known to all of us as Adam Firestorm, died on Friday night, at
the age of 32. That's about as much as we know right now.

For a decade, Adam wrestled mostly in the Pacific North West, as the masked
El Antorcha and later as Adam Firestorm, before an elbow injury forced him
out of the business. When we started Ringside Live way back in September
2007, we quickly realized that doing the shows solo was a bad idea, and that
having a co-host was for the best.

Surprisingly, for someone whom I knew so little at the time, Adam jumped at
the chance to do the show, even though it meant battling with Blog Talk
Radio and their numerous technical glitches. As time wore on, we became good
friends off air, as well as on air. Suddenly, the late night Friday live
shows would be something I'd look forward to, if only for the 5-10 minute
chat with Adam before we went live Following our switch to a taped show, we
actually talked more as we were without the limitations of the Blog Talk
lady telling us "three minutes... before show time."

I still remember on New Year's Eve last year, getting a voicemail on my cell
phone from Adam, wishing me a happy new year. I remember wondering how he
got my number... then remembering that my Skype was set (at the time, don't
try it now!) to forward messages to my cell phone if they weren't answered.
I was looking forward to doing the same back to him this year... and I wish
I still had that message on my phone.

At the end of September, Adam should have died. His words, not mine, after
taking the rear of a 600lb elk into his face in an auto accident near
Campbell River, BC. Adam lived to tell the tale, and laugh about it - I
suppose there's not much else you can do if you got the equivalent of a
Stink Face from an elk...

A little over a month later, and he's gone. The man who saved my ass during
every show we did, especially with guests like Eric Bischoff, Bret Hart, Rob
Van Dam and most recently, Irv Muchnick.

Adam, thank you for the privilege of being able to call you my friend. Thank
you for being the main reason why everyone listened to our show every week.
I wish I'd been able to visit you, but that's not going to happen now.

I'm going to miss you Adam. Rest in Peace mate. The pain is over.




Gerweck.net

[DUKE NUKEM]

very sad R.I.P

[Slayer_X]

rip man