It was one other sad day for skilled wrestling on Monday, because it says goodbye to considered one of the more colourful names of wrestling’s territory days. In a Facebook post, the Cauliflower Alley Club announced that “Golden Boy” Jerry Grey, who also wrestled under the name Guru, Mega Maharishi, and Might Yankee #1, had passed away from cancer on the age of 62, just 45 days shy of his 63rd birthday.
Grey was a protege of Boris Malenko, father of former WCW/ECW/WWE star Dean Malenko, and Louis Tillet, debuting for Tillet’s Sunbelt Wrestling promotion on September 14, 1981. He quickly became an in-demand territory wrestler, working for promotions corresponding to Georgia Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, Mid-South Wrestling, and Memphis’ Continental Wrestling Association, where he donned a mask to portray his Guu and Mega Maharishi personas. He would also tour Japan in 1988, and worked just a few matches for WWE as an enhancement talent.
Singles success eluded Grey for much of his profession, though he did hold the NWA Florida Bahamian Championship in 1986. As an alternative, is best success got here as a tag wrestler, first with Tom Prichard in Portland Wrestling, where the duo won the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championships in 1984, and with Bob Cook as The Mighty Yankees for Championship Wrestling of Florida in 1987.
“We laughed, we fought, we chased dreams together… and someway, through all of it, we created memories that point can never take away,” Cook wrote in CAC’s Facebook post. “This one hurts deeply. The ring feels somewhat emptier today, and so does my heart. We send our sincerest condolences to his family and friends during this most difficult time, may the memories of the great times carry us all through. Rest easy, my friend. Thanks for the memories, the miles, and the brotherhood. You shall be greatly missed… but never forgotten. Your partner, at all times, love you.”
Wrestling Inc. offers its condolences to Grey’s family and friends during this difficult time.