Post by hbk on Oct 16, 2006 12:45:46 GMT -5
According to The Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer, Joseph Magliano aka "Jumpin" Joey Maggs passed away yesterday. He was 37 years old. No further details are available at the moment.
Maggs often appeared on WCW's B-shows such as WCW Saturday Night and WCW WorldWide in a "jobber to the stars" capacity throughout the 1990's. Maggs was usually used to put over the rising WCW stars at the time, but he'd occasionally get a win every now and then. On the rare occasions in which he did win, he'd finish his opponent off with the enzuigiri. Maggs made his WCW debut in 1991 and appeared off-and-on on their shows until 1998. He took part in the inaugural WCW Light Heavyweight title tournament in 1991, and even got some promo time to promote it, but lost in the first round. Soon after, he briefly formed a tag team with Johnny Rich (Tommy Rich's brother) called "The Creatures." Maggs' lone televised pay-per-view appearance took place at Halloween Havoc 1991 as "The Creatures" lost to Big Josh and PN News. Current SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long once managed him. Maggs' final WCW television appearance aired on WCW WorldWide on Valentine's Day 1998 in a loss to the emerging Bill Goldberg.
Perhaps his greatest wrestling accomplishment was winning the USWA Tag Team Championship with fellow journeyman wrestler Rex King (former WWF wrestler Timothy Well from the mid-90's tag team Well Dunn) in 1990. Maggs made his wrestling debut in 1987 at the age of 18. He was from Wildwood, New Jersey.
Maggs often appeared on WCW's B-shows such as WCW Saturday Night and WCW WorldWide in a "jobber to the stars" capacity throughout the 1990's. Maggs was usually used to put over the rising WCW stars at the time, but he'd occasionally get a win every now and then. On the rare occasions in which he did win, he'd finish his opponent off with the enzuigiri. Maggs made his WCW debut in 1991 and appeared off-and-on on their shows until 1998. He took part in the inaugural WCW Light Heavyweight title tournament in 1991, and even got some promo time to promote it, but lost in the first round. Soon after, he briefly formed a tag team with Johnny Rich (Tommy Rich's brother) called "The Creatures." Maggs' lone televised pay-per-view appearance took place at Halloween Havoc 1991 as "The Creatures" lost to Big Josh and PN News. Current SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long once managed him. Maggs' final WCW television appearance aired on WCW WorldWide on Valentine's Day 1998 in a loss to the emerging Bill Goldberg.
Perhaps his greatest wrestling accomplishment was winning the USWA Tag Team Championship with fellow journeyman wrestler Rex King (former WWF wrestler Timothy Well from the mid-90's tag team Well Dunn) in 1990. Maggs made his wrestling debut in 1987 at the age of 18. He was from Wildwood, New Jersey.
