In sad news, WWE has announced on its website that wrestling veteran Bobby Duncum Sr. passed away on January 21, 2026, at age 81. The former football player wrestled for the WWF, NWA, New Japan, and AWA during his 20-year in-ring career, notably holding the AWA Tag Team Championship alongside Blackjack Lanza. Additionally, he was the father of Bobby Duncum Jr., who tragically died in 2000, aged just 34, from a drug overdose.
Duncum Sr. was a rugged Texas heel-cowboy character whom Dory Funk Jr. trained after a brief NFL career with the St. Louis Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals). Known for feuds with Bruno Sammartino and Bob Backlund, he was also part of the original version of Bobby Heenan’s “Heenan Family” in the AWA alongside Nick Bockwinkel, Ray Stevens, and The Blackjacks.
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