Former NWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Tommy Seigler passed away earlier this week, according to news reported by FOX Carolina.

Seigler began his career in 1963 and won numerous other titles including the NWA Florida Television Championship and the NWA Macon Tag Team Championships with Argentina Apollo.

Seigler’s career was cut short back in 1977 when he ruptured three disks while wrestling an event in Singapore against The Iron Sheik, and after having fusion surgery and rehabilitation, made the decision to retire the following year.

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