Wrestleview is unhappy to report that unique Midnight Specific Member Dennis Condrey handed away on Friday night time. He was 74.
FTR’s Dax Harwood made the announcement of Condrey’s passing on his Instagram Tales. The information was additionally then additional confirmed by PWInsider, quickly after Harwood’s submit.
Harwood has launched a GoFundMe to assist Condrey’s household with the price of funeral bills.
The Midnight Specific began in 1980 with Dennis Condrey and Randy Rose in Southeast Championship Wrestling. In 1981 they had been joined by Norvell Austin. They disbanded in 1983. Nevertheless, later that very same 12 months a brand new model of the workforce had shaped in Mid-South Wrestling with Condrey and Bobby Eaton and Jim Cornette as their supervisor. After leaving Mid-South, the Midnight Specific competed briefly in WCCW earlier than signing offers with Jim Crockett Promotions. Condrey abruptly left the promotion in 1987 and was changed by Stan Lane.
Bobby Eaton and Stan Lane (managed by Jim Cornette), had a short fued with “The Authentic Midnight Specific” consisting of Condrey and Rose (managed by Paul E. Dangerously). This model of the Midnight Specific disbanded in October 1990 when Cornette and Lane left WCW.
Condrey was skilled by Joe Turner, making his professional wrestling debut in 1973. He spent the early years of his profession primarily wrestling for Nick Gulas’ Tennessee-based NWA Mid-America promotion.
Again on the August 5, 2023 episode of AEW Collision, FTR and CM Punk paid tribute to Condrey who made an in-person look through the present.
Wrestleview sends its condolences to the household, pals and followers of Dennis Condrey.
