80-Years-Old Wrestling Veteran, Who Publicized WWE, Passes Away Days After Christmas Celebrations

WWE has always been one of the biggest wrestling promotions of all time. Ever since its inception, it has gathered a massive crowd, big enough to completely fill up a stadium. However, during its early stages it was still a regional wrestling promotion, which steadily turned big.

Owing to several top names, and brains, WWE turned itself into an International giant through a regional promotion. However, it was not always the management and the superstars that made a company, there were several other factors behind them as well. Vince McMahon and Hulk Hogan were two big names behind its success, however, there was one more person who was equally responsible.

Hosting a pro wrestling event, requires a lot of things. Starting from Arenas, production crews, advertisements and many more. And, Winnipeg based WWE promoter, ‘Doc’ Holliday was always at WWE’s doorsteps to provide them with these helps.

Holliday helped set up arenas for WWE, arrange interviews, radio, tv, and newspaper publicity, finding props for the show, setting up promotional interviews and many more. He was a vital part behind WWE’s success, and a very influential man backstage.

He was a good man, and was known for taking care of wrestlers and the fans in needs. Winnipeg Radio personality, Aiello once revealed how Holliday would step out of his way to provide care for the wrestlers by setting them up with massage, or physio and anything else they needed. He was also a vital reason behind WWE’s eventual success.

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The world lost Holliday on 28th December 2022. However, he last worked with WWE in 2013. Throughout his career with WWE, he was an important reason in instrumenting WWE’s success.

He carved Chris Jericho into what he is today and provided him with opportunities during his early days. And, Jericho himself credited Holliday for helping him during his struggling stage. The former crime reporter, was also a vital source behind several famous stories of WWE.

His past with The Sun, put him in a good spot with them, and it provided WWE with free ad spots with them. He also played an important role during the final wrestling show at the historic Winnipeg Arena, during the final WWE Raw and SmackDown events at that arena, he was given a tour of the MTS arena, a replacement of the Winnipeg Arena. After the tour, he spoke highly of the arena.

The reporter turned wrestling promoter was extremely influential and an important reason behind taking WWE to new heights.

Apart from wrestling, who was Bob ‘Doc’ Holliday?

Prior to his pro wrestling career, and his rise in the industry as a promoter, Holliday was a journalist belonging from the crime beat. Holliday started his journey from the Lance, a small newspaper company. The late wrestling promoter later moved to some of the major newspapers in town and also worked for The Sun from 1991 to 2007.

He also worked as a radio personality as a news and sports reporter. He was also a talk show producer, at CJOB, from 1981 to 91. However, it was his love for wrestling that made him choose wrestling over journalism.

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