RIP Clawmaster

[sek69]

Not sure if this is the right forum for this, but Jim "clawmaster" Zordani passed away late Friday night/Saturday morning. I believe he posted here as claw64, and besides being the go-to guy for results of seemingly every wrestler ever, he was a fun guy to interact with online.

 

 

[kjh]

Yeah, he was a great guy. The online wrestling community will be a lesser place without him. Very sad news.

[pantherwagner]

Fuck, that is terrible. That same Friday he was sharing songs on his facebook. Jim was a great man with a tremendous sense of humour who always was helpful and friendly.

 

Thanks for sharing.

[Sidebottom]

Christ, he was only posing here the other day in the WON HOF thread

[khawk20]

I've known Jim online for well over a decade. Great guy all around. I'll miss him.

[JerryvonKramer]

I didn't know him, but this is a sad loss. I think anyone who has spent any time at all doing research on historical stuff will have come across his work in some shape or form. The results are an invaluable resource. Seems so sudden when he was posting just the other day.

[Bix]

What the fuck.

[Matt D]

His work was a huge resource back when the AWA set watching was going on. I was happy to see when he started posting here a bit more frequently. Big loss to the community.

[Marty]

Very sad news. I didn't know Clawmaster personally, but he was among those that was a joy to read and great to learn from. What really makes me sad is, according to WrestlingClassics, he was only 50.

[KrisZ]

Wow......that is crazy because yeah he just posted his HOF ballot. Jim was a tremendous resource for me when I started gathering results and the fact that he is gone is a tragedy for any old school wrestling internet fan. RIP Clawmaster

[Dewar]

Damn. This is totally unexpected. Talked to Jim online for over a decade now, starting way back in the day during the WrestlingClassics AOL chats. Really nice guy, he will be missed.

[El-P]

I really didn't know him, but this is a sad sad news. Yeah, feels eerie when he was posting just a few days ago.

[victory]

I'm speechless. Very shocking. Really good guy from are interactions on other boards.

[Moonsault Marvin]

Really sad news. I always liked reading his collection of match results.

[jdw]

Brutal. :.(

[Busterira]

Terrible news.

 

I have always had a great appreciation for Clawmaster considering he was an AWA and Chicago guy. Being a lifelong long resident of Chicago, I always loved reading his posts and results. A great loss to the online wrestling community. I have been reading his stuff for over 10+ years. His contributions to the wrestling sites can't be overstated.

 

RIP Jim and my condolences to his family.

[C.S.]

I didn't know Clawmaster, but a death that young is always very sad. Greg Oliver wrote a great piece about him on Slam Wresting.

 

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/MatMatters/2014/09/15/21941926.html

[GSR]

Really sad to read this today after being offline for a few days. Interacted with him a few times on another board and a gent of a chap who was always willing to help out and share his research/records.

[rovert]

Greg Oliver gave him a nice send off

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/MatMatters/2014/09/15/21941926.html

[cheapshot]

I missed this thread, and was on Wrestling Classics earlier and found out, really sad news indeed. Rip Jim.