{"id":8265,"date":"2016-06-04T01:12:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T06:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=8265"},"modified":"2016-06-04T01:12:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T06:12:07","slug":"muhammad-ali-dead-at-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2016\/06\/04\/muhammad-ali-dead-at-74\/","title":{"rendered":"Muhammad Ali dead at 74"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-572696489\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1773 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/01\/wrestlingring.jpg?resize=259%2C194\" alt=\"wrestlingring\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/>Muhammad Ali died at age 74 on Friday. The boxing legend had been hospitalized in Phoenix, Arizona for respiratory complications in the days prior to his death. He was diagnosed with Parkinson&#8217;s syndrome in 1984.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Ali fought Japanese pro wrestling legend Antonio Inoki in a famous boxer vs. wrestler match in 1976. He took part in an angle with Gorilla Monsoon, had another boxer vs. wrestler match with Kenny Jay, and made additional pro wrestling appearances to promote the fight with Inoki. Ali later worked as the special ringside referee for the original WrestleMania main event featuring Hulk Hogan and Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff. WWE issued a statement on Ali&#8217;s death that can be read at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/article\/muhammad-ali-passes-away\" target=\"_blank\">WWE.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YzYyDdRv-Eo\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Y1Cx0ysQiM\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3vOssizwW4\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2314196165\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muhammad Ali died at age&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,50,2],"tags":[934,936,935,933,101],"class_list":["post-8265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc_news","category-mustreadarticles","category-newsticker","tag-antonio-inoki","tag-gorilla-monsoon","tag-kenny-jay","tag-muhammad-ali","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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