“Dynamite Kid” Thomas Billington Passes Away, WWE Releases Statement

Unfortunately today’s early morning news starts with the loss of yet another legend in the pro wrestling business. WWE.com has confirmed that Thomas Billington, better known as The Dynamite Kid. Today was his 60th birthday.
The son of a boxer and the grandson of a bare-knuckle fighter, Kid was born in Lancashire, England and trained by Ted Betley in the early 1970s. He moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1978 and began working with Bruce Hart and a young Bret Hart, and took his first book