RIP Eddie Marlin

It has been announced by confidante Randy Hales that longtime Memphis wrestler and on-screen personality Eddie Marlin has passed away. He had just turned 89 earlier this week.

Marlin was a longtime journeyman wrestler before finding a home NWA Mid-America, Nick Gulas’ territory in Tennessee and Kentucky. Marlin was placed under a mask and wrestled as The Mummy in a movie monster stable. But it was in the early 1970s that Marlin gained his height in the territory, teaming with Tommy Gilbert (father of Eddie and Doug) as long time tag team champions.

Marlin’s biggest contribution to wrestling was in 1977, when he and son-in-law Jerry Jarrett quit the Mid-Americas to form the Continental Wrestling Association, the promotion that put Memphis on the map in the wrestling world. For most of his tenure, Marlin was an on-screen authority figure, the “good cop” to Tom Renesto’s “bad cop”. However, he won his last official match in 1988, defeating old partner Tommy Gilbert.

Marlin is survived by his 2 children, Deborah and Diane; sons-in-law Randy West and Jerry Jarrett; 5 grandchildren, including WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett; and 10 great-grandchildren.

We at the Blog of Doom send our condolences to Marlin’s extended family.