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CM Punk, Jacob Fatu, Will Ospreay, Wrestling World React To Homicide's Retirement Match

Homicide has been forced into retirement due to a medical issue and the wrestling world is paying respect to his highly influential in-ring career.
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Homicide has called it a career
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One of the more influential independent wrestlers of the past few decades has competed in his final match.

Former Ring of Honor World Champion Homicide announced on his Facebook page this week that he would be walking away from the ring after doctors discovered a cyst in his brain, which he stated has worsened both his vision and his speech over the past few months.

Thursday night Homicide competed alongside Bull James at Outlaw Wrestling End Of An Era and walked away the victor. Homicide connected on the Ace Crusher on Afa Jr. to pick up the win against him and Mike Santana.

The wrestling world has turned out in droves to pay their respects to Homicide's career. Everyone from CM Punk and Jacob Fatu in WWE, as well as AEW's Will Ospreay and Eddie Kingston and many more.

In addition to being a highly influential figure, Homicide is also one of the more decorated stars with numerous championship victories.

He's held belts across multiple companies including the ROH World Championship, ROH World Tag Team Championships, TNA World Tag Team Championships, TNA X-Division Championship, NWA Junior Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Tag Team Championships.

The Takedown on SI wishes Homicide all the best in retirement.

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Rick Ucchino
RICK UCCHINO

Rick Ucchino is the Assistant Editor & Content Coordinator for The Takedown on SI. He also works full-time for 700WLW Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio as a local news and sports anchor, in addition to his time covering the Cincinnati Bengals for Sirius XM. Rick has been on the professional wrestling beat since 2019, having provided coverage for a number of outlets, including Fightful, SB Nation’s Cageside Seats and the Bleav Podcast Network. With an educational background in theater, creative writing and journalism, Rick focuses primarily on the storytelling aspect of pro wrestling, but he’s no stranger to the squared circle himself. He had the privilege of training with former WWE & WCW cruiserweight Jimmy Wang Yang for nearly two years and retired early due to back issues with a perfect 1-0 record in singles competition. Rick is a married father of two incredibly adorable children, who are budding pro wrestling fans themselves. Much to the chagrin of their mother. You can reach Rick at rwucchino@gmail.com

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