AEW planning to honor Dennis Condrey at Huntsville event
When AEW comes to Huntsville, Alabama at the end of this month, the promotion will be honoring a tag team wrestling icon who called the city home.
Tony Khan told WAAY 31 News that AEW has plans to honor Dennis Condrey when Collision is held at the Von Braun Center on Saturday, May 30. Though he did not speak on specific plans for the tribute, Khan said the memory of Condrey is “very important” to AEW.
“Absolutely. The memory of Dennis Condrey is very important to us. I had met Dennis Condrey, and I’m a huge fan of Dennis Condrey,” Khan said. “I have so many things that I can say about the life and legacy of the late, great Dennis Condrey — a legendary professional wrestler who touched so many people.”
Condrey, one of the founding members of The Midnight Express, passed away at 74 years old this March after suffering a fall at his Huntsville home. He originally formed The Midnight Express with Randy Rose and Norvell Austin before going on to help define what tag team wrestling would become in his team with Bobby Eaton and manager Jim Cornette. After Condrey left Jim Crockett Promotions, Eaton began a new version of The Midnight Express alongside Stan Lane and Cornette.
To help Condrey’s widow Theresa after his passing, Dax Harwood of FTR started a GoFundMe campaign that raised more than $50,000. The donations included $5,000 from Khan.
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