Wrestling Legend Ox Baker Passes Away at 80

Jerry “The King” Lawler noted this morning on Twitter that wrestling legend Ox Baker (Douglas A. Baker) has passed away. The news of his passing was later reported by TMZ.

During his career, Baker captured numerous titles and was involved in notable feuds with the likes of Harley Race, Bruiser Brody and Big John Studd. Terry Funk once called Baker “the toughest man I ever shared a four corner ring with.” Outside wrestling, Baker is perhaps best known for battling Kurt Russell in the 1981 film “Escape from New York.”

Baker was 80-years-old.