“There have been a number of of his highschool and faculty buddies there, so it was a grand reunion each time one in all them entered by way of the door,” Mark Charles III shared. “There have been a number of from the native Pittsburgh unbiased wrestling scene — wrestlers, referees, a hoop announcer and followers — who confirmed up.”
The Rely instructed RadarOnline.com that “nobody from WWE or AEW got here to the service, nor did they ship flowers,” including that All Elite Wrestling star Chris Jericho “was the actual hero” when he donated $5k to Virgil’s GoFundMe, “which went a really lengthy option to masking his bills.”
Mark Charles III revealed that Reverend Nathaniel Pennybaker “gave a really transferring speech about Virgil being homesick and coming residence to heaven,” incorporating inside his poignant sermon the names of fellow wrestlers Bruno Sammartino and Leaping Johnny Defazio in addition to broadcaster “Chilly Billy“ Cardille, who notably hosted Studio Wrestling.