12/02/2024
Remembering Mr. Wrestling Tim Woods
George Burrell Woodin was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring names, Mr. Wrestling and Tim Woods.
Mr. Wrestling became a major superstar in the Georgia, Florida, Texas and Mid-Atlantic territories.
He wrestled in the World Wide Wrestling Federation in the northeast, at the upper end of the preliminary wrestlers.
Woodin was involved in the same 1975 plane crash which involved pilot Joseph Michael Farkas (he ended up in a coma and died the next year), wrestling legend Johnny Valentine (broke his back and bone fragments impacted into his spinal cord, which ended his career), wrestler Bob Bruggers (broke his back and had a steel rod put in; Bruggers could have made a comeback, but he decided to retire), future legend Ric Flair (broke his back, but recovered and returned to wrestling), and Jim Crockett Promotions' announcer David Crockett.
Woodin retired from professional wrestling in 1983.
After retiring, he ran a heating and air conditioning business.
Woodin was an avid collector of motorcycles as well as an accomplished photographer and saxophone player.
On November 30, 2002, Woodin died from a heart attack at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina at the age of 68.
Before his death, he was scheduled to be interviewed about the October 1975 plane crash for WWE Confidential.
