Wrestling with Sin: 571

Brian Damage

Wrestling with Sin is a group of stories that delves into the darker underbelly of pro wrestling. Many of the stories involve such subjects as sex, drugs, greed, and in some cases, even murder! As with every single story in the series, we do not condone or condemn the alleged participants. We simply retell their stories by researching interviews, newspapers, magazines, and various other sources of media.

Park and Run

In January of 2004, luchadors LA Park and Vaquero Romo were drinking at a bar in Mexico. It was reported that both LA Park and Romo got drunk and started harassing other bar patrons. One individual at the bar was allegedly assaulted by the wrestlers without any provocation.

Police were called to the scene, but both wrestlers had run off. The next day, police arrested Romo at his home, and was said to have gone peacefully. LA Park, however, resisted arrest and had to be forcefully handcuffed and taken to jail. A few weeks later, LA Park and Vaquero Romo had the charges against them dropped, when the assault victim failed to appear in court. LA Park did have to pay a fine of $2,000 for resisting arrest, but was released after.

Turn Your Bock

Dennis Bockwinkel was the son of wrestler Warren Bockwinkel and half brother to AWA star Nick Bockwinkel. Dennis wrestled for various territories in the 1970’s, like Georgia Championship Wrestling and Tri State Wrestling for the NWA. He usually competed under the ring name of Dennis O’Brian in an attempt to “make it” on his own without relying heavily on the Bockwinkel name.

Like his half brother Nick, Dennis was gifted with scientific mat skills. Unfortunately for Dennis, he battled drug issues that affected his in ring work. His friend Don Muraco recalled Dennis falling asleep inside the ring being completely wasted. Nick and Dennis apparently butted heads at times due to his drug issues and would go without speaking to each other for long periods of time.

Nick would blame Muraco for Dennis’ substance problem, accusing him of supplying Dennis with drugs. which Muraco denied. Sadly, on January 31, 1976, Dennis overdosed and died. He was just 28 years old at the time of his death.

Liv Dangerously

A Canadian man named Shawn Chan travelled to Florida in May of 2025 to confront WWE wrestler Liv Morgan at her home. Chan attempted to break into her home and when he couldn’t gain access, left a disturbing note. Chan’s note claimed that he was in a relationship with Liv and that her and several other WWE wrestlers were harassing him online and digitally spying on him. the letter in part read…“The one that you ALL disrespected, exploited, and INVADED my privacy on a daily basis, all the way in CANADA. I came here to pay just a friendly visit, nothing more. Yet, I’m the one who looks like a stalker thx to all of you.” It was Liv’s mother who found the note and immediately contacted authorities.

Video surveillance at Liv’s home showed Chan attempting to break into her home. He had a loaded rifle that shot BB’s that he retrieved on Liv’s porch.  A three day man hunt followed and Chan was finally arrested after showing up at WWE’s Performance Center in Orlando. Chan was charged with burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and interstate stalking (a federal offense). 

In July of 2025, Chan was indicted by a Federal grand jury on interstate domestic violence. If convicted, Chan faces up to five years in prison. He was denied bail and the court ordered a psychological evaluation that determined Chan suffers from a “delusional disorder and has a delusion regarding the victim.”

Universal Catastrophe

The Universal Wrestling Federation in Japan was founded in 1984 and lasted for about a year in a half until 1986. The UWF was remembered for its hybrid style of pro wrestling combined with shoot fighting. It inspired many promoters to copy the UWF’s version of wrestling and eventually spawned a number of MMA companies in the country. One of the main reasons why the promotion failed in a short amount of time was a financial scandal by one of its major sponsors.

Apparently, the corporate sponsor who supplied money backing the UWF was involved in selling “fake gold.” In 1985, one of the executives from that company were assassinated by members of the Yakuza in broad daylight and was caught on camera. The incident helped the UWF lose a television deal and without secure money…the company struggled despite selling out many events. It eventually helped in the original UWF Japan’s downfall. 

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