{"id":20387,"date":"2015-06-22T19:25:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T23:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/?p=20387"},"modified":"2015-06-22T21:59:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T01:59:18","slug":"wwe-statement-on-the-passing-of-buddy-landel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/news\/wwe-statement-on-the-passing-of-buddy-landel\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Statement On The Passing Of Buddy Landel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE posted the following on the passing of wrestling legend &#8220;The Nature Boy&#8221; Buddy Landel:<\/p>\n<p>WWE is saddened to learn of the passing of William Ansor, aka &#8220;Nature Boy&#8221; Buddy Landel.<br \/>\nLandel made his in-ring debut in 1979, performing in regional promotions before signing in 1985 with the NWA&#8217;s Jim Crockett Promotions. With flowing blond locks, glittering robes and WWE Hall of Famer J.J. Dillon in his corner, Landel set his sights on then-NWA World Champion &#8220;Nature Boy&#8221; Ric Flair. Though he left Crockett Promotions by the end of the year, Landel left his mark, defeating Terry Taylor at Starrcade 1985 to capture the NWA National Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Landel continued to compete in various promotions in Tennessee and Alabama, then returned to the NWA in 1990 to face off with Flair in a &#8220;Battle of the Nature Boys,&#8221; before moving on to compete in Smoky Mountain Wrestling. He also made brief appearances in WWE in 1995 and 1996.<\/p>\n<p>WWE extends its condolences to Landel&#8217;s family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Statement On The Passing Of Buddy Landel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[757],"class_list":["post-20387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-buddy-landel"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20388,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20387\/revisions\/20388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}