Breaking news of his retirement today is not only a blow to the business and its fans but it puts an end to a realness that is rare in professional wrestling .
Its fans have been robbed of countless years of his brilliant in - ring work .
Breaking news of his retirement today is not only a blow to the business and its fans , who have been robbed of countless years of his brilliant in - ring work , but it puts an end to a realness that is rare in professional wrestling .