Former WWE Wrestler Rick "Fake Razor Ramon" Bognar Passes Away At 49

Former WWE performer Rick Bognar has died at the age of 49, it was announced on Saturday evening.

Bognar, perhaps best known as "Fake" Razor Ramon during his WWF days and Big Titan with FMW in Japan, actually died nine days ago. But the news only broke this weekend after his brother Ken posted as much on Facebook and the Cauliflower Alley Club announced it via Twitter.

The cause of Bognar's death is currently unknown and his brother claims that it was "sudden and unexpected."

"On September 20th Rick passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at the young age of 49," he wrote. "It is tough to comprehend and will likely never sink in fully. Rick left behind a great legacy and I know he will be remembered and missed by all of us."

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Bognar spent six years with FMW (1988-1994), winning several championships. He had a brief stint with ECW and Genichiro Tenryu's WAR before signing with WWF and picking up the "fake" version of Scott Hall's Razor Ramon gig after the latter left for WCW.

Vince McMahon was fearful of losing fans after both Hall and Kevin Nash joined WCW. The pair were dubbed Razor Ramon and Diesel and their characters were quite popular so McMahon had Bognar play the former while Glenn Jacobs - who later became the legend we know to be Kane - played Diesel.

Of course, fans caught on pretty quickly and referred to Bognar and Jacobs as "fake" characters. The gig did not hold up and Bognar would only remain at WWF for a year before moving to New Japan Pro Wrestling.

Chris Jericho was one of the first to pay his respects after learning of Bognar's passing.

"Sorry to hear about the passing of my old friend @titan.rick today," he wrote on Instagram. "Rick was a constant opponent and friend from the first month I moved to Calgary in 1990, all the way until we (and @stormwrestlingacademy) worked for #WAR in in Japan in 1995.

"He ended up in @WWE as the “fake” #RazorRamon and then become a motivational speaker. He was a funny guy who did great impressions and a literal giant in the ring!

TheSportster would like to extend condolences to Rick's family as they go through this period of sorrow.

R.I.P Rick.

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