Kim Wood, Mentor To Brian Pillman, Passes Away
Former NFL strength and conditioning coach Kim Wood has passed away at age 80.
He was a mentor to Brian Pillman. Wood was the first-ever full-time strength coach for the Cincinnati Bengals. Pillman played for the Bengals in 1984.
The Bengals announced that Woods had “a brief illness.”
Wood appeared in the “Dark Side of the Ring” episode on Pillman and was key in helping Pillman finding his character and personality.
“He made his mark in pro football as a trail-blazing strength coach. He made his mark in the strength world by forming Hammer Strength. And he made his mark in the pro wrestling world by guiding Brian Pillman into one of the most successful storylines of the 1990s that really changed pro wrestling with a blend of theatrics and reality that hadn’t been done before. What a testament,” former NFL reporter and current AEW employee Alex Marvez told Bengals.com.
Fightful sends condolences to the family, friends, and fans of Kim Wood.
