Whatever happened to Elix Skipper?

[wildojinx]

I always thought Elix Skipper was pretty entertaining in WCW and TNA, whatever happened to him since he left TNA, is he still wrestling anywhere?

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Wikipedia describes him as retired.

His last match on Cagematch was 9/1/09 against Tyler Black in NWA No Limits in Iowa.

The wikipedia article also notes this grim detail

His 22-year-old son, Lemarcus Skipper, was killed on April 29, 2009 by a gunman who was in his home.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elix_Skipper

[Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story]

I did a quick little google search and it seems he's been a Cracker Barrel manager since 2018. Not sure if that's still accurate, of course.

[Mozenrath]

He retired in 2009. The kind of career he had for a mere 10 years is really impressive. The reasons I think his career didn't last longer were probably a combination of him arriving on the scene when he was already in his 30s, which, combined with the style he had, is quite surprising. So, when TNA released him, I wonder if he just decided that was more or less time to hang up his boots.

Secondly, and this is unfortunately dark: his son was apparently murdered in 2009. That also may have been a contributing factor, especially given wrestling's legendary difficulty on families in the best of times. If his priorities had shifted and he just decided wrestling wasn't one of them anymore, I can't say I'd be surprised.

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That cage walk is still one of the best things I ever seen in wrestling.