2011 independent film Fight the Panda Syndicate. After retiring from wrestling, Pallies tried a career in stand-up comedy. He would perform regularly at various comedy clubs such as the Coffee Dot Comedy in Sea Isle City. Personal life Pallies was with Debbie Smith in the early 1980s and she had a son named David that Pallies raised as his own. Pallies was fond of cats and had "about 10" at the time of his death. In July 2016, Pallies joined a class action lawsuit filed against WWE which alleged that wrestlers incurred "long term neurological injuries" and that the company "routinely failed to care" for them and "fraudulently misrepresented and concealed" the nature and extent of those injuries. The suit was litigated by attorney Konstantine Kyros, who has been involved in a number of other lawsuits against WWE. The case was dismissed by US District Judge Vanessa Lynne Bryant in September 2018. Anthony Mango of Bleacher Report wrote that Pallies had a strained relationship with WWE over the years and his involvement in the lawsuit likely prevented the company from inducting him into their Hall of Fame. Death Pallies died on March 4, 2019, in Glassboro, New Jersey, at the age of 63, of complications from diabetes. Filmography Championships and accomplishments AWA Superstars of Wrestling AWA Superstars of Wrestling Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Continental Wrestling Association NWA/AWA Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time) NWA/AWA Southern Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Rick Rude Georgia Championship Wrestling NWA National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with The Masked Superstar International Pro Wrestling IPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) International Wrestling Superstars IWS United States Championship (1 time) Maryland Championship Wrestling MCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Midwest Championship Wrestling MCW Championship (1 time) NWA New York NWA New York Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Pro Wrestling Illustrated Ranked No. 147 of the top 500 wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1995 Ranked No. 124 of the top 500 wrestlers during the PWI Years in 2003 Richmond Championship Wrestling RCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Top Rope Wrestling TRW Heavyweight Championship (1 time) World Class Championship Wrestling NWA American Heavyweight Championship (2 times) NWA American Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Bill Irwin (1) and Bugsy McGraw (1) World Wide Wrestling Alliance WWWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time) World Wrestling Federation Slammy Award (2 times) Bobby "The Brain" Heenan Scholarship Award (1987) Most Evolutionary (1994) –