John Kronus

Quality 0.50 · 0 views · Updated 2 months ago

American professional wrestler (1969–2007)

title: "John Kronus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1969-births", "2007-deaths", "american-male-professional-wrestlers", "ecw-world-tag-team-champions", "people-from-sanbornton,-new-hampshire", "professional-wrestlers-from-massachusetts", "sportspeople-from-everett,-massachusetts", "uswa-world-tag-team-champions"] description: "American professional wrestler (1969–2007)" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kronus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American professional wrestler (1969–2007) ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox professional wrestler"]

FieldValue
nameJohn Kronus
imageJohn Kronus.jpg
image_size200px
captionKronus in 1995
birth_nameGeorge B. Caiazzo
namesThe Eliminator
John Kronus
height
weight256 lb
birth_date
birth_placeEverett, Massachusetts, U.S.
death_date
death_placeLaconia, New Hampshire, U.S.
death_causeHeart failure
children1
billedBoston, Massachusetts
trainerKiller Kowalski
debut1989
retired2005
::

|name=John Kronus |image= John Kronus.jpg |image_size=200px |caption= Kronus in 1995 |birth_name = George B. Caiazzo |names=The Eliminator John Kronus |height= |weight=256 lb |birth_date= |birth_place=Everett, Massachusetts, U.S. |death_date = |death_place=Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S. |death_cause = Heart failure |children=1 |billed=Boston, Massachusetts |trainer=Killer Kowalski |debut=1989 |retired=2005 George B. Caiazzo (January 13, 1969 – July 18, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, John Kronus, and later simply Kronus. Caiazzo worked for Extreme Championship Wrestling, the United States Wrestling Association and Xtreme Pro Wrestling. He was perhaps best known as one-half of the tag team The Eliminators with Perry Saturn.

Early life

Caiazzo's father, George Caiazzo Sr., played football with the New York Giants before suffering an injury.

Professional wrestling career

Early career (1989-1994)

In the late 1980s, Caiazzo met professional wrestler Perry Saturn when he began working as a bouncer in a Boston nightclub managed by Saturn. Caiazzo expressed an interest in becoming a wrestler to Saturn, who responded by directing Caiazzo to a professional wrestling school operated by Killer Kowalski. Caiazzo debuted in 1989, briefly wrestling as "The Eliminator". In the early 1990s, Saturn offered to form a tag team with Caiazzo. The Greek equivalent of the Roman deity Saturn was Cronus, so Saturn chose the ring name "John Kronus" for Caiazzo. As Saturn and Kronus were their civilizations' respective harvest deities, Saturn proposed that the tag team be known as "The Harvesters of Sorrow". After promoter Jerry Lawler advised Saturn that the significance of the name would not be evident to many fans, Saturn named the team "The Eliminators".

The Eliminators wrestled their first match together at a United States Wrestling Association house show in 1993. They were hired at a starting salary of $40 a week (they later negotiated a 100% pay raise), and shared an apartment with four other wrestlers. On May 2, 1994, The Eliminators defeated Brian Christopher and Eddie Gilbert for the USWA Tag Team Championship. They held the USWA World Tag Team Championship until June 13, 1994, when they were defeated by PG-13.

WAR (1994–1995)

In 1994 and 1995, The Eliminators wrestled in Japan for the WAR promotion.

Extreme Championship Wrestling (1995-1999)

The Eliminators (1995–1997)

Main article: The Eliminators

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/The_Eliminators_ECW.jpg" caption="Kronus and Perry Saturn with a fan"] ::

The Eliminators debuted in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion at Gangstas Paradise in September 1995. They were initially brought in to job to the Steiner Brothers but after it became apparent that Steiners were leaving ECW, the Eliminators were booked to win their debut match, a six-man tag team match, which pitted Eliminators with Jason against Taz and the Steiner Brothers. ECW promoter Paul Heyman quickly abandoned plans to give them a sadism and masochism character and instead booked them as an unstoppable force in the ECW tag team division. They were managed by Jason. The Eliminators won the ECW Tag Team Championship on three occasions between 1996 and 1997, feuding with teams such as the Dudley Boyz, the Gangstas, the Pitbulls, Sabu and Rob Van Dam and the Steiner Brothers. On May 31, 1997, Saturn tore his anterior cruciate ligament during a match. After intense reconstructive surgery, he was given a recovery time of up to a year. Kronus briefly defended the ECW Tag Team Championship single-handedly before losing to the Dudley Boyz. In late 1997, Saturn left ECW for World Championship Wrestling.

The Gangstanators (1997–1999)

Main article: Gangstanators

Kronus competed in the singles division, losing to ECW World Television Champion Taz by submission at Orgy of Violence in June 1997, before forming a new tag team, "the Gangstanators", with New Jack. The Gangstanators won the ECW Tag Team Championship in September 1997 at As Good as It Gets.

Kronus left ECW in March 1999.

Later Career (1999–2002)

He joined the California-based Xtreme Pro Wrestling promotion in 1999. In 2000, Kronus aligned himself with the "Black Army" faction. He remained with XPW until leaving in 2001. During this period, Kronus appeared in the 2000 softcore bondage film "Violence on Violence". Also in 2000, Kronus worked for the hardcore promotion Combat Zone Wrestling. Kronus also helped develop and promote local Philadelphia, Pennsylvania company Dangerously Intense Wrestling. During his time as champion he feuded with G.O.D.D., Method and The Sickness. Kronus held both the DIW World Heavyweight Title and Inner City Title.

Retirement

In 2002, Kronus retired from professional wrestling, relocating to the Lakes Region in Sanbornton, New Hampshire. He temporarily came out of retirement in 2005, making two appearances with the ECW reunion promotion Hardcore Homecoming. His last match was a lost to Balls Mahoney.

Death

Caiazzo was found dead in his fiancée Brandy Laundry's home in Laconia, New Hampshire on July 18, 2007, several days after undergoing knee surgery. He was 38 years old. Caiazzo died in his sleep. According to an autopsy, his death was attributed to heart failure resulting from an enlarged heart. He was survived by his nine-year-old son, Gage Christian Caiazzo. His family stated that Kronus had a history of heart problems and that he knew he could die at any time. Former tag team partner New Jack was the only ECW alumnus to attend his funeral.

Championships and accomplishments

References

References

  1. (July 30, 2007). "George Caiazzo". [[The Citizen (Laconia).
  2. Truitt, B.. (2003-09-15). "Perry Saturn Shoot Interview". TheSmartMarks.com.
  3. (1998). "USWA World Tag Team Title History". Solie.org.
  4. (2001). "ECW Tag Team Title / World Tag Team Title History". Solie.org.
  5. Kapur, B.. (2005-06-11). "Hardcore Homecoming a memorable night". [[Canadian Online Explorer]].
  6. Kapur, B.. (2005-11-06). "Storm interrupts November Reign". [[Canadian Online Explorer]].
  7. Caiazzo, J.. (2007-07-22). "Statement by family of John Kronus". [[Dave Meltzer.
  8. Mooneyham, M.. (2007-07-19). "Pro wrestler Kronus found dead". [[The Post and Courier]].
  9. (2007-07-22). "Latest On The Death of John Kronus". 411mania.com.
  10. Schoetz, D.. (2007-07-20). "Another Wrestler's 'Untimely' Death". [[ABC News (United States).
  11. Cunningham Jr., G.. (2007-07-20). "Family mourns wrestler's death". [[The Citizen (Laconia).
  12. Waldman, J.. (2007-07-18). "Former ECW tag champ Kronus found dead". [[Canadian Online Explorer]].
  13. (2000). "Wrestling Title Histories". Archeus Communications.
  14. (1997). "The PWI 500". [[Kappa Publishing Group.

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::

1969-births2007-deathsamerican-male-professional-wrestlersecw-world-tag-team-championspeople-from-sanbornton,-new-hampshireprofessional-wrestlers-from-massachusettssportspeople-from-everett,-massachusettsuswa-world-tag-team-champions