Posted on 2/19/126 by Colin Vassallo
The wrestling world paid tribute to Kerwin Silfies, the
former WWE television director who passed away at the age of
75 yesterday.
“Today, the @WWE family lost one of our beloved members.
Kerwin Silfies was a huge part of the company’s programming
since the mid-1980s. Over his 35+ year tenure with WWE
production, he directed countless episodes of Raw and
Smackdown, PLEs, and of course WrestleMania,” wrote WWE
Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque. “With a dry
wit and an unmatched passion for his work and his coworkers,
Kerwin affected hundreds of employees and millions of fans.
Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this time.”
Raw General Manager Adam Pearce also recounted working with
Silfies with 2015 when he started with WWE.
“I learned to see what we do through your director’s eye, to
understand camera placement in a way I hadn’t before, and I
always wondered how you always stood so calm under intense
fire,” Pearce wrote. “Thank you for letting a punk kid sit
under your learning tree. And though I’m no connoisseur, the
next time I have a taste of the vino it’ll be in a toast to
you.”
Even AEW paid tribute to Silfies, dedicated a few seconds
from their Dynamite broadcast with Tony Schiavone and Bryan
Danielson speaking to the camera.
“He was a great man. He was an even better director,”
Schiavone said, saying that Silfies was always calm under
pressure, which is astonishing in this business.
His broadcast partner, Bryan Danielson, was emotional
talking about Silfies, adding that he was very kind and very
patient.
“I didn’t know anything about TV production when I got to
WWE. Kerwin was so kind and helpful,” Danielson added,
before saying his condolences to his family and that he
loved him.
Other wrestlers who worked with Silfies throughout their
careers also took to X to pay homage to their former
colleague.