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Funeral services for Kerwin Silfies, one of the most influential WWE employees of all time, who directed broadcasts and PPVs for the company from 1985 to 2020, was held earlier today in Sarasota, Florida.
Silfies passed away on 2/17. He was a huge reason for the success and growth of what WWE became as it grew nationally and then globally. From Saturday Night's Main Events in the 80s era to Wrestlemanias to WWE's first broadcasts in Saudi Arabia, Silfies was at the helm directing, helping to curate what professional wrestling fans saw for decades, the prism that influenced how many saw professional wrestling as they grew up. Silfies has also been publicly credited with a great eye for character vignettes in the past by Bruce Prichard. At times, Silfies also made cameos in different roles when needed as well.
WWE acknowledged Silfies' passing with a graphic following a Smackdown episode, but given the wealth of work and massive amount of time given to the company, it (in my opinion) was not nearly enough. Given the body of his work, I don't know how anything beyond dedicating a Wrestlemania weekend to Silfies could even measure up to what he gave to the company over the course of his life - the man literally kept working through a heart attack once. That level of dedication is beyond rare and WWE was extremely lucky to have had him over multiple decades.
PWInsider.com sends our continued sympathies to Silfies' family.
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