{"id":9174,"date":"2019-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/elwood-apt-jr\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T18:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:14:42","slug":"elwood-apt-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/elwood-apt-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Elwood Apt, Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seabrook, NH \u2013 Elwood \u201cBig Woody\u201d Apt, Jr., 52, formerly of Salisbury, MA, died peacefully among friends and family on March 15<sup><span style=\"font-size: small \">th<\/sup>.Born in Salisbury, Elwood was the son of Adolia Apt, of Haverhill, MA and the late Elwood K. Apt, Sr. He was a graduate of Triton Regional High School, class of 1985.Woody, as he was affectionately called by friends, was a professional talker and passionate about wrestling, enjoying a lengthy career in the New England independent wrestling scene. He was notorious for playing the \u201cbad guy\u201d at wrestling shows and was always antagonizing the crowds. He was most famous for introducing the much loved \u201cBig Woody Bodyslam Challenge\u201d at Wrestling Star Wars, and later was instrumental in forming Atlantic Pro Wrestling, where for years he worked as the Booker, creating story lines and assembling talent for shows. With long-time friend Knuckles Nelson they co-founded a wrestling school while promoting Wrestling Star Wars and taping over 100 episodes of a local TV show called \u201cThis Week in Wrestling.\u201d Elwood also appeared on the Jerry Springer show. His legacy in the New England wrestling scene will be that of a loyal friend and leader. He will be remembered as a fair and opinionated man who made many laugh and had the ability to bring people together. He will be greatly missed by many friends and co-workers throughout the professional wrestling business.Elwood was survived by his mother, Adolia Apt, of Haverhill, Ma  his brother, Fred and his wife, Ruth Apt, of Brownfield, ME  his sisters Carol and her husband Mike McCay, of Greenland, NH, and Jeanne and her late husband Joseph Graham, of Haverhill, MA  his best friends, Gina and her children Arndria and \u201cBaby the Boy\u201d PKA Sean and \u201cLittle P\u201d Penelope McGinness, of Seabrook, NH  and many nieces and nephews  he was predeceased by his father, Elwood K. Apt, of Brownfield, ME.Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend a celebration of Elwood\u2019s life on Saturday, March 30<sup><span style=\"font-size: small \">th<\/sup> at 1:00PM at the American Legion, 1314 Main Street, Haverhill. Arrangements are by the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main Street, Haverhill. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seabrook, NH \u2013 Elwood \u201cBig Woody\u201d Apt, Jr., 52, formerly of Salisbury, MA, died peacefully among friends and family on March 15th.Born in Salisbury, Elwood was the son of Adolia Apt, of Haverhill, MA and the late Elwood K. Apt, Sr. He was a graduate of Triton Regional High School, class of 1985.Woody, as he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9312,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9174\/revisions\/9312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}