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The concept of the untimely deaths of professional wrestlers was a frequent topic of discussion on the Opie & Anthony show. [ 16 ] After Scott Hall 's death in 2022, Bret Hart and Kevin Nash talked about the premature death of several wrestlers, mentioning the mental and body damage as possible causes. [ 17 ][ 18 ]
Sid Eudy, a main event-level wrestling star in the 1990s and early 2000s who performed under the names Sid Justice, Sycho Sid and Sid Vicious, has died, according to his son. He was 63.
Bray Wyatt. Windham Lawrence Rotunda (May 23, 1987 – August 24, 2023) was an American professional wrestler best known for his tenure in WWE from 2009 until his death in 2023 under the ring name Bray Wyatt. Rotunda was a third-generation wrestler, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Blackjack Mulligan, his father Mike Rotunda, and ...
McMahon blames New York Post columnist Phil Mushnick, a frequent critic of WWE, for his 1993 federal indictment on allegations of steroid distribution. ( He was acquitted .)
Jerome Young (January 3, 1963 – May 14, 2021) was an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name New Jack.He was best known for his time with Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he became notorious for his willingness to take dangerous bumps and his stiff hardcore wrestling style, often taking high risks and known for shooting on opponents, including the 1996 Mass ...
Over a three-day period between June 22 and 24, 2007, Chris Benoit, a 40-year-old Canadian professional wrestler employed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), murdered his wife Nancy and their seven-year-old son, Daniel, before hanging himself at their residence in Fayetteville, Georgia, United States.
Category. : Professional wrestling deaths. This category lists people who died during a professional wrestling match or event, or post-match from an incident that started in-ring.
The Von Erich family is an American professional wrestling family. Originally from Texas, their actual surname is Adkisson, but every member working in wrestling has used the ring name "Von Erich" after family patriarch Fritz Von Erich (real name Jack Adkisson). Fritz, who wrestled from 1953 to his retirement in 1982, took on the German ...