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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.
This category lists people who died during a professional wrestling match or event, or post-match from an incident that started in-ring. Pages in category "Professional wrestling deaths" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
[2] [3] [4] Experts suggest that a combination of the physical nature of the business, no off-season, and potentially high work load (with some wrestlers fighting more than 100 and even 200 matches per year), along with the drug culture in wrestling during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s contributes to high mortality rates among wrestlers.
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Professional wrestler Kurtis Chapman, who delighted British crowds with his off-beat comic antics in the ring, has died at the age of 26, his promoters said Friday.
Kurtis Chapman was born in Portsmouth in 1997. He grew up with two sisters, and was a doting uncle. He made his debut on 25 January 2014 for Revolution Pro Wrestling, where he would wrestle throughout his career.
Jerry Bibb Balisok (September 8, 1955 – April 18, 2013) was an American professional wrestler known as Mr. X, [1] and an FBI fugitive.He is best known for skipping bail, faking his own death, and convincing law enforcement officials he died in the 1978 Jonestown Massacre.
Ranked No. 34 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003 [37] Ranked No. 29 of the 100 best tag teams of the "PWI Years" with Don Kernodle in 2003 [38] Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Class of 2016 [39] USA Pro Wrestling. USA Pro Heavyweight Championship (1 time) [40] World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment. WWF ...