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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.
The following is a list of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing. In February 1995, it was estimated that "approximately 500 boxers have died in the ring or as a result of boxing since the Marquess of Queensberry Rules were introduced in 1884." [1] 22 boxers died in 1953 alone. [1]
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.
The success of the team and Hart's in-ring skills earned him Pro Wrestling Illustrated ' s Rookie of the Year Award in 1987. After he and Bassarab lost the tag team title, [23] he feuded with Johnny Smith. In 1987, Hart branched out to Japan where he wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) on several tours.
Emiko Kado (門 恵美子, Kado Emiko); January 28, 1976 – April 9, 1999) was a Japanese female professional wrestler. She died after a wrestling injury, only months into her professional career. Kado's wrestling-related ring death was the second to occur in Japan. (The first was fellow joshi wrestler Plum Mariko.)
Charles Fay Harris (June 22, 1946 – May 23, 1995) was an American professional wrestler [3] who worked as Chris Colt for a variety of different wrestling promotions in the United States such as Big Time Wrestling (Detroit), NWA All-Star Wrestling, American Wrestling Association, and Pacific Northwest Wrestling.
Died: March 21, 2015 (aged 35) Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico: Cause of death: Cardiac arrest and cervical spine trauma: Family: Perro Aguayo (father) Professional wrestling career; Ring name(s) Cachorro Aguayo [2] El Hijo del Perro Aguayo [2] Perrito Aguayo [2] Perro Aguayo Jr. [2] Billed height: 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) [2] Billed weight: 75 kg ...
A biopic titled Crossface was announced in 2011, which would have been based on Matthew Randazzo's book Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit and the Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry. The film would have shown Benoit, from his early days being trained by the Hart family , to his rise with ECW, WCW and WWE, to the murder–suicide.