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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.
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.
[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.
List of people who died climbing Mount Everest; List of fatal accidents in sailboat racing; List of fatalities due to wingsuit flying; List of premature professional wrestling deaths (This list includes wrestlers that were active or retired from the sport but died before the age of 65.) List of sumo wrestlers who died during their careers
Professional players diagnosed included eight-time Pro Bowler Lou Creekmur, [20] Cookie Gilchrist [21] and Wally Hilgenberg. [22] In March 2016, former NFL running back Kevin Turner, who played for the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles, died at age 46. Earlier, in 2010, he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Nancy Elizabeth Benoit (formerly Daus, Sullivan, née Toffoloni; May 17, 1964 – June 22, 2007) was an American professional wrestling manager and model. She appeared in Florida Championship Wrestling, Extreme Championship Wrestling, and World Championship Wrestling where she was known under the ring name Woman.
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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.