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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.
Christopher Michael Benoit (/ b ə ˈ n w ɑː / bə-NWAH; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler.He worked for various pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career, but is notorious for murdering his wife and youngest son.
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.
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.
Frank Donald Goodish (June 18, 1946 – July 17, 1988) was an American professional wrestler who earned his greatest fame under the ring name Bruiser Brody. He also worked as King Kong Brody, the Masked Marauder, and Red River Jack.
Navid Afkari Sangari (Persian: نوید افکاری سنگری; 22 July 1993 – 12 September 2020) [2] [3] was an Iranian wrestler who was sentenced to death and executed in Shiraz [4] after having been accused and convicted of murdering a security guard during the 2018 Iranian protests; [5] sources from outside Iran also cited convictions on other charges related to Afkari's participation ...
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[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.