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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]
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.
Hana Kimura (pronunciation ⓘ) (木村花, Kimura Hana, September 3, 1997 – May 23, 2020) was a Japanese joshi puroresu professional wrestler.She worked for native companies in her country such as World Wonder Ring Stardom from 2016 to 2020, and Wrestle-1, in addition to having made appearances for foreign companies such as Ring of Honor, Pro-Wrestling: EVE, and some independent promotions ...
International Wrestling Federation. IWF Women's Championship (1 time) Ladies International Wrestling Association. Rookie of the Year (1998) Professional Girl Wrestling Association. Rookie of the Year (1996) [147] Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Ranked No. 106 of the top 500 wrestlers of the year 2000 in the PWI 500 [148] World Wrestling Federation / WWE
Lynch is the first WWE wrestler to have appeared on the cover of ESPN The Magazine in 2019. [269] As of April 2020, she was the sixth highest-paid WWE wrestler and the highest-paid woman according to Forbes, with a salary of US$3.1 million. [270] In 2022, Glazia Magazine named Lynch as one of the Top Female Game-Changers in the 21st Century. [271]
Her efforts to spread women's wrestling internationally reached Japan and brought about the World Wide Women's Wrestling Association (WWWA). Mildred Burke introduced women's wrestling to several countries, including almost every state of the United States, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and parts of Asia, including Japan, Hong Kong, Macao, and the ...
Marva Aniece Goodwin (née Wingo; November 21, 1937 - August 15, 2003), better known by the ring name Marva Scott, [4] was among the first Black female professional wrestlers in the United States. [2] She began wrestling in the early 1950s and her first reported match happened in 1954. [5]
Amy Christine Dumas (born April 14, 1975) is an American retired professional wrestler and singer. She is best known for her tenure in WWE under the ring name Lita. An inductee of the 2014 WWE Hall of Fame, Dumas is regarded as one of the greatest female performers in WWE history.