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According to a 2014 study by Eastern Michigan University examining professional wrestlers who were active between 1985 and 2011, mortality rates for professional wrestlers are up to 2.9 times greater than the rate for men in the wider United States population. [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.
All Japan Pro Wrestling held a ten-bell salute for The Dynamite Kid in 2018. On June 21, 2020, World Wonder Ring Stardom held a ten-bell salute for Hana Kimura at Stardom is Again, the first event for the promotion since the COVID-19 pandemic related shut down of the wrestling industry in Japan and Kamura's suicide death on May 23, 2020.
The primal activity itself dates back to time immemorial, with a sport similar to mud wrestling called pale recorded in Ancient Greece at least c. 4th century BC. [1] The first professional mud wrestling organization was formed in Akron, Ohio in the 1930s by Michael Wittrock and Tyler Carroll. The first women's match occurred there on 7 January ...
Kenny Jay is the best overall talent in wrestling. He was what we called a 'job guy' or 'jobber' but he could work with any human being and get a good match out of them. He was what we called a 'job guy' or 'jobber' but he could work with any human being and get a good match out of them.
William Stanley Apter (born October 22, 1945) [1] is an American journalist and photographer specializing in professional wrestling.He was an editorial staff member and photographer for several magazines during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, notably Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
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The 2022 Final Battle was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH). It was the 21st Final Battle event and took place on December 10, 2022 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. It was ROH's second live event under the full ownership of All Elite Wrestling (AEW) president Tony Khan.