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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.
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.
Molinaro mentions and disregards detractors of the book who have accused it of being another piece of evidence for what they believe to be Meltzer's fascination and obsession with death, (due to Meltzer's many works on high early death rates in professional wrestling), Molinaro states: "Tributes is not about death, but rather a celebration of ...
Owen James Hart (May 7, 1965 – May 23, 1999) was a Canadian-American professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).
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.
His in-ring work and wrestling persona earned him an induction in the professional wrestling hall of fame, St. Louis Wrestling Hall of Fame, Southern Wrestling Hall of Fame, Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame and the WWE Hall of Fame. Brody died in 1988 from stab wounds suffered backstage in a shower during a wrestling event in Puerto Rico.
Professional wrestling legend Terry Funk has passed away. He was 79 years old. ... In fact, Funk and Foley competed in the finals of the aforementioned “King of the Death Match Tournament” in ...
List of deaths on eight-thousanders. 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.)