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After ACW folded, he moved on to the George Scott/Paul Jones-run company South Atlantic Pro Wrestling (which initially promoted under the banner of the North American Wrestling Association) and changed his ring name to Vince Torelli. Later he adopted the nickname "Mr. Wrestling" and a more villainous persona.
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]
R.D. Reynolds and Merle Vincent launched the site in April 2000 and it quickly developed a following among wrestling fans. After Vincent's suicide in September 2000, [2] Reynolds continued to run the site by himself. He shut the site down in 2001, claiming the high cost of running the site was responsible.
'The Iron Claw': Von Erich Family Reacts to Kerry's Death, Pro Wrestlers Pay Tribute (Flashback) "Mom, you have always been wonderful. ... He was just 22 years old when he died by suicide after a ...
A few years before Zalapski's death, his sister Kyla had reached out to Hoge to assist her brother who was struggling with his health to transition into retirement. [73] In January 2018 former hockey player and captain for the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Andrew Carroll, committed suicide, at the age of 32. He was only officially diagnosed with a ...
Fellow wrestler Suge De La Geto said he was left gutted by word of Chapman's passing. "Kurtis Chapman’s sense of humor was so unique, so frustrating, he somehow made you love him and hate him at ...
Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous painters in history. His death, from alleged suicide, has been brought into question as potentially being an accidental homicide. Pulitzer-prize winning ...
In December 2009, nearly thirty months after Benoit's death, Omalu confirmed to ESPN's Outside the Lines that the death of a second WWE wrestler, Andrew Martin (a.k.a. Test), was attributed to CTE. Bailes told ESPN, "When we announced our findings about Chris, some in the media said it was 'roid rage.