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The Russ Haas Memorial Tag-Team Tournament was held by the small New Jersey–based promotion Phoenix Championship Wrestling on August 31, 2002. [16] There were eight teams in all, but in the end, the team of Bucci and Charlie won the tournament. [13] Haas was part of the 2004 class of inductees into the ECWA Hall of Fame, with his brother ...
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]
The Haas Brothers was a Professional wrestling Tag team consisting of real life brothers Charlie and Russ Haas.The team was very successful in the independent wrestling circuit, but Russ's death on December 15, 2001, led to the end of the tag team shortly after the brothers signed a contract with the World Wrestling Federation.
On December 15, 2001, JAPW learned of Russ Haas's passing, which affected all in the JAPW locker room. Then on February 2, 2002, JAPW presented the Russ Haas Memorial Show. Over 600 fans attended the memorial event while over 50 professional wrestlers from around the United States showed up and donated their salary for that evening. [2]
Russ Haas, 27, American professional wrestler, heart failure. [70] Bianca Halstead, 36, American hard rock singer, traffic collision. Franciszek Kępka, 61, Polish glider pilot and European champion. José O'Callaghan Martínez, 79, Spanish Jesuit priest and biblical scholar. Rufus Thomas, 84, American R&B/soul singer, heart failure. [71]
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This is a list of professional wrestling memorial shows from the 1980s until the present day. Memorial shows have been historically important in the history of professional wrestling, usually held in memory of a recently deceased wrestler, promoter or other well-known personality, and used to pay tribute to a particular individual's accomplishments and contributions to the industry.