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[2] [3] [4] Experts suggest that a combination of the physical nature of the business, no off-season, and potentially high work load (with some wrestlers fighting more than 100 and even 200 matches per year), along with the drug culture in wrestling during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s contributes to high mortality rates among wrestlers.
Pages in category "Professional wrestlers from Pittsburgh" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Over a three-day period between June 22 and 24, 2007, Chris Benoit, a 40-year-old Canadian professional wrestler employed by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), murdered his wife Nancy and their seven-year-old son, Daniel, before hanging himself at their residence in Fayetteville, Georgia, United States.
Brian Curtis Hildebrand [2] (January 21, 1962 – September 8, 1999) was an American professional wrestling manager, wrestler and referee who sometimes went by the name of Mark Curtis. Although trained in brawling, technical, and high-flying wrestling techniques, he spent most of his career as a manager and referee. [1]
Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9, 1968) is an American retired professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and podcaster.He first earned recognition for winning a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics despite competing with a broken neck, and achieved wider fame for his tenures in WWE and TNA.
Eudy, who was born in West Memphis, Arkansas, on December 16, 1960 first began wrestling in 1987. He took his most famous wrestling name from the Sex Pistols bassist who had died of a heroin ...
Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (1973) [76] Match of the Year (1977) vs. Bruno Sammartino on April 30 [77] Match of the Year (1978) vs. Bob Backlund on February 20 [77] Ranked No. 277 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003; Pro Wrestling This Week. Wrestler of the Week (June 1–6, 1987) [78]
Gunnar Eudy, one of the wrestler’s two sons, wrote on Facebook that his father died after “battling cancer for several years.” The 6-foot-9-inch Eudy went by many names in the ring ...