Pacman wrote:Man, it might be worth trying to compile a list of WWE wrestlers who have died too young in the last decade or so... although there's probably one already on the Web somewhere....
Let's see... I'll start with the ones that jump out at me.
Bam Bam Rick Rude Eddie Guererro Big Boss Man Owen Hart Miss Elizabeth One of the Road Warriors Brian Pilman British Bulldog Curt Henning
geez that's just the ones that jump out at me..... that's too many to have died before their time.
Andre the Giant Dino Bravo The Road Warrior Crash Holly Big John stud
Jake the Snake probably wishes he were dead. Last I saw of him, he was a train wreck of a human being. Luger's not far behind. If I'm not mistaken, the police took Luger in for questioning concerning the death of Miss Elizabeth...
He was charged with 14 drug possession counts, 13 of them felonies. He was released the following day on a bail of $27,500 USD. Hulette's death was eventually ruled accidental. Luger pled guilty to the charges on February 3, 2005. He was given a $1,000 fine, sentenced to five years probation and required to submit to periodic drug testing.
However....
On September 28, 2006, Luger appeared on Praise the Lord, the flagship talk program of the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and declared himself a born again Christian. In an interview conducted by Sting (the host of the program), an emotional Luger discussed the downward turn of his career and personal life -- including the events surrounding Hulette's death -- and how it led to his religious conversion.
Famous Wrestlers That Have Died Since 1985 Before the Age of 55
Chris Von Erich - 21
Mike Von Erich - 23
The Renegade - 23
Louie Spiccoli - 27
Art Barr - 28
Gino Hernandez - 29
Jay Youngblood - 30
Rick McGraw - 30
Joey Marella - 30
Ed Gatner - 31
Buzz Sawyer - 32
Crash Holly - 32
Kerry Von Erich - 33
D.J. Peterson - 33
Eddie Gilbert - 33
Owen Hart - 33
Chris Candido - 33
Adrian Adonis - 34
Gary Albright - 34
Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34
Yokozuna - 34
Big Dick Dudley - 34
Brian Pillman - 35
Marianna Komlos - 35
Pitbull #2 - 36
The Wall/Malice - 36
Leroy Brown - 38
Mark Curtis - 38
Eddie Guerrero - 38
Davey Boy Smith - 39
Johnny Grunge - 39
Vivian Vachon - 40
Jeep Swenson - 40
Brady Boone - 40
Terry Gordy - 40
Bertha Faye - 40
Billy Joe Travis - 40
Larry Cameron - 41
Rick Rude - 41
Randy Anderson - 41
Bruiser Brody - 42
Miss Elizabeth - 42
Big Boss Man - 42
Earthquake - 42
Ray Candy - 43
Dino Bravo - 44
Curt Hennig - 44
Bam Bam Bigelow - 45
Jerry Blackwell - 45
Junkyard Dog - 45
Hercules - 45
Andre The Giant - 46
Big John Studd - 46
Chris Adams - 46
Mike Davis - 46
Hawk - 46
Dick Murdoch - 49
Jumbo Tsuruta - 49
Rocco Rock - 49
Famous Wrestlers That Have Died Since 1985 Before the Age of 55 Chris Von Erich - 21 Mike Von Erich - 23 The Renegade - 23 Louie Spiccoli - 27 Art Barr - 28 Gino Hernandez - 29 Jay Youngblood - 30 Rick McGraw - 30 Joey Marella - 30 Ed Gatner - 31 Buzz Sawyer - 32 Crash Holly - 32 Kerry Von Erich - 33 D.J. Peterson - 33 Eddie Gilbert - 33 Owen Hart - 33 Chris Candido - 33 Adrian Adonis - 34 Gary Albright - 34 Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34 Yokozuna - 34 Big Dick Dudley - 34 Brian Pillman - 35 Marianna Komlos - 35 Pitbull #2 - 36 The Wall/Malice - 36 Leroy Brown - 38 Mark Curtis - 38 Eddie Guerrero - 38 Davey Boy Smith - 39 Johnny Grunge - 39 Vivian Vachon - 40 Jeep Swenson - 40 Brady Boone - 40 Terry Gordy - 40 Bertha Faye - 40 Billy Joe Travis - 40 Larry Cameron - 41 Rick Rude - 41 Randy Anderson - 41 Bruiser Brody - 42 Miss Elizabeth - 42 Big Boss Man - 42 Earthquake - 42 Ray Candy - 43 Dino Bravo - 44 Curt Hennig - 44 Bam Bam Bigelow - 45 Jerry Blackwell - 45 Junkyard Dog - 45 Hercules - 45 Andre The Giant - 46 Big John Studd - 46 Chris Adams - 46 Mike Davis - 46 Hawk - 46 Dick Murdoch - 49 Jumbo Tsuruta - 49 Rocco Rock - 49
You know.... doesn't the above list kind of suggest that maybe pro wrestling needs to be looked into?
If that many prominent pro-baseball, -hockey, -football, -basketball, -soccer, etc.... etc... players croaked in their 20s, 30s and 40s over a 20-year period, wouldn't there be congressional hearings or something?
Maybe I'm wrong here... just seems like an obvious problem (particularly while the WWE continues to make billions of dollars) that isn't really getting much attention.
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I'd forgotten about Rick McGraw (good wrestler in the 80s, for a small guy) and Chris Candido (former partner of Sunny -- who was really the first WWE "Diva" before the term was coined). Actually Sunny is still alive, but SHE too has had terrible health problems and looks pretty awful now.
Pretty depressing....
Lastly, as pro wrestling talk circles here from time to time, I wonder if I'm possibly the oldest of the old-school WWE (formerly WWF and WWWF) fans in the Cafe. I'm 42, and I used to watch wrestling back in the mid 70s with: George the Animal Steel, Ivan Putski, Ken Patera, Superstar Billy Graham, Chief Jay Strongbow and Bruno Sanmartino... it was pretty frikkin good back then...
Pacman...I'm a young 41 and remember Saturday mornings throughout the early '80s. Samartino was an announcer by then. Remember when Vince McMahon was just the interviewer, always stoic in the face of the funny-ass wrestlers and managers he was interviewing? Classic.
My faves were Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and Adraina Adonis (no, not Adorable Adrian lol). Also the Wild Samoans, Tony Garea and Rick Martel and Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
To me the scariest wrestler was Killer Khan. That guy chased me in my nightmares!
The list above is depressing. How did Curt Henning die?
Lastly, to all of you guys here. I have never said this before but I will now, what the heck...
You're all a bunch of pencil-necked geeks.
My Friendliness bar...recently shrunk from 11.3 to 10mm long!!
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Famous Wrestlers That Have Died Since 1985 Before the Age of 55 Chris Von Erich - 21 Mike Von Erich - 23 The Renegade - 23 Louie Spiccoli - 27 Art Barr - 28 Gino Hernandez - 29 Jay Youngblood - 30 Rick McGraw - 30 Joey Marella - 30 Ed Gatner - 31 Buzz Sawyer - 32 Crash Holly - 32 Kerry Von Erich - 33 D.J. Peterson - 33 Eddie Gilbert - 33 Owen Hart - 33 Chris Candido - 33 Adrian Adonis - 34 Gary Albright - 34 Bobby Duncum Jr. - 34 Yokozuna - 34 Big Dick Dudley - 34 Brian Pillman - 35 Marianna Komlos - 35 Pitbull #2 - 36 The Wall/Malice - 36 Leroy Brown - 38 Mark Curtis - 38 Eddie Guerrero - 38 Davey Boy Smith - 39 Johnny Grunge - 39 Vivian Vachon - 40 Jeep Swenson - 40 Brady Boone - 40 Terry Gordy - 40 Bertha Faye - 40 Billy Joe Travis - 40 Larry Cameron - 41 Rick Rude - 41 Randy Anderson - 41 Bruiser Brody - 42 Miss Elizabeth - 42 Big Boss Man - 42 Earthquake - 42 Ray Candy - 43 Dino Bravo - 44 Curt Hennig - 44 Bam Bam Bigelow - 45 Jerry Blackwell - 45 Junkyard Dog - 45 Hercules - 45 Andre The Giant - 46 Big John Studd - 46 Chris Adams - 46 Mike Davis - 46 Hawk - 46 Dick Murdoch - 49 Jumbo Tsuruta - 49 Rocco Rock - 49
You know.... doesn't the above list kind of suggest that maybe pro wrestling needs to be looked into?
I think a good deal of wrestlers, past and present, are/were hooked on painkillers. Case in point: Eddie Guerrero. Sure, wrestling is fake, but that doesn't mean some of the spots are. In addition, you also look at the workload upon many wrestlers over the years, especially in the WWE, where the company tours nationwide, worldwide even. Such stress does take a toll on a wrestler's health sooner or later, especially with heavy painkiller usage.
You may recall that in the mid-90's that Vince McMahon was under a lot of fire for allegedly distributing steroids around the locker room, only to be acquitted of all charges.
As for Bam Bam, I read that diabetes could've had a cause to his death, but he was historically a drug addict himself.
Y's Guy wrote:How did Curt Henning die?
Supposedly a cocaine overdose, but it's been said that over his career, he had juiced up on steroids and taken painkillers frequently.
Supposedly a cocaine overdose, but it's been said that over his career, he had juiced up on steroids and taken painkillers frequently.
Didn't Henning have back trouble from all the years of doing the Perfectplex? I could have sworn I read that somewhere. I just can't remember if the article was a work or not.
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