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Owen Hart died in the ring during the World Wrestling Federation's Over the Edge pay-per-view in 1999 due to a harness malfunction that caused him to fall onto a turnbuckle which resulted in internal bleeding.

Professional wrestling is a form of performance art which combines athletics with theatrical performance.[1] It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport. The unique form of sport portrayed is fundamentally based on classical and "catch" wrestling, with modern additions of striking attacks, strength-based holds and throws and acrobatic maneuvers, much of with derive from the influence of various international martial arts. The matches have predetermined outcomes to heighten entertainment value and all combative maneuvers are executed with the full cooperation of those involved and carefully performed in specific manners intended to lessen the chance of actual injury.[2] Despite this, whether it be from an injury from the stunts performed or medically-related (e.g. a myocardial infarction), professional wrestling-related deaths do occur. The mortality rate for professional wrestlers is 2.9 times greater than the rate for men in the wider United States population according to a study by Eastern Michigan University, with cardiovascular disease being the leading cause. Experts suggest that a combination of the physical nature of the business, no off-season, and the drug culture of the 1970s and 1980s contributes to high mortality rates among wrestlers. Measures such as the introduction of WWE's Wellness Program have been instituted to curb the trend.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

For the purpose of this list, it only includes wrestlers who either suffered a fatal injury or had a medical emergency that started in-ring, in front of an audience, that ultimately resulted in their death. Notable exclusions that don't fit this criteria include: Ángel Azteca,[9] Bruiser Brody,[10] Chris Candido,[11] and Michel Martel.[12] Incidents that occur during training to become a professional wrestler are not including either, such as the cases of Brian Ong[13] and Giant Ochiai.[14]

Chronological list of incidents[edit]

Pre–1960s[edit]

Date of death: Event:
April 25, 1871 Patrick O'Sullivan was wrestling in New York City when he suffered from a ruptured urinary bladder. He was sent to Bellevue Hospital, but later died from his injury.[15][16]
September 7, 1903 Osborne Taylor[17][18][19][20]
January 28, 1911 Joe McCray Jr.[21][22][23][24][25][26]
February 23, 1911 William J. "Farmer" Baldwin, who laid claim to Iowa's wrestling championship, died after a match against "Dad" House of McIntyre at the Smith Armory in Iowa City.[27] During the bout, Baldwin was thrown to the mat by House head-first after a full nelson, crushing his C4 and C5 vertebrae onto his spinal cord. He was rushed to a hospital where emergency surgery was performed, but he died the next day from his injury.[28][29]
April 17, 1919 During a bout in Richmond, Virginia, Richard Paiser suffered a cervical fracture while wrestling Young Caeser.[15] Paiser died as a result of his injuries in the hospital.[30]
September 13, 1931 Ignacy Josef Stasiak, who wrestled under the name Stanley Stasiak, died from injuries sustained after a match with former world champion Ed Don George. The match was booked by promoter Ivan Mickailof on September 3, 1931 and took place in Toronto, Ontario at the Arena Gardens.[31] It was marketed as a "grudge match", as Stasiak was said to have been hospitalized from a previous bout with George in Buffalo, New York.[32] It was a best two out of three falls match, which George won 2-0. George defeated Stasiak with the first fall in forty-one minutes and twenty-eight seconds. The second fall occurred a mere three minutes and ten seconds in.[32] Unbeknownst to the crowd in attendance, Stasiak was severely injured during the match, suffering a bone fracture in his arm.[33] The fracture led to Stasiak contracting sepsis (blood poisoning). After the match, while was traveling to Montreal, he stopped at a Belleville hospital. After two surgeries his condition worsened as the infection spread from his arm to his body and he died as of a result.[33]
May 31, 1934 Joseph 'Joe' Shimkus died after a wrestling match with Walter Podolak in Richmond, Virginia. Seventeen minutes into the match, Shimkus collapsed in the ring from a concussion.[34] The referee, thinking Shimkus was faking an injury, threw Shimkus out of the ring.[35] On May 28, Shimkus went to Polyclinic Hospital in New York City and died there three days later from the injuries he sustained.[36]
1935 Jack Ray, who wrestled as "Cowboy" Jack Russell, died after a match in Knoxville, Tennessee against Dick Powell. He suffered spinal injuries during the match and later died in the hospital.[37][38]
June 25, 1936 Mike Romano died from a heart attack while wrestling Jack Donovan in a match at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.[39] The match stopped when Romano was unable to get up after being slammed to the canvas. He was transported to Freedman's Hospital but was pronounced dead upon arrival.[40]
May 14, 1937 Everett "Eddie" Baker died during a wrestling match against Roy Welch in Corinth, Mississippi.[34] Baker fell unconscious during the match while being pinned to the mat.[41] When he failed to get off the canvas, a physician was called to the ring but he had already died from a heart attack.[42]
May 24, 1939 Richard Smith[43]
1944 Dorv Roche[44][45][46]
May 28, 1951 Curtis Peterson[47]
July 27, 1951 Janet Wolfe
June 13, 1952 Alex Kasaboski died while competing against Danny McShain at the Hollywood Legion Stadium in Los Angeles, California.[48] During the match, Kasaboski suffered a intracranial aneurysm[48] from a blood clot, and died in the ring.[34] An announcer later told the audience that Kasaboski had died and the rest of the matches were cancelled for the evening.[48] This was the second wrestling-related fatality McShain was involved with. The other instance was earlier in the same year on March 30 when McShain was wrestling Terry McGinnis in a practice match.[49] After the match finished, McGinnis died in the locker room of a heart attack.[50] McShain attributed the use of his finishing move, the piledriver, as the reason both McGinnis and Kasaboski died and contemplated retiring after their deaths.[51][a]
January 18, 1958 Gordon McKinley[52][53]

1960–1999[edit]

Date of death: Event:
January 9, 1961 Shinichi Mayeshiro, who was wrestling under the name Oyama Kato, died after wrestling a match in Vancouver, British Columbia. After Mayeshiro finished his match-up, he collapsed suddenly in-ring from a heart attack and died shortly thereafter.[54][34]
February 18, 1961 Chick Garibaldi[55][56][57][58][59][60]
May 20, 1961 Alexander Vieira Fontes, wrestling under the name Ali Pasha, died during a match with Billy Darnell in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During the televised bout, Fontes suffered a heart attack after being slammed down onto the mat by Darnell.[61] Once the match was over and he was taken backstage, a doctor attempted to revive Fontes by injecting epinephrine to restart his heart, but attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he died as a result.[61]
June 16, 1962 Johnny Demchuck died after a match with Oliver Winrush (better known as Ray St. Clair of The Fabulous Kangaroos) at the Memorial Arena in Victoria, British Columbia. About twenty minutes into their match, Winrush took Demchuck face down into the mat with a hammerlock, then started to rotate him onto his back to apply pressure. While in the hammerlock, Demchuck started to turn blue and stiffen up as a result of a sudden heart attack.[62] The match was stopped and Demchuck was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, but was dead upon arrival.[63]
July 26, 1963 Jim Wright died during a best two out of three falls tag team match with Pancho Pico against Hans Steiner and Sugi Yamamoto at the Phoenix, Arizona Madison Square Garden.[64] About two minutes into the second fall, the first of which was won by Yamamoto and Steiner, Wright tagged in Pico and moved to the outside apron. It was there he suddenly collapsed from a heart attack, falling and hitting his head on the arena floor. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation was given at ringside. He was transported to Phoenix Memorial Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.[65]
May 21, 1964 Russell Alvin "Tex" Riley died after teaming up with Joe Scarpa (better known as Chief Jay Strongbow) against The Von Brauners (Kurt and Karl Von Brauner).[66] Just after Scarpa and Riley had lost their match, Riley started to complain of chest pains and collapsed from a heart attack. He was transported to Memorial Hospital in Savannah, Georgia but died shortly after.[67][39]
July 2, 1969 Iron Mike DiBiase[68][69]
June 13, 1971 Alberto Torres[70][71][72][73][74][75]
February 21, 1972 Luther Jacob Goodall, better known as Luther Lindsay, died while wrestling a local competitor named Bobby Paul at the Park Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ten minutes into the match-up, Lindsay performed a diving belly-flop onto Paul. Lindsay apparently suffered a fatal heart attack when he made the pin attempt on top of his opponent. When Lindsay did not respond to the referee after scoring the pin, the police and referee came to his assistance.[76] Lindsay was administered oxygen in the ring and then taken back to the dressing room where he was declared dead shortly thereafter.[77][78]
August 1, 1972 Ray Gunkel[79][80][81]
December 25, 1979 Sangre India[82]
February 6, 1981 Moazzam "Goga" Pahalwan died from injuries sustained in an exhibition match in Gujranwala, Pakistan against his nephew Nasir Bholu when he received a flying dropkick.[83][84]
April 6, 1986 On March 22, 1986, Roberto González Cruz, better known as El Solitario, died from injuries sustained in a match against Fishman in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Prior to the bout, El Solitario had been suffering from bronchitis and a staphylococcal infection.[85] During the course of the match, he suffered a severe abdominal injury which he sought medical treatment for once the match concluded.[86] Doctors initially evaluated him for a spinal injury but upon re-evaluation, however, discovered he needed emergency surgery for an abdominal hemorrhage.[87][86] His condition deteriorated though and he died on the operating table of cardiac arrest on April 6 at Hospital México Americano in Guadalajara.[87]
August 24, 1987 Malcolm "King Kong" Kirk died while teaming with King Kendo against Big Daddy and Greg Valentine at the hippodrome in Great Yarmouth, England. The match took place as part of a storyline where Kirk was feuding with Big Daddy.[88] The match lasted for fifteen minutes. The finish of the match was Big Daddy performing his "Big Daddy Splashdown" finisher on Kirk, where he would jump up and land horizontally across his opponent's chest (which is commonly known as a splash), and hold Kirk down for the pinfall. After pinning Kirk to win the match, Big Daddy got up but Kirk remained on the canvas and started to turn purple.[89] Big Daddy noticed there was something wrong and told his cornerman. The promoter, Max Crabtree, and others got into the ring and attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). However, because of Kirk's size, they and the St John Ambulance personnel present were unable to work on Kirk's chest.[90] The ring had to be dismantled, with eight men required to get Kirk on a stretcher and into the ambulance[91] but he was pronounced dead upon arrival at the hospital.[92] A subsequent autopsy and inquiry revealed that Kirk had a previous heart condition and could have had the heart attack at any time but was more likely to have triggered owing to the physical nature of professional wrestling and found for a verdict of death by natural causes.[93] Pathologist Dr. Norman Ball testified that Kirk had six unnoticed minor heart attacks prior to the one that killed him and likely had the fatal attack while he was standing prior to receiving the splashdown, stating "It is likely he was already dead when he fell to the canvas."[93]
October 26, 1993 Oro
December 13, 1993 Larry Cameron died from a heart attack while wrestling a match in Bremen, Germany for the Catch Wrestling Association.[34] Cameron was one half of the CWA World Tag Team Champions with Mad Bull Buster, scheduled for a singles match against Tony St. Clair. During the match, Cameron collapsed having suffered a heart attack, to which the referee stopped the bout as a victory for St. Clair. Once the match was called, the referee started resuscitation on him. By the time medical personnel could assist, Cameron had already died in the ring.[94][95]
August 16, 1997 Plum Mariko
March 31, 1999 Emiko Kado[96]
May 23, 1999 Owen James Hart, who was competing as The Blue Blazer, died in Kansas City, Missouri at the World Wrestling Federation's Over the Edge pay-per-view event after a harness malfunction.[97] Hart was in the process of being lowered via harness and grapple line into the ring from the rafters of Kemper Arena for a WWF Intercontinental Championship match against The Godfather. In keeping with the Blazer's new "buffoonish superhero" character, he was to begin a dramatic entrance, being lowered to just above ring level, at which time he would act "entangled", then release himself from the safety harness and fall flat on his face for comedic effect—this necessitated the use of a quick release mechanism. It was an elaboration on a Blue Blazer stunt done previously on the Sunday Night Heat before Survivor Series in 1998.[98] While being lowered into the ring, Hart fell 78 feet (24 m), landing chest-first on the top rope (approximately a foot from the nearest turnbuckle), throwing him into the ring.[99] Hart had performed the stunt only a few times before. Hart's widow Martha has suggested that, by moving around to get comfortable with both the harness and his cape on, Hart unintentionally triggered an early release. Television viewers did not see the incident. During the fall, a pre-taped vignette was being shown on the pay-per-view broadcast as well as on the monitors in the darkened arena. While Hart was being worked on by medical personnel inside the ring, the live event's broadcast showed only the audience. Meanwhile, WWF commentator Jim Ross repeatedly told those watching live on pay-per-view that what had just transpired was not a wrestling angle or storyline and that Hart was hurt badly, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation.[100] Hart was transported to Truman Medical Center in Kansas City. While several attempts to revive him were made, he died from his injuries. The cause of death was listed as internal bleeding from blunt force trauma.

2000–present[edit]

Date of death: Event:
January 7, 2000 Gary Albright died during a match against Lucifer Grimm at a World Xtreme Wrestling show in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. During the match, Albright was hit with a three-quarter facelock bulldog, but then collapsed to the canvas. Grimm appeared concerned and rolled Albright on top of himself to finish the match. After the bout, wrestlers and ring crew came down the ring to try to resuscitate him. Albright was pronounced dead shortly after being removed from the ring and the rest of the show was cancelled.[101] The official cause of death is listed as a heart attack. The medical examiners also found that Albright suffered from diabetes, had an enlarged heart, and blockage of several coronary arteries.[102]
April 19, 2000 On April 14, 2000, Masakazu Fukuda was scheduled to take part in a first round match of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Young Lion Cup tournament.[103] Fukuda wrestled Katsuyori Shibata in the first match of the tournament.[104] The incident occurred when Shibata delivered a flying elbow drop smash to Fukuda. Fukuda was then supposed to escape a pin attempt, but instead collapsed in the ring and began snoring.[105] Noticing he was injured, the referee called the match and Fukuda was rushed to the hospital. In the hospital, he underwent emergency brain surgery and was in a coma for five days.[106] Fukuda died on April 19, with the official cause being complications from a intracerebral hemorrhage.[107]
June 1, 2000 Mark Mendlan[108]
August 5, 2000 In Sussex, Wisconsin at the Sussex Place Sports Bar & Grill, Anthony "Tony" Nash died while wrestling in his first professional match for Wisconsin All-Star Wrestling.[109] Nash had four months of wrestling training prior to this and was taking the place of another wrestler who had backed out.[110] During the match, Nash placed his opponent in a side headlock, in which Nash's opponent was supposed to counter and deliver a belly-to-back suplex to him.[111] A belly-to-back suplex called for Nash to tuck his head and land on his shoulders to avoid injury. Nash landed on his head and neck, however, and fell unconscious in the ring. Nash was treated by emergency personnel and taken to Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls, but died at the hospital.[109][112] Nash's death was attributed to head and neck injuries by a medical examiner's office.[113]
November 29, 2003 Moondog Spot
April 4, 2004 John L. Coggeshall, who wrestled under the name Dr. Destruction, died after performing for Main Event Wrestling in Newport, Rhode Island at the Newport Elks Club. During the bout, a wrestler named Matthew Gilbert leaped from the top rope onto Coggeshall, who then fell onto a third wrestler, Jeremy Kappler, who was lying on the mat.[114] Coggeshall suffered a heart attack and fell unresponsive during this sequence. He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, but passed away the next day.[115]
June 20, 2004 Victor the Bodyguard, whose real name was Victor Manuel Rodriguez Gracia, died during a planned segment at a local International Wrestling Association show in Yauco, Puerto Rico.[116] Victor, the then-current IWA Hardcore Champion, was to interfere in the main event pitting Ray González and Hangman Hughes against Shane and Apolo.[117] He started to complain of chest pains before interfering in the match, however, and left the ringside area. Once he returned to the locker room, he collapsed from a heart attack. He was taken to the Metropolitan Hospital of Yauco but died thereafter.[118]
May 28, 2005 Daniel Michael Quirk, who was performing under the name Spider, died while wrestling The Hi-Lite Kid in Taunton, Massachusetts at a Ultimate Championship Wrestling event. During the match, Quirk was thrown down to the floor outside the ring. When Kid attempted a dive over the top rope onto the floor, his foot became caught on the top rope, causing him to inadvertently fall.[39] The error resulted in Quirk having to attempt to catch Kid differently than normal. Quirk was unable to brace himself for the fall and took the entire impact of the concrete floor on his head, leading to severe head trauma.[119] An ambulance was called, but ultimately efforts to revive Quirk were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.[120]
May 5, 2007 Omar Antonio Pérez Barreto, wrestling under the name LePhanto Mephisto, died during a match with the International Wrestling Association in Caguas, Puerto Rico.[121] He was in a tag team match with Mikael Judas against Los Rabiosos (Mr. Big and Blitz) challenging for the IWA World Tag Team Championship. The incident began when Pérez received a tag from his partner, Judas.[122] Pérez got into the ring but started experiencing shortness of breath. He then collapsed suddenly from a heart attack in the center of the ring.[123] Immediately, he was taken to the backstage area on a stretcher so paramedics could attempt to resuscitate him before he was transported to San Juan Bautista Medical Center. Pérez was declared dead upon arrival to the hospital.[124]
June 13, 2009 On June 13, 2009, Mitsuharu Misawa died during a tag team championship match for Pro Wrestling Noah, the wrestling promotion which he founded. Misawa was teaming with Go Shiozaki to face the GHC Tag Team Champions, Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith at the Hiroshima Green Arena. Around twenty-seven minutes into the match, Saito delivered a belly to back suplex to Misawa. Misawa was unable to get up and the match was improvised to end quickly with a victory for Saito and Smith. Medical emergency personnel got into the ring and started to tend to Misawa. When they asked if he could get off the canvas, he replied "No."[125] Wrestlers emptied the locker room as they made their way ringside and fans looked on quietly and chanted "Misawa" as he was being treated by personnel. Misawa lost consciousness and his body was reportedly turning purple. As he appeared to have gone into cardiac arrest, the medics then started performing CPR in the ring. For five minutes they continued to perform CPR both inside the ring and while they wheeled Misawa out of the ring with a stretcher. The show ended after the incident. Misawa was pronounced dead en route to the hospital at 10:10 p.m. JST.[126][127] The cause of death was later speculated in the official police report to have been a cervical spinal cord injury that caused cardiac arrest; however, Misawa's family invoked a Japanese law that requested the police not publicly release the official cause of death.[128]
December 19, 2010 Ifeanyi Christopher Nnatuanya[129][130]
June 6, 2011 Robert Dale Phipps, better known as Adrian Steel, died while wrestling for the Mid States Wrestling Association in Harrison, Arkansas at the Northwest Arkansas District Fairgrounds.[131] Phipps was in the ring ready to take on an opponent, but then collapsed from a sudden heart attack.[132] Phipps was taken to a local hospital in Harrison, but needed to be airlifted by a medical helicopter to go to a hospital in Springfield, Missouri. However, his conditioned worsened and Phipps suffered a seizure during transport, forcing an emergency landing to Skaggs Hospital in Branson. Phipps passed away at the hospital hours later.[133][134]
August 20, 2011 Brian Shawn "Skullkrusher" Strickland died while performing for New Era Wrestling in Cape Coral, Florida at The O Bar. Strickland had a history of health problems prior to his match, having suffered from two heart attacks and undergoing open heart surgery previously.[132] About a minute into the match, Strickland suffered from another heart attack, this time from a dislodged blood clot in his leg.[135] The match was stopped and a firefighter in attendance got into the ring and started to perform CPR on him. Attempts to resuscitate Strickland failed and he died during transport to the hospital.[135]
December 4, 2012 Francisco Javier Gutierrez Martinez, who performed under a mask as El Hijo del Andy Barrow, died after a wrestling match in Tepic, Mexico. During the match, he reportedly suffered a hernia that led to an intestinal rupture. The rupture also led to him also suffering a heart attack. He was rushed to the hospital, but died two days later.[136]
March 21, 2015 Pedro Aguayo Ramírez, better known as Perro Aguayo Jr., died while wrestling a tag team match with Manik against Rey Mysterio Jr. and Xtreme Tiger at a show for The Crash Lucha Libre in Tijuana, Mexico. During the match, Mysterio used a headscissors takedown to propel Aguayo out of the ring. He returned to the ring, upon which Mysterio dropkicked him in his back and shoulders to set up for Mysterio's signature 619. Aguayo landed on the middle rope in proper position to take the 619. Manik then fell onto the middle rope beside him, who appeared to be limp and unconscious. Manik shook him slightly to revive him to no avail. Mysterio performed the 619, but did not hit either opponent, with Aguayo slumping onto the canvas. While the match continued, Konnan, who was at ringside, then attempted to revive the seemingly unconscious Aguayo by shaking him. The match continued, with Mysterio checking on Aguayo's condition and bringing it to the referee's attention. The match ended with Mysterio pinning Manik in the center of the ring while Konnan, again, attempted to revive Aguayo. With the match over, various personnel went to Aguayo, believing he was just unconscious and in need of medical help. Officials later brought him out of the ring and to the backstage area. When paramedics arrived, Aguayo was brought to the local Del Prado hospital, where he was pronounced dead around 1:00 a.m. on March 21.[137][138][139] According to the initial announcement from the hospital, Aguayo died from a cervical spine trauma, reportedly as a result of the dropkick by Mysterio that propelled him forward to the ring ropes, causing severe whiplash trauma that snapped his neck.[138][140][141] The cause of death was later announced as cardiac arrest, due to a cervical stroke caused by three fractured vertebrae.[142][143] Autopsy results showed that Aguayo broke his C1, C2, and C3 vertebrae. The coroner stated that the fractures took place at two different momcents of impact and that Aguayo died almost instantly.[144] The doctors had worked on resuscitating Aguayo for over an hour before declaring him dead.[142]
June 3, 2015 Kinga Leszczyk[145][146][147][148]
May 13, 2017 On April 29, 2017, Wayne VanDyke, who wrestled under the name Richard Delicious, was competing in a tag team match for Ronin Pro Wrestling in Florida.[149] During the match, VanDyke tagged out of the match after suffering from a heart attack. Medical personnel at the event began giving him CPR and transported him to a hospital.[150] While in the ambulance, VanDyke had a second heart attack and was placed into a induced coma at the hospital after suffering a third. While receiving CPR, he also had a rib fracture that punctured his lung. His condition never improved and he died on May 13, 2017.[150]
August 27, 2017 William Ogletree[151][152]
October 8, 2017 Eric Denis[153][154]
May 11, 2019 Silver King[155][156]
January 11, 2020 La Parka II

Incidents by cause[edit]

Real name: Ring name: Date of death: Cause of death:
Pedro Aguayo Ramírez Perro Aguayo Jr. March 21, 2015 Cardiac arrest[157]
Gary Albright Gary Albright January 7, 2000 Myocardial infarction[101]
Everett Baker Eddie Baker May 14, 1937 Myocardial infarction[34]
William J. Baldwin Farmer Baldwin February 23, 1911 Cervical fracture[15]
Larry Booker Moondog Spot November 29, 2003
Larry Cameron Larry Cameron December 13, 1993 Myocardial infarction[94]
John L. Coggeshall Dr. Destruction April 4, 2004 Myocardial infarction[115]
Charles Curcuru Chick Garibaldi February 18, 1961
Johnny Demchuck Johnny Demchuck June 16, 1962 Myocardial infarction[34]
Eric Denis Eric Denis October 8, 2017
Michael DiBiase Iron Mike DiBiase July 2, 1969
Alexander Vieira Fontes Ali Pasha May 20, 1961 Myocardial infarction[158]
Masakazu Fukuda Masakazu Fukuda April 19, 2000 Intracerebral hemorrhage[159]
César González Barrón Silver King May 11, 2019
Roberto González Cruz El Solitario April 6, 1986 Cardiac arrest[87]
Luther Jacob Goodall Luther Lindsay February 21, 1972 Myocardial infarction[76]
Ray Gunkel Ray Gunkel August 1, 1972
Francisco Javier Gutierrez Martinez El Hijo del Andy Barrow December 4, 2012 Myocardial infarction[160]
Owen James Hart The Blue Blazer May 23, 1999 Internal bleeding[99]
Jesús Javier Hernández Silva Oro October 26, 1993
Jesus Alfonso Huerta Escoboza La Parka January 11, 2020
Emiko Kado Emiko Kado April 9, 1999
Alex Kasaboski Alex Kasaboski June 13, 1952 Intracranial aneurysm[48]
Malcolm Kirk King Kong Kirk August 24, 1987 Myocardial infarction[89]
Kinga Leszczyk Akira June 3, 2015
Shinichi Mayeshiro Oyama Kato January 9, 1961 Myocardial infarction[54]
Joe McCray Jr. Joe McCray Jr. January 30, 1911
Gordon McKinley Gordon McKinley January 18, 1958
Mark Mendlan Mark Mendlan June 1, 2000
Mitsuharu Misawa Mitsuharu Misawa June 13, 2009 Cardiac arrest (unofficial)[161][b]
Anthony Nash Tony Nash August 5, 2000 Head injury[162]
Ifeanyi Christopher Nnatuanya Lion Man December 19, 2010
Patrick O'Sullivan Patrick O'Sullivan April 25, 1871 Ruptured urinary bladder[16]
William Ogletree William Ogletree August 30, 2017
Moazzam Pahalwan Goga Pahalwan February 6, 1981 In-ring injury[83][c]
Richard Paiser Richard Paiser April 17, 1919 Cervical fracture[30]
Omar Antonio Pérez Barreto LePhanto Mephisto May 5, 2007 Myocardial infarction[163]
Curtis Peterson Curtis Peterson May 28, 1951
Robert Dale Phipps Adrian Steel June 6, 2011 Myocardial infarction[164]
Daniel Michael Quirk Spider May 28, 2005 Head injury[120]
José Vicente Ramos Estrada Sangre India December 25, 1979
Jack Ray "Cowboy" Jack Russell 1935 Spinal injury[37]
Russell Alvin Riley Tex Riley May 21, 1964 Myocardial infarction[165]
Dorv E. Roche Dorv Roche June 3, 1944
Victor Manuel Rodriguez Gracia Victor the Bodyguard June 20, 2004 Myocardial infarction[118]
Mike Romano Mike Romano June 25, 1936 Myocardial infarction[40]
Joseph Shimkus Joe Shimkus May 31, 1934 Head injury[34]
Richard Smith Richard Smith May 24, 1939
Ignacy Josef Stasiak Stanley Stasiak September 13, 1931 Sepsis[33]
Brian Shawn Strickland Brian "Skullkrusher" Strickland August 20, 2011 Myocardial infarction[166]
Osborne Taylor Osborne Taylor September 9, 1903
Alberto Torres Alberto Torres June 17, 1971
Mariko Umeda Plum Mariko August 16, 1997
Wayne VanDyke Richard Delicious May 13, 2017 Myocardial infarction[150]
Janet Wolfe Jeanette Wolfe July 27, 1951
Jim Wright Jim Wright July 26, 1963 Myocardial infarction[167]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Terry McGinnis, whose real name was Max Martin, does not meet the requirements of being on the list himself as he suffered a heart attack in the locker room, and not in the ring.[50]
  2. ^ The official cause of death was not released by the coroner.
  3. ^ The exact type of injury that Pahalwan suffered is not currently known.

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Further reading[edit]

  • Lentz III, Harris M. Biographical Dictionary of Professional Wrestling, 2d ed. McFarland, 2003. ISBN 978-0-7864-1754-4
  • Johnson, Weldon T; Wilson, Jim. Chokehold: Pro Wrestling’s Real Mayhem Outside the Ring. Xlibris; 2003. ISBN 978-1401072179

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