Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox

K&AJones · 12-04-09, 09:11 PM

In the ever "by the way, what ever happened to..." converstation I came upon this over at Fox News. A list of those famous wrestlers that won't be around to watch this weekends 2009 UFC Championship. There's a few a didn't know about. What's surprising is how young and the cause. Pictures and a small write-up.

http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/ent...ano?test=faces

mh4268 · 12-04-09, 09:23 PM

Wow, a ton of young heart attacks on that list. Sad.

crazyronin · 12-04-09, 09:29 PM

After the passing of Classy Fred Blassie, wrestling is dead to me.

mosquitobite · 12-04-09, 09:30 PM

Wow. The amount of heart disease/attacks is truly staggering.

I didn't know Miss Elizabeth was dead!

mhg83 · 12-04-09, 09:30 PM

I remember going to my first wrestling show was also the final match Owen Hart wrestled in Chicago at a non-televised event. He seemed like he had a great personality. So tragic.

Boba Fett · 12-04-09, 09:33 PM

Umaga died today.

DeputyDave · 12-04-09, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by mosquitobite

Wow. The amount of heart disease/attacks is truly staggering.

Steroids are a hell of a drug.

JBR52 · 12-04-09, 09:39 PM

Was this list posted before or after Umaga passed away today? Crazy coincidence if it was before.

Sdallnct · 12-04-09, 09:51 PM

I guess maybe they were mainly local/regional? But how could any list that involved wrestlers and tragedy not include the Von Eric family?

http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Von-Erichs-A-Texas-Tragedy

jonw9 · 12-04-09, 09:57 PM

No George "The Animal" Steel, no sale!
EDIT: Because he's not dead!

Interesting that many of the deaths occurred in October as well.

Mopower · 12-04-09, 10:00 PM

What do these deaths have to do with UFC?

NORML54601 · 12-04-09, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Boba Fett

Umaga died today.

apparently the doctor came in and told him he had 3 minutes to live.

kenbuzz · 12-04-09, 11:21 PM

Where's Andy Kaufman? (I mean, besides in the photo above, smartass.)

Shamus McAnally · 12-04-09, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by NORML54601

apparently the doctor came in and told him he had 3 minutes to live.

I wanted to

at the joke, but I

ed.

(That doesn't speak highly of me, but I don't care too much. That was GREAT!)

I'm actually surprised I got it as I haven't been watching wrestling that much over the past few years. (To the point I just watch the WWE PPVs and that's it.)

Rypro 525 · 12-05-09, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jonw9

No George "The Animal" Steel, no sale!

Interesting that many of the deaths occurred in October as well.

wait, when did he die? according to wiki, he's still alive.

Maxflier · 12-05-09, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Rypro 525

wait, when did he die? according to wiki, he's still alive.

Nothing on his official site that says he bought it either.

Nick Danger · 12-05-09, 05:42 AM

If you take these shots, you could be a huge star and have millions of fans. If you don't, you have no chance. But you'll be dead by age 43.

Nick Danger · 12-05-09, 05:44 AM

I like the slideshow of women who got naked for PETA.

jonw9 · 12-05-09, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Rypro 525

wait, when did he die? according to wiki, he's still alive.

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Originally Posted by Maxflier

Nothing on his official site that says he bought it either.

I admit I haven't followed wrestling since the Hulk hogan /Andre the Giant days, but i thought even back then he died. I was mistaken, and slightly relieved!

kenbuzz · 12-05-09, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Nick Danger

If you take these shots, you could be a huge star and have millions of fans. If you don't, you have no chance. But you'll be dead by age 43.

But you'd have a lot in common with the "Super Steelers" ... Jim Clack, Ray Oldham, Dave Brown, Mike Webster, Steve Furness, Joe Gilliam, Tyrone McGriff, and Ray Mansfield all died of heart failures. Of the NFL players from the 1970s and '80s who have died since 2000, more than one in five -- 16 of 77 -- were Steelers.

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For years, the Steelers have been dogged by rumors that several of them used performance-enhancing drugs in the 1970s. In an interview last year, Jim Haslett, then coach of the New Orleans Saints, admitted to experimenting with steroids as a Buffalo linebacker, and said the use of those drugs among NFL players started with the Steelers. The NFL didn't begin testing for steroids until 1987, becoming the first professional sports league to do so.

Source: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt.../s_462321.html

(Edited to fix link)

SethDLH · 12-05-09, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mhg83

I remember going to my first wrestling show was also the final match Owen Hart wrestled in Chicago at a non-televised event. He seemed like he had a great personality. So tragic.

I got to meet Owen once at the hotel they were staying at. We basically walked right up to him after they ate dinner and asked for an autograph. Owen couldn't have been a better guy to a couple 8 year old kids.

Mondo Kane · 12-05-09, 10:21 AM

I knew once when I clicked the link that I would find out about more deceased wrestlers that I didn't know about. This time it was Yokozuna and Flyin' Brian.

PopcornTreeCt · 12-05-09, 12:20 PM

I never knew Test died. That was a surprise to me.

Navinabob · 12-05-09, 02:03 PM

Umaga was flagged for steroid use by a random drug test in the WWE. As per policy he was asked to get clean and they'd pay for his stay in rehab, he refused quit. I don't think rehab would have saved his life with all the damage done to his heart already, but you never know how much longer he'd have with his family if he did.

KillerCannibal · 12-05-09, 03:04 PM

Bam Bam Bigelow saved 3 kids from a burning house? Crazy.

Man, all these guys died so young. But if you know how the wrestling world works, it's no surprise. I just watched The Wrestler again the other night. Depressing shit right there.

12-04-09, 09:11 PM	#1
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12-04-09, 09:23 PM	#2
mh4268 DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Allentown,PA Posts: 1,020	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox Wow, a ton of young heart attacks on that list. Sad.

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crazyronin DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Working for Gizmonic Institute Posts: 7,145	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox After the passing of Classy Fred Blassie, wrestling is dead to me. __________________ What the common man longs for in this world, before and above all his other longings, is the simplest and most ignominious sort of peace: the peace of a trusty in a well-managed penitentiary. He is willing to sacrifice everything else to it. He puts it above his dignity and he puts it above his pride. Above all, he puts it above his liberty. -H.L. Mencken Last edited by crazyronin; 12-04-09 at 09:33 PM.

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mosquitobite DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pleasantville - in black & white ;P Posts: 5,242	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox Wow. The amount of heart disease/attacks is truly staggering. I didn't know Miss Elizabeth was dead! __________________ Seems to me that the question of life is more important to the equation than the number of places it could be. ~KVRDave

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mhg83 DVD Talk Platinum Edition Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 3,538	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox I remember going to my first wrestling show was also the final match Owen Hart wrestled in Chicago at a non-televised event. He seemed like he had a great personality. So tragic. __________________ XBL Gamertag: bauer83

12-04-09, 09:33 PM	#6
Boba Fett DVD Talk Reviewer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 2,659	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox Umaga died today. __________________ On a gathering storm, comes a tall handsome man. In a dusty black coat with a Red Right Hand. My Reviews.

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JBR52 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 260	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox Was this list posted before or after Umaga passed away today? Crazy coincidence if it was before.

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Sdallnct DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Home again, Big D Posts: 11,183	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox I guess maybe they were mainly local/regional? But how could any list that involved wrestlers and tragedy not include the Von Eric family? http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Von-Erichs-A-Texas-Tragedy __________________ Live Free. Dine Well. Drink good beer. Home Theater Build

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jonw9 DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: On the banks of the Red Cedar Posts: 9,311	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox No George "The Animal" Steel, no sale! EDIT: Because he's not dead! Interesting that many of the deaths occurred in October as well. __________________ "Damn straight! Today the mad scientist can't get a doomsday device, tomorrow it's the mad grad student! Where will it end?!" - Professor Hubert Farnsworth http://seattle2010.livestrong.org/jonw9 Last edited by jonw9; 12-05-09 at 08:36 AM.

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Mopower DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Janitor's closet in Kinnick Stadium Posts: 15,469	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox What do these deaths have to do with UFC? __________________ http://www.twitter.com/andrewveedub

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kenbuzz DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bloomington, IN Who Dey! Posts: 11,053	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox Where's Andy Kaufman? (I mean, besides in the photo above, smartass.) __________________ Keep your head down and mind your own business. As long as it's not hurting you, who cares what anybody else does? - Nazgul 8-10-08 Obviously some people understand college football and others don't. Those who want playoffs belong in the latter. - namja, 12-03-08

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Nick Danger DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 10,766	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox If you take these shots, you could be a huge star and have millions of fans. If you don't, you have no chance. But you'll be dead by age 43. __________________ Not-shopping is not a moral act at this time. --Sally Singer, Vogue Magazine (2/19/09)

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Nick Danger DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 10,766	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox I like the slideshow of women who got naked for PETA. __________________ Not-shopping is not a moral act at this time. --Sally Singer, Vogue Magazine (2/19/09)

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Mondo Kane DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 6,000	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox I knew once when I clicked the link that I would find out about more deceased wrestlers that I didn't know about. This time it was Yokozuna and Flyin' Brian. __________________ D-nado

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PopcornTreeCt DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 15,802	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox I never knew Test died. That was a surprise to me. __________________

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Navinabob Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 265	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox Umaga was flagged for steroid use by a random drug test in the WWE. As per policy he was asked to get clean and they'd pay for his stay in rehab, he refused quit. I don't think rehab would have saved his life with all the damage done to his heart already, but you never know how much longer he'd have with his family if he did.

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KillerCannibal DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 8,392	Re: Wrestlers that RIP - List at Fox Bam Bam Bigelow saved 3 kids from a burning house? Crazy. Man, all these guys died so young. But if you know how the wrestling world works, it's no surprise. I just watched The Wrestler again the other night. Depressing shit right there. __________________ Top 10 most-wanted BD titles:Blue Velvet/Once Upon A Time in the West/Jaws/Mulholland Dr./Battle Royale/Videodrome/Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla ('74)/Beyond the Valley of the Dolls/Phantasm/Death Wish