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[Yahoo] Over 25 percent of the performers from Wrestlemania VII have died

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  1. Rockets34Legend

    Rockets34Legend Contributing Member

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    http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/...lt=Al04yOIgg1ctal2FTajc7bA5nYcB?urn=top-wp132

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    Over one-quarter of the performers who took part in 1991's Wrestlemania VII have died, a wrestling website noted in the wake of the death of "Macho Man" Randy Savage.

    The Wrestling Observer newsletter discovered that 14 of the 51 performers at the event have died in the past 20 years, with many of the deaths attributed to drug use (link is subscription only).

    The list of wrestlers who have died since 1991 include some of the biggest stars in the sport like Savage, Andre the Giant, Miss Elizabeth and The British Bulldog. Causes of death include suicides, murder and heart attacks, some the result of years of anabolic steroid use. Savage died last week after suffering an apparent heart attack behind the wheel of his truck. His ex-wife, Miss Elizabeth, passed away after overdosing on a variety of drugs in 2003.

    Looking at the list is a sobering reminder of the realities of a make-believe sport like professional wrestling. Not all of the men and women listed played a part in their own demise; referee Joey Marella was the victim of a car crash that occurred when he was driving home from a match.

    As wrestlinginc.com points out, none of the 44 starters from the Super Bowl played in 1991 have passed away and only two of 44 boxers who held a championship belt that year are gone.

    At 58, Savage made it nearly a decade longer than some of his deceased colleagues.
     
    #1 Rockets34Legend, May 24, 2011
  2. DonnyMost

    DonnyMost be kind. be brave.
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    58 by wrestler standards is like ancient.

    When Hulk Hogan goes, we may have a national day of mourning.
     
    #2 DonnyMost, May 24, 2011
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    Xerobull You son of a b!tch! I'm in!

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    Live fast, die young.
     
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    You can chalk up the heart conditions and overdoses to wrastlin'.
     
    #4 tmoney1101, May 24, 2011
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    There wasn't one that hit me harder then Owen Hart.... such a tragic death, totally avoidable. I remember I spent like 9 hours straight gathering more information on his death.
     
    #5 ToyCen428, May 24, 2011
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    Those are some really sappy names.

    I know of only Macho Man and Andre the Giant... but the rest just sound so ridiculous.
     
    #6 Jontro, May 24, 2011
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    What's the story on Dino Bravo??? The guy was badass!!!!
     
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    9 Hours? Good lord... He fell 78 feet. No wonder why you spend your whole life wondering about aliens/ufo's.
     
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    leave a good looking corpse.
     
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    He was involved in mafia stuff, and got shot.
     
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    Vince killed him on purpose for retaliation for his brother and in laws going to another company.

    That is what I concluded.




    Or it was an accident.
     
    #11 Kam, May 24, 2011
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    Heh

    you are pretty young huh?

    Those names are only mildly cheesy compared to some of the *really* cheesy ones of old school wrasslers from the 60s-80s.
     
    #12 Rockets2K, May 24, 2011
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    While true, including Andre the Giant and Earthquake in this list is a little disingenuous as they don't jive with the narrative being presented. Andre the Giant may have died from heart failure, but that's very simplistic. He was born with a disease that was going to shorten his life. He was a giant, literally, by curse of a disease. Earthquake dying from cancer is the same sort of thing.
     
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