Dead Wrestlers

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• 46. Killer KAWALSKI wAS A GOOD FRIEND HE LIVED HERE IN fl. EVERY XMAS HE USED TO GIVE OUT MANY BYCICLES TO THE NEEDY KIDS AND HE WILL SURELY BE MISSED HE WAS A VERY VERY KIND AND WONDERFUL FRIEND TO ALL OF HIS FRIENDS HERE LUV YA walt!

  Posted at 7:52AM on 23rd 2008 by ERNIE CIVITARESE

• 47. How come Brian Pillman, Kerry Von Erich, Mike Von Erick, David Von Eric, Chris Von Erick, Terry Gordy, Bruiser Brody, Chris Adam, and Tony Hernandez weren't mentioned. The Von Erick family deserves some recognition for sure!

  Posted at 9:58PM on 20th 2008 by Tim

• 48. GOD. even one of them did not get to age 50?.there must be something under they're skins.RIP though

  Posted at 3:18AM on 4th 2008 by id tap that

• 49. Rodney Anoa'i didnt die of a heart attack he died of fluid in his lungs. The heart attack story is widely circulated/believed but it isnt true.

  Posted at 7:04PM on 29th 2008 by Ori

• 50. THANKS FOR THE INFO EGRIFFIN, I DO KNOW SWEET DADDY SIKI WAS IN A BAND YEARS AGO AFTER HIS WRESTLING CAREER. DONT REMEMBER THE NAME THOUGH.

  Posted at 5:38AM on 2nd 2008 by john

• 51. Killer Kowalski just recently passed away. Walter was in his 80's, I believe 82, and had a heart attack in the last few months. He had been in a nursing home in Everett, Mass, in the town next door to his famous wrestling school in which he tutored, amongst others HHH, Chyna and April Hunter. He had some fantastic matches in the Boston area with WWWF champ Bruno Sammartino.

  Posted at 12:22AM on 25th 2008 by stu

• 52. what ever happen to Macho Man Randy Savage could you tell me PLEASE!!!! thank you !!! :)and Rob Van Dam TO !!

  Posted at 2:39PM on 23rd 2008 by calvin goodwin

• 53. what ever happen to Macho Man Randy Savage could you tell me PLEASE!!!! thank you !!! :)

  Posted at 2:36PM on 23rd 2008 by calvin goodwin

• 54. John, I think all the guys you named is dead. I know the original Shiek is. His nephew Sabu and Rob Van Damn accepted his Hall Of Fame plaque on his behalf back in 2007. I think Haystacks Calhoun is dead too. Not sure about Sweet Daddy Siki though.

  Posted at 9:16AM on 23rd 2008 by egriffin

• 55. WHAT EVER HAPPEND TO HAYSTACK CALHOUN OR SWEET DADDY? OR THE SHEIK WITH HIS FAMOUS CAMEL CLUTCH, LOVED THEM ALL.

  Posted at 5:05AM on 21st 2008 by john

• 56. Oh, by the way, find something else to bet rather than your life. I wouldn't bet that on even a sure thing.

  Posted at 4:40AM on 17th 2008 by egriffin

• 57. Do your research Scifry, throwing out a figure (98% of wrestlers are on steriods) without evidence to back it up is rather dumb. What it is is that you don't like wrestling so you are using the Benoit incident to put it down. As for Chris, he killed his family, no question about that. But you said he was 'roid up when the police toxicology team (that's right, the guys that are actually TRAINED to make that call) found no anabolic steriods in his system. Plus, doesn't it seems strange that he took three days to kill his wife, son and then himself? Most cats in these murder/suicide stories usually do the job at once. So either someone else was in on it and covered their tracks really good or he was mentally sick. This wasn't 'roid rage like the mainstream seems to insist that it was. Even WWE (who I DO think knows more than they are telling) has said this.

  Posted at 4:38AM on 17th 2008 by egriffin

• 58. Hey Get Some, I'll bite a little bit! Where's Bruiser Brody?! His death had nothing to do with drugs, just some Puerto Rican thug who thought it was a good idea to kill a man while in the shower and leaving him bleeding to death on the floor!

  Posted at 5:19AM on 16th 2008 by egriffin

• 59. True, Chris was definitely despicable in killing his wife and especially his son! Still, I agree with one poster in that we will never know the whole story and I still don't think WWE is telling the whole truth. Someone had to know that something was wrong with this man! As for steriods, while they did find some in his house, they found none in his system?! Something is terribly wrong here. For the record, I think Benoit did do it but it would be funny if it came out one day that he didn't and that it was someone else! Then what will WWE and the rest of you will have to say then? Speaking of steriods, not all wrestlers take them despite what the naysayers say! In fact, some of the people on this list died of things that people die of everyday (heart failure, car crash, cancer) so do your research before shooting your mouth off!

  Posted at 4:32AM on 16th 2008 by egriffin

• 60. Let me get this out right now. The title of this is Dead Wrestlers. For that reason, Chris Benoit DOES belong on this list. His wife should be on here too but for the record, she wasn't a wrestler, she was a valet/manager just like Sherri Martel and Ms. Elizabeth was. I do agree with all of you that the Von Erichs SHOULD'VE been included if they put Benoit on here. For those that call him a coward but say the Von Erichs should've been on there, I say this. Taking your own life is a form of cowardace too! Best to my knowledge, only David and the father Fritz died of natural causes! Kerry, Mike and Chris took their own lives and I don't see anyone knocking them or calling them cowardly.

  Posted at 4:31AM on 16th 2008 by egriffin