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7
Apr

Chris Kanyon

   Posted by: Infinity

Chris Kanyon died this weekend.  He was 40 years old.  Another premature professional wrestling death.

Kanyon competed for WCW and WWE under his name, as well as Mortis (a Mortal Kombat based character).  He was primarily a mid-card wrestler, and a very good worker.  He had a number of gimmicks and feuded with the likes of Diamond Dallas Page and Raven.

In his later years, he was openly homosexual, in an industry that commonly frowns upon such things.  He was also bipolar, and had spoken about suicide in the weeks prior to his death.  The toxicology results on his death have not come back yet, so it is unknown if he had anything in his system.

Professional wrestling is a hard business that extracts a terrible toll out of its participants.

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14
Mar

Another wrestler dead…

   Posted by: Infinity

Andrew “Test” Martin was found dead in his condo in Florida yesterday.  The cause is still to be determined.  He was 33.  Sadly his death is another statistic added to the many wrestlers that have died prematurely.

It’s been dragged through the media, it’s been run through Congress, and it still happens.  Why are all these young men (and the occasional woman) in the professional wrestling industry passing away, many of whom do not live to see their 40th birthday.

Some effort will be required, but I am going to put together a list of all the questionable deaths in the world of professional wrestling.  Those that could have possibly been prevented if the wrestlers had not been abusing drugs, been a victim of an accident, or were in a questionable mental state. 

It is sad to think that those people who make this profession a career choice (and are successful at it) may not live long enough to enjoy the money they make.  Of course, I am referring to the performers on the upper echelon of the food chain.  Those working the smaller promotions do not make much money at all.  They do it for the love of the sport, not to pad their retirement fund.


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