Deceased Wrestlers Tribute

[whizard78]

gorgeous george, crush, lance cade, lord alfred hayes, gorilla monsoon, brady boone.

[darktowers1985]

Luna Vachon



[simonmoves]

thanks for labeling the wrestlers-there must be at least another 2000 wrestlers at least--hard to believe-some were super duper fit-shame that some took their own lives--the game of wrestling must be a hard road to content with--thanx for posting--i always say-there half truths in wrestling--the border is whats real and fake--its a very fine line--some cant handle the lack of exposure after being dimissed or overlooked..climbing the mountian is easier than sliding down.

[Mujangga]

What does it say about wrestling when workers from the 30-70's died of old age while so many workers from 70-present dies before their 50...?

How many workers from the 30-70's were paralyzed from broken necks? The only wrestler from that era that I can think of who committed suicide is Yukon Eric.

Is it even worth it to watch wrestling anymore?

[buford1977]

what about Adrian Adonis-he died in 1988

[ruben1554]

you can add randy macho man recently deceased and if this video was created in 07 dont you think its time for an update?

[liverpoolad6]

@ruben1554 Unfortunately I've been extremely busy for a while now and don't get much time to create videos anymore, I wish I could update but sadly it takes a lot of research and effort to compile something like this to a decent enough standard.

Feel free to remember the recently deceased on the comments though, Thanks for your comment :)

[BruceWalters]

The Crusher and Dick The Bruiser



[the7thwreck]

Wrestling can endanger your health....steroids contribute...Andre the Giant FOREVER

[the7thwreck]

@the7thwreck BRITISH BULLDOG FOR INFINITY!!!!

[Hero7850]

love the tribute and the music suits it

[bkxnyxmxx]

i cant belived that crash holy ,bossman ,test,bulldog die

[enjoythewildUSA]

Their relatives should get together and sue the league for encouraging steroid abuse. This is just a shocking list of human tragedy. Are all o f those Von Erick's related?

[AnotherBrotherMark]

Bruno Sammartino tore em all up in the 60's.

Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino(born October 6, 1935) is an Italian-American former professional wrestler,best known for being the longest-running champion of the World Wide Wrestling Federation(WWWF),holding the title across two reigns for over 11 years in total,as well as the longest single WWE Championship reign in men's professional wrestling history.

Sammartino headlined more Garden cards than any other wrestler (211),including 187 sellouts

[extremechampion00]

Giany Gonzalez

[Hero7850]

@extremechampion00 Giant Gonzales died in september 2010 and this video was created in 2007

[petrisal]

The Grand Wizard

[k16m16s1]

four of the von Erich died from suicide started with drugs ended with a gun shot to the brain

[61520a]

the sheik

[61520a]

what about the sheik

[musicalrich1]

The great Frank Gotch, some say was "the peerless one", died at approx. age 40 - uremic poisoning! (1917). -- May have used questionable or dirty tactics to subdue his major opponent, Georg Hackenschmidt (The Russian Lion, who died in 1968 at age 89).

[Rypleys1]

que muchos suicidios! y eso q aparentaban ser felices cn sus vidas...

[soloexitos1]

Wow Mr Perfect I remember his fights back in 1989

[jfearless1]

I didn't know sensational sherri died...?

[Joshua51818]

I Miss Eddie,Chris,Warrior,Junkyark,M­rPerfact,BigBossman,BamBam, And now Im crieing over lance cades death

[58conv]

Man you brought back a lot of fond memories.. From my child hood.. those were the guys that would sometimes make my day..

[sammydanger]

i like the idea of this but i have to say it is terribly edited and the pictures were not high quality, but not bad for amature

[jaquitaify]

what about timothy hampton

[terrorizerr1]

could this song be wrong in so many levels for this vieo clip?

[bobypop916]

fabulous tribute. You missed the great Haystacks Calholun who died of diabetes after they amputated his leg. What about Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy....Hans Mortier........Dory Dixon..... Those were the days my friend we thought they would never end........

[laggerg]

There's a website called Gary Will Deceased Pro Wrestlers that has a huge list of past stars of wrestling.

[allison9090]

steroids are a helluva drug.....

[nsilvercat]

God i miss all these guys; not mention was Gino Hernandez, Wahoo McDaniels and Scott Casey.

[laggerg]

@nsilvercat Scott Casey isn't deceased. 

[cphmail1]

didn't see ms.Elizabeth

[liverpoolad6]

1:36 :)

[1225catherine]

@cphmail1 she was on there.

[JMaNisALiVE]

@cphmail1 she was one of the first ones in the video...

[wgacainc]

My father Ron Bint the bulldog gannon

Through bruno sammartino out of the ring in madison sq garden in 64 6'4 370 lbs

[cooldudenotcrude]

Argentina Rocca

[MrMrmiguelito]

Wild Bull Curry

[francovill1]

super musiqe

[j22jumal]

Rest In Peace Great wrestlers Who Died. Too much heart attacks and drug overdoses and cancers :'( R.I.P

[Doc216949]

How could such a list, including men from the 50's, forget to mention:

Wahoo MacDaniels & Gene Anderson??

huh?

[Ramband2005]

where is rhonda singh(bertha faye)

[didle66]

It's pretty sad these guys died. I remember watching them when I was a kid.

[fwtgang]

add umaga because he died december 4

[killercody1996]

Umaga passed away acouple weeks back aka Eddie Fatu

[payster0603]

man, as a kid I can remember going to Jack Witchie's Sports Arena in Attleboro Mass every Friday night,,seeing guys like Sweet Daddy Watts, Haystack Calhoon,Bull Montana,Vincenti Pomente,The Vagabon Gypsie Joe and how loud his punch was in the head lock as he always opened up the head of the guy he wrestled,,to this day I still wonder how he got the "crack" sound as his knuckles made contact. Life is so short, please take care of yourselves, all that see this,,,God Bless

[Jasonkillsn1]

well what happened to Andrew "Test" Martin.... he not on there.....?

[liverpoolad6]

Andrew Martin AKA Test, died on March 13th 2009.

This video was created and uploaded in July 2007, meaning he died long after this was created.

Thankyou for the comment.

[MATTHEWTHEINGRAM]

cuz this was made before he died

[DocLeggz]

Gino Hernandez should've been on there, but great vid anyway.

[foxybrown2]

what happend to all the von erichs there were so many how did they all die?

[liverpoolad6]

Video description will give you that info.

[1225catherine]

@foxybrown2 Kerry Von Erich committed suicide and his brother David. Kevin had a fatal car accident i heard. Their father died from natural causes. And i don't know about Chris Von Erich.

[gamelvr1]

@1225catherine you're wrong about kevin, he too committed suicide. he had serious drug problems getting arrested twice, the first of which resulted in probation, the second happened while he was still on said probation. faced the imminent consequences of his actions he shot himself in the heart

[laggerg]

@gamelvr1 Kevin Von Erich isn't deceased.

[gamelvr1]

@laggerg you're right i was confusing him with kerry. my bad

[laggerg]

@gamelvr1 No problem, :) for all but one to be gone, the various reasons why are sometimes hard to keep up.

[MissTexasstar7]

@1225catherine Kevin is still alive. Chris shot himself.

[laggerg]

@1225catherine David died from acute enteritis, not suicide. Mike committed suicide by drug overdose, Chris committed suicide by gunshot to his head. Jack, the firstborn who never reached adulthood, was electrocuted. And their father Fritz, died from lung and brain cancer.

[blackteewhitetee]

@foxybrown2 SUICIDE 

[gamelvr1]

@foxybrown2 of the brothers that were involved with wrestling, all but one definitely committed suicide. one of them is unknown for sure, a # of wrestlers say it was suicide, but it wasn't ruled a suicide by the police

[edtx1949]

@foxybrown2 david died of ruptured intestine some say drugs,

mike, chris and Kerry ciommitted sueide, a younger one Jack died when he was a kid by electrucution when

[NewbornWrestling46]

good vido r.i.p great superstars of the past ;'[

[Anubet1]

Adorable Adrian Adonis and Dick Murdoch, Rick "Quick" McGraw

[ronthereddragon]

hell yeah old school

[meanmarkcallus]

Allow me to correct myself I apoloize , you do have Hawk on here. however heres some others Gary Albright Gorilla monsoon Refree Randy Pee wee Anderson Referee Joey Marella Sapphire Bertha Faye and thats about all I can think of for now

Thanks for this vid.

[meanmarkcallus]

Great Vid, Great Job Based upon your request to put whoever was not on it heres some that I perhaps overlooked but I didnt see them on here this Great Vid. Great Kabooki Missing Link S.d. Jones Test Little Beaver Adrian Adonis Lil Mr. T Rocco Rock Chief Peter Maivia Hawk Cusion Jr. Uncle Elmer

[GTM57]

nice tribute but I didn't see the original sheik on here who is also gone. I'm sure it must be hard to cover all of them.

[aarfanmel]

i remember all of the von erichs. may they all rest in pease

[fantom58]

Killer Kowalski-- heart attack

[jironbeers]

Test died too

r.i.p test

[another1bitesdadust]

if i am correct isnt british bulldog still alive on TNA

[rm61999]

no he died of a heart attack some years ago

[fjccommish]

No, that's not the British Bulldog. I think you have him confused with Doug Williams of British Invasion.

[SoundDefiance]

I randomly came across this video, and remember a lot of these folks from when I was about ten years old. It makes my heartache when it has to be understood that for the most part we saw characters going to the mat. They were people, not personas.

[DBZmegafan99]

That's not the warrior. That's the Renegade. He was made to look like the warrior. It was to rip at WWF/E. Hogan said he had an "ultimate" surprise. He faked every1 out w/ the Renegade. The Real Ultimate Warrior is alive. He legally had his name changed to Warrior Warrior after he officially went crazy.

[true123ninja]

life*

[true123ninja]

oh my god junkyard dogs lie got taken by a car crash i miss him he was a legend and andre the giant and alot of people that died in wrestling.

[flexbrat]

all the von ericks were suicide ???

[DBZmegafan99]

that or overdose, except for Fritz. It's known as the Von Erich Tragedy

[cannunez]

and david he had a repcured stomach

[DBZmegafan99]

yea O and Kevin Von Erich is the only living member of the Von Erich Dynasty

[oliver949oc]

most of these guys dont make it to 50 thats scary

[redhot916spd]

go ahead and do the steroids if you feel the money is worth it, it's your life and only you can live it right!

[madballz28]

Nice music, very well done on all aspects my friend. Awesome!!!

[kesler5323]

i would not want to be a wrestler id have a short life

[5016dad]

not for sure ric flairs 56 and vince macmahon is 67

[DBZmegafan99]

got a point

[fantom58]

Freddy Blassie lived to be 85 or so. Of course he wrestled before steroids, GBH etc. became commonplace.

[BatmanNWO]

they missed one of the midnight rockers and magnificent moo la,I'm sure there's a lot more wrestlers too

[MrTexasTycoon]

the von ericks did not die from food poisoning im from texas and i would know

[dudurty504]

Wow!! This brings back so many memories of when I WAS a wrestling fan. I remember the Von Erichs. I think they all died from food poisoning. It was so sad to see them drop off one by one. Somebody really had it out for them. Thanks for the post "liverpoolad6"

[thunderbare]

none died of food posoning three died by there own hands and David Died of alchol overuse

[erwintommy]

Sleep Apnea can kill but not usually until someone gets older ( heart attack in their sleep) unless they fall asleep at the wheel. Being overweight doesn't help either-again -heart attack usually takes them out.

[Xg198094]

i didn't know that pitbull #2 or woman was deceased. thats so sad that so many wrestlers have passed on and have left so much behind. may God rest every soul on this list.

[cmccraigle]

woman is nancy benoit aka chris benoit's wife who he murderd along with hanging himself and killing his son daniel benoit

[DBZmegafan99]

supposedly! People speculate it may have been Kevin Sullivan and he framed Chris. Rumor has it he never got over how Chris stole Nancy from him. It did look that way to when at 1 point she was w/ Sullivan & the Dungeon of Doom, then suddenly she came out w/ the Horsemen & Chris

[LOKITUPISBACK]

frank gotch and the other old, old timers

[SteveGaines]

Ray Stevens is dead died May 3, 1996 from a Heart Attack..

[bigwill469]

god bless the sportatoureum may it and all of the star find peace

[TheHeenanFamily]

I accidently put Ray Stevens, he isn't dead, but the rest are. Some of them are promoters who promoted wrestling events

Frank Gotch, Karl Gotch, Andy Kauffman, George Hackenschmidt, Rikidozan, Lous Thesz, Eddie Graham, James Dudley, Jim Crockett,

[TheHeenanFamily]

The Fabulous Moolah, Gorilla Monsoon, Adrian Adonis, Rocko Rock, Wahoo McDaniel, Killer Kowalski, Sapphire, Crush, The Missing Link, Ole Anderson, The Sheik, S.D. Jones, Vince McMahon Sr, Rick McGraw, Haystacks Calhoun, Uncle Elmer, Jack Tunney, Gordon Solie, Peter Maivia, The Grand Wizard, Dick Murdoch, Bertha Faye, Arnold Skaaland, Professor Toru Tanaka, Loch Ness, Dr. Bill Miller, Jerry Blackwell, Gary Hart, Lord Alfred Hayes, Shoehi Baba, Haiti Kid, Gorgeous George, Toots Mondt, Ray Stevens

[Realdeal232005]

Mariann koslow she managed Mosh when he was Chaz

[1975tooto]

Thanx Liverpool! I guess looking at thie also reminds me of how much the Biz has changed! Argentino Appolo(3.55) in my opinion was the first true high flyer early in his career! He was a natrual without all of the stunt rehearsing.I really missed the Midgets! They even had a Midget ranking back then also.Who could ever forget Sky-Lo-Lo! The Champ! Also , Little Brutus,Jamaica Kid,Fuzzy Cupid,Little Beaver,and Lord Little Brook! Great Post!

[gangieo]

how did crash holly die

[liverpoolad6]

Look in description.

[Realdeal232005]

Marianna komlos died she managed Mosh of the headbangers after they split up he went by Chaz

[caraballo285]

thank you for this video alot thanks again alot of the wreslers on this video i didnt knew they had died i m very sadden wow it broke my heart to knew they were gone but my god they mad me very happy to see them wresle now their in heavan wresling for jesus  thankk you my friend tears roll down my face take care very nice job u did

[geargail]

... they all brought a smile to my face...

Thanks for the video upload.

(( inspires me as a comic book illustrator ))

[Hossy5225]

I know it's been a long time but it would be nice if the original Haystacks Calhoun were included in there. He was one of my favorites. Nice job BTW.

[LOKITUPISBACK]

i heard haystacks was a real prick, but a part of history none the less...

[imphatdaddy]

How could you forget Jake "The Snake" Roberts?

[imphatdaddy]

How could you forget Jake "The Snake" Roberts

[liverpoolad6]

Jake "The Snake" Roberts or Aurelian Smith, Jr isn't dead. Still alive and well in Gainesville, Florida.

[markczwlawd]

czw chris cash motercycile accedent

[Kholmesii]

rocco rock

[agverdict]

Great job! I'm sure this list took alot of work. Brute Bernard and Bulldog Danny Pletches also passed on.

[bullirish]

How about Rick McGraw?

[konvictedmonkey]

art barr's father sandy barr was a wrestler and ref. in the pac. nw. for many years he passed this year thank you

[BionicBrain2]

Some you missed. Sputnik Monroe, Danny Hodge, Eddie Sullivan, Treach Phillips, Bull Curry.

[claireoverton]

miss elizabeth was 42

[cantonafan]

you missed out sd jones even tho he died quite recently so it was prbs after you did this vid rip anyway

[zisoul]

You Don't Have LONNIE MOONDOG MAYNE In Your

List.

[1Lawman104]

what killed most of these young talented grapplers..dope???

[rain6282]

how did miss elizabeth die? and how old was she? that's sad.

[cantonafan]

she died of a drug overdose im not sure how old she was

[THCJunkiE]

the genius is Lanny Poffo Randy macho mans brother and he is alive and well in Clearwater florida

[FrankStockton]

maybe I didn't recognize him but there was a guy who used to hang out with Mr. Perfect who called himself "The Genius," I heard he's passed...

[rickhuck64]

One not on the list that should be is the Handsome Halfbreed Gino Hernandez.

[Minikid1989]

I finally found out how Art Barr died. He died of an accidental drug overdose

[liverpoolad6]

Thanks, i'll change it. :)

[1Lawman104]

dope...just as i expected..

[aytaytay07]

they we're people just like you and me, and they have given back to a lot of people.They all were good people they just didn't make wise choices, and in case you didn't know when it came to steroids they didn't have a choice it was either be in the buisness or not but they want to follow their dream!

[aytaytay07]

well miskkj I am sure all of them have done steroids including my father but unless you have had someone in that kind of industry you wouldn't understand why they would result to such a thing my father was hercules hernandez, and yes he did that also at the beginning and he passed away but not because of that. Also just because they did do that do you think they shoutldn't have the right to have a tribute to them?

[milkieways]

why in god's glorious name do they need a tribute, please xplain that to me.

[liverpoolad6]

Well "Milkie" there is a simple and accurate reason which I intended people to gather from the title of the video.

THEY'RE DEAD!

[ecmcgee]

You forgot "Flyboy Rocco Rock". Also a fairly popular wrestler form Japan, Gary Albright. I worked for Afa, the Wild Samoan as his ring announcer in the spring of 1999. I remember calling a 10-bell salute for Rick Rude, and my final show I announced before moving was mere days before the Owen Hart tragedy. I remember it because NBC was showing the Jesse Ventura movie, and the local news did a feature on Afa's school. Right after our feature, the anchor broke the news about Owen. Sad times.

[RimRiderQC]

Just to add details:

Andre the Giant just attended his father's funeral in France when he suffered his heart attack.

Dino Bravo: classic case of mafia-style murder. Barely days before, some cigarette/tobacco cartel was dismembered in Montreal area. Many close friends easily related him to this story.

[mickkj]

i wonder how many died as a result of steriods??????????????

[Muffyio]

wow...whats with almost all of the Von Erich' committing suicide?

[JMaestro]

Man. I grew up watching a lot of these cats. Rick Rude, Mr. Perfect, Earthquake, Big Boss Man, Hawk, Sensational Sherry, Brian Pillman. RIP to all.

[reymisteria619]

i love eddie guerrero he is cool we lai we cheat we steal

[adu757]

Eddie, Come back!

[mezahatred]

Seriously.. those who took overdoses or died from steriods/other drugs long time use.. I can't really pity them... their own fault..

but the rest.. who died from Natural Causes/Heart attacks/organ failure/diseases... may they Rest In Peace....

[liverpoolad6]

same opinion here but i decided that if they took the time to entertain us and put there bodies on the line. then they deserve to be honoured and respected.

even if some may have done it to themselves.

[Sych0Sid]

i love the video its veryveryveryveryveryveryveryve­ryvery nice . wat is the song?

[liverpoolad6]

thankyou.

the first song is:

Sting and the police - Every breath you take.

the second is:

Eric Clapton - Tears in heaven

[terry1381]

very nice tribute.so many have passed away that i didnt even realize.....so sad...thanx for your hard work and take care.

[liverpoolad6]

Thankyou for all your comments. I have now included the death causes in video information.

[y2jy2jchrisjericho]

rip from scotland

[scstxr]

wow thats the best tribute ive seen because he got so many wrestlers that have died.

[jduttskywalker]

You know I'm surprised the Ultimate Warrior hasn't died considering how many steroids he probably took.

[xxxxxxcoreyxxxx]

owen hart

[liverpoolad6]

0:26 owen hart

[nealsmagic]

Wonderful tribute. This brings back so many wonderful memories. Thank you so much. These great ledgends gave it their all.

[Munzhen]

good video it made me look back and remenber the good things of wrestling. what is the name of the second song???

[thunderfingerbird]

tears from heaven by eric clapton written for his son who fell from a window in an apartment

[shubhamyo]

gr8 job but need the reason

[crayzie123]

how many died of steroids

[liverpoolad6]

different reasons for death

[supersamuelo2007]

did these guys die of old age, in the ring or how?

[shortyman445]

andre the Giant

[McRat1968]

This year has already claimed several more legends:

2008 Necrology:

Arman Hussein, Tony Olivas, Johnny Weaver, Don Curtis

Every year for the past 5 or 6 years the website has posted the complete list of deceased wrestlers. By the time a year has passed, several dozen names adorn the list. R.I.P, all.

(If you Google "deceased wrestlers" you'll be shown the site I'm talking about.)

[hilljack68]

Nice job. Thanks for adding the names. I wouldn't have recognized some of those guys.

[yomamaspetbeaver]

there were like 6 or 7 Von Erichs

[DBZmegafan99]

There were 5 Real Von Erichs and then Waldo & Lance who were added in later. Adding them made 7

[crackalin123]

gone but never forgotten always in our thoughts rip owen hart eddie benoit and yokozuna all of u guys rip mateys we miss u

[bretthehitman786]

good video

[tstreit45]

Great job deserves more views

[kierania]

gone but not forgotten

[liverpoolad6]

lol it ok and thankyou for the compliment