Mike_LowELL: One of the most underrated wrestlers in recent memory. Dude took a doomed-to-fail gimmick and convinced everybody a 300-pound man shouldn't be able to move that fast.

Damn shame this story has to repeat itself every nine months.

Do I smell wrestler death pool thread? I do, okay. Looks over both TNA and WWE rosters and says the next one to go is...Mark Henry in the next year.

Clearly steroids.

Mike_LowELL: One of the most underrated wrestlers in recent memory. Dude took a doomed-to-fail gimmick and convinced everybody a 300-pound man shouldn't be able to move that fast.

Damn shame this story has to repeat itself every nine months.

The fark?

Umaga was never ever a top tier wrestler. He never got any sort of heat. He was your typical McMahon pushed-to-the-moon with no reaction guy.

He did drugs, got suspended, got let go. He's Jeff Hardy minus talent + 300 pounds.

I'm glad I don't even bother to watch wrestling anymore, since sooner rather than later all my favorites will be dead.

/Only 1 of my 3 favorite wrestlers ever is still alive
//Jericho, Benoit, Guerrero for anyone that cares.

MattyFridays: Mike_LowELL: One of the most underrated wrestlers in recent memory. Dude took a doomed-to-fail gimmick and convinced everybody a 300-pound man shouldn't be able to move that fast.

Damn shame this story has to repeat itself every nine months.

The fark?

Umaga was never ever a top tier wrestler. He never got any sort of heat. He was your typical McMahon pushed-to-the-moon with no reaction guy.

He did drugs, got suspended, got let go. He's Jeff Hardy minus talent + 300 pounds.

Speaking of Jeff Hardy...the one time they met.

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I just spent way too much time the other day reading the wikis on the Von Erichs. I thought they all died before the 90s. Kerry Von Erich was my favorite all time wrestler, but I left wrestling before he did.

//Did watch WCW one football season after MNF. Sting was awesome and the NWO didn't have Hogan yet, IIRC.

This is very sad news, he was very talented, especially for his size.
and Speedbts, Hogan started the nWo so I don't think you were watching it before he was in it haha.

Mentat: That doesn't help, but it's the constant wear and tear of being on the road almost every day. Chris Benoit's brain was basically swiss cheese when he died.

All those flying headbutts probably didn't help either.

CK2005: This is very sad news, he was very talented, especially for his size.
and Speedbts, Hogan started the nWo so I don't think you were watching it before he was in it haha.

Hogan wasn't revelaed as NWO until the big PPV. There was at least a month buildup to that match.

And another one bites the dust.

What's the over/under for the WWE going out of business? Eventually one of these guys is going to kick over and McMahon and his wife aren't going to be able to cover it up. Most of their wrestlers are dead, dying, or maimed and it's quite hard to keep blaming the victim when a major company is still hiring these guys to perform. Even if McMahon himself is never charged, the stigma from so many wrestlers dying really young or in really strange ways (murder/suicides to just plain suicides) has to raise a few eyebrows. Even if nobody is charged, the stigma has to kill this industry. How many wrestlers have died in the past few years under some really strange instances?

I'll be generous. Five years if the rate keeps up, and I'm guessing it'll first be a few cable stations dropping the shows before McMahon makes some grandiose proclamation about 'coming back,' then vanishing forever to an island while stories of more wrestlers dying keep surfacing.

When you live hard and you play hard and burn the candle at both ends... in this life, you can lose everything you love, everything that loves you. A lot of people told him that he'd never wrestle again, they said "he's washed up", "he's finished" , "he's a loser", "he's all through". You know what? The only ones gonna tell him when he's through doing his thing, is you people here. You people here... you people here. You're his family.

_Rest.In. PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAACE.

Guess his 3 minutes were up.

/Seriously sad that Jamal died. Had some awesome matches for All Japan and like a previous post said took a doomed gimick and made everyone believe he was a steamroller.
//RIP

The polypenesian caveman has died? Boo hoo.

Guntram Shatterhand: And another one bites the dust.

What's the over/under for the WWE going out of business? Eventually one of these guys is going to kick over and McMahon and his wife aren't going to be able to cover it up. Most of their wrestlers are dead, dying, or maimed and it's quite hard to keep blaming the victim when a major company is still hiring these guys to perform. Even if McMahon himself is never charged, the stigma from so many wrestlers dying really young or in really strange ways (murder/suicides to just plain suicides) has to raise a few eyebrows. Even if nobody is charged, the stigma has to kill this industry. How many wrestlers have died in the past few years under some really strange instances?

I'll be generous. Five years if the rate keeps up, and I'm guessing it'll first be a few cable stations dropping the shows before McMahon makes some grandiose proclamation about 'coming back,' then vanishing forever to an island while stories of more wrestlers dying keep surfacing.

You make it seem like rich performers dying of drug overdoses is something new, or only happens in professional wrestling. What's the over/under on them cancelling rock and roll? I hear these singers keep dying in outrageous circumstances, the recording industry won't be able to cover it up forever.

im suprised scott steiner has lived this long with all the juice he takes.

Hillbilly Jim: CK2005: This is very sad news, he was very talented, especially for his size.
and Speedbts, Hogan started the nWo so I don't think you were watching it before he was in it haha.

Hogan wasn't revelaed as NWO until the big PPV. There was at least a month buildup to that match.

Hogan joined the OUTSIDERS at the PPV, he coined the name for the group that night when he proclaimed Hall, Nash and him as "The New World Order of wrestling"

Sounds like the WWE are trying to put some distance between them and Umanga/Jamal

WWE would like to express its deepest condolences to Mr. Fatu's family, friends and fans on his tragic passing. Mr. Fatu was under contract with WWE at various time periods and most recently performed under the name "Umaga." Mr. Fatu's contract was terminated on June 11, 2009.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/12849630

CK2005: This is very sad news, he was very talented, especially for his size.
and Speedbts, Hogan started the nWo so I don't think you were watching it before he was in it haha.

I may be wrong. I just remember it was Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and a guy called Six.

"The WWE would like to express its deepest condolences to Mr. Fatu's family, friends and fans on his tragic passing."

Wait, a wrestler dies, and his family is still alive. Isn't that a little unusual for the WWE?

FNAAAAAA , i was so hoping for a umaga vs samoa joe in tna . truly i feel for the fam. sad night indeed.

Found bleeding from the mouth & nose after falling asleep on the couch.

What's a n*gga gonna do, he's Samoan.

Mentat:
Owen Hart (34) (sudden deceleration syndrome)

You know the drill

\\New Keyboard, etc., etc.,

Mentat 2009-12-05 12:05:02 AM Guntram Shatterhand: How many wrestlers have died in the past few years under some really strange instances? I'll start a list
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Don't count two elderly 80 year olds in your list, that's just retarded.

Also, you forgot, just off the top of my head:
Died in '07: Mike Awesome 42 (Suicide)
Died in '09: Andrew "Test" Martin 33 (OD)

Owen hart was '99, which isn't very recently, but if we're going back 10 years, might as well add his cousin who died in '02:
British Bulldog [Davey Boy Smith] 39 (Heart Attack)

Died in '03: Road Warrior Hawk 46 (heart attack)

/I think there are a couple more, but I can't remember them

Mentat:
Owen Hart (34) (sudden deceleration syndrome)

Uncool... and I hate you for making me laugh at that.

Mentat: Owen Hart (34) (sudden deceleration syndrome)

Well played sir.

bubbaprog: Not only did the headline make me LOL, I actually farted. KUDOS! (even if it's rather obvious and I feel stupid for not thinking of it myself when I saw the news 12 hours ago).

Anyway, cocaine=hell of a drug.

I couldn't tell you the last time I laughed until I farted. Was it one of those 'fweep-fweep-fweep' things as you guffawed? I love that.

....and Jake the Snake is still alive and kicking.

Later big guy.

Von Wex: Mentat:
Owen Hart (34) (sudden deceleration syndrome)

Uncool... and I hate you for making me laugh at that.

Yeah. Seriously.

misterblaine63: When you live hard and you play hard and burn the candle at both ends... in this life, you can lose everything you love, everything that loves you. A lot of people told him that he'd never wrestle again, they said "he's washed up", "he's finished" , "he's a loser", "he's all through". You know what? The only ones gonna tell him when he's through doing his thing, is you people here. You people here... you people here. You're his family.

Came here for a Barton Fink reference. Well done sir.

Dumb-Ass-Monkey 2009-12-05 12:43:29 AM From the TMZ comments (validity is debatable, but...)
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Thewrestlinganswer.com says the same thing.

Multiple heart attacks. But even they say 'we're not 100% certain'.

They reckon, myself included, it was one of two things:
A) Blood clot related to flying back from Australia (he was just on the Hulkamania tour in Australia)
B) OD (or cumulative effects of) prescription drugs..
I add a C:
C) Clogged arteries due to him being a major fatty.

Mentat: jake3988: Don't count two elderly 80 year olds in your list, that's just retarded.

Well, Stephanie McMahon told Freddie Blassie to die and then a few months later he did. I think that's kind of strange.

I'd risk death to fark her.

Seriously. If I had the chance to fark Stephanie McMahon-Levesque with the chance that Triple-H would be home ANY MINUTE and catch me putting to his wife, I'd still do it with everything I have. I'd put my heart in it. I'd act like it was the last time I'd ever get laid.

And it might be. Triple-H is a farkin' caveman. He'd hurt me bad.

/And it would be Soooooo worth it.
//Oh, too bad about Umaga. Risks of the career and all that...

ZeroCorpse: Mentat: jake3988: Don't count two elderly 80 year olds in your list, that's just retarded.

Well, Stephanie McMahon told Freddie Blassie to die and then a few months later he did. I think that's kind of strange.

I'd risk death to fark her.

Seriously. If I had the chance to fark Stephanie McMahon-Levesque with the chance that Triple-H would be home ANY MINUTE and catch me putting to his wife, I'd still do it with everything I have. I'd put my heart in it. I'd act like it was the last time I'd ever get laid.

And it might be. Triple-H is a farkin' caveman. He'd hurt me bad.

/And it would be Soooooo worth it.

In fact, let me add that if I had to let Triple-H fark me first before I could get a piece of his wife, I'd seriously consider it.

Not that I think he's into that, or anything.

/NTTAWWT
//And I do *not* think he's a good-looking man.
///Impressive, yes. Attractive? No.