List of premature professional wrestling deaths

According to a 2014 study by Eastern Michigan University examining professional wrestlers who were active between 1985 and 2011, mortality rates for professional wrestlers are up to 2.9 times greater than the rate for men in the wider United States population.[1] John Moriarty of the University of Manchester and Benjamin Morris of FiveThirtyEight report that the mortality rate for professional wrestlers is higher than that of athletes in other sports.[2] Experts suggest that a combination of the physical nature of the business, no off-season, and the drug culture of the 1970s and 1980s contributes to high mortality rates among wrestlers.[3][4][5][6][7] Another study ascribes the higher death rate largely to cardiovascular disease.[8] Measures such as the introduction of WWE's Wellness Program have been instituted to curb the trend. For the purposes of this list, wrestlers listed are those who died before age 65.

WWE performers are employed as "independent contractors" and not offered company-sponsored group health insurance coverage in most instances. This is said to have a causal connection to their longevity, morbidity and mortality. WWE performers' status as independent contractors was spotlighted by John Oliver on an episode of his show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in March 2019,[9][10][11] with Oliver calling on WWE fans to protest at WrestleMania 35.[9][10][11] WWE denied Oliver's critique.[12]

The concept of the untimely deaths of professional wrestlers was a frequent topic of discussion on the Opie & Anthony show.[13]

List

Under 20

Age	Ring name (Birth name)	Promotion(s) worked for	Date of birth	Date of death	Cause of death
18	Janet Wolfe (Janet Boyer Wolfe)	NWA	June 13, 1933	July 27, 1951	Brain hemorrhage

Under 30

Age	Ring name (Birth name)	Promotion(s) worked for	Date of birth	Date of death	Cause of death
21	Chris Von Erich (Chris Adkisson)	WCCW, USWA	September 30, 1969	September 12, 1991	Suicide by gunshot[14]
21	Oro (Jesus Javier Hernandez)	CMLL, UWA	December 24, 1971	October 26, 1993	Head injury in match[15]
21	Jeff Peterson	Independent circuit, ECWA, MCW, IPW	August 13, 1981	November 29, 2002	Leukemia
22	Spider (Daniel Quirk)	NWA New England, independent circuit, WXW, ACW	July 19, 1982	May 28, 2005	Head injury in match
22	Mirai (Chiemi Kitagami)	AJW, K-DOJO, Atoz	November 17, 1982	September 14, 2005	Drowning in bathtub
22	Mass Transit (Eric Kulas)	ECW, independent circuit	October 17, 1979	May 12, 2002	Complications from gastric bypass surgery[16]
22	Hana Kimura	World Wonder Ring Stardom	September 3, 1997	May 23, 2020	Suicide by hydrogen sulfide ingestion
23	Mike Von Erich (Michael Adkisson)	WCCW, NWA, NJPW	March 2, 1964	April 12, 1987	Suicide by drug overdose[14]
23	Shane Shamrock (Brian Howser)	MCW, MEWF, IPWA	February 8, 1975	August 18, 1998	Shot by police
23	Edouard Beaupre (Joseph Édouard Beaupré Piché)	N/A	January 9, 1881	July 3, 1904	Tuberculosis
23	Chri$ Ca$h (Christopher Bauman Jr.)	CZW	July 13, 1982	August 18, 2005	Motorcycle accident
23	Emiko Kado	JWP, Atoz	January 28, 1976	April 9, 1999	Intercerebral bleeding in match
25	David Von Erich (David Adkisson)	WCCW, NWA St. Louis, NWA, AJPW	July 22, 1958	February 10, 1984	Acute enteritis[14]
25	Reid Flair (Reid Fliehr)	AJPW, WCW, NWA, independent circuit	February 26, 1988	March 29, 2013	Drug overdose[17]
26	Principe Aereo (Luis Angel Salazar)	worked in various promtions in Mexico	1994	October 17, 2020	Heart attack (during match)
26	Kasavubu (Jimmy Banks)	Stampede Wrestling, WWWF, NWA, IWE	May 14, 1956	July 27, 1982	Heart attack (during operation)
27	Russ Haas (Thomas Russell Haas)	ECWA, CZW, MCW, HWA, WWF, JAPW	March 11, 1974	December 15, 2001	Heart failure
27	J.C. Bailey	CZW, IWA Mid-South, IWA East-Coast	August 23, 1983	August 30, 2010	Intracranial aneurysm
27	Masakazu Fukuda	WAR, NJPW	May 17, 1972	April 19, 2000	Head injury in match
27	Mike Thomas (Michael Farhat)	NWA Detroit, NWA	July 7, 1951	December 12, 1978	Suicide
27	Louie Spicolli (Louis Mucciolo Jr.)	WWF, ECW, WCW, AAA	February 10, 1971	February 15, 1998	Drug overdose[18]
28	Art Barr	PNW, WCW, AAA, EMLL	October 8, 1966	November 23, 1994	Heart attack caused by a drug overdose[19]
28	Gino Hernandez (Charles Wolfe Jr.)	WCCW, SCW, NWA, UWF Mid-South	August 14, 1957	February 2, 1986	Unknown (Drug overdose or Murder)[20]
28	Ricky Lawless (Medardo Leon Jr.)	ICW, NWF, independent circuit	December 3, 1959	November 30, 1988	Shot
29	Plum Mariko (Mariko Umeda)	JWP, AJW, Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling	November 1, 1967	August 16, 1997	Head injury in match[15]
29	Clarence Whistler	N/A	February 24, 1856	November 6, 1885	Pneumonia
29	Chris Taylor	AWA, AJPW, NWA	June 13, 1950	June 30, 1979	Cardiomyopathy
29	Lance Cade (Lance McNaught)	WWE, HWA, OVW, MCW, FCW, AJPW	March 2, 1981	August 13, 2010	Drug overdose[21]
29	Bobby Shane (Robert Schoenberger)	NWA, CWF, GCW, WCW Australia	August 25, 1945	February 20, 1975	Plane crash
29	Trent Acid (Michael Verdi)	ROH, CZW, BJPW, JCW	November 12, 1980	June 18, 2010	Drug overdose

Under 40

Age	Ring name (Birth name)	Promotion(s) worked for	Date of birth	Date of death	Cause of death
30	Rick McGraw	WWF, NWA, MACW, GCW	March 19, 1955	November 1, 1985	Heart attack[22]
30	Jay Youngblood (Steven Romero)	AWA, NWA, MACW, MLW, CWF, AJPW	June 21, 1955	September 2, 1985	Heart attack[23]
30	Larry Sweeney (Alexander Whybrow)	Chikara, IWC, ROH, CZW	February 18, 1981	April 11, 2011	Suicide by hanging
30	Giant Ochiai (Takayuki Okada)	Battlarts, WJ	May 8, 1973	August 8, 2003	Subdural hematoma
30	Hollie Stevens (Tia Kidwell)	unknown	January 4, 1982	July 3, 2012	breast cancer and brain cancer
30	Zubair Jhara (Muhammad Zubair Aslam)	wrestled in Pakistan, NJPW	November 24, 1960	September 10, 1991	Heart failure
30	Pierre Lefebvre	GCW, WWF, Lutte Internationale, NWA, UWF	February 24, 1955	December 24, 1985	Car accident[24]
31	Ed Gantner	CWF	February 4, 1959	December 31, 1990	Suicide by gunshot[25]
31	Gene Lipscomb	NWA, NWA San Francisco	August 9, 1931	May 10, 1963	Drug overdose
31	Frank Speer	unknown	May 27, 1907	June 10, 1938	Bronchial pneumonia
31	Scott Peterson	PNW, NWA	June 10, 1963	July 25, 1994	Motorcycle accident
31	Kazuharu Sonoda	AJPW, NWA, WCCW, CWF, MACW	September 16, 1956	November 28, 1987	Died aboard South African Airways Flight 295
31	Joey Marella	referee for WWF	February 28, 1963	July 4, 1994	Car crash
32	Jaime Cardriche	Pacific Wrestling Alliance, independent circuit	March 28, 1968	July 28, 2000	Complications during gall bladder surgery
32	Steve Bradley (Steve Bisson)	WWF/WWE, PPW, OVW, NECW, HWA	December 10, 1975	December 1, 2008	Unknown
32	Adam Firestorm (Adam Dykes)	ECCW, Stampede Wrestling, various promotions in Western Canada and Pacific Northwest	November 25, 1976	November 5, 2009	Suicide
32	Kris Travis	TNA, RPW, PCW, ICW, PROGRESS	December 16, 1983	March 31, 2016	Stomach cancer
32	Sorakichi Matsuda (Koujiro Matsuda)	N/A	1859	August 16, 1891	Consumption
32	Frank Townsend	NWA, CWC, NWA St. Louis, JWA	March 20, 1933	May 15, 1965	Drowning (boating accident)
32	Crash Holly (Mike Lockwood)	WWF/E, Funking Conservatory, APW, TNA	August 25, 1971	November 6, 2003	Suicide by drug overdose and alcohol poisoning[26]
32	Buzz Sawyer (Bruce Woyan)	NWA, WWF, UWF, WCCW, MACW, WCW	June 14, 1959	February 7, 1992	Cocaine induced Heart attack[15][27]
32	Billy McCrary	NWA, NJPW	December 7, 1946	July 14, 1979	Motorcycle accident[28][29]
33	Chris Candido	WCW, WWF, ECW, SMW, NJPW, TNA	March 21, 1972	April 28, 2005	Acute pneumonia[30]
33	Adrian Adonis (Keith Franke)	AWA, WWF, NJPW, CWF, GCW, ASW	September 15, 1954	July 4, 1988	Car accident[31]
33	Eddie Gilbert (Thomas Edward Gilbert Jr.)	NWA, WCW, UWF, WWF, USWA, ECW	August 14, 1961	February 18, 1995	Heart attack[32]
33	José Aarón Alvarado Nieves	CMLL, UWA	May 9, 1966	October 27, 1999	Infection
33	Kerry Von Erich (Kerry Adkisson)	WCCW, NWA, UWF, WWF	February 3, 1960	February 18, 1993	Suicide by gunshot[14]
33	Paul E. Normous (Paul Fauchs)	OVW, ECWA, independent circuit	April 15, 1975	January 16, 2009	Drug overdose
33	The Renegade (Rick Wilson)	WCW, WAR	October 16, 1965	February 23, 1999	Suicide by gunshot[33]
33	Test (Andrew Martin)	WWF/E, Funking Conservatory, TNA	March 17, 1975	March 13, 2009	Drug overdose[34]
33	Michel Martel (Michel Vigneault)	Stampede Wrestling, WWC, IWE, NWA	October 4, 1944	June 30, 1978	Heart attack after match
33	D.J. Peterson (David Peterson)	AWA, WWF, UWF, NWA	July 17, 1959	May 25, 1993	Motorcycle accident
33	Neil Superior (Neil Caricofe)	National Wrestling League, IWCCW; SAPW, WCW	April 6, 1963	August 23, 1996	Confrontation with police
33	Moondog Mayne (Ronald Mayne)	NWA, WWWF, PNW	September 12, 1944	August 13, 1978	Car accident
33	Gran Naniwa (Yoshikuni Kimura)	Michinoku Pro, AJPW, ECW, WAR, NJPW	February 15, 1977	October 6, 2010	Heart attack
33	Karsten Beck (Karsten Pitann)	WXW, BJPW, CZW	November 25, 1986	October 15, 2020	Brain Cancer
33-34	Damian Steele (Damien Dothard)	GCW, NWA Wildside, TCW, WWE, DSW	1975	July 22, 2009	Brain aneurysm
34	Danny Havoc (Grant Berkland)	CZW, GCW, WXW, ICW, BJPW, IWA Mid-South	May 19, 1986	May 31, 2020	Unknown (possibly suicide)
34	Espectrito II (Alejandro Pérez Jiménez)	AAA, WWF	May 15, 1975	June 30, 2009	Poisoned
34	La Parkita (Alberto Pérez Jiménez)	AAA, WWF	May 15, 1975	June 30, 2009	Poisoned
34	El Hijo de Cien Caras (Eustacio "Tacho" Jiménez Ibarra)	AAA, CMLL	March 21, 1976	November 29, 2010	Shot
34	Chase Tatum (William Tatum)	WCW, Innovate Wrestling	November 3, 1973	March 23, 2008	Drug overdose
34	Brain Damage (Marvin Lambert)	IWA MS, CZW	December 14, 1977	October 18, 2012	Apparent suicide
34	Yokozuna (Rodney Anoa'i)	WWF, AWA, NJPW, UWA	October 2, 1966	October 23, 2000	Heart attack[35]
34	Bobby Duncum, Jr.	WCW, ECW, GWF, AJPW	August 26, 1965	January 24, 2000	Accidental prescription drug overdose[36]
34	Owen Hart	WWF, Stampede Wrestling, NJPW, CWA	May 7, 1965	May 23, 1999	Fall from roof of Kemper Arena (during botched stunt)[37]
34	Big Dick Dudley (Alex Rizzo)	ECW, WWC, XPW	January 12, 1968	May 16, 2002	Kidney failure[38]
34	Wayne Munn	NWA	February 9, 1896	January 9, 1931	Bright's disease
34-35	Thunder (Luke Fordward)	CMLL, wrestled in various promotions in Japan and Australia	1981	June 30, 2016	Stomach cancer
35	Andy Kaufman	CWA	January 17, 1949	May 16, 1984	Kidney failure from lung cancer
35	Chris Duffy	WWF, IWF, independent circuit	July 7, 1965	August 25, 2000	Brain aneurysm
35	Dino Casanova (David DiMeglio)	WCW, independent circuit, MEWF	February 8, 1967	March 1, 2002	Heart attack[16]
35	Mike Lozansky (Michael Lozanski)	Stampede Wrestling, NJPW, CMLL, USWA, ECW	January 1, 1968	December 18, 2003	Heart attack
35	Scott Irwin	WWWF, UWF, CWF, AWA, Lutte Internationale	May 14, 1952	September 5, 1987	Cancer, also reported as Brain aneurysm[15]
35	Marianna Komlos	WWF	September 3, 1969	September 26, 2004	Breast cancer[39]
35	Brian Pillman	Stampede Wrestling, WCW, ECW, WWF	May 22, 1962	October 5, 1997	Arteriosclerotic heart disease[40]
35	Miguel Ángel Delgado (Miguel Ángel Delgado Reyes)	EMLL	August 28, 1947	February 7, 1983	Leukemia
35	Perro Aguayo Jr. (Perro Agusyo Ramírez)	AAA, CMLL, Perros del Mal	July 23, 1979	March 21, 2015	Cervical spine trauma in match
36	Lionheart (Adrian McCallum)	ICW, PCW	December 17, 1982	June 19, 2019	Suicide[41]
36	Dean Hart	Stampede Wrestling, NWA Hawaii, WSS	January 3, 1954	November 21, 1990	Bright's disease
36	Emory Hale (Emory Hail)	WCW, XWF	December 13, 1969	January 28, 2006	Kidney failure
36	Freddie Sweetan (Fred Prossner)	NWA, Stampede Wrestling, CSW, MACW	July 25, 1938	July 26, 1974	House fire
36	Shoichi Arai	FMW promoter	December 19, 1965	May 16, 2002	Suicide by hanging
36	Gary Albright	Stampede Wrestling, UWFi, AJPW, ECW	May 18, 1963	January 7, 2000	Heart attack in match[42]
36	Pitbull #2 (Anthony Durante)	ECW, CWA, NJPW	July 26, 1967	September 25, 2003	Drug overdose[43]
36	Jerry Tuite (Michael Jerome Tuite)	WCW, TNA, PCW, AJPW	December 27, 1966	December 6, 2003	Heart attack[44]
36	Umaga (Edward Fatu)	WWE, TNA, HWA, WXW, AJPW	March 28, 1973	December 4, 2009	Heart attack caused by combined drug intoxication[45]
36	Ray	Smash, WNC, Shimmer, Ice Ribbon, JWP	February 14, 1982	August 30, 2018	Brain tumor[46]
37	Mike Bell	WWF, ECW, UPW	March 18, 1971	December 14, 2008	Heart attack (drug overdose)
37	Buford Pusser	UWF Mid-South	December 12, 1937	August 21, 1974	Car accident
37	Pak Song (Pak Song Nam)	NWA, WSS, AJPW, CWF	April 11, 1945	April, 1982	Marfan's syndrome
37	Sam McVey	wrestled in Australia	May 17, 1884	December 23, 1921	pneumonia
37	Brian Hildebrand	SMW, ECW, referee for WCW	January 5, 1962	September 8, 1999	Stomach and bowel cancer
37	Joey Maggs	WCW, WWF, SMW, USWA	July 1, 1969	October 15, 2006	Cardiac Arrest[47]
37	Leroy Brown (Roland C. Daniels)	NWA, CWF, NJPW, UWF	November 30, 1950	September 6, 1988	Heart attack[48]
37	Abismo Negro (Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González)	AAA, CMLL, WWF, TNA	July 1, 1971	March 22, 2009	Drowning
37-38	Espanto I (José Eusebio Vázquez Bernal)	EMLL	1930	May 30, 1968	Beaten
38	Eddie Guerrero	CMLL, AAA, NJPW, ECW, WCW, WWF/E	October 9, 1967	November 13, 2005	Arteriosclerotic heart disease[49]
38	John Kronus (George Caiazzo)	ECW, USWA, CZW, WAR, XPW	January 13, 1969	July 18, 2007	Heart failure[50]
38	Victor The Bodyguard (Víctor Rodríguez)	IWA-Puerto Rico, WWC	1966	June 20, 2004	Heart attack
38	Tim Arson (Timothy Calkins)	WWE, WWC, independent circuit	December 27, 1976	January 7, 2015	Unknown
38	Chip Fairway (Brett Keen)	HWA, IWA Mid-South	November 7, 1972	April 9, 2011	Unknown
38	Wolf (Daniel Wolfe)	NWA, ECW, JAPW, independent circuit	June 30, 1972	February 2, 2011	Unknown
38	Danno O'Mahony (Daniel O'Mahony)	NWA	September 29, 1912	November 5, 1950	Car accident
38	Aleksander Aberg	N/A	August 11, 1881	February 20, 1920	Pneumonia
38	Chabela Romero (Isabela Romero Rangel)	AJW, CMLL, UWA	November 11, 1946	April 19, 1985	Unknown
38	Brian Danovich	WWE, DSW, independent circuit	July 8, 1980	August 9, 2018	Suicide
38	Bison Smith	IWA ROH, WWC, APW, Pro Wrestling Noah	September 24, 1973	November 22, 2011	Heart complications
38	Matt Cappotelli	OVW, WWE	November 12, 1979	June 29, 2018	Brain cancer[51]
38-39	Nate Hatred (Nathan Kehner)	CZW, BJPW, independent circuit	1979	September 1, 2018	Car accident
39	Villano II (José Alfredo Díaz Mendoza)	UWA, EMLL	September 25, 1949	April 17, 1989	Suicide by hanging
39	Black Demon (Roberto Carrillo)	various Mexican promotions	1980-1981	April 16, 2020	Complications from COVID-19
39	George Kennedy	promoter for wrestling in Montreal	December 29, 1881	October 19, 1921	Complications from Spanish flu
39	El Solitario (Roberto González)	UWA, EMLL	May 22, 1946	April 6, 1986	Cardiac arrest during operation[15]
39	Skull Murphy (John Murphy)	GCW, WWWF, WCW Australia, Studio Wrestling	December 7, 1930	March 23, 1970	Suicide by drug overdose
39	Hercules Cortez (Alfonso Chicharro)	AWA, WCW Australia, NWA	July 7, 1932	July 23, 1971	Car accident
39	Fabián el Gitano (Emilio Fabián Fernández de León)	CMLL	January 24, 1972	March 17, 2011	Pancreatic hemorrhage
39	BellaDonna (Leah Biggerstaff)	TNA	April 25, 1979	January 21, 2019	Unknown
39	Johnny Grunge (Michael Durham)	ECW, WCW, WWF, 3PW, TCW	July 10, 1966	February 16, 2006	Sleep apnea complications[52]
39	Rikidōzan (Kim Sin-rak)	NWA, JWA	November 14, 1924	December 15, 1963	Peritonitis (as result of stabbing)[53]
39	British Bulldog (David Smith)	Stampede Wrestling, WWF, AJPW, ECW, WCW	November 27, 1962	May 18, 2002	Heart attack[54]
39	Ashley Massaro	WWE	May 26, 1979	May 16, 2019	Apparent suicide (Suicide by hanging)[55]
39	Shad Gaspard	WWE, OVW, FCW, JAPW, IGF, NWA Wildside	January 13, 1981	May 17, 2020	Drowning

Under 50

Age	Ring name (Birth name)	Promotion(s) worked for	Date of birth	Date of death	Cause of death
40	Chris Benoit	Stampede Wrestling, NJPW, ECW, WCW, WWF/E	May 21, 1967	June 24, 2007	Suicide by hanging[56]
40	Brady Boone (Dean Peters)	PNW, MACW, WCW, WWF	August 22, 1958	December 15, 1998	Car accident
40	Terry Gordy	WCCW, NWA, WCW, ECW, WWF, AJPW	April 23, 1961	July 16, 2001	Blood clot
40	Frank Gotch	NWA	April 27, 1877	December 16, 1917	Uremic poisoning
40	Don Eagle (Carl Donald Bell)	AWA, NWA Chicago, NWA	August 25, 1925	March 17, 1966	Suicide by gunshot
40	Shinya Hashimoto	NJPW, Zero1, Stampede Wrestling	July 3, 1965	July 11, 2005	Brain aneurysm
40	Chris Kanyon (Christopher Klucsarits)	WCW, WWF/E, ECW, SMW, NWA Shockwave	January 4, 1970	April 2, 2010	Suicide by drug overdose[57]
40	Cincinnati Red (Gregory Scott Daves)	NWC, EWF, independent circuit	October 17, 1974	March 20, 2015	Heart attack
40	Ray Combs	commentator for WWF	April 3, 1956	June 2, 1996	Suicide
40	Vivian Vachon	AWA, WWWF, CWF, International Wrestling, NWA	February 14, 1951	August 25, 1991	Car accident
40	Rick Rude (Richard Rood)	CWF, WCCW, WWF, ECW, WCW	December 7, 1958	April 20, 1999	Heart failure[20]
40	Rhonda Sing	WWF, WCW, Stampede Wrestling, AJW, WWC, AAA	February 21, 1961	July 27, 2001	Heart attack
40	Robert Swenson	WCCW, GWF, WCW	January 5, 1957	August 18, 1997	Heart failure
40	George Kotsonaros	N/A	October 16, 1892	July 13, 1933	Car accident
40-41	Gulam	wrestled in Europe and India	1860	1901	Cholera
41	Hack Meyers (Donald Haviland)	ECW, FOW, IPW, Funking Conservatory	December 7, 1973	December 5, 2015	Complications from brain surgery
41	Brodie Lee (Jonathan Huber)	WWE, AEW, NXT, Dragon Gate, Chikara, FCW	December 16, 1979	December 26, 2020	Lung issues (not COVID-19 related)[58]
41	Jackie Sato (Naoko Sato)	AJW, JWPW	October 30, 1957	August 9, 1999	Stomach cancer
41	Yusuf İsmail	N/A	1857	July 4, 1898	Drowned aboard the SS La Bourgogne
41	John Foti (John Fotie)	Stampede Wrestling, NWA, AWA, WWWF	March 13, 1928	April 29, 1969	Suicide
41	Jerry London (Jerry Linden)	NWA, CWC, Stampede Wrestling, MLW	1929	September 20, 1970	Suicide (overdose of sleeping pills)
41	Justice Pain (Christopher Wilson)	CZW, XPW, IPW, JAPW, BJW	May 16, 1978	January 24, 2020	Unknown
41	Billy Travis (Gary Mize)	CWA, USWA, WWF, PPW	April 29, 1961	November 23, 2002	Heart attack[16]
41	Alan Carnill	IWF Promotions, independent circuit	March 12, 1962	January 25, 2004	Car accident
41	Atsushi Aoki	AJPW, Noah, AAA	September 25, 1977	June 3, 2019	Motorcycle accident
41	Larry Cameron	Stampede Wrestling, NWA, AWA, CWA	November 4, 1952	December 13, 1993	Heart attack in match[15]
41	Big Boss Man (Ray Traylor)	WCW, MACW, WWF, AJPW, UWF, IWA Japan	May 2, 1963	September 22, 2004	Heart attack
41	Herb Abrams	Universal Wrestling Federation promoter	July 9, 1955	July 23, 1996	Cocaine induced heart attack
42	Mike Awesome (Michael Alfonso)	AJPW, FMW, ECW, WCW, WWF, MLW	January 24, 1965	February 17, 2007	Suicide by hanging
42	Biff Wellington (Shayne Bower)	Stampede Wrestling, WCW, NJPW	April 18, 1965	June 24, 2007	Heart attack
42	Kimbo Slice (Kevin Ferguson)	IGF	February 8, 1974	June 6, 2016	Heart attack
42	Ray Candy (Ray Canty)	NWA, AJPW, WWC, NJPW, WCW	December 3, 1951	May 23, 1994	Heart attack
42	Randy Anderson	referee for NWA, WCW	July 17, 1959	May 5, 2002	Testicular cancer
42	Bruiser Brody (Frank Goodish)	NWA, AJPW, WWWF, WCCW	June 18, 1946	July 17, 1988	Murdered[20]
42	Miss Elizabeth (Elizabeth Hulette)	WWF, WCW, ICW	November 19, 1960	May 1, 2003	Drug overdose[20]
42	John Tenta	WWF, WCW, ASW, AJPW	June 22, 1963	June 7, 2006	Bladder cancer[59]
42	John Ayers	UWF	April 14, 1953	October 2, 1995	Liver cancer
42	Hiromichi Fuyuki	AJPW, NJPW, FMW	May 11, 1960	March 19, 2003	Intestinal cancer
42	Xavier (John Bedoya)	ROH, WWE, ECWA, JAPW, NEW, CW	December 28, 1977	August 16, 2020	Unknown
43	Brian Adams	PNW, NJPW, WWF, WCW, AJPW	April 14, 1964	August 13, 2007	Drug overdose[60]
43	Georg Lurich	N/A	22 April [O.S. 10 April] 1876	20 January 1920	Typhus
43	Harold Angus	N/A	November 10, 1904	August 1948	shooting accident
43	Nancy Benoit	CWF, ECW, WCW	May 17, 1964	June 22, 2007	Murdered[56]
43	Rocky Hata (Mitsuo Hata)	AJPW, CSW, GCW, NWA Tri-State, CWF	September 12, 1948	October 27, 1991	Complications from diabetes[61]
43	Viscera (Nelson Frazier, Jr.)	WWF/E, AJPW, USWA, TNA, Memphis Wrestling	February 14, 1971	February 18, 2014	Heart attack
43	Sean O'Haire (Sean Haire)	WCW, OVW, WWF/E, NJPW, UPW	February 25, 1971	September 8, 2014	Suicide by hanging
43	Héctor Garza	CMLL, Perros del Mal, WCW, WWF	June 12, 1969	May 26, 2013	Lung cancer[20]
43	Corey Maclin	announcer for USWA, PPW, Memphis Wrestling	May 6, 1970	July 31, 2013	Car crash
43	Tony Rumble (Anthony Magliaro)	NWA New England, ICW, IWCCW, WCW	November 6, 1956	November 13, 1999	Heart attack
43	Reggie White	WCW, WWF	December 19, 1961	December 26, 2004	Sarcoidosis
43	Ángel Azteca (Juan Manuel Zúñiga)	AAA, CMLL, UWA	June 24, 1963	March 18, 2007	Heart attack after match
43	Goga Pehlwan (Goga Moazzam)	Wrestled only in India	1937	February 6, 1981	Died in the ring
43	Doctor X (Clemente Nájera)	CMLL	July 17, 1968	October 11, 2011	Shot[62]
43-44	Mark Frear	WWF, USWA, MEWF, independent circuit	1970	May 11, 2014	Unknown
44	Carl Abs	N/A	September 12, 1851	February 18, 1895	Liver and kidney failure
44	Balls Mahoney (Jonathan Rechner)	ECW, SMW, WWF/E	April 12, 1972	April 12, 2016	Heart attack[63]
44	Dustin Diamond	Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling, independent circuit, MCW, NWA-TNA	January 1, 1977	February 1, 2021	Cancer (Small-cell carcinoma)
44	Eric The Red (Ib Solvang Hansen)	WWWF, NWF, IWA, AWA, NJPW, CWF	August 1, 1934	November 16, 1978	Car accident
44	Koichiro Kimura	AJPW, DDT Pro-Wrestling, W*ING, WJ	November 18, 1969	October 28, 2014	Pneumonia
44	Danny Fargo (Audie Hager)	WWC, CWA, NWA, SWCW	June 13, 1959	December 26, 2003	Cancer
44	Kevin Randleman	AJPW, Zero1, Hustle	August 10, 1971	February 11, 2016	Heart attack and pneumonia
44	Axl Rotten (Brian Knighton)	ECW, MEWF, IWA Mid-South, WCW, WWE	April 21, 1971	February 4, 2016	Drug overdose
44	Dino Bravo (Adolfo Bresciano)	NWA, AWA, Lutte Internationale, WWF	August 6, 1948	March 11, 1993	Shot[20]
44	Curt Hennig	AWA, PNW, WWF/E, WCW, TNA	March 28, 1958	February 10, 2003	Combined drug intoxication[20]
44	Jorge González	WCW, WWF, NJPW	January 31, 1966	September 22, 2010	Diabetes and severe heart issues
44-45	Nurullah Hasan	N/A	1867	1912	Unknown
45	Bam Bam Bigelow (Scott Bigelow)	CWA, WWF/E, ECW, WCW, NJPW	September 1, 1961	January 19, 2007	Drug overdose[64]
45	Jerry Blackwell	AWA, WWWF, NWA, MACW, AJPW	April 26, 1949	January 22, 1995	Complications from car accident[15]
45	Mike Davis	CWA, MACW, WCCW, GWF, WCW	November 2, 1956	December 26, 2001	Heart attack
45	Iron Mike DiBiase	AWA, NWA, WCCW, CSW	December 24, 1923	July 2, 1969	Heart attack
45	Junkyard Dog (Sylvester Ritter)	Stampede Wrestling, IWE, NWA, UWF, WWF, WCW	December 13, 1952	June 2, 1998	Car accident
45	Peter Maivia (Pita Fanene Anderson)	NWA, AWA, NJPW, NWA Hawaii, WWWF	April 6, 1937	June 13, 1982	Cancer
45	Toni Adams (Toni Collins)	UWF, WCCW, USWA	August 19, 1964	June 24, 2010	Heart attack
45	Jean Pusie	wrestled various promotions in Quebec	October 15, 1910	April 21, 1956	Heart attack
45	Val Puccio (Valentino Puccio)	AJPW, WWF, ECW	June 9, 1965	January 7, 2011	Believed to be obesity
45	Aya Koyama	AJW, BJW, JWPW	March 8, 1973	August 27, 2018	Cancer
46	Chyna (Joanie Laurer)	WWF, NJPW, TNA	December 27, 1969	April 17, 2016	Medication overdose
46	Maximum Capacity (Michael Stanco)	NWA, FOW, Zero1, wrestled in various promotions in the US and Europe	August 2, 1968	August 21, 2014	Colorectal cancer
46	Bestia Salvaje (Juan Rodriguez)	CMLL	February 11, 1962	March 20, 2008	Liver disease
46	Floyd Creatchman	Lutte Internationale, NWA Detroit	June 25, 1957	October 26, 2003	Crohn's disease
46	Víctor Quiñones	IWA	June 30, 1959	April 1, 2006	Unknown
46	Argentina Apollo (Vincente Denigris)	WWWF, NWA, CWF, MACW, AJPW, IWA	1938	August 2, 1984	Heart attack
46	Magnificent Maurice (Eugene Dubuque)	WWWF, NWA, AWA, NWA San Francisco, NWA Hawaii	December 11, 1927	March 13, 1974	Plane crash
46	Herman Hickman	NWA	October 1, 1911	April 25, 1958	Unknown
46	Brian Christopher (Brian Lawler)	WWF/E, USWA, TNA, Memphis Wrestling	January 10, 1972	July 29, 2018	Suicide by hanging
46	Tom Burton	USWA, GWF, UWFi, WCW	January 1, 1964	March 29, 2010	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
46	Gus Sonnenberg	NWA, DWU	March 6, 1898	September 9, 1944	Leukemia
46	Sam Sheppard	NWA Los Angeles	December 29, 1923	April 6, 1970	Wernicke encephalopathy
46	Mr. Niebla (Efrén Tiburcio Márquez)	CMLL, AAA	February 22, 1973	December 23, 2019	Blood infection
46	Chris Adams	WCCW, UWF, SCW, WCW, Joint Promotions, AWF	February 10, 1955	October 7, 2001	Shot
46	Road Warrior Hawk (Michael Hegstrand)	AWA, NWA, AJPW, WWF, WCW, NJPW	September 12, 1957	October 19, 2003	Heart attack[65]
46	André the Giant (André René Roussimoff)	NWA, NJPW, IWE, AWA, WWF, AJPW	May 19, 1946	January 27, 1993	Congestive heart failure[66]
46	Mitsuharu Misawa	AJPW, Pro Wrestling Noah, NJPW, NWA, ROH	June 18, 1962	June 13, 2009	Cervical spinal cord injury in match
47	Hercules (Ray Fernandez)	NWA, WWF, NJPW, WCW, CWF, NWA St. Louis	May 7, 1956	March 6, 2004	Heart disease
47	Man Mountain Mike (Gary Fletcher)	NWA, AWA, WWWF	September 15, 1940	April 30, 1988	Heart attack
47	Dan Kolov	N/A	December 27, 1892	March 26, 1940	Tuberculosis
47	Hayabusa (Eiji Ezaki)	FMW, ECW, CMLL, AJPW	November 29, 1968	March 3, 2016	Subarachnoid hemorrhage
47	Rosey (Matthew Anoa'i)	WWE, HWA, WXW, ECW, AJPW	April 7, 1970	April 17, 2017	Congestive heart failure[67]
47	Big John Studd (John Minton)	NWA, AWA, WWF, NAWA	February 19, 1948	March 20, 1995	Liver cancer[15]
47	Ludvig Borga	NJPW, WWF, CWA	January 6, 1963	January 8, 2010	Suicide by gunshot
47	Ángel Blanco (José Ángel Vargas Sánchez)	EMLL, UWA, NJPW	August 2, 1938	April 26, 1986	Car crash
47	Bob Konovsky	NWA, NWA Chicago	August 19, 1934	March 6, 1982	Unknown
47	Luther Lindsay (Luther Goodall)	NWA, Stampede Wrestling, PNW, MACW	December 30, 1924	February 21, 1972	Heart attack in match
47	El Texano (Juan Aguilar Jauregui)	UWA, WCW, CMLL, AAA	November 26, 1958	January 15, 2006	Pneumonia
48	Doc Dean (Ian Dean)	All Star Wrestling, WCW, New Japan Pro Wrestling, European Wrestling Federation (France)	July 3, 1970	August 14, 2018	Heart attack
48	Yukon Eric (Eric Holmback)	NWA, MLW, AWA	April 16, 1916	January 16, 1965	Suicide by gunshot
48	Cousin Junior (Lanny Kean)	WWF, CWA, NWA, USWA	March 19, 1960	January 13, 2009	Heart attack
48	Fuzzy Cupid (Leon Stap)	WWWF, NWA	September 24, 1928	1976	Unknown
48	Harley Saito (Sayori Saito)	Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling, Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling	December 21, 1967	December 15, 2016	Esophageal cancer
48	Mark Young (Joe Scarpa Jr.)	WWF, WCW, PNW, AJPW	April 23, 1967	February 25, 2016	Unknown
48	Don Ross	NWAHW, NWA	October 6, 1946	June 2, 1995	Heart attack[15]
48	Clarence Weber	wrestled only in Australia	March 27, 1882	November 20, 1930	Coronary occlusion
48	Dennis Coralluzzo	NWA New Jersey promoter	March 5, 1953	July 21, 2001	Bleeding on the brain due to a stroke
48	Gorgeous George (George Wagner)	NWA	March 24, 1915	December 26, 1963	Heart attack
48	Ray Gunkel	NWA, GCW	February 15, 1924	August 1, 1972	Heart attack after match
48	Luna Vachon	CWF, WWF, WCW, ECW	January 12, 1962	August 27, 2010	Drug overdose
48	Steve Doll	WWF, PNW, WCW, AJPW, IWA Mid-South, USWA	December 9, 1960	March 22, 2009	Blood clot
49	Sheik Ali (Wadi Ayoub)	WCW Australia, Joint Promotions, and various international promotions	April 20, 1927	September 29, 1976	Cancer
49	Dean Detton	NWA	June 27, 1908	February 23, 1958	Suicide by hanging
49	La Fiera (Arturo Casco Hernández)	EMLL, AAA, AJPW, NJPW	March 17, 1961	September 12, 2010	Stabbed
49	Kung Fu (Raymundo Cuesta Veloz)	EMLL, UWA	January 20, 1951	January 3, 2001	Arterial hypertension
49	Ray Steele	NWA	February 2, 1900	September 11, 1949	Heart attack
49	Piratita Morgan (Raymundo Rodríguez)	EMLL, WWC, AAA, WWF, WWA, TNA	March 15, 1969	July 8, 2018	Health issues
49	Sherri Martel	AWA, WWF, WCW, ECW	February 8, 1958	June 15, 2007	Drug overdose
49	Dick Murdoch	CWF, NWA, WWF, AJPW, NJPW, WCW,	August 16, 1946	June 15, 1996	Heart attack
49	Rocco Rock (Ted Petty)	ECW, NWA, WCW, WWF	September 1, 1953	September 21, 2002	Heart attack[16]
49	Jumbo Tsuruta (Tomomi Tsuruta)	AJPW, NWA, AWA	March 25, 1951	May 13, 2000	Complications of a liver transplant
49	Espectrito (Mario Jiminez)	EMLL, AAA, WWF, IWA Puerto Rico	December 18, 1966	January 23, 2016	Unknown
49	Supreme (Lester Perfors)	XPW, FMW, BJW, various California and Mexican promotions	May 30, 1970	May 9, 2020	Heart attack
49	Jack Claybourne	NWA, NWA Hawaii, MLW	March 8, 1910	January 7, 1960	Suicide by gunshot
49	"Dr. Death" Steve Williams	Mid-South/UWF, NWA, WWF, WCW, AJPW, ECW	May 14, 1960	December 29, 2009	Throat cancer
49	Louis Cyr (Cyprien-Noé Cyr)	N/A	October 10, 1863	November 10, 1912	Chronic nephritis
49	Grigory Verichev	FMW	April 4, 1957	May 25, 2006	Unknown
49	Big Titan (Rick Bognar)	FMW, WWF, WAR, USWA, CWA, NJPW	January 16, 1970	September 20, 2019	Heart attack

Under 60

The French Angel

Silver King

Arkangel de la Muerte

Age	Ring name (Birth name)	Promotion(s) worked for	Date of birth	Date of death	Cause of death
50	Brad Armstrong (Robert Bradley James)	WCW, NWA, SMW, NJPW, WWE	June 15, 1962	November 1, 2012	Heart attack
50	Anibal Jr. (unknown)	AAA, CMLL	November 30, 1970	January 23, 2021	COVID-19
50	Mark Starr (Mark Ashford-Smith)	WCW, CWF, CWA, WWF, PWFG	December 26, 1962	June 7, 2013	Heart attack
50	The French Angel (Maurice Tillet)	AWA, NWA, NWA Tri-State	October 23, 1903	September 4, 1954	Cardiovascular disease
50	Ivan Gomes	NJPW	December 25, 1939	March 2, 1990	Renal illness
50	Kızılcıklı Mahmut	N/A	1880	February 3, 1931	Unknown
50	Lucifer (Tim Burke)	MEWF, IPWA, ECWA, MCW	October 1, 1960	June 21, 2011	Cancer
50	Yakov Kozalchik	Wrestled only in Israel	July 13, 1902	June 13, 1953	Starvation from depression
50	Paul Pons	N/A	June 23, 1864	April 13, 1915	Drowning
50	Matematico II	UWA, AAA	August 16, 1969	June 4, 2020	Complications from COVID-19
50	Malcolm Kirk	Joint Promotions, CWA, All Star Wrestling	December 18, 1936	August 24, 1987	Heart attack in match
50	Bearcat Wright (Edward Wright)	NWA, CWC, Stampede Wrestling, CWF, NJPW	January 13, 1932	August 28, 1982	Sickle cell anemia
50	Villano I (José de Jesús Díaz Mendoza)	UWA, CMLL	June 28, 1950	January 4, 2001	Cerebral hemorrhage
51	Kerry Brown	Stampede Wrestling, GPW, WWC, NWA, NJPW	February 3, 1958	September 10, 2009	Liver failure
51	Moondog Spot (Larry Latham)	WWF, CWA, NWA Mid-America, USWA	January 6, 1952	November 29, 2003	Heart attack in match
51	Emmanuel Yarbrough	CWA	September 5, 1964	December 21, 2015	Heart attack
51	Silver King (César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón)	UWA, WCW, CMLL, AJPW, NJPW, AAA	January 9, 1968	May 11, 2019	Stroke (in ring) and followed by heart attack
51	Arkangel de la Muerte (Alfredo Pasillas)	CMLL	July 16, 1966	June 13, 2018	Cardiac arrest[68]
51	Jun Izumida	AJPW, NOAH	October 28, 1965	January 25, 2017	Heart attack
51	Azumafuji Kin'ichi (Kinichi Inoue)	JWA, NWA Hawaii	October 28, 1921	July 31, 1973	Colon cancer
51	Harvey Martin	WWF, WCCW, GWF	November 16, 1950	December 24, 2001	Pancreatic cancer
51	Paul Varelans	ECW, Kingdom	September 17, 1969	January 16, 2021	Coma from COVID-19
51	Frankie Williams (Armando Pumarejo)	WWWF/WWF	February 20, 1940	April 23, 1991	Lung Cancer
51	Renato Gardini	N/A	March 20, 1889	September 29, 1940	Unknown
51	Jimmy Jackson	UWF Mid-South, WWF, MACW	July 28, 1956	June 17, 2008	unknown
51	Black Cat (Victor Manuel)	UWA, NJPW, AAA, WCW	October 17, 1954	January 28, 2006	Heart attack
52	Gene Anderson	AWA, GCW, MACW	October 4, 1939	October 31, 1991	Heart attack
52	Jim Jefferson	MACW, CWA, CSW, CWF	1960-1961	February 8, 2013	Unknown
52	Ady Berber	wrestled only in Austria and Germany	February 4, 1913	January 3, 1966	Unknown
52	Iron Mike Steele (John Meek)	CWF, Independent circuit	July 18, 1955	August 29, 2007	Murder
52	El Brazo (Juan Alvarado Nieves)	WWA, AAA, UWA, CMLL	July 30, 1961	October 15, 2013	Diabetes
52	Espantito	AAA, NWA, independent circuit, various promotions in Mexico	April 24, 1968	October 12, 2020	Complications from COVID
52	Tonina Jackson (Héctor Garza Lozano Vela)	EMLL, NWA, WCCW, WWWF	January 9, 1917	November 3, 1969	Possibly complications from health issues
52	Ivan Linow	N/A	November 21, 1888	November 21, 1940	Heart attack
52	Trevor Berbick	UWFi	August 1, 1954	October 28, 2006	Murder
52	Karol Kalmikoff	NWA, AWA, NWA Tri-State, MLW	August 12, 1912	September 11, 1964	heart attack
52	Giant Haystacks (Martin Ruane)	Stampede Wrestling, Joint Promotions CWA, AJPW, WCW	October 10, 1946	November 29, 1998	Lymphoma
52	Troy 'The Hippie' Graham (Troy Rolland Thompson Jr.)	AWA, CWA, NWA, USWA	October 26, 1949	March 7, 2002	Heart attack
52	Nicole Bass	WWF, ECW	August 10, 1964	February 17, 2017	Heart attack
52	Jimmy Del Ray (David Ferrier)	SMW, WWF, ECW, WCW	November 30, 1962	December 6, 2014	Heart attack
52	Silo Sam (John Elmo Harris)	WCCW, AWA	September 12, 1952	April 19, 2005	Unknown (probably related to Gigantism)
52	Rockin' Rebel (Charles Williams)	ECW, CZW, independent circuit	January 13, 1966	June 1, 2018	Suicide by gunshot[69]
52	Buddy Austin (Austin Wesley Rapes)	WWWF, NWA, JWA	February 27, 1929	August 12, 1981	Heart attack
52	John Cozman	Stampede Wrestling, HIW, independent circuit	August 28, 1964	November 28, 2016	Unknown
52	Doug Furnas	AJPW, WWF, ECW	December 11, 1959	March 2, 2012	Heart attack
52	Paul Luty	Joint Promotions	May 4, 1932	January 12, 1985	Unknown
52–53	Ski Hi Lee (Robert Leedy)	Stampede Wrestling, NWA	February 9, 1921	1974	Believed to be acromegaly
53	Mike Shaw	Stampede Wrestling, WCW, WWF	May 9, 1957	September 11, 2010	Heart attack
53	Ion Croitoru	WWF, NJPW, SMW	December 7, 1963	February 21, 2017	Unknown
53	Danny Little Bear	NWA, Stampede Wrestling, CSW, GCCW	September 13, 1937	May 12, 1991	Liver cancer
53	Aníbal (Carlos Contreras)	EMLL/CMLL, UWA	November 5, 1940	March 4, 1994	Brain tumor
53	Ryuma Go	NJPW, JWA, ASW, AJPW, WAR, AWA	March 23, 1956	October 18, 2009	Blood poisoning
53	Anton Koolmann	N/A	September 11, 1899	June 29, 1953	unknown
53	Buddy Landel (William Ensor)	NWA, WCW, MACW, SMW, USWA, WWF	August 14, 1961	June 22, 2015	Injuries from a car accident
53	Johnny Rougeau	IWA Montreal, BTW, NWA, ASW	June 9, 1929	May 25, 1983	Cancer
53	Ken Timbs	MACW, GCW, EMLL, CSW, CWF	January 27, 1951	August 1, 2004	Cardiomyopathy and Congestive heart failure
53	Curly Moe (Donald Zalesky)	IWCCW	April 3, 1962	July 1, 2015	Unknown
53	Larry O'Dea (Larry Davies)	WCW Australia, CWF, AJPW	1944	June 30, 1997	Liver cancer
53-54	Taro Miyake	N/A	1881	1935	Unknown
54	Angel of Death (David Sheldon)	Stampede Wrestling, UWF, GWF, WCW	July 20, 1953	November 25, 2007	Unknown
54	Jonathan Boyd (Jonathan Barry Boyle)	WCW Australia, NWA, PNW, CWA	October 21, 1944	August 7, 1999	Heart attack
54	Väinö Myllyrinne	wrestled in Europe	February 27, 1909	April 13, 1963	Acromegaly
54	Bob Fitzsimmons	N/A	May 26, 1863	October 22, 1917	Pneumonia
54	Puppet the Psycho Dwarf (Stevie Lee)	TNA, WWA, Independent Circuit	1966	September 9, 2020	leader of Half Pint Brawlers and appeared in Jackass 3D. [70][71]
54	Ted Oates (Ted Allen)	NWA, GCW, CSW, NWA Mid-Atlantic, AJPW, SMW	November 21, 1955	August 10, 2010	Heart attack
54	Discovery (Antonio Corona)	AAA, UWA, WWF	September 16, 1965	May 15, 2020	Cancer
54	Benny McCrary	NWA, NJPW	December 7, 1946	March 26, 2001	Heart attack[28][29]
54	La Parka II (Jesús Alfonso Huerta Escoboza)	AAA, IWRG, DDT Pro-Wrestling, wrestled in various promotions in Mexico	January 4, 1966	January 11, 2020	Lung and kidney failure (in ring)
54	The Ultimate Warrior (James Hellwig)	WWF, CWA, WCWA, WCW	June 16, 1959	April 8, 2014	Heart attack
54	Uncle Elmer (Stan Frazier)	CWA, WWF	August 16, 1937	July 1, 1992	Diabetes
54	Jos LeDuc (Michel Pigeon)	NWA, Lutte Internationale, AWA, WWF, CWA, CWF, GCW	August 30, 1944	May 1, 1999	Lung infection
54	Lionel Conacher	wrestled only in Canada	May 24, 1900	May 26, 1954	Heart attack
54	Dory Funk, Sr.	WSS, NWA, AWA, NWA St. Louis, WWWF	May 4, 1919	June 3, 1973	Heart attack
54	Tommy Rogers (Thomas Couch)	UWF, NWA, AJPW, WCW, WWF, ECW	May 14, 1961	June 1, 2015	Unknown
54	Pez Whatley	CWF, NWA, WWF, WCW	January 10, 1951	January 18, 2005	Heart attack
54	Yoshihiro Momota	AJPW	March 15, 1946	November 22, 2000	liver failure
54-55	Hergeleci İbrahim	wrestled only in Turkey	1862	1917	unknown
55	Haystacks Calhoun (William Dee Calhoun)	WWWF, NWA	August 3, 1934	December 7, 1989	Diabetes
55	Matt Borne (Matthew Osborne)	PNW, WCCW, UWF, WWF, WCW, ECW	July 27, 1957	June 28, 2013	Drug overdose
55	Eddie Graham (Edward Gossett)	WWWF, CWF, NWA	January 15, 1930	January 21, 1985	Multiple gunshot suicide
55	Koji Kitao	SWS, NJPW, WWF, WAR	August 12, 1963	February 10, 2019	Kidney disease
55	Universo 2000 (Andrés Reyes González)	CMLL, AAA, IWRG	April 18, 1963	May 1, 2018	Heart problems
55	MS-1 (Pablo Fuentes Reyna)	CMLL, AAA, UWA	December 31, 1956	January 12, 2012	Car accident
55	Antonino Rocca (Antonino Biasetton)	WWWF, NWA	April 13, 1921	March 15, 1977	Urinary infection
55	Diane Von Hoffman (Phyllis Burch)	USWA, CWA, LPWA, LMLW	April 13, 1962	July 6, 2017	Complications from knee surgery
55	Antonio Peña (Antonio Herrada)	founder of AAA, CMLL	June 13, 1951	October 5, 2006	Heart attack
55	Hans Nijman	Fighting Network Rings	September 23, 1959	November 5, 2014	Murder (shot)
55	Danie Brits	WWP, various South African Promotions	March 3, 1965	September 3, 2020	Unknown
55	Timothy Well (Timothy Smith)	AJPW, USWA, WWF, WCW	September 8, 1961	January 9, 2017	Kidney failure
56	Max Muscle (John Czawlytko)	WCW, USWA, GWF, MCW, XPW	February 22, 1963	June 27, 2019	Unknown
56	Moondog King (Edward White)	WWF, Lutte Internationale	May 18, 1949	August 26, 2005	Injuries from a car accident and health issues
56	Dave McKigney	MLW, WWWF, NWA, NJPW	June 9, 1932	July 4, 1988	Car accident
56	Espanto III (Miguel Vázquez Bernal)	EMLL	February 11, 1940	December 8, 1996	heart attack
56	Cowboy Lang (Harry Lang)	NWA, WWF, AWA	August 28, 1950	January 4, 2007	Complications from homelessness
56	Paul Bunyan (Max Palmer)	NWA Mid-America, NWF	November 27, 1927	May 17, 1984	Heart disease
56	Garry Robbins	CNWA, GWF, NJPW, WWC, Indo-Asian Wrestling	September 9, 1957	December 11, 2013	Heart attack
56	Emilio Charles Jr. (Sergio Garduño)	CMLL	October 12, 1956	December 28, 2012	Kidney failure[72]
56	Steve Gillespie	WFWA, Stampede Wrestling, FMW, WWF, CNWA, Onita Pro	July 22, 1963	January 18, 2020	Heart attack
56	Walter Johnson	NWA, BTW, WCCW	November 13, 1942	June 29, 1999	Heart attack
56	Brad Batten	NWA, CSW, ACCW, SMW, WWC, SSW	September 8, 1958	November 18, 2014	Heart attack
56	Kurt Von Hess (William Terry)	NWA, Lutte Internationale, All-Star, Maple Leaf Wrestling, NJPW, WWF	April 10, 1942	March 13, 1999	Heart attack
56	Bill Fralic	WWF	October 31, 1962	December 13, 2018	Cancer
56	Ben Roller	N/A	July 1, 1876	April 19, 1933	Pneumonia
56	Maurice Letchford	wrestled in the US, Canada, UK and South Africa	August 27, 1906	August 15, 1965	unknown
56	Yvon Robert	NWA, Montreal, MLW	October 8, 1914	July 12, 1971	Heart attack
56	Edwin Bibby	N/A	November 15, 1848	May 5, 1905	Rheumatism
56	Buddy Rose (Paul Perschmann)	AWA, PNW, WWF	November 27, 1952	April 28, 2009	Natural causes from obesity, blood sugar and diabetes
56–57	Black Guzmán (Miguel Guzman Huerta)	CMLL, NWA	1916	December 1, 1973	Unknown
57	Al Green (Alfred Dobalo)	WCW, WCPW, CWF, AJPW, CWA	October 15, 1955	June 14, 2013	COPD
57	Brazo de Oro (Jesús Alvarado Nieves)	CMLL, WWA, UWA, NWA Los Angeles	October 7, 1959	April 28, 2017	Heart attack
57	Masakre (Aristóteles Radamés Coccó Flores)	CMLL, AAA	May 13, 1954	April 12, 2012	Spinal cancer
57	Zoogz Rift (Robert Pawlikowski)	UWF	July 10, 1953	March 22, 2011	complications from diabetes
57	The Grand Wizard (Ernie Roth)	NWA, WWWF/WWF	August 30, 1926	October 12, 1983	Heart attack
57	Jerry Balisok	GCW, CWF	September 8, 1955	April 18, 2013	Heart attack
57	Shag Thomas (James Thomas)	Stampede Wrestling, PNW	August 11, 1924	July 25, 1982	Heart attack
57	Paddy Ryan	Stampede Wrestling, PNW, NWA All-Star Wrestling	August 23, 1932	December 28, 1989	Heart attack
57	Brickhouse Brown (Frederick Seawright)	AWA, WWF, CWA, USWA	August 11, 1960	July 29, 2018	Prostate cancer
57	Chris Champion (Christopher Ashford-Smith)	WCW, MACW, CWA, CWF, USWA	February 17, 1961	August 22, 2018	Believed to be a stroke
57	Akram Pahalwan	wrestled in India, Pakistan, Joint Promotions and various international promotions	1930	April 12, 1987	Unknown
57	Fred Beell	N/A	January 17, 1876	August 5, 1933	Shot
57	Bert Ruby (Bertalan Rubinstein)	NWA, promoter for NWA Detroit	November 29, 1910	March 9, 1968	Heart attack
57	Samson Kutsuwada	JWA, AJPW	May 1, 1947	October 12, 2004	Leukemia
57	Don Vines	Joint Promotions	February 6, 1932	September 17, 1989	Unknown
57–58	Blimp Levy (Martin Levy)	NWA	1903	November 8, 1961	Believed to be complications from obesity
58	Helen Hild (Gladys Helen Nevins)	NWA, WWWF	February 26, 1926	March 4, 1984	Lung infection
58	Paul Bearer (William Moody)	WWF, CWF, WCCW, USWA, TNA	April 10, 1954	March 5, 2013	Heart attack
58	Gran Apache (Mario Balbuena González)	CMLL, AAA, IWA Japan	April 16, 1959	May 7, 2017	Intestinal cancer
58	Kevin Greene	WCW	July 31, 1962	December 21, 2020	To Be Determined
58	Dwaine Hoberg	promoter for AWA	August 17, 1925	August 6, 1984
58	Ripper Collins (Roy Lee Albern)	NWA Hawaii, AWA, GCCW, Stampede Wrestling	October 10, 1933	November 12, 1991	Melanoma
58	Randy Savage (Randall Poffo)	WWF, NWA, ICW, CWA, WCW	November 15, 1952	May 20, 2011	Cardiovascular disease
58	George Tragos	NWA	March 14, 1897	September 5, 1955	Unknown
58	Darryl Dawkins	WWF	January 11, 1957	August 27, 2015	Heart attack
58	Tarzan Tyler (Camille Tourville)	Lutte Internationale, WWWF, CWF	December 4, 1927	December 24, 1985	Car accident
58	Bulldog Bob Brown	AWA, All-Star, NWA St. Louis, CSW	October 16, 1938	February 5, 1997	Heart attack
58	Tracey Smothers	CWA, WCW, SMW, WWF, ECW, IWA Mid-South	September 2, 1962	October 28, 2020	Lymphoma cancer
58	Larry Winters	ECW, TWA, independent circuit	April 14, 1956	January 27, 2015	Heart attack
59	Don Kent (Leo Smith Jr.)	NWA, WWWF, NWA Mid-America, CWF	June 24, 1933	June 7, 1993	Leukemia
59	Angel Gabriele	WWA, PPW	March 21, 1956	February 23, 2016	unknown
59	Drew McDonald (Charles Shaw)	All Star Wrestling, Stampede Wrestling, CWA	June 16, 1955	February 9, 2015	Cancer
59	Espectro I (Antonio Arriaga)	EMLL	February 9, 1934	October 13, 1993	Unknown
59	Evan "Strangler" Lewis	N/A	May 24, 1860	November 9, 1919	Cancer[73]
59	Mangla Rai	Wrestled only in India	October 1916	June 24, 1976	Multiple organ failure
59	René Guajardo (Manuel Guajardo Mejorado)	EMLL, UWA, WCCW, CWA	January 4, 1933	May 11, 1992	Liver cancer
59	Mike Marino	Joint Promotions	October 8, 1921	August 24, 1981	Leukemia
59	Shota Chochishvili	NJPW	July 10, 1950	August 27, 2009	Leukemia
59	Matthew Saad Muhammad	UWFi	August 5, 1954	May 25, 2014	Lou Gehrig's disease
59	Tony Parisi (Antonio Pugliese)	WWWF, NWA, Lutte Internationale, MLW	January 22, 1941	August 19, 2000	Heart attack
59	Tom Zenk	AWA, WWF, WCW, AJPW	November 30, 1958	December 9, 2017	Heart attack from arterial sclerosis and cardiomegaly
59	Ralph Hammonds	NWA	July 9, 1906	May 5, 1966
59	Ernie Holmes	GCW, WWF	July 11, 1948	January 17, 2008	Car accident-
59	Eddie Quinn	promoter for wrestling in Montreal, NWA St. Louis	May 22, 1906	December 14, 1965	Cerebral hemorrhage
59	Skip Young (Galton Young)	WCCW, NWA, CWF, USWA, WWC	July 24, 1951	December 3, 2010	Unknown

Under 65

Age	Ring name (Birth name)	Promotion(s) worked for	Date of birth	Date of death	Cause of death
60	Dynamite Kid (Thomas Billington)	WWF, Stampede Wrestling, Joint Promotions, All Star Wrestling, NJPW	December 5, 1958	December 5, 2018	Unconfirmed (context of long-term health issues including stroke)[74]
60	Road Warrior Animal (Joseph Laurinaitis)	NWA, AWA, MACW, WWF/E, WCW, AJPW, TNA	September 12, 1960	September 22, 2020	Heart attack
60	Princess Jasmine (Cynthia Peretti)	GLOW, AWA	June 2, 1948	May 8, 2009	Cancer
60	Mountain Fiji (Emily Dole)	GLOW	September 28, 1957	January 2, 2018	Natural causes from years of health issues
60	Rufus R. Jones (Carey Lloyd)	CSW, NWA St. Louis	July 4, 1933	November 13, 1993	Heart attack
60	Emile Czaja (Emile George Zeimes)	JWA, wrestled in various promotions in Asia and India	July 15, 1909	May 16, 1970	Car accident
60	Firpo Segura (Francisco Segura García)	EMLL	November 10, 1907	January 15, 1968	Unknown
60	Little Beaver (Lionel Giroux)	Lutte Internationale, WWWF, AWA, NWA	April 18, 1935	December 4, 1995	Emphysema
60	Ray Stevens	BTW SF, AWA, NWA, WWWF/WWF, CWF	September 5, 1935	May 3, 1996	Heart attack
60	Primo Carnera	NWA	October 26, 1906	June 29, 1967	Liver disease and complications from diabetes
60	Sándor Szabó	NWA	January 4, 1906	October 16, 1966	Heart attack
60	Stan Stasiak (George Stipich)	PNW, Stampede Wrestling, WWWF, NWA	April 13, 1937	June 19, 1997	Heart failure
60	Yamaguchi-san (Yusuke Yamaguchi)	AJPW, FMW, WWF, Michinoku Pro Wrestling, ULL	May 5, 1958	March 9, 2019	Stroke
61	Mike Graham (Michael Gossett)	CWF, AWA, WCW	September 22, 1951	October 19, 2012	Suicide by gunshot
61	Man Mountain Dean (Frank Leavitt)	N/A	June 30, 1891	May 29, 1953	Heart attack
61	Killer Karl Krupp (George Momberg)	ESA, GPW, WCCW, Maple Leaf Wrestling, NJPW	May 13, 1934	August 24, 1995	Hepatitis
61	James McLaughlin	N/A	June 8, 1844	September 11, 1905	Unknown
61	Butcher Brannigan (Joseph Novo)	WCW Australia, CWF, WWWF, Stampede Wrestling, NWA	September 3, 1948	September 7, 2009	Kidney failure and heart disease
61	Paul Anderson	CWF, NWA, GCW, MACW	October 17, 1932	August 15, 1994	kidney failure
61	Cy Williams	NWA, NWA San Francisco	October 12, 1903	September 28, 1965	Unknown
61	Eddy Steinblock	VDB, CWA, owner of European Professional Wrestling, various promotions in Germany	December 16, 1955	November 8, 2017	Unknown
61	Cocoa Samoa (Ulualoaiga Emelio)	ASW, CWF, PNW, Continental Wrestling Association	March 9, 1945	January 9, 2007	Unknown
61	Goldie Rogers (David Sherwin)	ASW, MLW, Stampede Wrestling, WWF	August 5, 1950	July 20, 2012	Heart attack
61	Aslam Pahalwan (Aslam Khan)	Wrestled mainly in Pakistan and India, Joint Promotions	January 14, 1927	January 7, 1988	Unknown
61	Jack Curley (Jacques Schuel)	promoter for New York	July 4, 1876	July 12, 1937	Heart attack
61	Karl Pojello (Karolis Požėla)	wrestled in Europe, China, Japan and the United States	February 13, 1893	September 4, 1954	Lung Cancer
61	Terry Garvin (Terry Joyal)	GCW, IWA Montreal, CSW, NWA, SCW WWF	March 1, 1937	August 17, 1998	Cancer
61	Roddy Piper (Roderick Toombs)	AWA, PNW, GCW, MLW, WWF, WCW	April 17, 1954	July 31, 2015	Heart attack from Pulmonary embolism
61	King Kong Bundy (Christopher Pallies)	WWF, WCCW, NWA, GCW, NJPW, UWF	November 7, 1957	March 4, 2019	Complications from diabetes
61	Boris Malenko (Larry Simon)	CWF, WWWF, GCW, NWA	June 28, 1933	September 1, 1994	Leukemia
61	Giant Baba (Shohei Baba)	JWA, AJPW, NWA	January 23, 1938	January 31, 1999	Cancer
61	Sapphire (Juanita Wright)	WWF, USWA	October 24, 1934	September 11, 1996	Heart attack
62	Lofty Blomfield (Meynell Blomfield)	DWU, NWA	July 18, 1908	June 29, 1971	Unknown
62	Luke Brown (Carl Campbell)	AWA, WWWF, NWA, CSW	July 28, 1935	November 12, 1997	Stroke
62	Tsuneharu Sugiyama	JWA, AJPW, NJPW, IWE, NWA	July 23, 1940	November 22, 2002	Unknown
62	Murciélago Velázquez (Jesús Velázquez Quintero)	EMLL	February 22, 1910	May 26, 1972	Heart attack from the Cirrhosis of the liver
62	Dick the Bruiser (William Afflis)	WWA, AWA, NWA St.Louis, CSW	June 27, 1929	November 10, 1991	Internal bleeding
62	Earl Caddock	N/A	February 27, 1888	August 25, 1950	Heart attack during surgery
62	Great Togo	NWA, JWA	October 11, 1911	December 19, 1973	Stomach cancer
62	Crybaby Cannon (George McCarther)	NWA, AWA, WWWF, MLW, BTW	March 28, 1932	July 1, 1994	Cancer
62	Mocho Cota (Manuel Cota Soto)	EMLL/CMLL	June 5, 1954	December 22, 2016	Brain aneurysm
62	Dr. Karonte (Miguel Urive)	EMLL/CMLL	February 14, 1957	August 26, 2019	Unknown
62	Scott LeDoux	referee for AWA	January 7, 1949	August 11, 2011	Illness
62	Oliver Humperdink (John Sutton)	MACW, CWF, WWF, WCW	January 16, 1949	March 20, 2011	Complications from pneumonia and cancer
62	Happy Humphrey (William Cobb)	NWA	July 16, 1926	March 14, 1989	Heart attack
62	Lord Athol Layton (Allan Layton)	NWA, MLW, NWA St.Louis	August 20, 1921	January 18, 1984	Heart attack
62	Bull Montana (Luigi Montagna)	N/A	May 16, 1887	January 24, 1950	Unknown
62	Ron Slinker (David Slinker)	CWF, NWA, IWCCW, UWF	October 30, 1945	March 28, 2008	Liver failure from years of alcoholism
62	Harold Sakata (Toshiyuki Sakata)	NWA, AWA, NWA Hawaii	July 1, 1920	July 29, 1982	Liver cancer
62	Hiro Matsuda (Yasuhiro Kojima)	JWA, CWF, WCW, NWA	July 22, 1937	November 27, 1999	Prostate cancer
62	Zeus (Tom Lister Jr.)	WWF, WWC, WCW	June 24, 1958	December 10, 2020	COVID-19[75]
62	Ari Romero (Jose Luis Arias Romero)	CMLL, MPW, BJPW	December 20, 1951	December 29, 2013	Liver cancer
62	Frank Andersson	NJPW, WCW	May 9, 1956	September 9, 2018	Heart failure
62	Gorilla Monsoon (Robert Marella)	WWWF/WWF, NWA	June 4, 1937	October 6, 1999	Heart failure
62	Wilbur Snyder	AWA, WWA, NWA St.Louis, NWA	September 15, 1929	December 25, 1991	Heart failure
62	Moondog Spike (William Smithson)	WWF, USWA	May 31, 1950	March 21, 2013	Unknown
63	Wilhelm von Homburg (Norbert Grupe)	N/A	August 25, 1940	March 10, 2004	Prostate cancer
63	Tarzán López (Carlos López Tovar)	EMLL	August 28, 1912	August 28, 1975	Unknown
63	Brute Bernard (James Prudhomme)	WCW Australia, WWWF, MACW	June 6, 1921	July 14, 1984	Gunshot while cleaning a rifle
63	Brian Glover	Joint Promotions	April 2, 1934	July 24, 1997	Brain tumor
63	Jack Carkeek	N/A	January 22, 1861	March 12, 1924	Unknown
63	Duncan C. Ross	N/A	March 12, 1856	September 8, 1919	Unknown
63	Bruno Elrington	Joint Promotions, JWA, various European promotions	December 13, 1929	July 19, 1993	Unknown
63	Savannah Jack (Theodore Russell)	AWA, UWF Mid-South	October 15, 1948	January 17, 2012	Years of Cardiomyopathy problems
63	Bulldog Brower (Richard Gland)	MLW, NWA, WWWF/WWF, NWF	September 17, 1933	September 15, 1997	Complications from hip surgery
63	Big Van Vader (Leon White)	WCW, WWF, AWA, NJPW, AJPW, Pro Wrestling NOAH	May 14, 1955	June 18, 2018	Heart problems
63	Mike Clancy (Christopher Clancy)	NWA	September 9, 1924	June 11, 1988	Unknown
63	Mike Hogewood	commentator for ROH	September 13, 1954	September 5, 2018	heart attack
63	Jim Neidhart	WWF, Stampede, WCW, ECW, CWF, NJPW	February 8, 1955	August 13, 2018	Head injury from a fall
63	Vivian St. John (Suzanne Miller)	WWWF/WWF, CWF	September 10, 1950	December 20, 2013	Long illness
63	Ken Fenelon (Patrick Fenelon)	NWA	February 26, 1909	August 8, 1972	Unknown
63	Bholu Pahalwan (Haji Manzoor Hussain)	wrestled only in India and Pakistan	January 24, 1922	June 4, 1985	Unknown
63	George Dinnie	wrestled only in Australia	July 18, 1875	June 13, 1939	Unknown
63	Wahoo McDaniel (Edward McDaniel)	WWWF, NWA, WCCW, AWA	June 19, 1938	April 18, 2002	Complications from diabetes and kidney failure
63	Bad News Brown (Allen James Coage)	WWF, NJPW, Stampede Wrestling	October 22, 1943	March 6, 2007	Heart attack
63	Big Bully Busick (Nick Busick)	WWF, GAF, GWF	June 1, 1954	May 8, 2018	Cancer in the Cerebrospinal Fluid
63	Jim Crockett	promoter for MACW, NWA	June 2, 1909	April 1, 1973	Unknown
63	S.D. Jones (Conrad Efraim)	WWF, MACW	March 30, 1945	October 26, 2008	Stroke
64	Bobby Jaggers (Robert Jeaudoin)	MACW, NWA, NWA St.Louis, PNW, CWF	January 8, 1948	September 30, 2012	Kidney failure from Hepatitis C
64	Cousin Luke (Gene Petit)	WWF, AWA, CWF, MACW	May 19, 1949	September 29, 2013	Multiple sclerosis and diabetes
64	Dale Lewis	AWA, CWF, NWA	August 29, 1933	August 30, 1997	Leukemia
64	Lee Wang-pyo	NJPW, AJPW	June 11, 1954	September 4, 2018	Gallbladder cancer
64	Emil Klank	N/A	June 19, 1876	June 27, 1940	heart attack
64	Teijo Khan (Thomas Kasat)	AWA, CWF, NWA, MACW, PWA	March 24, 1956	April 10, 2020	Unknown
64	Winona Littleheart (Winifred Childree)	CWF, WWWF/WWF, NWA, POWW, WCW (Women's Championship Wrestling)	September 9, 1955	May 9, 2020	Unknown
64	Clem Turner	AWA, WWA, NWA Detroit, NWA St.Louis	May 28, 1945	December 20, 2009	car accident
64	Lee Marshall (Marshall Aaron Mayer)	announcer for AWA, WWF, WCW, WOW	November 28, 1949	April 26, 2014	Esophageal cancer
64	Bob Ryder	founder for Impact Wrestling, journalist for WWF, WCW, ECW	October 1956	November 24, 2020	Multiple myeloma
64	Iron Mike Sharpe	CWA, ASW, MSWA, WWWA, WWF	October 28, 1951	January 17, 2016	Years of health issues
64	Lizmark (Juan Baños)	EMLL, AAA, CMLL	December 18, 1950	December 16, 2015	Respiratory failure

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