Kirk was nicknamed “King Kong Kirk” because of his weight. Nevertheless, we can point to certain ones that shocked the world and it’d be nice, to begin with, Malcolm Kirk. Obviously, not even all can be accurately counted as a result of the extremity of the sport. There are many death accounts recorded in the wrestling ring. Malcolm Kirk Kirk died from a pre-existing heart problem This piece will highlight 10 of the wrestling stars who died during action due to some, well, avoidable circumstances, or just the trouble of being a wrestler:
But there are times when their bodies refuse to go along with these and just give up on them, in fact during the spur of the moments too – in the ring during a match.Įven though measures such as the introduction of the WWE Wellness Program is trying to curb the occurrence of high death rate caused by cardiovascular issues, studies still show that wrestlers tend to die faster than their other sports counterparts. In the ring proper too, they go through a lot to keep the fans entertained, including escaping deaths by the whiskers. That being said, all these wrestling stars put a lot of effort in to entertain the fans, including putting their bodies through hell and brimstone to be in shape for the fans. In fact, just a few minutes in a wrestling ring will drive the fear of God into most critics of the superstars. For instance, what might appear like just an ordinary bump to the fans could have a heavier impact on the wrestler in the ring. The wrestlers put in a lot of sacrifices to get to the level of creating a modern-day fighter for the joy and awe of their fans.ĭuring a wrestling match, a lot of things happen. I go, ‘Don’t you ever touch me like that again.’ I’ve never been manhandled like that before,” Angle said.Even though it has become a public knowledge that wrestling is a scripted affair, with every possible outcome being streamlined, it was and continues to be a very serious business. Big Show grabbed me by the tights, the back of my tights, and he picked me up like I was a little kid, grabbed me by one side, then grabbed Eddie by the other, set me on one side of the room and Eddie on the other side. Then Big Show comes and this is what really pissed me off. So he leg dives me and I put him in the chokehold and I start choking him out. You were stiffing me out there.’ I said, ‘Eddie, I’m not going to fight you right now.’ He pushes me and I said if he did it again, we’re going to fight. But he came back and I did the whole, ‘Thank you Eddie for the night.’ He pushed me and said, ‘What the hell do you think you’re doing?’ I’m like, ‘I didn’t touch you Eddie.’ He’s like, ‘Yes, you did. He had to because the night that we got into a fight, he attacked me for stiffing him and I didn’t touch him. So I didn’t know if it was something personal or if he was just too old or too beat, but he had a bad heart. There were nights where he would blow up right away and he couldn’t catch his breath and stay with me and then there were some nights where he was on fire. “Eddie wasn’t the same but he was such a great worker, psychology, he had everything else but he would get frustrated some nights because he couldn’t get moving.
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