Comments on: DEATH IN BOXING, MMA & PRO WRESTLING

By: Rivas

Rivas — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:28:29 +0000

I, too, possess a pit-bull who stands out as the most trusting animal I’ve ever owned. Quickly, a brand new dog breed will come along for the media to blast, because they have accomplished rotties and dobies in previous years. Unfortunate that media sensationalism breeds so much inaccurate facts.

By: Gary B.

Gary B. — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:44:17 +0000

If you bang your head on a brick wall everynight for a year, I promise you, your brains will be scrambled as well. Wrestling is pre-determined but injuries are not included in that picture. Try waking up day after day, not being able to function as a normal person, with pain so bad, you are addicted to pain killers. Then you must continue to work out (daily) or take performance enhancing stuff, just to maintain that physical LOOK (nothing to do with ability). It is sad how so many good ones (male and female) have passed, without living a full quality life. I believe that there comes a point (as I live with severe pain, due to sports and aurther) so I can only amagine how they feel, every single day. I pray for a pain free day but I have yet to receive it (although our Lord always pulls me through one day at a time).. God Bless all the ones who are gone and all the mones who still participate.

By: M. Griz

M. Griz — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:09:42 +0000

Joaquin-

I had written and submitted the article before Forrest’s death. Otherwise I would have included him. Good observation and condolences to Vernon’s family and friends.

By: Antonino

Antonino — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:55:55 +0000

I remember tough guy Fritz Von Erich quite well. Pedro makes him sound like the tyrannical Jackson or Quarry patriarch (”there’s no quit in a Quarry”). I always thought Karl Von Hess (an Irish Canadian?) was more amusing. His bout on YouTube with Ricki Starr is good for a few laughs.

By: Pedro Fernandez

Pedro Fernandez — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:15:50 +0000

Jim Helwig is the Warrior. He is NOT a Von Erich!

By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:00:30 +0000

The ultimate warrior who is a von erich is still alive…look it up

By: Joaquin Guzman Loera

Joaquin Guzman Loera — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:06:12 +0000

Why wasn’t Vernon’s name mentioned in the article along with Gatti and Alexis?

By: Pedro Fernandez

Pedro Fernandez — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:47:38 +0000

The Von Erich’s were brothers. All three died via suicide. Their father Fritz, he was a piece of work!

By: Jerome

Jerome — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:02:20 +0000

Were all those Von Erich’s related ? Years ago there was a top rassler named Fritz Von Erich

By: Pedro Fernandez

Pedro Fernandez — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:55:37 +0000

Yes!

By: alberto

alberto — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:35:28 +0000

Is King Kong Bundy still alive?

By: O-Ren Ishii

O-Ren Ishii — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:11:01 +0000

While the number of wrestling deaths is shocking, to be fair it should be said that some of them were caused by non wrestling factors such as cancer (Earthquake, Gorilla Monsoon), automobile accidents (Adrian Adonis, Junkyard Dog), and obesity (Yokozuna, Haystacks Calhoun).

By: Flip

Flip — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:10:34 +0000

Nice article. And you didn’t even use the S-T-E-R-O-I-D-S word once, which has to be another contributing factor, especially in the “Sports Entertainment” list.

By: Rodriguez

Rodriguez — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:04:05 +0000

this is just amazing WOW. so many deaths

By: Antonino

Antonino — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:38:22 +0000

Depressing list, but a fascinating problem. The constellation of forces leading sometime to take his or her own life may be quite varied–it’s hard to generalize about the profession/despair connection. Why do so many DENTISTS commit suicide? (From what I’ve read, it’s a surprisingly high number.) Still, it’s something to ponder.