Wrestling deaths that hit you hardest...

[Adam]

Pretty self explanatory title. Though all of them are tragic, for me, it was Eddie Guerrero. Back when he passed away in 2005, he was one of my favorite performers on the entire roster. I missed the Raw tribute, but I'll never forget SmackDown's. I still remember how Batista couldn't help bawling while talking about his friend to the live crowd. Christ, I had trouble keeping it together during that entire thing.

 

[punkrockergirl]

the three hardest and ill put them in order were

1 owen hart.. i was watching the ppv and will never forget jr's voice when an hour after it happened he announced owen was dead

2 eddie guerreo i loved eddie he was my favorite at the time of his death and its a shame he died shortly after he finally got his life clean

3 chris benoit.. it was the week after vince was supposed to be dead and i was shocked when it panned into an empty arena with vince there explaining what happened.. ofcourse i felt horrible at first and still till this day i feel bad because it wasnt chris's fault.. he had the brain of an 80yr old with alzeheimers because of all the drug abuse and concussions

 

[angelboy2211]

the three hardest and ill put them in order were

1 owen hart.. i was watching the ppv and will never forget jr's voice when an hour after it happened he announced owen was dead

2 eddie guerreo i loved eddie he was my favorite at the time of his death and its a shame he died shortly after he finally got his life clean

3 chris benoit.. it was the week after vince was supposed to be dead and i was shocked when it panned into an empty arena with vince there explaining what happened.. ofcourse i felt horrible at first and still till this day i feel bad because it wasnt chris's fault.. he had the brain of an 80yr old with alzeheimers because of all the drug abuse and concussions

I am with you on #1.....Owen Hart. Growing up when I watched I like him and Bret a lot. I still watch sometimes with my younger brother. But that was absolutely awful when I heard he died.

 

[punkrockergirl]

the worst thing about owen dieing is that he hated wrestling he just did it for the money.. and when he was on the road he didnt go out much or spend money because he wanted to retire early and spend his life with his family and he died before he got the chance to do so

 

[angelboy2211]

Wow I never knew that. Thank you for sharing that. See I think that's very interesting because watching him he was so great.
I was a fan but not extremely into it. I liked the story lines and the entertainment value. Though, I have gone to a house show and had an AWESOME time. I would def go again

 

[Goodieluver]

Brian Pillman's hit me the hardest and what officially turned me against McMahon and WWF at that point

Why? The day after on Monday Nite Raw, they had his wife on the titantron and Vince was asking her questions and had the nerve to ask if Brian was suspected of drugs or other influences.

You dont bring a man's widowed wife on live tv and do stuff like this, even when you are in the middle of getting your ass handed to you in the ratings wars

From a more business standpoint, when Giant Baba died in Japan, because after he died, his wife took control of AJPW and sadly Misawa waited for this so he could leave with nearly the entire roster and form his own company, depleting an amazing roster

 

[punkrockergirl]

i forgot chris candido and louie spicolli to

 

[Goodieluver]

i forgot chris candido and louie spicolli to

Candido hit closer to home back then when i had a friend wrestling in IWA and she was close with him.

Also his was a sudden crazy death since he died from a "simple" leg surgery

 

[slacker2114]

Owen Hart and Chris Candido are definitely on my list. I always enjoyed watching them perform and had the pleasure of seeing both of them live at one time or another.

Eddie's death bothered me in the sense that I always respected his abilities and also the fact that he overcame his addictions and got himself to the top.

I also felt bad at the death of Gorilla Monsoon. His was the voice I'd heard annoucing matches as I was growing up. To this day, I don't think even JR has lived up to Monsoon.

And of course, let's not forget Andre. Whether face or heel, he was a beloved icon of the business that helped put wrestling on the map.

 

[Laffy Daffy]

I've lost touch with wrestling to a certain extent over the years, but I do remember watching the PPV when Owen Hart died, and it was pretty emotional. He was a good man, and it was a shame to see the life and the family he left behind.

 

[CarolinaTickler]

Owen Hart's death was deffinately the worst for me. Some friends and I went in together to buy the pay per view and can still remember them cutting away from the ring while the paramedics worked on him and Jim Ross trying to explain to people that it was not part of the show. I think that one was the worst because everyone saw it live.

Benoit's death is a close second just because of the conflicting emotions. Everyone went from thinking that he and his family were murdered by someone else to realizing that he had murdered his family and then committed suicide. That was just really tough to deal with considering how much I liked Benoit and then finding out how troubled he had become.

 

[b0xr]

The wrestling related death that surprised me the most was that of Miss Elizabeth. She was a young beautiful woman and was the Manager for several wrestlers including her husband The Macho Man Randy Savage.

Also Gorrilla Monsoon, Daveyboy Smith, Ravashing Rick Rude and Andre The Giant

 

[punkrockergirl]

curt henning was suprising to.. his sorta came out of nowhere