| Full-time wrestlers |
| Adrian Adonis (Keith Franke) |
34 |
1988 |
Accident (car) |
| Andre The Giant (Andre Rousimoff) |
46 |
1993 |
Disease (heart attack caused by acromegaly) |
| Art Barr |
28 |
1994 |
Overdose |
| Bam Bam Bigelow (Scott Bigelow) |
45 |
2007 |
Overdose |
| Biff Wellington (Shayne Bower) |
42 |
2007 |
Heart attack |
| Big Bossman (Ray Traylor) |
42 |
2004 |
Heart attack |
| Big Dick Dudley (Alex Rizzo) |
34 |
2002 |
Disease (Kidney failure) |
| Billy Joe Travis (William Joseph) |
40 |
2002 |
Heart attack |
| Bobby Duncum Junior |
34 |
2000 |
Overdose |
| Brady Boone (Dean Peters) |
40 |
1998 |
Accident (car) |
| Brian Pillman |
35 |
1997 |
Heart attack (genetic though likely worsened by drug abuse) |
| Bruiser Brody (Frank Goodish) |
42 |
1988 |
Murdered (by fellow wrestler) |
| Buzz Sawyer (Bruce Woyan) |
32 |
1992 |
Overdose |
| Chris Adams |
40 |
2001 |
Murdered |
| Chris Benoit |
40 |
2007 |
Suicide |
| Chris Candido |
34 |
2003 |
Accident (blood clot during surgery after ring accident) |
| Crash Holly (Michael Lockwood) |
33 |
2003 |
Overdose (possible suicide) |
| Curt Hennig |
44 |
2003 |
Overdose |
| Danny Johnson |
49 |
2003 |
Unknown |
| Davey Boy Smith |
39 |
2002 |
Heart attack (drug related) |
| Dick Murdoch |
49 |
1995 |
Heart attack |
| Dino Bravo (Adolfo Bresciano) |
44 |
1993 |
Murdered |
| DJ Peterson (Dave Peterson) |
33 |
1993 |
Accident (motorcycle) |
| Earthquake (John Tenta) |
42 |
2006 |
Disease (cancer) |
| Ed Gantner |
31 |
1990 |
Suicide |
| Eddie Gilbert |
33 |
1995 |
Heart attack |
| Eddie Guerrero |
38 |
2005 |
Heart attack (drug related) |
| Emory Hale |
38 |
2006 |
Heart attack |
| Hawk (Michael Hegstrand) |
44 |
2003 |
Heart attack (likely drug related) |
| Hercules (Ray Fernandez) |
44 |
2003 |
Heart attack |
| Jeep Swenson (Robert Swenson) |
40 |
1997 |
Heart attack |
| Jerry Blackwell |
45 |
1995 |
Disease (pneumonia) |
| Joey Maggs (Jospeh Magliano) |
37 |
2006 |
Unknown |
| John Studd (John Minton) |
46 |
1995 |
Disease (Hodgkins) |
| Johnny Grunge (Mike Durham) |
39 |
2006 |
Disease (sleep apnea, possibly worsened by drug use) |
| Junk Yard Dog (Sylvester Ritter) |
45 |
1998 |
Accident (car) |
| Kerry Von Erich (Kerry Adkisson) |
33 |
1993 |
Suicide |
| Larry Cameron |
41 |
1993 |
Heart attack |
| Leroy Brown (Roland Daniels) |
37 |
1994 |
Heart attack |
| Louie Spicolli (Louis Mucciolo) |
27 |
1998 |
Overdose |
| Mike Awesome (Mike Alphonso) |
42 |
2007 |
Suicide |
| Mike Davis |
45 |
2001 |
Heart attack |
| Mike Lozanski |
35 |
2003 |
Heart attack |
| Mitch Snow |
? |
2000 |
Suicide |
| Owen Hart |
34 |
1999 |
Accident (ring entrance) |
| Pitbull 2 (Anthony Durante) |
36 |
2003 |
Overdose |
| Ray Candy |
37 |
1994 |
Heart attack |
| Renegade (Richard Wilson) |
33 |
1999 |
Suicide |
| Ravishing Rick Rude |
40 |
1999 |
Heart attack (drug related) |
| Rhonda Singh (Peggy Simpson) |
40 |
2001 |
Overdose |
| Rocco Rock (Ted Petty) |
49 |
2002 |
Heart attack |
| Scott Irwin |
35 |
1987 |
Disease (Brain tumour) |
| Sherri Martel |
49 |
2007 |
Unknown |
| Terry Gordy |
40 |
2001 |
Heart attack |
| The Wall (Jerry Tuite) |
35 |
2003 |
Heart attack |
| Troy Graham |
47 |
2002 |
Heart attack |
| Vivian Vachon |
40 |
1991 |
Accident (car) |
| Yokozuna (Rodney Anoia) |
34 |
2000 |
Heart attack (genetic) |
| Independent/part-time wrestlers |
| Adam Marks |
21 |
2006 |
Unknown |
| Alan Carnill |
42 |
2004 |
Accident (car) |
| Axis (Steven Ranton) |
22 |
2007 |
Suicide |
| Bad Boy Brazil |
26 |
2002 |
Drug related? |
| Bad Business Brown |
31 |
2001 |
Disease (aneurysm) |
| Big City Mike |
38 |
1997 |
Unknown |
| Big E Sleaze (Jeremy Sumpter) |
22 |
1998 |
Suicide |
| Billy Redwood (William Crumpton) |
29 |
2004 |
Accident (car) |
| Billy The Kid (William Reid) |
48 |
1998 |
Unknown |
| Black Venus (Jean Kirkland) |
46 |
1995 |
Unknown |
| Blue Thunder Tornado (David Wayne Daniels) |
18 |
1988 |
Accident (fork lift) |
| Brandon Starr |
19 |
2004 |
Accident (stroke from ring injury) |
| Brian Cox |
33 |
2003 |
Unknown |
| Bubba Kneukols |
34 |
2002 |
Heart attack |
| Chazz Roco (Chad Floyd) |
37 |
2005 |
Heart attack |
| Chief Dave Foxx (David Farrar) |
44 |
2001 |
Heart attack |
| Chief Thundermountain (David Moisier) |
33 |
1991 |
Heart attack |
| Chri$ Ca$h (Christopher Bauman) |
23 |
2005 |
Accident (motorcycle) |
| Chris Duffy |
35 |
2000 |
Disease (seizure) |
| Chris Von Erich (Chris Adkisson) |
21 |
1991 |
Suicide |
| Core (Lee Estabrook) |
29 |
2003 |
Suicide |
| Dan Curtis |
37 |
1998 |
Suicide |
| Dane Gerous (Jared Hogan) |
19 |
2005 |
Accident (car) |
| Danny Fargo (Audie Hager) |
44 |
2003 |
Disease (cancer) |
| Danny Hawke (Dan Hawkins) |
33 |
2004 |
Drug related |
| Dave Casanova (David DiMeglio) |
35 |
2002 |
Drug related? |
| Dave Vicious |
31 |
2001 |
Heart attack |
| Doug Chevalier |
38 |
2000 |
Heart attack |
| Dr Destruction (John Coggleshall) |
34 |
2004 |
Heart attack (in ring) |
| Dynamite D (Darren McMillan) |
37 |
2007 |
Disease (Cancer) |
| Floyd Creatchman |
46 |
2003 |
Disease (Chron’s) |
| Guido Falcone (Richard Martell) |
32 |
2002 |
Disease (Leukemia) |
| Harlem Warlord (Jamie Cardiche) |
32 |
2000 |
Disease (complications in surgery) |
| Ivan Zaiken |
39 |
1995 |
Unknown |
| J Prodigy (Jeremy Davis) |
29 |
2004 |
Unknown |
| Jeff Peterson |
22 |
2002 |
Disease (cancer) |
| Jeff Raitz |
? |
2002 |
Heart attack |
| Jenni Lee (Jennifer Bednar) |
34 |
2006 |
Unknown |
| Jerry Oski (Jerry Arotski) |
32 |
1995 |
Unknown |
| Jimmy Beal |
? |
1993 |
Unknown |
| Jimmy Hustler (Jimmy Alicea) |
33 |
2006 |
Heart attack |
| Joe Powers |
41 |
2003 |
Disease (Liver failure) |
| Kevin Mailhot |
24 |
2005 |
Accident (car) |
| Lance Idol (Steve Schumann) |
32 |
1991 |
Heart attack (drug related) |
| Larry Doyle |
37 |
1998 |
Disease (diabetes) |
| Little Coco |
40 |
1993 |
Unknown |
| Liz Chase |
46 |
1999 |
Disease (dies during surgery) |
| Mark Mendian |
20 |
2000 |
Accident (ring injury) |
| Mass Transit (Eric Kulas) |
22 |
2002 |
Disease (obesity) |
| Matt Storm |
39 |
2007 |
Unknown |
| Mike Marcello |
? |
2000 |
Suicide |
| Mr Ebony |
46 |
1999 |
Heart attack |
| Neil Superior (Neil Caricofe) |
33 |
1996 |
Heart attack (during arrest, attack likely drug related) |
| Pat Kelly |
42 |
1988 |
Accident (Car) |
| Randy Mansfield (Randy Toslinksi) |
23 |
1998 |
Unknown |
| Rick Bolton |
49 |
2000 |
Unknown |
| Rick Martello |
38 |
1997 |
Unknown |
| Robbie D (Robert Dicks) |
32 |
2002 |
Suicide |
| Rockin’ Robin (Kim Robinson) |
35 |
2001 |
Accident (motorcycle) (note – not the WWF wrestler) |
| Rocky Hata (Mitsuo Hata) |
43 |
1991 |
Unknown |
| Russ Haas |
27 |
2001 |
Heart attack (genetic) |
| Scott Peterson |
31 |
1994 |
Accident (Motorcycle) |
| Shane Shamrock (Brian Hauser) |
23 |
1998 |
Murdered (actually shot legally by police during raid) |
| Spider (Daniel Quirk) |
22 |
2005 |
Accident (in ring) |
| Stephan DeLeon |
34 |
2004 |
Accident (motorcycle) |
| Steve King |
49 |
1998 |
Unknown |
| Texas Outlaw #1 |
39 |
2004 |
Accident (car) |
| The Diva (Kelly Tabor) |
28 |
2002 |
Unknown |
| The Stud |
25 |
2006 |
Overdose |
| Tiger Khan (Marlon Kalkai) |
33 |
2006 |
Heart attack |
| Tiny Anderson |
42 |
1995 |
Unknown |
| Tony Nash |
30 |
2000 |
Accident (ring injury) |
| Tony Rumble (Antony Magliaro) |
43 |
1999 |
Heart attack |
| Trae Kellar |
36 |
2005 |
Unknown |
| Xtreme |
20 |
2004 |
Unknown |
| Yuel Lovett (Alex Lovett) |
28 |
1999 |
Heart attack |
| Yukon Braxton (Jeffrey Dingess) |
24 |
2002 |
Unknown |
| International wrestlers we know |
| Angel Azteca |
43 |
2007 |
Heart attack (suspected) |
| Baby X (Jose Barreto Martínez) |
21 |
2004 |
Murdered |
| Brazo Cibernetico (Aaron Alvardo Nieves) |
33 |
1999 |
Disease (pancreatitis) |
| El Sanguinario (Luis Delgadillo) |
33 |
2002 |
Unknown |
| El Texano (Juan Aguilar) |
47 |
2006 |
Disease (respiratory failure) |
| Emiko Kado |
23 |
1999 |
Accident (ring injury) |
| Gary Albright |
36 |
1999 |
Heart attack (died during a match) |
| Giant Ochiai (Takayuki Okada) |
30 |
2003 |
Disease (brain haemorrhage) |
| Haru Sonada |
31 |
1987 |
Unknown |
| Jackie Sato |
41 |
1999 |
Disease (cancer) |
| Jimmy Beale |
25 |
1993 |
Unknown |
| Jumbo Tsuruta (Tomomi Tsuruta) |
49 |
2000 |
Disease (Hepatitis) |
| Kodo Fuyuki |
42 |
2003 |
Disease (cancer) |
| Kronnus (Sergio Armando Villa) |
27 |
1999 |
Murdered |
| Kung Fu (Raymundo Cuesta Veloz) |
49 |
2000 |
Heart attack |
| Little Frankie (Masanobu Okamoto) |
44 |
2002 |
Disease (unknown) |
| Loco Zandokan (Arturo Carrillo Arteaga) |
39 |
1995 |
Unknown |
| Masakazu Fukuda |
27 |
2000 |
Accident (ring injury) |
| Mephisto Lephanto |
31 |
2007 |
Heart attack (in ring) |
| Multifacieto (Albert Morales) |
20 |
2000 |
Suicide |
| Oro (Javier Hernandez) |
21 |
1993 |
Disease (Brain aneurysm, died in ring) |
| Plum Mariko (Mariko Ueda) |
29 |
1997 |
Accident (series of ring injuries) |
| Relampago Negro |
? |
2002 |
Murdered |
| Satoshi Hasegawa |
22 |
1999 |
Accident (fell from balcony) |
| Shinya Hashimoto |
40 |
2005 |
Disease (aneurysm) |
| Sombre Negra (Edwin Ortiz Torres) |
36 |
2001 |
Heart attack |
| Vangelis (Alejandro Granados) |
29 |
2002 |
Unknown |
| Victor The Bodyguard (Victor Rodriguez) |
38 |
2004 |
Heart attack |
| Villano I (Jose Mendoza) |
49 |
2001 |
Heart attack |
[Definitie:] "An ergogenic aid is any substance or phenomenon that enhances performance."
(Wilmore and Costill) 
