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ARYC:
i'v head of a couple of storys of guys dying in the ring or collapsing during a match and dying later , these events are few and far inbetween  but here's a story:
 the story of Masakazu Fukuda from SSS:

During his match with Katsuyori Shibata on 4/14/00, Fukuda was hit by a flying elbow smash. His movement became sluggish, and he eventually collapsed on to the mat in a serious condition. He was rushed to Kessunuma General Hospital, where it was determined that he had internal bleeding of the brain. For days New Japan and it's fans prayed, with many wrestlers, including Shinya Hashimoto, travelling to the hospital to see him. On 4/19/00 at 3:28am, Masakazu Fukuda passed away, the official cause an acute hard membrane lower bloody tumor in his brain. He was 27 years of age, and was planning to announce his engagement in May. On 4/20/00, Hidekazu Tanaka wept as he announced to the fans that Fukuda had passed away, and Yoshie stood in the ring with a picture of him, while Nagata rang the bell ten times in his memory. On 4/21/00, six hundred people attended the funeral of Fukuda, which was funded by New Japan. Fukuda was laid to rest in his New Japan t-shirt, a lasting reminder of his love for wrestling.

Trauma-san:
There was a rumour going around for years that Hulk Hogan killed somebody in the ring early in his career, but it was later proven false.  That's one of the things Hogan can brag about (well, he brags about a lot of things).... he's never hurt anybody in the ring.  I believe the same can be said for Bret Hart, and Yokozuna too, off the top of my head, I've heard it mentioned before that they were really safe wrestlers who had never hurt anyone.  I'm sure there's many more but I know for a fact these three never injured anybody.  I think that's one sign of a true wrestler, protecting their opponent.  I'm not trying to say Hogan is as good of a wrestler as Hart, though, I'm just saying in that aspect, they're similar. 

7even:
wrestlers who kill their opponent must really suck.

MANBEARPIG.:

--- Quote from: Trauma on October 31, 2004, 03:51:44 PM ---There was a rumour going around for years that Hulk Hogan killed somebody in the ring early in his career, but it was later proven false.  That's one of the things Hogan can brag about (well, he brags about a lot of things).... he's never hurt anybody in the ring.  I believe the same can be said for Bret Hart, and Yokozuna too, off the top of my head, I've heard it mentioned before that they were really safe wrestlers who had never hurt anyone.  I'm sure there's many more but I know for a fact these three never injured anybody.  I think that's one sign of a true wrestler, protecting their opponent.  I'm not trying to say Hogan is as good of a wrestler as Hart, though, I'm just saying in that aspect, they're similar. 

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I thought I heard about Yokozuna killing someone before by accident ???

daWappla:
I once read that Marty Janetty did a rocker dropper on his opponent and fucked it up so that his opponents neck broke and he later died.. but don´t know if that´s true..

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