An observation from today's tragic event

[Stu]

This is by no means meant to be disrespectful, and if anyone is offended by this, I apologize.
I just wanted to mention something I find somewhat erie regarding Eddie Guerrero, Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith, Brian Pillman, Rick Rude and Curt Hennig, who are all names that seem to have popped up throughout the day.

Three of the men were connected to the Hart family, and along with Eddie Guerrero, were friends with Chris Benoit. Guerrero passed away in Minnesota, which was the home state of Rude and Hennig.

Again, I hope this random observation isn't offensive in anyway. It was just something I thought would be worth mentioning, and is hopefully just a coincidence.

[Tha Kid Joker]

Very random. Definately a coincidence. No-brainer on that.

[2 time pro bowler Fred Dryer]

Pillman also died in Minnesota.

[Blindkarevik]

Being a Minnesotan, and actually witnessing Pillman's last match... I've noticed this too.

However, as it's been said.... it's just a coincidence.

[SmarkyMark]

Vaya con Dios, Latino Heat. You will be missed.

[bbird13]

Besides, pro wrestling is all about interaction with others. You could say that Rick Rude once managed Curt Hennig, who once held the IC Title, the same IC Title that both Eddie Gurrerro, and Owen Hart (who was once in a stable with Davey Boy Smith) once held. Eddie's death sucks.. but you can draw correlation between any six random wrestlers.

[vitamink]

Now we just have to find a few more degrees to connect the deaths with Kevin Bacon

[Rorschach]

All in all, however, FAR TOO MANY wrestlers have died in the last five years. Hell, if this were baseball or football, we'd have a goddamn Congressional hearing. I dunno....but this needs to stop.

[amsiraK]

I've made this point a thousand times. One guy (Len Bias) died in basketball and the world screeched to a halt. But we lose wrestlers by heaping handfuls and no one outside the business even blinks.

Not belittling Len Bias or his death. Just an observation. His death was considered significant.

[hakushi]

Japan is a different world. They have wrestlers, who go hard in the ring.

but the difference is they go on tours, and have breaks in between them. The tape shows, then the wrestlers go on break.

in WWE not the case. day in day out on the road 365...that's hard on the body.

[marvelocity]

karisma888 said:

I've made this point a thousand times. One guy (Len Bias) died in basketball and the world screeched to a halt. But we lose wrestlers by heaping handfuls and no one outside the business even blinks.

Reggie Lewis, Drazen Petrovic. There have been other basketball players who have died.

But I see your point. Far too many wrestlers have been passing away recently. But I feel that baseball may unfortunately see more and more of its players dying, because of their problem with steroids.

[RoloSolo IV]

karisma888 said:

I've made this point a thousand times. One guy (Len Bias) died in basketball and the world screeched to a halt. But we lose wrestlers by heaping handfuls and no one outside the business even blinks.

Not belittling Len Bias or his death. Just an observation. His death was considered significant.

That's why ESPN won't even touch the Guerrero thing. Alot of people have the feeling "wrestling is fake".

[hakushi]

It was on ESPNews actually

[hakushi]

It was on ESPNews actually

[pariah]

I'd guess that all those factors regarding all of those deaths were pure coincidences.

That being said, Eddie lived an amazing life. He can look back at his life and know that he lived his dream. Moreover, he made lots of people happy. Unfortunately, he wasn't as big as he would have been had he kept going. But that doesn't matter. He left his mark on the world.

And his spirit lives in our hearts.

[Rick Mad]

Poor Benoit. He has to go through the Owen thing, and this.. he gets it pretty bad.

[DukeDavis]

karisma888 said:

I've made this point a thousand times. One guy (Len Bias) died in basketball and the world screeched to a halt. But we lose wrestlers by heaping handfuls and no one outside the business even blinks.

Not belittling Len Bias or his death. Just an observation. His death was considered significant.

One thing to consider was that Bias was supposed to be Larry Bird's apprentice and eventual replacement. He was supposed to be the face of the Celtics until 2000 or so. When he died, combined with Reggie Lewis's untimely demise, it turned the greatest franchise in basketball to a laughingstock until 2002, and even now, they're still struggling for recognition and compotence.
I'm not saying these are more or less important than Eddie. But Bias's death essentially ruined the Celtics. Yes, the Rick Pitino era certainly didn't help. But the Bias death picked up more steam over the years when the Celts crashed and burned in the 90s.