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Besides wrestling men and women, Gillem wrestled bears and alligators as part of her act. Gillem eventually found work touring with promoter Billy Wolfe's, the husband of Mildred Burke, troop of women wrestlers in 1942. She was often an opponent of Burke's, [4] wrestling her for the World Women's Championship. [3]
[2] [3] [4] Experts suggest that a combination of the physical nature of the business, no off-season, and potentially high work load (with some wrestlers fighting more than 100 and even 200 matches per year), along with the drug culture in wrestling during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s contributes to high mortality rates among wrestlers.
Paul E. Perschmann [5] [6] (November 27, 1952 – April 28, 2009) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Playboy Buddy Rose. [3] He wrestled primarily for the AWA , WWF , and for promoter Don Owen in Pacific Northwest Wrestling .
Live Audio Wrestling End of Year Awards. Feud of the Year (2009) - with Maryse for the WWE Divas Championship [84] Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Woman of the Year (2010) [85] Ranked No. 1 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2010 [86] The Baltimore Sun. Diva of the Year (2008) [87] World Wrestling Entertainment. WWE Women's ...
Beulah was involved in a catfight with Francine, who had just kicked Dreamer in the crotch. [4] On August 8, 2010, Hayes appeared at Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's ECW reunion show, Hardcore Justice, first shown sitting in the front row with her two daughters, before later getting involved in Dreamer's match with Raven by giving Raven a low ...
Former professional wrestler and WWE legend Sika Anoa'i has died. He was 79.Anoa'i -- best known to fans as Sika and as part of the famed tag team The Wild Samoans -- is the father of current WWE ...
Sid Vicious, one of the stars of WWE’s WrestleMania in the 1990s, has died. He was 63. The wrestler, born Sidney Eudy, also competed under the names Sycho Sid, Sid Justice and Lord Humungous.
This category lists people who died during a professional wrestling match or event, or post-match from an incident that started in-ring. Pages in category "Professional wrestling deaths" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.