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After Chyna's death, Chyna's sister Kathy reported the wrestler was offered a new WWF contract in 2001 with a minimum salary of $400,000 per year and the potential for substantially higher income via merchandising and pay-per-view appearances, but she refused to sign a contract for less than a base salary of $1 million per year. [73]
Chyna, born Joanie Laurer, was billed by the WWE as the 'Ninth Wonder of the World' during her wrestling career.
Some wrestlers, such as "Dr. Death" Steve Williams wrote posts on their websites and social media pages. [66] CM Punk, who was scheduled to face Benoit at the Vengeance: Night of Champions pay-per-view the night he died, was among the many WWE personnel that commented on Benoit during the three-hour tribute show on Raw.
Dr. Bennet Omalu reached out following Chyna’s death after having previously spoken to the wrestler about studying the effects of her career on her body. WWE superstar Chyna's brain to be ...
The concept of the untimely deaths of professional wrestlers was a frequent topic of discussion on the Opie & Anthony show. [16] After Scott Hall's death in 2022, Bret Hart and Kevin Nash talked about the premature death of several wrestlers, mentioning the mental and body damage as possible causes. [17] [18]
Christopher Michael Benoit (/ b ə ˈ n w ɑː / bə-NWAH; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler.He worked for various pro-wrestling promotions during his 22-year career, but is notorious for murdering his wife and youngest son.
The 1999 Over the Edge was the second annual and final Over the Edge professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now WWE). ). It was held on May 23, 1999, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, United Sta
He was best known for his tenures in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). A prominent member of the Guerrero wrestling family , being the son of first-generation wrestler Gory Guerrero , he is widely considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.