Why you will always be a wrestling fan - an ode to my Father

In celebration of Father's Day, I wanted to make up this web site for my Dad in honor of our love for this ridiculous thing called Professional Wrestling / Sports entertainment.

I actually wrote a big article about this a few year's back, but was declined by Associated Content and I never got to show off the images that I wanted to

SO check out my 5 part editorial on professional wrestling HERE. I discuss some of the brief history of sports entertainment, my own personal recollections, wishes to become a pro wrestler, but most importantly, the bonding moments of my Dad and I over this silly little thing I call 'rasslin'.

Hope you enjoy and feel free to check out my other posts, such as my other wrestling article on Associated Content - Why Are Wrestlers Dying? which you can also check out HERE

Why are the 80's Wrestlers dying?

Dino Bravo was murdered by organized crime

I was recently moved by the passing of a ring legend, Randy "Mach Man" Savage, who suffered from a heart attack and joined the long listing of other fallen wrestling super stars. I found a great article by Shawn O'Rourke called When Superheroes Die on Pop Matters. The article does a great job explaining some of the secretive life behind professional wrestling, but what really grabbed my attention was how the article also mentioned wrestlers that have been dying off like Freddy Kreuger victims.

The article mentions another site, Dead Wrestlers, which is one of the most up to date resources for a recently departed wrestling superstar. I utilized this site for the majority of my research, as they have a nice sleek layout and a brief cause of death. I am not too sure where they got their results from; some of it seems to come from another great source that I used, Obsessed with Wrestling. So as I discuss some of my findings, they may be a bit skewed here and there due to some deaths of a heart failure may have also been related to a drug abuse problem.

So I had to question myself, "Do certain wrestling promotions have more dead wrestlers ?" Could there be factors with giant billionaire dollar promotions like WWF or WCW, or is it all because of the hardcore lifestyle as originated by ECW? Are wrestlers self medicating themselves with drugs and pain killers so that they can continue to put their bodies on the line for just one more evening of punishment? What is a common cause of death amongst the wrestlers between promotions? Why is suicide prevalent amongst these deaths along with heart disease and drug abuse?

If you like to see the spreadsheet of my results, you can view it HERE in Google Docs


If you would like to read more about my research project, CHECK OUT THE LINK HERE to my Yahoo Contributor page