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Dead Wrestler Of The Week: Chris BenoitExcerpted and adapted from The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling (Gotham Books). For the Dead Wrestler of the Week archive, click here....

If You Like "Dead Wrestler Of The Week," You'll Like This BookOur pal The Masked Man published a book about pro wrestling today. It's called The Squared Circle, and it's wonderful and you should buy it right now. Once you've done that, scroll down and spend some time digging through the "Dead Wrestler Of The Week" archive....

Dead Wrestler Of The Week: “Maniac” Matt Borne, AKA Doink The Clown When Matt Osborne died on Friday, the news rang out far and wide. Fox Sports: "Report: Doink the Clown dead at 56." TMZ: "Doink the Clown Pro Wrestler Dies at 55." New York Daily News: "Ex-WWE wrestler Doink the Clown dead at 55." The implication was that the role had overtaken its actor. As this s...

Dead Wrestler Of The Week: Yokozuna (Deadspin Classic)

The WWE revealed on Tuesday that it will induct the late Yokozuna (born Rodney Anoa'i) into its Hall of Fame. In 2010, our Dead Wrestler of the Week column paid tribute to the big man. Originally published April 23, 2010....

Remembering The Violent Death Matches Between Bruiser And The Butcher, Pro Wrestling's Auteurs Of Bloodshed

The Masked Man remembers Bruiser and the Butcher, two wrestlers who operated on the edges of the script—and at their own threshold for pain. Read »...

Remembering The Violent Death Matches Between Bruiser And The Butcher, Pro Wrestling's Auteurs Of Bloodshed

Dead Wrestler of the Week is an occasional feature in which we honor the sport's fallen and examine their legacies. In (belated) honor of Deadspin's Blood Week, we're looking back at the epic rivalry between Abdullah the Butcher and the late Bruiser Brody....

Dead Wrestler Of The Week: Brian "Crush" Adams

An occasional feature in which we honor the sport's fallen and examine their legacies. Today: Brian "Crush" Adams, who died in 2007 after accidentally ingesting a lethal mixture of prescription drugs....

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Brian "Crush" Adams (1964-2007): He played so many archetypes of '90s wrestling mythology that he became legendary at none, moving from persona to persona without fully leaving the last behind. No mention of his previous lives was made. He was a man without a history, unstuck in time. READ »...