00:06Welcome to Miz Mojo and today we'll be discussing 10 wrestlers who died in the ring.
00:19For this list, we'll be remembering those warriors of the squared circle who tragically
00:25died doing what they loved.
00:26Do you have any memories of these performers?
00:28Let us know in the comments below.
00:32Brian Ong The death of Brian Ong may not have been televised
00:37or even relegated to a non-canonical house show, but that doesn't make the circumstances
00:41involving this accident any less tragic.
00:45Ong was actually in a training session together with WWE's The Great Khali, aka Dalip Singh
00:51Rana, and was already suffering from a concussion.
00:54That alone should have stopped the training exercise within California or pro wrestling,
01:00as the very green Ong wasn't even fitted with proper gear for the work.
01:04Then, a flapjack attempt by Khali was botched when Ong forgot his safety protocol for the
01:10sequence.
01:11The wrestler landed badly on his head and tailbone, and these injuries, combined with APW's
01:17poor response time in seeking medical attention, directly resulted in Ong's death.
01:22Plum Mariko Japan, alongside countries like Mexico
01:31and the United States, possesses one of the richest professional wrestling heritages in
01:36the world.
01:37That said, the Japanese wrestling industry successfully avoided an in-ring death prior to 1997, when
01:44the promising career of Plum Mariko was tragically cut short.
01:54Mariko was talented, but she was also accident-prone, and her injuries directly led to the athlete
02:00developing an abscess in her brain.
02:03Mariko ignored physicians' warnings about her concussions, and she continued to wrestle.
02:08Then at a wrestling show in Hiroshima, Mariko took a liger bomb from her opponent, Mayumi Ozaki.
02:14She passed out as a result of the move, with officials claiming that the abscesses in her
02:19brain opened up, eventually leading to her death.
02:22Janette Wolfe Janette Boyer-Wolfe competed professionally
02:26under the alias of Janette Wolfe, during the formative age of women's professional wrestling.
02:32She came from industry royalty as the foster daughter of legend Mildred Burke, and worked
02:38matches alongside icon Mae Young.
02:40Unfortunately, we'll never know exactly how exalted Wolfe's career could have been, thanks
02:46to a horrible 1951 in-ring occurrence.
02:49It took place during the second of two matches Wolfe had that day, the first of which ended
02:55with a basic body slam.
02:57Wolfe was complaining of headaches after taking this move, but went on with her second match
03:02as scheduled.
03:03She collapsed on the ring apron during this match, and never woke up, suffering a fatal
03:08brain hemorrhage minutes into the contest.
03:11She was 18.
03:13Oro
03:14We mentioned Mexico earlier on our list, with its lucha libre style of professional
03:19wrestling serving as one of the country's cultural legacies.
03:23Oro performed as a luchador in this style, as a masked wrestler with an impressive arsenal
03:28of aerial maneuvers.
03:33As part of the Hernandez family, famed within the lucha libre community, we as fans can only
03:39wonder what might have been, if not for an unfortunate accident.
03:42The fall that Oro took on his head was pre-planned, together with his opponent.
03:47But this decision to add drama to the contest directly resulted in Oro's death.
03:53The fall reportedly triggered a brain aneurysm, and Oro never made it into a hospital ambulance.
03:59He was only 21 years old.
04:02Gary Albright
04:03He was the unsung hero of the legendary Anoai wrestling family, the bloodline that's produced
04:09such stars as Roman Reigns, The Usos, and Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
04:14Gary Albright
04:19Albright married into the family with his wife Monica, and he enjoyed a distinguished career
04:24as the rough-and-ready master of the suplex in promotions such as All Japan and Stampede
04:30Pro Wrestling.
04:31Albright was performing as usual for the company World Extreme Wrestling on January 7th, 2000,
04:37when a bulldog maneuvered by his opponent left Albright unconscious in the ring.
04:42Gary had suffered a heart attack in the ring, partially as a result of his diabetes and
04:48poor coronary history.
04:50A tribute show would later be held in his honor.
05:00Moondog Spot
05:01For wrestling fans of a certain generation, a tag team known as the Moondogs will always
05:07be remembered for their wild and unpredictable antics.
05:10One of the members of that team, Moondog Spot, also worked as a solo star and Booker throughout
05:16the 1970s and 80s.
05:18Fast forward to 2003, however, and Spot, born Larry Booker, had long since left active
05:25regular competition.
05:26This didn't stop the Moondog from working a match for a special birthday celebration for
05:31Jerry the King Lawler, however, a decision that would ultimately lead to his death.
05:36Moondog Spot's fate was similar to that of Gary Albright, with the man suffering a fatal
05:42heart attack as a result of the physical exertion combined with his personal history of diabetes.
05:50The career of Emiko Karo was over almost as quickly as it began.
05:55The Japanese pro wrestler was a rookie performer at only 23 years old, working only 15 matches
06:01before the tragic events of March 31st, 1999.
06:06A blow to the head during a tag team contest knocked Karo unconscious, and it was later revealed
06:11that the injury had resulted in massive intracerebral bleeding.
06:15Although Karo would later die in a hospital on April 9th, it was the events in the ring that
06:21directly led to this outcome.
06:23Only the second time a Japanese professional wrestler would die as a result of her work in
06:27the ring.
06:35The life and legacy of Pero Aguayo Jr., born Pedro Ramirez, may not be as comparatively
06:41well-known outside of Mexican wrestling circles, but the circumstances surrounding his death
06:46made headline news back in 2015.
06:52This was due to the performers standing across the ring from Aguayo, the WWE's own Rey Mysterio
06:59Jr.
06:59The pair were performing in a tag team contest against each other, when Rey went for one
07:04of his trademark moves, the 619.
07:07It was the setup for this move that caused Aguayo's death, as Rey's dropkick reportedly
07:12fractured three vertebrae.
07:13The trauma from this impact resulted in Aguayo suffering a heart attack, and he died almost
07:19instantly.
07:20I have no words for this terrible news.
07:22Mitsuharu Misawa
07:24Mitsuharu Misawa is unequivocally one of professional wrestling's all-time best.
07:30He was also one half of what is often argued as the best professional wrestling match of
07:34all time, a bout against rival Toshiaki Kawada on June 3, 1994.
07:40Fast forward 25 years later, however, and it would be another June match that would serve
07:46as Misawa's fatal swan song.
07:48The 46-year-old was competing in a tag team when he failed to get up from the ring after
07:53receiving a back suplex.
07:56Although no official cause of death was released, it was thought that the impact from the move
08:00resulted in severe cervical damage.
08:03This was echoed in a statement by Hiroshima police in the aftermath of Misawa's tragic
08:09passing.
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08:42Owen Hart
08:43Owen changes into his blue blazer costume, and the rigging crew readies him for his descent.
08:49The memory of the life and career of Owen Hart still burns brightly within the hearts of
08:54all his fans.
08:55This is despite the horrible events that led to his death on the evening of May 23, 1999.
09:02At the WBF's over-the-edge pay-per-view, Hart accidentally fell from the Kemper Arena
09:08rafters to the ring below after preparing an entrance that required a quick-release drop.
09:13The mechanisms holding Owen let go too soon, leaving the over-the-edge viewers at home
09:19and in the arena stunned.
09:30A wrongful death lawsuit from Owen's widow, Martha, followed, and the WBF slash WWE eventually
09:38settled the case for $18 million.
09:40But it was little comfort for the void Owen's loss left behind.
09:45I didn't care about the money.
09:47It wasn't about money for me.
09:48I wanted this case to go to trial.
09:50I wanted this case to go to trial.
09:51I wanted this case to go to trial.
09:54I knew it would have been the only way for me to take care of the money.
09:56It's all that I have done with.
09:56I wanted it to be a good friend.
09:56If not, I need to even more attention.
09:57A good friend.
09:58I don't want to be in a pleasure.
09:58I want to be here with this little man from the former state of the White House.
10:00I'll come out.
10:00You
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