104 Wrestlers Under 50 Dead in a Decade

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The UK Sun has posted a list of 104 wrestlers who passed away between 1997 and 2007 before reaching age 50.

Of the 104, 40 were “full-time professionals who worked regularly for a large promotion or territory in the United States and Canada.” Only 18 (less than half) full-time wrestlers died a decade earlier.

The list doesn’t include valets or managers, and goes up to 135 when looking at the last 20 years. When adding international workers, it goes up to 129 for the last 10 yaers and 164 since 1987.

Matthew Michaels is editor emeritus of Pulse Wrestling, and has been since the site launched.