Today we present you - WWE Wrestlers You Might Not know have passed away 2 00:00:18,802 --> 00:00:21,271 10. Mike Shaw
The name of Mike Shaw may not ring a bell to most fans,
but the man is responsible for some of the most iconic gimmicks of all time.
Debuting in the 1980s for Stampede Wrestling,
Shaw first competed under the name Makhan Singh,
and feuded with Bret and Owen Hart as the promotion’s top heel.
Signing with WCW in 89,
Shaw became Norman the Lunatic,
and in 1993 became the malicious monk Friar Ferguson
in the WWF.
After complaints from the Catholic Church about the idea
of a man of faith beating people up,
the character was quickly dropped,
and Shaw got his most infamous gimmick of Bastion Booger,
, an overweight monster of a man,
who ate everything in his path and had serious B-O.
Remaining as Booger until 1995,
Shaw left the company,
and set up his own wrestling school during the 90s.
Weighing in at over 400lbs during his WWF tenure,
Shaw’s colossal size would be his undoing,
as his weight caused major health problems for him,
and on September 11th, 2010, Shaw died of a heart attack aged 53.
9. Brad Armstrong
Born to the legendary wrestling family
Brad Armstrong is best known as the son of ‘Bullet’ Bob Armstrong,
and the brother of Road Dogg Jesse James.
And whilst Brad never reached the same highs as his father and brother,
he had an impressive career in his own right, which started aged 18.
A multiple time NWA Tag Champion,
Armstrong competed for WCW from 1998 until the company’s closure, primarily as a jobber,
with one character of his, Buzzkill, being a clear rip-off of the Road Dogg.
Becoming a fixture of the indies, Brad would join the revamped ECW in 2006,
though only competed in a few house show matches,
and occasionally commentated for the new brand.
Retiring from the ring,
Armstrong would later take up a producing role backstage in WWE,
before passing away on November 1st, 2012,
of a suspected heart attack.
A big loss to the WWE family,
fellow commentator Jim Ross described Armstrong as
“one of the most underrated all-time greats ever in this business.”
8. The Wall
Standing at 6’10 and tipping the scales at 340lbs,
Jerry Tuite had all the makings of the next big star in wrestling.
The personal project of Bam Bam Bigelow,
Tuite received his training at the WCW Powerplant,
before debuting as ‘The Wall’,
the heavy of Berlyn,
and a not-so-subtle reference to the Berlin Wall
which had been toppled a decade prior.
A monster heel who would leave a path of destruction in his wake,
The Wall would have his biggest feud against his mentor Bam Bam,
before joining the WWF after the company’s demise.
Being granted a release for personal reasons before he ever made it on-screen,
Tuite would join TNA as Malice, and even appeared in the first TNA Show in 2002,
where he lost to Ken Shamrock in the main event for the vacant NWA World Championship.
Sadly, Tuite would be found dead on December 6, 2003
in his hotel room in Japan.
Like so many wrestlers
he had suffered a massive heart attack,
and tragically died just 36 years old.
7.Hector Garza
Whilst he is best known for his time in his native Mexico,
working for promotions like Triple-A
and CMLL,
Hector Garza did have some success in the United States.
Appearing during a 6-man tag at the 1997 Royal Rumble,
Garza impressed fans,
though this show was a one- time thing between the WWE
and Triple-A.
Joining WCW not long after, Garza had a minimal push,
appearing as a member of the LWO,
and even getting an upset victory over Scott Hall.
When the company folded,
Garza would find his way to TNA in 2004,
rising to being a leader of Team Mexico,
though was deported the next year after being caught with steroids.
Garza continued wrestling until 2012,
when he took a leave to battle lung cancer. Passing away in May 2013
fans were truly shocked,
as Garza was the Mexican National Heavyweight Champion at the time of his death,
and the belt was retired by CMLL afterwards.
6.John Kronus
As part of The Eliminators, John Kronus will forever be remembered as
one of the greatest tag team wrestlers in ECW history.
Working alongside Perry Saturn,
the pair’s devastating Total Elimination finisher felled plenty of opponents,
and the team went on to become three time ECW Tag Team Champions.
Once Saturn left for WCW in 1997,
Kronus’ career spiralled.
Whilst he tried to make it as a singles star,
fans weren’t buying it,
and he was put into a tag team with New Jack, with the Gangstanators
becoming ECW Tag Team Champions.
Retiring from wrestling in 2001
after the closure of ECW,
Kronus would lead a private life,
before being found dead in his fiance’s home
on July 18th 2007.
His death sadly,
didn’t come as too much of a surprise,
as Kronus’ family had a history of heart problems,
and he had died because of an enlarged heart.
5. Battle Kat
Brady Boone had a very lengthy wrestling career, though
few fans will remember him as anything other
than his brief time in the WWE as Battle Kat.
Wearing bright colourful spandex and hiding his face with a cat mask,
the character was clearly dumb, though Boone made it work as much as he could with his cat-like reflexes and agility in the ring.
Despite winning the majority of his matches at live events, the Battle Kat character was eventually scrapped,
and Boone would join WCW in 1993. Competing in the Georgia based promotion for a year, Boone would make little impact in the company,
Boone would later return to WCW,
but tragically died on December 15th, 1998
after being part of a fatal car accident.
Whilst Boone’s career may have been forgotten by most fans,
one fan who certainly looked up to him was a young man
called Rob Szatkowski.
Inspired by Boone’s unique offence in the ring,
Rob would develop his skills as a wrestler,
, and later make it big in ECW,
WWE,
and TNA,
as the whole Damn Show
Rob Van Dam.
4. Bertha Faye
When Rhonda Sing arrived in the WWE,
she was different than any other woman at the time.
Granted she wasn’t the fittest wrestler around,
but Faye’s unique look helped her build a solid career,
beginning in Japan in 1979.
Working as a monster heel,
Sing would later join Stampede Wrestling,
becoming the promotion’s first Women’s Champion in 1987,
before joining the WWF, eight years later.
Brought in to help the company’s dwindling Women’s Division,
Sing was given the character of Bertha Faye,
a simple-minded, trailer-park living hick.
As the company focussed less on Women’s wrestling,
Faye would still become the WWE Women’s Champion,
defeating Alundra Blayze at Summerslam 1995,
but only held the title for 57 days.
Unhappy with her role in the WWE,
Sing was granted her release in 1996,
though returned to the spotlight 3 years later when she signed with WCW.
After being used as comedy relief,
Sing would leave WCW in 2000,
and in 2001, died of a heart attack at the age of 40.
3.Al Green
Making his wrestling debut in 1990,
Al Green was one part of the Master Blasters in WCW,
alongside partner Steele, who would later become Kevin Nash.
Whilst his partner went on to have great success in WCW and the WWF,
Green was not so lucky, as after the Master Blasters split,
Green was put in a new team called the Wrecking Crew, that had very little success.
Returning to WCW in 1998, Green was able to pick up some singles victories
but was mostly fodder for biggest stars,
including Diamond Dallas Page,
Curt Hennig,
and Goldberg.
In 2000, Green arguably reached his low point as a character,
as he was rebranded as The Dog, a character who shared all the traits of a dog,
including drinking out of the toilet.
Created solely to feud with Ernest ‘The Cat’ Miller, Green couldn’t even get a win over his natural enemy,
as the Cat defeated the Dog during an episode of Thunder.
Following WCW’s demise,
health problems would plague Green for years, before he passed away aged 58 in 2013.
2. The Zombie
When the WWE brought back ECW in 2006,
fans of the original promotion hoped for
a return to the classic, hardcore promotion.
What they got instead, was the Zombie.
Played by Tim Roberts,
the Zombie appeared on the very first episode of the new ECW,
though the WWE originally wanted a Martian to appear instead,
an idea shot down by the SciFi channel
who didn’t want a sci-fi creature to be a punchline.
Shuffling to the ring to a chorus of boos by the ECW fans,
the Zombie spoke only in moans,
and was quickly dispatched by The Sandman, who caned the life out of the undead creature, pinning him in
After this debacle, the Zombie would never be used on WWE TV again,
though Roberts continued to use the character on the independent circuit.
On the indie scene, Roberts would eventually feud with Marty Wright,
who fans will remember as the Boogeyman,
in a battle of WWE’s monsters.
Unfortunately, death came for Roberts in real life,
as he passed away of unknown causes on January 7th, 2015, at the age of 38.
1.Lance Cade
Being trained at the Shawn Michaels Wrestling Academy,
it’s safe to say that Lance Cade had a near-perfect start to his wrestling career.
After spending some time in Japan,
Cade would sign a developmental deal with the WWE in 2001,
making his main roster debut two years later, teaming with Mark Jindrax.
Despite never holding the tag titles with Jindrax,
this didn’t stop Cade’s ambitions, as in 2005,
he was partnered with Trevor Murdoch,
and the pair of rednecks successfully won the World Tag Team Championships
on three separate occasions.
After splitting with Murdoch
Cade would receive a small push,
as he was partnered with Chris Jericho in 2008,
aiding the Best in the World with his feud with Shawn Michaels.
Now part of the main event, Cade’s star would rise
Jericho became the World Heavyweight Champion
but was released in October, after personal problems,
with Jim Ross stating that Cade
had made a “major league mistake whilst utilizing bad judgement.”
Now gone from WWE,
Cade would spent his final years wrestling back in Japan
and on the independent scene.
Sadly, on August 13th, 2010, Cade died
of heart failure after overdosing.
He was 29 years old.
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