Brian Michael McGhee
Brian Michael McGhee spent just over two year at WWE’s (now NXT) development base from 2010-2012.Those that had trained Brian stated he had a bright future and would one day “make it”.
Unbeknownst to them the only place Brian Michael McGhee will be “making it” was his bed sheets in prison. Brian had stabbed his girlfriend to death.
McGhee’s girlfriend, Bianca McCaughey’ was found dead in their shared apartment.
Brian posted a picture of a bloody body part on Facebook before fleeing the scene and seriously injuring himself in a car accident while police pursued him. He crashed into a guard rail and was caught and charged with the murder of his girlfriend. Brian is still in prison.
The Great Khali
Not many know this but The Great Khali accidently killed a man during a beginners’ camp at APW’s’ which cost millions of dollars after the company was sued.
Local wrestler Brian Ong’ was working a match with Khali. Ong had suffered a previous concussion during the session, but the trainers gave him a lower evaluation for not avoiding injuries and told him to continue training.
Khali hit two consecutive flapjacks which ended with Ong landing in hospital. Later he was pronounced dead, but Khali wasn’t brought up on charges due to the nature of the wrestling business.
APW suffered a wrongful death lawsuit to the family of APW Boot Camp trainee,Ong’s family sued APW for reckless behavior. The case was filed in September 2002, and the trial was underway. After a three-week trial, the jury voted unanimously in favor of the Ong family. APW was forced to pay $1.3 million to the Ong family.
Verne Gagne
Verne Gagne was known all over the world. He was a 16-time World Heavyweight Champion, having held the AWA World Heavyweight Championship ten times.
In 2009, Gagne, who was suffering with severe Alzheimer’s disease killed his nursing home room mate by picking him up and body slamming him onto the concrete floor.
Gagne was going through the motions of the disease and couldn’t remember any of what he had done.
The family of the victim did not press charges and Gagne suffered no consequences as the Hennepin County Prosecutor’s office officially announced that Gagne would not be criminally charged as a result of the death as, because of Gagne’s dementia, he lacked the mental capacity necessary to have intended to harm
Verne passed away this year…
Scott Hall/Razor Ramon
Scott Hall suffered abuse and it haunted him throughout his childhood and then career.
In 1983, outside of a nightclub, he got into a fight with a man who pulled out a gun, aiming it at Hall. Hall eventually got hold of the gun after wrestling with the man and shot him point blank in the head. Obviously the man died but Scott wasn’t charged with the second-degree murder due to the lack of evidence but in a now famous interview he gave to ESPN, he admitted killing the man.
Scott was best known for his work with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Razor Ramon’ But Hall’s career in WCW only left a black mark on the business due to his drug/alcohol problems, though these days he seems more chilled and refreshed after being inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame and being let back in. Hall credits Diamond Dallas Paige for turning his life around.
You can watch the video of Scott admitting killing the man below.
Jimmy Snuka
Snuka wrestled for loads of promotions from the 70s-90s. He is best known for his time in WWF, now WWE.
He is credited with introducing the high-flying style of wrestling to WWE and was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1996. Snuka was also the first WrestleMania opponent of The Undertaker.
In 1985, Jimmy’s girlfriend Nancy died.The story that never really went away has recently resurfaced and finally Jimmy Snuka will be charged with the third- degree murder of his partner.
The story goes, a few hours after defeating José Estrada at a WWF TV taping in Pennsylvania, Snuka phoned for an ambulance from his lodge.
When emergency personnel arrived at his room at the George Washington Motor Lodge, they found that his girlfriend, Nancy Argentino, had been injured. She was taken to Allentown’s Sacred Heart Medical Center, where she died shortly after of “undetermined craniocerebral injuries. According to Snuka, his girlfriend was gasping for air when he came to the room
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon defended Snuka at that time because Snuka was a big draw for WWE.
Superfly’ 72, was arraigned on third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges just a little over 3 month ago.
José González
Jose Gonzalez was/is very popular in Puerto Rico. At one time he was known as one of the best wrestling promoters around the world.
In 1988 Jose was accused of murdering Bruiser Brody. Zeb Colter, Carlos Colon and Tony Atlas were present when the incident occurred.
Atlas went on to testify against Gonzalez but later dropped that and Gonzalez walked free. Many believe Colon’ (who was a great friend to José González) influenced Atlas to keep quiet. A jury accepted Jose’s claims that he was acting in self-defense.
New Jack
ECW’s New Jack has four homicides to his name which is why he is so high on the list. He is known for his willingness to take dangerous bumps and his stiff hardcore wrestling style. He would also make shoots that made CM Punk’s pipe bomb look laughable.
New Jack was a bounty hunter before he joined wrestling and part from the murders New Jack also made headlines for the Mass Transit incident where he nearly killed 17-year-old with a blade and left him lying a pool of blood in the ring. He died aged 21. He was later dropped of all charges.
Known for causing controversy himself, New Jack took part in a shoot interview with The Iron Sheik and The Honky Tonk Man where the subject was Chris Benoit’s murder-suicide.
New Jack commented that nothing could excuse what Benoit had done and all people in the WWE and elsewhere who were making excuses for him were hypocrites.
NJ also thought it was ironic how Extreme Championship Wrestling was seen as violent and dangerous wrestling when he was working there and still only one person died under New Jack’s time with the company, whereas WWE was “averaging three a year.”
Chris Benoit
Wrestling has never seen anything as shocking as what Chris Benoit did that fateful night. Which is why it’s brought up time and time again.
Benoit was a two-time world champion, having been a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, and a one-time World Heavyweight Champion in WWE; he was booked to win a third world championship at a WWE event on the night of his death.
In June 2007, Benoit, suffering from years of head trauma, drug abuse and looking mentally unstable finally lost his grip and fell. Benoit murdered his wife by strangulation and did the same to his son with a pillow before committing suicide himself..
A majority of the fans still believe that Benoit didn’t commit the massacre and blame others for the tragedy. Some say it was CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy) The incident shook the whole wrestling world and literally changed the way of wrestling.
Toxicology reports released in 2007 revealed that at their time of death, Nancy had three different drugs in her system: Xanax, hydrocodone, andhydromorphone, all of which were found at the therapeutic rather than toxic levels.
Daniel was found to have Xanax in his system, which led the chief medical examiner to believe that he was sedated before he was murdered. Benoit was found to have Xanax, hydrocodone, and an elevated level of testosterone, caused by a synthetic form of the hormone, in his system.
Chief medical examiner attributed the testosterone level to Benoit possibly being treated for a deficiency caused by previous steroid abuse or testicular insufficiency. There was no indication that anything in Benoit’s body contributed to his violent behavior that led to the murder–suicide, concluding that there was no “roid-rage” involved.
Former wrestler Christopher Nowinski contacted Michael Benoit, father of Chris Benoit, suggesting that years of trauma to his son’s brain may have led to his actions. Tests were conducted on Benoit’s brain by Julian Bailes, the head of neurosurgery at West Virginia University, and results showed that “Benoit’s brain was so severely damaged it resembled the brain of an 85-year-old Alzheimer’s patient.
There are many other wrestlers who have killed. This is a list i compiled together. Thanks for reading..
