Ex-Wrestler Crush Dead - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Xazy · 08-13-2007, 04:09 PM

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Professional wrestling has been dealt another unexpected blow.

Former World Wrestling Entertainment star Brian "Crush" Adams was found dead Monday in his Florida home, according to the Tampa Police Department.

Adams' wife called 911 after discovering her husband in bed unconscious and not breathing, but paramedics were unable to revive the 43-year-old World Tag Team champ, who retired from competitive wrestling in 2003 after suffering a spinal injury.

An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday to determine the cause of death and authorities and an investigation is underway. The police's incident report states that there were no visible injuries on Adams' body.

"I’m still in a state of shock right now," Ron Simmons, a retired pro and current WWE Raw personality, said in a posting on WWE.com. "He and I go way back and have worked together for years. He was a very good friend of mine. I still don’t want to believe it. I’m just saddened by it and I just want to wish his family well."

Adams, who rose to fame in the early 1990s as a member of the famed Demolition trio, left the WWE in 2001 to try his fists at boxing, but returned to wrestling after a shoulder injury forced him out of the ring before his first professional fight.

The WrestleMania vet's death comes barely a month and a half after WWE superstar Chris Benoit murdered his wife and child in their Georgia home and then hanged himself.

A subsequent autopsy showed an elevated level of testosterone in Benoit's body, which indicated he had been injecting steroids before his death, but there was no sign that he had been abusing them to the extent that would have caused so-called 'roid rage.

Another wrestler.

Jetée · 08-13-2007, 04:12 PM

I have known for going on two decades now that people are meant to die, even famous people.

essendoubleop · 08-13-2007, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jetstream

I have known for going on two decades now that people are meant to die, even famous people.

Not usually that early.

Jetée · 08-13-2007, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by essendoubleop

Not usually that early.

I finally figured out your username.

But things happen and circumstances arise.

Whether it be natural, circumstantially-tragical, or of their own accord, people die.

Yes, the story does bear similar details to that of a previous happenstance, but why is this topic up for discussion at all? Is it steroids; are they bad? Is it wrestlers; are they evil? Is it the media; are they playing on coincidental coverage of tragedies?

I tend to believe it is the Original Poster; we are left without direction as to why this should matter to us, yet most importantly, why did the article strike the OP so exactingly as to make an entirely new thread about a seemingly-important article to him/her, and then proceed to instigate the discussion by uttering two lonely words?

analog · 08-14-2007, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by essendoubleop

Not usually that early.

Considering that he physically (and most likely also chemically) abused his body for a living, I'm not sure why a shorter lifespan would come as a shock to anyone.

MOD EDIT: Moved to "found on the net", as the OP obviously didn't intend discussion of this article.

essendoubleop · 08-14-2007, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by analog

Considering that he physically (and most likely also chemically) abused his body for a living, I'm not sure why a shorter lifespan would come as a shock to anyone.

How about athletes in other realms? How about football players, amateur wrestlers, bodybuilders, and others?

analog · 08-14-2007, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by essendoubleop

How about athletes in other realms? How about football players, amateur wrestlers, bodybuilders, and others?

We're not talking about "athletes" in other realms, we're talking about a dead ex-"wrestler".

essendoubleop · 08-14-2007, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by analog

Considering that he physically (and most likely also chemically) abused his body for a living

Just like these other athletes do, but aren't dying so early and often.

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Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	I have known for going on two decades now that people are meant to die, even famous people. __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi