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The marquee names read like a wrestling fan’s dream team of the glorious 1980s.
That was the era when the spectacle emerged from its dark cocoon in dingy arenas on Saturday afternoons and into the mainstream.
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Names like Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, Joseph “Road Warrior Animal” Laurinaitis, Paul “Mr. Wonderful” Orndorff, Chris “King Kong Bundy” Pallies and Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara, known as Mr. Fuji.
Snuka, Bundy, Fujiwara are now dead.
But after they went to the squared circle in the sky, Snuka and Fujiwara were diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, their lawyer says.
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Horrible story of Chris Benoit roidrage Murder / suicide of his wife and kids caused by WWE owner allowing steroids abuse by all their people.
Christopher Michael Benoit (/bənˈwɑː/; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler. During his 22-year career, he worked for numerous promotions including the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). Industry journalist Dave Meltzer considered him one of the top 10, maybe even the top 5, all-time greats .[7].
In a suspected double-murder and suicide, local law enforcement officials concluded based on evidence found within the (Benoit family) home , that Benoit had murdered his wife in the residence on June 22, 2007, the same to his infant son on June 23, and on June 24 had committed suicide, reportedly hanging himself using equipment in a weight-