Hipinion Com View Topic These Are Wrestlers Who Died Died Wrestling Superstars Wrestler Wrestling Stars 10 Wrestlers Tragically Who Passed Away In The Ring 10 10 Malcolm Kirk Malcolm Kirk, who went by the name "King Kong Kirk" (he was over 300 pounds during his wrestling 9 9 Plum Mariko Years before head injuries were taken so seriously by organizations such as World Wrestling 8 8 Oro Sawyer was wrestling on the independent circuit when he died from heart failure due to an overdose on Fellow wrestler Billy Jack Haynes contended that his death was a well planned hit because they were both parttime drug smugglers in the Pacific Northwest around the same time Old wwe wrestlers that died