Phil Mushnick Takes Aim at WWE Over Dead Wrestlers Again

– Dave Mushnick has taken another swipe at WWE. In his latest column, the longtime critic of the company, and the industry as a whole, for being a “death mill” posted the following:

* A former WWF/WWE content man wonders if, in the coming 1,000th episode of “Raw,” Vince McMahon will present a roll call of WWF/WWE TV performers who didn’t live past 45. “Or would that take too long?”

Mushnick has criticized the industry often for the number of wrestlers to have died before the age of 45. Below is a list of the twenty-eight people who have appeared on raw in a wrestler, manager or referee roll and died before the age of 45:

* Bam Bam Bigelow
* Bertha Faye
* Big Boss Man
* Brian Pillman
* “British Bulldog” Davey Boy Smith
* Chris Benoit
* Chris Duffy
* Crash Holly
* Crush
* Earthquake/Golga
* Eddie Guerrero
* Giant Gonzalez
* Joey Marella
* Johnny Grunge
* Kanyon
* Lance Cade
* Marianna/Miss Cleavage
* Mike Awesome
* Mr. Perfect
* Owen Hart
* Rad Radford
* Rick Rude
* Road Warrior Hawk
* Skip
* Test
* Terry Gordy
* Umaga/Jamal
* Yokozuna

Credit: Rajah

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