2000
-January 27 Bobby Duncum Jr. who was the member of the WCW's Texas rednecks dies of a drug overdose at the age of 34
-February Judy Glover who noble feuds are with Fabulous Moolah & Mae Young passed away at the age of 60 from unknown reasons
-February 26 Liz Chase a tough wrestler in the 70s and 80s and trained ECW Diva Riptide, Passes away in the middle of surgery, she was only 45
-July 27, Gordon Sollie a famous NWA Broadcaster with the most well known voice in pro wrestling dies of Cancer at 71
Aug. 19, 2000 Former WWWF Tag Team Champion Tony Parisi aka Antonio Pugliese as Bruno Sammartino's cousin in the WWWF operated a motel and restaurant in Niagara Falls until his death from a heart attack at age 58..
August 22, Tanaka former WWWF Tag team Champ with Mr. Fuji dies of heart failure at 70
October 2, Yokozuna the most heaviest wrestler in the WWE History and a former WWE Champion died of a heart attack at 34
November 5, Cherie Dupree, The First known Valet in the History of this sport and the former Wife of Gorgous George Wagner dies on numerous Health Problems at 73
2001
-January 2, Nell Stewart promoted by famous Billy Wolfe dies of unknown reasons at 74
-April 23, Johnny Valentine the father of WWE Hall of Famer Greg Valentine dies of natural causes at the age of 72
May 5, 2001 Raymond Kessler best known as The Haiti Kid in the WWF and Little Mr. T in the AWA passed away for unknown Reasons
-July 16, Former ECW Star Terry Bam Bam Gordy died of a heart attack at the age of 40
-July 27, Rhonda Sing more known as her days in Canada as Monster Ripper and she was a Former WWF Women's champion known at the time big bertha Faye in 1995 and was in WCW sparking feuds with Madusa and Mona died of a heart attack at the age of 40
-October 7, Chris Adams who trained Stone Cold Steve Austin was Murdered at 46 years Old.
-November 4, Helen Hart the Mother of the Hart Family passes away at 77 years old of heart failure
-December 15 Russ Haas the brother of WWE's Own Charlie Haas died of a heart attack at 27
-December Ed Whalan was the the voice of Stampede Wrestling for most of its existance, passes away after a heart attack while vacationing in Florida
2002
February 18, Bad Boy Basil was at one point a former XPW Star passes away of a drug over-dose
May 16, 2002, Owner and founder of Japan's FMW Shoichi Arai commits Sucide at the age of 36, nine days after FMW Closed it's doors
-April 18, Legendary Wrestler Wahoo Mcdanille Dies of a stroke at 63
-April 28, Legendary Wrestler from the NWA & AWA Lou Thez Dies of natural causes at 86
-May 7, Randy "pee wee" Andersen a WCW Referee of the 1990's died of natural causes at the age of 41
-May 16, Big Dick Dudley more known as being the member of the duddley Boys in ECW and becoming a XPW Champion dies of kidney Failure at 34
-May 17, The British Bull Dog the former Husband of Dina Hart from the Famous Hart family from the WWF dies of a heart attack at the age of 39
-Auguest 1, Don Owen who is a famous for being a promoter in the NWA early days passes away from natural causes at 90
-September 21 Former ECW Star Rocko Rock from the Tag Team Public Enemy of the WWF, WCW, & ECW Dies of a heart attack at 49
-November 23, Former AWA Star Billy Travis passes away from a heart attack at the age of 40
-November 30, Legendary wrestler Mr. Wrestling dies of a heart attack at 68
2003
-January 18, legendary wrestler and the uncle of Hard-core star Sabu, The sheik Ed Farhat Dies of natural Causes at 80
-February 10, Mr. Perfect from the AWA, WWE, WCW Fame dies of Acute Cocaine Intoxication, he was only 44
February 18, 2003: Former WWWF United States Tag Team Champion w/ Lou Albano as the Sicilians Tony Altomare passed away at the age of 74 in Stamford's Mediplex from heart failure..
March 19, 2003 FMW Star Hiromichi “Kodo” Fuyuki died of Liver Cancer
March 20, 2003 Former WWWF Star Sailor Art Thomas passes away due to cancer at the age of 79
-April 16, Ray Mendoza fathered all five of the Villanos (Villano 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and is the father-in-law of female wrestler La Infernal..passed away as a result of a heart attack (after having kidney failure)
-April 19, Babs Wingo, consider one of the few first African American female wrestlers passes away due to illness
May 1, The Lovely Miss Elizabeth who is considered by many as the first Lady of Wrestling from both the WWF and WCW death will always remain a mystery at 42
-June 2, Classy Freddie Blassie the most Hated and feared men in the history of Pro Wrestling dies of natural causes at the age of 85
-September 25, Pittbull #2 from the tag team the pittbulls managed by queen of extreme Francine from ECW dies of a drug overdose at the age of 36 with girlfriend Dianna who was 26 also dies for the same reason that day
-October 15, Boris Volkoff tag team with his "fictional" brother Nicoli Volkoff (Steve Gobb), as the heel team Volkoff Brothers, died of congestive heart failure at age 76 in Las Vegas ..
-October 16, Stu Heart a legendary wrestler and the father of the heart family dies of Diabetes & Pneumonia at the age of 88
-October 19, Hawk from the famous Roadwarriors with Animal dies of a heart attack at the age of 46
-November 6, Crash Holly from the WWF/WWE and held the WWE Hard-core title 22 times Commits Suicide in the house of WWE Star Stevie Richards at the age of 32
-November 29 Moondog Spot better known from the tag team the Moondogs from the WWWF/WWF and at one point managed by Jimmy Hart passed away after collapsing in the ring during a match
-December 6, The Wall from WCW dies of a heart attack at the age of 36
-December 18, Former ECW Star Mike Lozanski tragically died in his sleep at the age of 35
2004
-January 24, Former WWF President Jack Tunny dies of a heart attack at the age of 68
-January 27, Former AWA Star Hard Boiled Haggerty passed away at the at of 78 at his home in Malibu, California..
-March 6, Hercules from his years in the WWF dies in his sleep at 46
on June 1, James Dudley was a longtime employee and confidant of Vincent James McMahon and Capitol Wrestling and the WWWF.. James Dudley was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame, even though there wasn't much publicity for it until he died.. James Dudley passed away at the age of 93..
September 6, J.W Hawk best known for his feud with The Iron Shiek passed away from Colain Cancer
September 22, The Big Boss man known for his roles as a head cop of the WWF dies of a massive heart attack at the age of 41
-September 26, Marrianna a former WWF Valet of Chaz and an accomplish Body Builder died due to breast cancer which she has been fighting for over a year. she was 35
2005
April 28, Chris Candido a pro wrestler who gain fame as the former WWF Tag Team Champion, WCW Cruiserweight Champion, ECW Tag Team Champion, & XPW Heavyweight Champion and the long time boyfriend of former WWF Diva Tammy Lynn Synch a/k/a Sunny passed away due to a blood clot after leg surgery from his TNA PPV Cage Match. He was only 33.
July 20, 2005, Lord Alfred Hayes one of the most well known announcer and voice in the History of wrestling from the WWE all of the 1980's and early 1990's passed away at 77 due to a long illness
Auguest 18, 2005 Famous CZW Wrestler Chris Cash dies in a motorcycle accident at the age of 23
October 20, 2005 Former 3 time AWA World Champion
Reggie "Crusher" Lisowski passes away at 79 due to a brain Tumor
November 13, 2005 Former WWE Smackdown Champion Eddy Guerrero dies at the age of 38 of heart Failer
2006
January 29, 2006 Former WCW Star Emory Hale passes away from kidney problems at 36 years old..
February 16, 2006 Former WWE, WCW, & ECW Tag Team Wrestler Public Enemy--Johnny Grunge dies of a heart attack at the age of 39..
April 27, 2006 former AWA Women's Champion Kay Noble passed away from Carcinoma cancer of the Stomach at the age of 67
June 7, 2006 Former WWE Star John "Earthquake" Tenta passed away due to a long battle with Bladder Cancer, he is survived by his wife & three kids, he was only 42
on June 23, 2006 Former WWWF US Tag Team Champion "Crazy" Luke Graham (Age 66) passed away as a result of suspected heart failure.
on July 16, 2006 Bob Orton SR. The father of Former WWE Star Bob Orton Jr. and Grandfather of Current WWE Star Randy Orton. Became a Popular wrestler in the NWA Territories in the 1950's though the 1980's and spent the last years of his life living in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he died July 16, 2006 from a series of heart attacks.
on August 13, 2006 Karl Von Stroheim who at one point wrestled as Joe Cox in the WWWF passed away from a heart attack at the age of 77.
October 15, 2006 Former WCW Wrestler from the early 90's Joey Maggs Passed away at the age of 37 of a drug over-dose
November 3, 2006 Spunik Monroe was one of the first white men in the 1950s to wrestle against black wrestlers in the ring.. and was also one of the first white wrestlers to take on a black tag team partner passes away of natural causes at 77 years old
December 16, 2006 Former WCCW, WWF, NWA, & AWA Star The Spoiler dies of Leukemia at 66
2007
January 4, 2007 Cowboy Lang, one of the world most famous Miget wrestlers from the WWWF era dies of unknown reasons (he was homeless and broke at the time)at the age of 56
January 19, 2007 Bam Bam Bigalow famous for his WWE Wrestlemania 11 Main Event feud with Football great Lawerence Taylor and wrestled for the WWE IN 1987-1988 and 1993-1995 & than in ECW as part of the Famous Triple Threat and than in WCW where he became the WCW Hard-core champion and Tag Team champion with Diamond Dallas Page... his death was shown he had toxic levels of cocaine & benzodiazepine, he was only 45
January 26, 2007 ROH President & former ECW Fam Cam Operator Doug Gentry passes away due to a heart disease at 34
February 17, 2007 Mike Awesome better known as the former ECW Champion who gained Popularity in Japan, WCW, ECW, & WWE Died of a suicide Hanging himself at 42 years old.
February 25, 2007, Tracy Richards was the first women's wrestler to use the power body slam due to her background in power lifting, she passed away due to cancer at the age of 50
March 6, 2007 Former WWE Star from 1988 to 1990 and famous for his feud with Roddy Piper at Wrestlemania 6, Passed away from a Heart Attack at age 63.
March 10, 2007 Football & WWE Hall of Famer Ernie Ladd Passed away of Cancer at the age of 68
March 13, 2007 WWE Hall of Famer and Former Manager of Bob Backlund in his controversal match against The Iron Sheik when he Threw in the Towel to end his match passed away at the age 83.
March 28, 2007 Abe Coleman (the World's oldest living wrestler - until now) passed away at age 101 in Queens, New York..
April 11, 2007 Darren McMillan better known as Mr. 80s Dynamite D who wrestled for the XPW promotion in 2002-2003 passed away due to problems relating to Cancer.
June 15, 2007 Former AWA & WWE Women's champion and WWE Hall of fame Sensational Sherri passed away at 49 from an accidental overdose, Sherri has also worked in the AWA, WWE, WCW, & ECW
June 15, 2007Once Romantically linked to Famous Promoter Billy Wolfe and a famous female grappler of the golden era Princess Tona Tomah died at the age of 72 in Phoenix, Arizona of unknown reasons..
June 22, 2007 Former WCW & ECW Valet of Ric Flair, The Sandman, Doom, Chris Benoit, & Kevin Sullivan was killed along with her son 7 year old Daniel by her Husband former WWE Champion Chris Benoit, She was 43 at the time of her death
June 24, 2007 The Greatest Wrestler in History from Japan, former WWE & WCW Champion, and a former ECW Star Chris Benoit Commits Murder to his Wife former WCW & ECW Valet Nancy "Woman" Benoit and there 7 year old son Daniel Benoit and than commits suicide upon himself, he was 40 at the time of his death
July 15, 2007
Pittsburgh Wrestling Star Devil Bhudakahn real name James Fawcett who worked for Pro Wrestling Express Passed away at 32 from a suicide
July 18, 2007 former ECW & XPW Star John Kronus who gained fame as a former ECW Tag Team Champion along with Perry Saturn and a star in XPW was found dead days after his knee Surgery, was reported he had an enlarge hart but he was 38 at the time of his death
July 27, 2007: Lita “Latin Hellcat” Marez who was trained by Mildred Burke and Mae Young passed away at 69
August 10, 2007: Bronco Lubich who at one point Trained Stone Cold Steve Austin passed away in Dallas, Texas of unknown reasons
Auguest 13, 2007 Former WWE/WCW Star Bryan Adams better known to the world as Crush dies of unknown reasons at 44 years of age
Auguest 16, 2007 Former WCCW & WWF Star Missing Link dies of cancer at the age of 69
September 6, 2007 Former WWWF Star Billy Darnell dies of unknown reasons at the age of 81
October 10, 2007 Shocker Sean Evans a big time Pittsburgh wrestling star and a jobber to the WWE & WCW at one point passes away at the age of 36 due to lung cancer
November 3, 2007 Former WWE Women's Champion and one of the most famous women in wrestling history and has wrestled for over 61 years The Fabulous Moolah Passed away from a Massive Heart attack at the age of 84
November 24, 2007 Angel of Death famous wrestler of the 1980s in World Class & UWF as well as a Brief stint in WCW passes away of a heart attack at 53
2008
February 6, 2008, Bill Olivas who wrestled as the Elephant Boy and was managed by Moolah before she was Fabulous died at the age of 86
on February 15, 2008, Johnny Weaver who was a professional wrestler and wrestling commentator in the National Wrestling Alliance (WCW) and at one time married to former AWA Women's champion Penny Banner died of natural causes at the age of 72
March 7, Don Curtis discovered by Lou Thesz during a scrimmage, and later he became a pro wrestler. He was a promoter in Jacksonville until 1981 when he left wrestling, He passed away of a massive stroke a week before his death
March 16, 2008, former NWA Legendary Manager and WCCW Booker and Manager "Playboy" Gary Hart passed away of a heart disease at the age of 66 years old
March 23, Chase Tatum, who wrestled in World Championship Wrestling as a part of Master P's stable, was found dead at his Buckhead, Georgia, home., It was reported as a drug over-dose, He was 34.
May 9, Judy Grable who was mainly a heel in the NWA Territories and feuded with Fabulous Moolah for years and loosing the NWA/WWWF Women's title to Moolah who went on to hold the title for 28 years passed away at the age of 82 of unknown reasons
May 12, First AWA Women's champion and a Pioneer in the sport of women's wrestling from the golden era, Penny Banner lost her long battle to cancer at the age of 73
August 30, Killer Kowalski a ledgend in pro wrestling and the trainer of Triple H, Chyna, Malia Hosaki, Perry Saturn, April Hunter and etc. was taken off life support after an auguest 8th heart Attack at the age of 81
October 19, Lia Mavia one of the first women promoters from 1982 to 1988 based out in Hawaii and the grandmother of Hollywood and former WWE Star The Rock and a member of the famous wrestling smona family dies of a heart attack at the age of 81!
October 26, S.D Jones, known for his time in the NWA and was looked at as the Ultimate WWE Jobber in the 80s.. Passed away from a stroke at the age of 63
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