10 Professional wrestling deaths in 2019

#4 King Kong Bundy

7 November 1955 - 4 March 2019

King Kong Bundy originally made his WWF debut in 1981 under the ring name Chris Canyon. He competed in various territories such as the World Class Championship Wrestling, American Wrestling Association, National Wrestling Alliance and Mid-South Wrestling before officially signing with WWE in 1985.

He raked up a lot of victories and demanded referees to count up to five while pinning an opponent, to show how dominant he was. At the first WrestleMania, which took place in 1985, Bundy defeated his opponent S.D. Jones in 9 seconds, which was recognized by WWE as the shortest match in WrestleMania history, until it was broken in 2008 when Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero in 8 seconds at WrestleMania XXIV.

Bundy challenged Hulk Hogan for the WWE Championship in a steel cage match in the main event of WrestleMania 2 but was unsuccessful. The Walking Condominium left the company in 1988 and returned in 1994 as a member of The Million Dollar Corporation. He faced The Undertaker at WrestleMania XI but was defeated, extending the latter's WrestleMania winning streak.

Bundy has also appeared in several films, commercials, and shows. He passed away at the age of 63 due to complications from diabetes.