10 wrestlers who passed away in 2018

#6 Brickhouse Brown (August 11, 1960 – July 29, 2018)

Brickhouse Brown may not be well known on the wrestling circuit, but back in the 80s and 90s, he had quite an eventful career. He wrestled primarily in southern territories, such as Championship Wrestling Association, AWA,etc. He even competed as an enhancement talent on a couple of WWF matches, with one of them being against a young superstar named Hunter Hearst Helmsley, a man who you may know as Triple H.

In 2017, he revealed that he had stage 4 prostate cancer and it spread to his brain as well. He passed away on July 29th, 2018.

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#5 Johnny Valiant ( November 25, 1946 – April 4, 2018)

Johnny Valiant was a part of the WWWF in a very significant period of time. He got his career off to a start thanks to help from Bruno Sammartino (who he didn't live too far from). He was a 2-time tag team champion and even had a managerial career.

He famously managed Hulk Hogan in the AWA and in the WWF, managed Hogan's best friend, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake. He was undoubtedly more successful as a manager.

He tragically passed away in April 2018 after being hit by a pick-up truck in the suburbs of Pittsburgh.