5 Wrestlers who lost their lives while in a wrestling ring

#1 Owen Hart

Owen Hart’s death may be the most talked about fatality in wrestling history

It has been 17 years since Hart died in a freak wrestling accident that did not occur in the ring, but rather on his way to the ring at the Over the Edge pay-per-view in Kansas City.

According to several reports, Hart was in the process of being lowered via harness and grapple line into the ring from the rafters of Kemper Arena, for a booked Intercontinental Championship match against The Godfather.

He was in costume as the Blue Blazer. While being lowered into the ring, Hart fell as the harness did not hold him until his landing, where he died before the match.