According to RVJC, it wasn't Singh that messed up, as Ong had grabbed Singh's shirt making him fold over in mid-air and land badly, taking the impact of the move on his head and spine. The resultant concussion and nerve damage combined with a previous concussion caused his death a few days later. Ong's family would go on to sue the All-Pro Wrestling promotion for negligence. Ringside Report detailed that Ong had suffered a previous concussion that the promotion was aware of but failed to prevent Ong from wrestling. As a result, the courts awarded Ong's family 1.3 billion dollars in compensation.

In 2005, Candido would sign to wrestle for TNA Wrestlingת however, at TNA's Lockdown PPV Candido landed awkwardly on his leg following a Dropkick from Siaki. Candido complained of feeling ill and would eventually collapse having developed a blood clot and acute pneumonia due to complications during the surgery. Candido would be pronounced dead by the staff at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Wrestling News reported that the 29-year-old collapsed during the tag-team match. According to SportsKeeda, Van Dyke had complained that he wasn't feeling well to his tag partner shortly before suffering his first heart attack. As the crew attempted to revive Van Dyke via CPR, he also suffered a broken rib and a punctured lung. This triggered a second heart attack before he arrived at a nearby hospital. As he reached the hospital, he suffered a third heart attack. The staff at the hospital placed Van Dyke into a coma but were unable to revive the lifeless wrestler.

At the event in question, Mariko was teamed with Command Bolshoi against Mayami Ozaki and Rieko Amano. Ozaki hit Mariko with her finisher and pinned her. Wrestlers reportedly only noticed when Mariko began to snore, which indicated that she was bleeding from her brain. Mariko was rushed to hospital with surgery attempted to save her. However, the damage had been done and Mariko was pronounced dead at the age of 29. 

According to CNN, the stunt went wrong with the release tripping early this caused Owen to drop 50 feet and he landed on the top rope before being flung back into the center of the ring. While the television crowd was watching a pre-taped vignette, the 16,000-crowd at the arena witnessed the whole event. The Kemper Arena crowd saw everything from the fall to the futile attempts to revive Owen. Owen was officially pronounced dead later the same night before the end of the event. Jim Ross informed the PPV audience of the events that had transpired, letting the viewing audience know that the news was not an angle or storyline.

According to SLAM! Sports, Misawa was wrestling in a tag team match with Go Shiazaki at an event in Pro Wrestling NOAH's Southern Navigation tour. Misawa and Shiazaki were facing the GHC Tag Team Champions Akitoshi Saito and Bison Smith. During the match, Saito hit Misawa with a common Back Suplex. After the move, Misawa failed to respond and was unclearly knocked out cold. The referee immediately stopped the match. While medical staff administered CPR, all the wrestlers surrounded the ring and the audience quietly chanted Misawa's name. Cage Side Seats reported that Misawa was officially declared dead later at the hospital, with the official cause of death listed as heart failure.

Wrestling Heritage reported that Kirk's final match came on the 23rd of August, 1987. Working in a tag team match with King Kendo against Shirley "Big Daddy" Crabtree and his nephew Stephen Crabtree. Towards the end of the match, Big Daddy delivered his finisher, a big splash onto a prone Kirk. Following the three-count, Kirk would be unresponsive and would be rushed to a hospital. An autopsy would later reveal that Kirk passed away due to a pre-existing heart condition. His opponent was cleared of any criminal responsibility for Kirk's death and Kirk's widow even made a statement saying she felt no ill will against her husband's final opponent.

The second story occurred on July 2, 1969. Mike DiBiase was facing Man Mountain Mike in a singles match in Lubbock, Texas for the NWA Western States. Mike DiBiase had defeated Man Mountain Mike the previous day in Odessa but in the middle of their bout, Iron Mike collapsed in the ring after suffering a heart attack. Harley Race performed CPR on DiBiase but it would be fruitless as DiBiase passed away and was formerly pronounced dead at the hospital later that same day. DiBiase was 45 years old at the time of his death. 

Lowry was quickly rushed to the hospital, with CZW owner David Markland and others following behind. According to the Online World of Wrestling, Lowry was declared dead by doctors at the nearby Hahnemann University Hospital 14 hours later as a result of a hemorrhage in his brain. 14 hours after first collapsing at the Arena, Lowry was officially declared deceased. Sadly Lowry was only 21 at the time of his passing. Lowry had just returned to wrestling after taking time off following the death of his mother a year prior.

All Out Mayhem held a 10-Bell salute to Quirk at their May 2006 event, marking a year since his passing. Quirk's home promotion of CCW dedicated their event, WrestleJam 2, in Quirk's memory. This included a memorial service in the ring, with members of the roster sharing memories with the audience. Following the memorial service, the event resumed as usually with the promoter explaining to the audience that "Spider" would have wanted the show to go on.

Another reason that Denis' death was particularly tragic, was that the event was a wrestling event for charity. The event was organized by Insane Championship Wrestling to raise money for Crohn's disease patients, according to a report in the Independent. Following his death, ICW held another fight gala in tribute to Denis.

Lindsay was the first African American to wrestle against a white man in the South in the first-ever interracial match, according to the report in Wrestling Scout. This fight took place despite Jim Crow Laws and Segregation being in full effect at the time. Legends like Stu Hart and Lou Thesz consider Lindsay to be one of the finest professional wrestlers of all time, with Thesz listing Lindsay as one of the best 25 wrestlers of all time. Stu Hart, according to his Granddaughter Natalya, carried a photo of  Lindsay in his wallet as Lindsay was the only man to have made Stu submit. Despite the significant challenge of racism Lindsay encountered during his career in professional wrestling, Lindsay broke down barriers that allowed for other African American wrestlers to follow in his footsteps Lindsay's last match came against Bobby Paul on February 21st, 1972. At the end of the match, Lindsay hit Paul with a Diving Belly Flop and covered him for the pin. However, after the match Lindsay was unresponsive and they soon realized that he had suffered a massive heart attack while performing the move and passed away. After his death, both the Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame and the WWE Hall of Fame have inducted Lindsay into their ranks.

Unfortunately, Aguayo could not be resuscitated and was pronounced dead. It was later revealed that Aguayo had snapped his vertebrae when his head hit the ropes. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times, the broken vertebrae caused Aguayo to have a stroke which led to him suffering a fatal heart attack. Mysterio was incredibly distressed by the event and apologized to Aguayo's friends and family. Aguayo's family forgave Mysterio and absolved him of any responsibility for the incident. They even asked Mysterio to be a pallbearer at Aguayo's funeral.

However, while on tour in Japan, David would pass out in his hotel room following a tough match. The official story of his death was that David had died from ruptured intestines as a result of acute enteritis. According to an obituary of David Von Erich, the initial story was that he had suffered the injury following a botched kick to the stomach. However, others in the wrestling industry, such as Ric Flair and Mick Foley, dispute this and claim that David Von Erich died of a drug overdose and fellow wrestler Bruiser Brody flushed the drugs away to avoid embarrassing the Von Erich family. Another theory is that David suffered from a heart attack, which his last surviving brother Kevin and WCCW referee David Manning both believe. David was the first of Von Erich's sons to die after getting into the wrestling industry. He would be followed by his younger brothers Mike, Chris and finally Kerry, all of whom committed suicide due to depression. The infamous deaths resulted in The Curse of the Von Erich family. Fritz's last son, Kevin Von Erich, is still alive and currently lives in Hawaii close to his sons Marshall and Ross are currently signed to Major League Wrestling.