10 Wrestling Stars Who Died in Kayfabe | partsFUNknown

[@thebestcentaur]

“In a rare case of WWE fixing what isn’t broken, by breaking it…” *stares longingly at black and gold brand, the World Heavyweight Championship, and Ricochet’s career*

[@sebastianbruckwilder5720]

To this day the World Heavyweight Championship looks the most like a belt that people would do anything for, out of every title there ever was

[@Grim19931803]

@@sebastianbruckwilder5720 truer words never spoken, that thing was like the arc of the covenant, the elder wand , the one ring : it was placed on hallowed grounds - best belt ever.

[@matthewstevens2274]

Kieth Lee, the women's division, Daniel Bryan's return, Damien Sandow, The Fiend, The Cruiserweight division, Hell in a Cell....

[@Hitomora]

*Stares at Judgement Day* Damn shame isn't it?

[@slifer875]

You forgot kane entire character

[@RVPMatt123]

"Mark-becue Barbecue" "Mortician Adams" These Undertaker hits just keep coming and I don't want them to stop coming!

[@drunkasspancho2745]

I want a full a list, then have Adam read that list to Mark Calloway. Does Mark laugh or does adam squirm uncomfortably?

[@iwanttobelieve9496]

@@drunkasspancho2745 The answer is "yes".

[@richardtherichard26]

“Hits”? I’ll take your word for it i guess

[@FelipePGiro]

"Mark-becue Barbecue" might be one of my favorites so far along with PyroMania 24 xD

[@thebestcentaur]

@@drunkasspancho2745 petition for this to actually happen

[@alharron2145]

I'm somewhat surprised that Muhammad Hassan wasn't included, given how unbelievably dark & grim it was seeing the veil drawn over his "body" being wheeled out of the arena.

[@thebestcentaur]

Today on "subjects Vince and Co. would rather not revisit..."

[@jimmyjuulpod4951]

He’s mentioned it a bunch of times

[@BBoy4040]

I forgot about that. I've been thinking this whole time he got the Last Ride through the stage and we never actually saw him again.

[@nicwinsteadart5330]

He wasn't killed, just "broke his back" on the fall they actually said it on TV

[@JPH8989]

Probs because Blampied is sick of talking about him

[@mrm.acampbell2722]

I liked how Impact wrote off Allie as she was heading off to AEW, by having her die, rescued from the shadow realm only for her to turn to the dark side forcing Rosemary to fight Su Yung in the shadow realm, but in the battle Allie rejoined Rosemary’s side only for her to die again.

[@Steadysphere]

I'll never tire of Adam saying "Eddie Guerrero lost the WWE title to JBL on a f***ing technicality" lol

[@jonathonbartos3061]

It's funny to me because I actually think that was a great match with a great old-school finish.

[@BBoy4040]

@@jonathonbartos3061 It's the only finish those matches have, I hate it so much. Like god forbid you have someone actually win clean and touch all four corners and you know...look dominate.

[@DanceMonkeychg]

One of the worst things that happened with Lucha Underground (aside from their grossly unfair contract situation) was when they took a huge, months long hiatus in the middle of season 3 that just killed whatever momentum they'd built up. Then a bunch of people left in Season 4, although at least some of them filmed stuff to resolve their stories. The end of Prince Puma, with him walking away shamed and defeated, was particularly unexpectedly sad. That, plus the negative stuff about wrestlers suing to get out of their contracts, and the suits constantly wanting to slash the budget, all combined to just completely handcuff the show creatively and kill it. The revelation of the shadowy cabal of criminal and supernatural forces manipulating events behind the scenes with Stu Bennett as Mr. Big was promising, but ending Season 4 with Jake Strong (Jake Hager/Jack Swagger) as champion and possessing the Gauntlet Of The Gods probably didn't help. I know some of those characters are running around MLW under altered names in something called Azteca Underground, but that show is just completely off my radar. Can anybody tell me, is it good? The Azteca stuff, specifically. I don't know if I could get used to referring to Dario Cueto as Cesar Duran.

[@GrownUpKid94]

Azteca is ok. It’s not cinematic but Dario is basically going by an alias. There’s a lot of references to “a fight club in Boyle heights”. He’s kind of the head of MLW tho so it works well.

[@tuckmyshirtin]

It doesn't really scratch that itch. Way too traditional wrestling and feels very half-baked

[@Killahb1036]

I loved the feel about an underground wrestling show. The setting was great, and Dario was perfect as an authority figure, like a hispanic Vince. I think the super natural stuff kinda kills it for me personally. The matches and some of the cinematic promos in the back were great. It falls apart to me in season 3 with the push of Sexy Star. I was baffled that they had a lot of great talent, and they decided to push her. She wasn't bad, but damn kinda killed it big time.

[@zalordsguard1880]

Nice to see Lucha underground get some love. I was really hoping AEW's rebranding of Pentagon to Penta Obscuro would be a massive Pentagon Dark push. Breaking arms and going on a run. That would have been awesome.

[@ridley7498]

Would have loved to seen that. Pentagon was my favourite wrestler in Lucha Underground.

[@dizzy1369]

TBS/tnt might not like arm breaking on tv like that so maybe that's why he doesn't do it?

[@zalordsguard1880]

@@dizzy1369 less bloody than slicing a pizza

[@TTOF_JB]

They did kayfabe kill Paul Bearer for real when Kane locked him in a meat freezer. That was his last ever appearance & I don't recall any mention of them getting him out.

[@grimwriter9889]

Oh, Adam...I can't believe you left off the list Adam Cole Baybay! When he left for WWE, the Elite murdered him and he became a ghost. But when he came to AEW they held a seance that resurrected him. It was key to his introduction by Kenny - "or they are already dead"

[@TheAwesomeMed]

So what I've learned from this list is that I definitely need to start watching Lucha Underground

[@bMt5553]

Yes, you probably should start doing that

[@wyattangle]

That's exactly what I thought after this video. I've watched WWE programming for 30+ years and knowing that a promotion like this exist(ed) just makes me so sad. I need to seek this out!

[@Anxomaxo]

Adam should one day make a fantasy booking on Lucha Underground. There is a lot of potential for a bonkers video.

[@lewismaclean8849]

No joke, that was one of my suggestions during their most recent Fantasy Booking Warfare tournament.

[@barrodexteriit.9301]

Lucha Underground was the greatest piece of wrestling content I've ever seen, I'll forever miss it!

[@delagjon]

Technically the Miz died eaten by zombies not so long ago... right? I mean he was alive the next show but HE WAS EATEN

[@Pacific_Spirit459]

He got better. That doesn't count :P

[@hokutology1718]

He got turned into a newt as well?

[@nerovondoom6298]

Zombies couldnt stand the bad taste. They have standards too.

[@1rhpsfan]

@@nerovondoom6298 Also, one of those Zombies was a Steiner.

[@nerovondoom6298]

@@1rhpsfan Bron?

[@KennyHavoc]

Lucha Underground is my favorite wrestling promotion of all time and it’s so far from close

[@joshgallie1543]

What is "so far from close" exactly?

[@DrZuluGaming]

@@joshgallie1543 I think he meant it was gone too soon.

[@ilikethecokev2]

@@joshgallie1543 Maybe it meant the gap between LU and their 2nd favorite promotion was so huge that it's not even close.

[@KennyHavoc]

@@ilikethecokev2 yep this is it

[@dylanjamieson4300]

Shout out to Allie in Impact when she was stabbed in the neck by Su Yung with a glove that resembled Freddy Krueger's

[@siegfriedc2332]

And Ethan Page having a literal fatality done on him by his own doppelganger.

[@morainestark7506]

I miss Lucha Underground so much. That show us what reinvigorated my love for wrestling!

[@mascadadelpantion8018]

My God Lucha underground was the greatest thing to ever happen in the world

[@juanpabloperezgomez4349]

I also miss Lucha Underground so much... Any chances for a long-ish feature video about it?

[@JaimeD.]

Lucha Underground had an interesting record of "luchadores" dying on kayfabe since Season 01 to Season 04. Here are the ones who I remember at this point and time: Konnan, Mil Muertes, Fenix, Jeremiah Crane (Sami Callihan), Big Rick, Vibora, Sexy Star, Katrina, Dario Cueto, Dragón Azteca Sr. and The Monster Matanza Cueto

[@glenndallas7171]

Plus all the nameless folks fed to Matanza.

[@JaimeD.]

@@glenndallas7171 Sacrifice to the Aztec Gods. Man, how I missed that. Even the Disciples of Death were destroyed by one of their own.

[@Hypnotiqgenes]

I remember Bael getting murdered by Dario while wearing a wire for the police. And Johnny Mundo murdering Vibora (now Luchasaurus in AEW) in the snake Tribe temple.

[@JaimeD.]

@@Hypnotiqgenes Bael was arrested by one of his own of The Crew, who was working undercover for an agency to pull up some dirt from Dario Cueto with Joey Ryan, only for Cueto to "silence" him. Víbora was a loyal member of The Reptile Tribe before Johnny Mundo cut his head off...what a way to go. Heck, Mundo granted Drago to be released from them too.

[@alastair852]

Wait Big Ryck died? I completely missed that, I thought he just vanished after season 1. Edit: got to that part of the list, damn, killed in a comic book spin off, tragic.

[@edalder2000]

Lucha Underground was one of those things that leaned hard into the camp side of wrestling. It was unlike anything you have ever seen.

[@GTurner1812]

Man, I miss Lucha Undeground. It's what properly got me into wrestling

[@bMt5553]

It got me back into Wrestling.

[@Crazy56U]

It was ballsy of you to include the Dragon Dragon clip, since I’m pretty sure footage of a live decapitation is frowned upon on KZbin.

[@YoungAce904]

I loved Lucha Underground. They actually killed Rey Mysterio of all people. I'm surprised that wasn't number one, or at least somewhere on the list

[@MazeDaGr8]

Sad Fact: The Great American Bash 2004 is to date the 1st and only PPV I've ever been to Not proud of it 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@jbtreshawn]

My 1st was December to Dismember if it makes you feel any better

[@christopherlesiuk6172]

My cousins first wrestling show was in Manchester. Lucky bastard

[@WaluigiLebron]

My first and only was Wrestlemania 31. I got my moneys worth tbh

[@toniindjov2485]

Undertaker also died when Randy Orton set a casket on fire with him in it at No Mercy 2005

[@johnegbert9167]

And even if you don't count that, on the subsequent SmackDown Randy backed an Eddie lowrider into the stage set with Taker unconscious on the back of said car.

[@EireMarx]

Heidenreich also crashed a truck into a Hearse containing Taker in 2004. The deadman dying was nearly an annual trope

[@InaudibleSlinky]

Shoutout to Mickey James who was pushed in front of a moving train.

[@daleharris3809]

WTF lol like House of Cards style?

[@glenndallas7171]

@@daleharris3809 Yup! We saw security camera footage of James Storm knocking her off a train platform.

[@aztecwrrior1997]

What!

[@IamGulzow]

Good ol' Mark Calaway sure took that old adage "get busy living or get busy dying" to heart, didn't he?

[@nicholaschristie8699]

Honorable mention is Allie from Impact wrestling because she was technically killed in keyfabe when she and Rosemary went to the undead realm to fight Su Yung. In which, she got in the way of Su's spear to protect her friend and she was stabbed in the chest by it and died, which ramped up the feud between Su and Rosemary.

[@glenndallas7171]

Glad to see Chikara get a fun shout-out, but I honestly loved that they would occasionally "kill" characters with the chokebreaker. Deucalion took out a bunch of characters that way, and that spun out into another story that lasted years about those who survived him and their survivor guilt.

[@BradleyBoy]

If rumors are to believed anyone Deucalion "killed" had beef with Quackenbush

[@glenndallas7171]

@@BradleyBoy Weird, what would Quack have had against guys like C-A-W 2 and Equinox 3?

[@BradleyBoy]

​@@glenndallas7171 There has always been a bit of controversy over discussing the identities under the masks of certain Chikara wrestlers, so much so Quackenbush has often stopped working with people who discuss this. Defenders of this stance often will say it is respecting Lucha Libre traditions in which many masked luchadors don't mix their personal lives with their wrestling lives, and under Quack's philosophy this is why you shouldn't ask or care. The opposite opinion states that, while it is often true that many luchadors don't give their real names unless they lose a lucha de apuestas match, most of the time when they change their name or gimmick moving to a new promotion that is information they rarely conceal. (I guess they brought this up)

[@enigmaskull3495]

Despite how things were behind the scenes, I miss watching Lucha Underground. My favorite matches were Aztec Warfare 3 and Prince Puma vs Johnny Mundo in a Ironman Match that went all night long.

[@glenndallas7171]

That All Night Long match was fantastic.

[@anachronologist2017]

Killed in Kayfabe is a great name for a band R.I.P. Dragon Dragon

[@stickursor8657]

I read a magazine in the early 2010s, and it had a section for biggest drops, and Edge won with like 100000000 feet for going to Hell.

[@stuartpenzer773]

love LU, I know the backstage stuff was awful but honestly it was such an underrated promotion

[@PUNKEYE1]

Undertaker has been buried alive 4 times. Also in 1998 at rock bottom with stone cold but with the help of Kane as well

[@SolidSonicTH]

Something direly humorous about the Vince thing is that when he "died" and WWE tried to put up kayfabe reports on their website about it their stock price dropped. They had to issue some kind of hasty "guys, this is just TV," thing to try and stem the bleeding.

[@michaelmccrossan4298]

Best time of the week adam doing a video

[@bingoblackdynomite]

My favorite Lucha Underground death is when Johnny Mundo just straight up cut off Luchasaurus's head on-screen while he was sleeping

[@LegitBossDon]

OMG I will forever love and miss the absolute gem that was Lucia Underground

[@vicserr1]

Dario Cueto is alive! He moved his griff to MLW as "El Jefe" Cesar Duran and Azteca Underground.

[@spencerday4458]

whenever partsfunknown talk about the Vince is blown up angle they always show Paul London smiling, nice touch

[@rickyduggan6277]

The Great American Bash 2004 is the first WWE pay per view I ever watched. I had just started watching Raw and Smackdown every week and bought the DVD of the GAB at Wal-Mart. But yeah, looking back it is pretty bad 😅

[@TheCaptainBenis]

Lucha underground left a void in wreslting that desperately needs to be filled

[@SandmanMFC]

I have never been more convinced to go binge-watch Lucha Underground than after this list.

[@mollyanderson657]

4:50 Mr America's arch nemesis

[@robertlawrence4719]

Dario is now the match maker in MLW.

[@nate1066pollock]

I really wonder sometimes how much of Adam's week is devoted to coming up with new nicknames for the Undertaker

[@danielalejandrofuentestoro2540]

"moscow" 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂 has me in stitches

[@taylordudley3673]

Everyone in CHIKARA during The Flood season, Deucalion was killing fools left, right, centre, up and down.

[@georgecartright7104]

The biggest thing to take from this is that Lucha underground was amazing

[@Catterjee]

I have a friend who works in finance. The day after the Raw with the limo explosion, at around lunch time, he gave me a call and said "Did something happen on Raw last night?" I told him how the story went down and he just went "Oh, that explains it." Apparently WWE stock had started to go way down, because plenty of people invest in the company without following wrestling or knowing much about it. At the time it was a decent investment, so why not? So, those sort of people heard "Mr. McMahon was killed" and thought it meant the real Vince McMahon rather then the Mr. McMahon character and they ditched their stock assuming the company was going to collapse. WWE ended up having to issue a statement to financial outlets to clarify that this was a storyline.

[@MrMatsudi]

I should try find a way to watch all of Lucha Underground...

[@LegendaryRenegadeGaming99]

We NEED more lists about Lucha Underground

[@kingddg218]

Adam needs to talk more about lucha underground I miss that show

[@1krani]

I like how MLW brought back Dario Cueto as a bootleg of himself with the same actor playing him. That character is gold.

[@OrdinaryDude]

I totally miss Lucha Underground. What utter nonsense and I loved it.

[@Jackson_the_king66]

Ima need a Moscow explained now, thx

[@todd1928]

Undertaker drowning Paul Bearer is still one of the most puzzling decisions in WWE history. Just, why?

[@hailfastcorexxx]

I’d love to know how they actually managed to keep Bearer safe during that.

[@christopherlesiuk6172]

They wanted to take him off screen because of his health. Thats not puzzling at all. The way they did it though was very puzzling. Kate also put him a freezer in 2010

[@Samael1113]

Kayfabe, Bearer had too much control over The Undertaker, being the only man to have influence enough to be able to force Taker to do things through the "Magic Urn" phylactery AND to have enough social influence over Taker based on their history to also influence Taker's actions without the urn. Taker saw a moment to get rid of that influence, who frequently interfered with what he wanted to do and took away autonomy, by seizing the opportunity to remove that threat of control and loss of autonomy. Other wrestlers have used the urn to exert some control over Taker since, but it is usually fleeting and more of a Monkey's Paw situation that quickly backfires, not the complete surrendered obedience Bearer exerted on Taker. It might have been handled better, I don't recall how effective the storytelling was at conveying all this information, at the time (and in the run up to the swerve) - I'm pretty sure it was not great. But in the commentary and promos and references to that moment, it was Kayfabed as the reason.

[@todd1928]

@@Samael1113 I understand that was the reason but Undertaker and Bearer had returned as faces only three months before hand at WrestleMania. Bearer wasn't manipulating him to do anything. It's just really weird to end a show with one of your biggest faces in the company killing their father figure/manager when he could have just sent him home. Just....just weird.

[@Samael1113]

@@todd1928 Yeah, that's on creative and how they wanted to tell the story and write Bearer off the show. WWE Creative has rarely been...amazing or, perhaps more importantly, consistent - Particularly with long-form story-telling. They definitely prefer 3-6 month cycles. But honestly, Taker IMO, rarely worked well as a pure Face (Gods I hated American Badass Taker so much). He was a Force of Nature at his best. And a very good heel when needed. Maybe Creative realized that and just took the opportunity to force the change back early, however lazy it was, when they had a few months to set it up and could have told a story that made more sense for Undertaker to make that decision. Or at least gave a few story beats in the 2 weeks before the PPV and after the match, before the lever pull, to remind everyone of Bearer's influence, and Taker's forced subservience, so the cement bath made more sense. IDK. But that was the kayfabe reason for Bearer's kayfabe death at the time, which was the question asked. And it makes sense for the overarching character and story even if the micro story and role at the time was in conflict with how it played out /shrug

[@JackTheSlayer-ok5eq]

6:44 talking of Jackson I think it would be interesting to do how Adam would book of him, the stipulation being either that he has to be the last ECW champion, or that you start after he already became the last ECW champion.

[@Mayydayy86]

Can't believe Mickie James getting murdered via oncoming train wasn't mentioned here.

[@Number9Robotic]

RIP Dragon Dragon, you were the realest dragon there was

[@BearmanBob]

So Lucha Underground was the wrestling version of the Yakuza video games?

[@TheWcasey]

Man I miss Lucha Underground. Those backstage segments were incredibly entertaining and packed a lot of stuff into about 1 hour of t.v. time.

[@chrisbreezy3048]

Let's not forget that Taker was also buried alive by Stone Cold Steve Austin at Rock Bottom: In Your House back in December 1998. This, of course, led to his return as the leader of the Ministry of Darkness.

[@grukmccrymyselftoosleep7098]

I can’t tell if the “no one was murdered by the mob “ comment was criticism or a complement to nxt 2

[@cdtnplyr]

Freaking loved Lucha underground. I want it back

[@asdf4evr]

8:35 Missed a bleep there. Also, yeah, poor Two-Dimes

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

Lucha underground was awesome.

[@BigK13372]

All this list did was tell me how much Lucha Underground was too cool to live.

[@jessedellross3245]

It would’ve been really interesting to see the Vince McMahon death storyline actually play out. We all know why wwe ended the storyline…..and NOBODY blames them. Just a shame

[@joetheman8550]

In one of Adam's old Whatculture videos, he explained that Linda was to be revealed as the one who killed Vince, Mr. Kennedy to be revealed as Vince's illegitimate son and get a huge main-event push, then at the end of the storyline, Vince would reveal himself to be alive and well.

[@Arran05]

I'd imagine it would've ended with Hornswoggle or Eugene becoming the owner of WWE knowing Vince's mind

[@jessedellross3245]

@@joetheman8550 yes I know that. Just would’ve been cool to see it all play out. Again, nobody can blame wwe for ending it like they did

[@schizzo8959]

@@jessedellross3245 Yes you can blame WWE for alot of other things

[@Brodysseus]

So much for Two Dimes "trying to come back again in a year or so." Feels like he could've just got caught for something or even took the fall for something Tony did out of loyalty and been back when he could.

[@EatAnOctorok]

Troy could just come back as another character. Or they could just bring him back with another character who smashed the cement shoes, pulled him out of the water, and helped him plot his revenge.

[@flareinc7413]

I miss Lucia Underground. Thanks for the memory trip :)

[@dudeiousmaximus650]

Lucha underground was awesome .. completely mental story lines with good wrestling ..

[@agentvenom3342]

Where can I watch Lucha underground like is there somewhere I could still watch it because that sounds really cool

[@TheCormster]

Please can you fantasy book Lucha Underground’s return. As in a fresh new show. That would be brilliant

[@Stooboot]

RIP dragon dragon he was ahead of his time

[@milkyways_2413]

What is the song in the start and finish of the background of these videos? So chill I need it

[@WavyCLB]

When I was little I thought undertaker actually killed Paul. I watched that live and cried 😂

[@kidneystonermusic]

We need 130k dollars to play board games. 😂 What a world

[@gunnersfan111]

This list really makes me want to watch Lucha Underground 🤣

[@seanchan4478]

Lucha underground was sooo good, that trios title match needs to be taught in schools

[@Tw0shedz08]

BRB, gotta buy all 4 seasons of Lucha Underground now

[@brandonkdrummer]

why isn't there a link to your kickstarter in the description?

[@Its_Liam1994]

I had to go back a couple of seconds on the last one cause I didn’t know if I changed the video by accident 😂 damn, lucha underground sounds better than wwe

[@rickyjkuron5275]

@partsFUNknown I was thinking if no rolls barred doing a vampire the masquerade campaign

[@blove88]

That somber version of the beginning piano intro goes surprisingly hard

[@kenshigo3833]

Man i miss Lucha Underground as well. It was so much fun, so entertaining and had a great roster!

[@jonasaugustsson7806]

@partsFUNknown you should make a list of the best matches to show people who aren't into wrestling. A.k.a "gateway matches". Preferably matches that are available for free on the internet, so one simply can send them the link.

[@joaopedroribaslyraloes]

I fuckin love lucha underground, I wish it returned.

[@ManiacsWord]

There’s no link to the NRB Kickstarter in the description. Should fix that

[@jerranspearman3369]

good video

[@ArcherSuh4721]

The original idea to end the Torrie Wilson-Dawn Marie feud had Al Wilson reveal that he had faked his own death by jumping out of his coffin at his funeral, only to run out into the street and get killed by an oncoming bus. That entire storyline would have been worth it for that moment alone.

[@danielcolon4427]

I miss lucha underground. It was great to be there live for some tapings.

[@retrokoh]

Don't tell Cornette that Eddie Kingston was once Dragon Dragon. 😂😂😂😂

[@grammysworld5449]

Ah great American bash 2004.. The DVD I bought for the Sting vs Flair match that was in as a bonus

[@TheBigFrasier]

I'm honestly a little shocked this list hasn't been done by Adam yet ngl

[@jesseinfinite]

Ya'll are gonna talk about kayfabe dead wrestlers and not talk about ADAM COLE? HE WAS KILLED ON SCREEN BY A MONSTER!

[@bunyan4.20]

we can all say Lucha Underground was great i loved it such great matches they put on plus the different things that came up with like the gift of the Gods title which was kind of like their money in the bank i wish they were still around and going

[@MisterBebop1796]

God I miss Lucha Underground

[@christophermccray6528]

Dishonorable mention: Allie Impact Wrestling

[@jvgaming7348]

BRING BACK LUCHA UNDERGROUND *Just with better people running it*