Wrestler Eki “Umaga” Fatu dies

[Snow-kun]

Eki “Eddie” Fatu died in Houston on Friday after a massive heart attack, adding to a long list of professional wrestlers who died by the age of 40.

The 36-year old Fatu, who achieved his greatest fame in recent years as a star in the industry-leading World Wrestling Entertainment under the name “Umaga,” was found unconscious in his Spring, TX living room by his wife, who had him rushed to the hospital. Fatu had a second heart attack in the hospital before he died.

Fatu, who was memorable for his distinct facial tattoos, comes from a large family of Samoan wrestlers who have influenced the business for several generations, beginning with his uncles, the brother combination of Afa and Sika Anoi’a, which was a successful act known as “The Wild Samoans” in the 1970s and ’80s. The most famous member of the clan is cousin Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who left wrestling for Hollywood fame.

Fatu’s career peak came in 2007, as he co-headlined Wrestlemania 23 in Detroit, a card that received a ton of publicity for a storyline involving WWE owner Vince McMahon and Donald Trump. But his run at the top was short-lived, and he was released from his WWE contract on June 8 when he refused to go into rehab after a second violation of the WWE’s drug policy.

Fatu had recently returned from an independent wrestling tour of Australia when he was stricken.

“On behalf of my family, the Anoa’i and Fatu family, we are devastated and shocked by the loss of our Eki,” Afa Anoa’i told the Wrestling Observer. Our son, nephew, brother, cousin, husband, father. Our hearts are broken, and words can’t express what each of us are feeling. It is so comforting to know how loved Eki is by his family, peers, friends, and most of all his fans.”

A staggering number of young pro wrestlers have died over the past 10 years, leading some to believe the industry has a curse. Among the most notorious cases were Chris Benoit, 40, who committed suicide in Georgia in 2007 after murdering his wife, Nancy, and son Daniel; Eddie Guerrero, 38, who died of a heart attack in 2005 in a Minnesota hotel room; and Owen Hart, 33, who died in Kansas City in 1999 after a stunt went awry on a live television shoot. In March, another former WWE wrestler, Andrew “Test” Martin, 34, died after an Oxycontin overdose.

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[Hollow]

WOW.. another wrestler died at age 35-40, well I learned something new today i know his real name!

[Oharo - kun]

Wow, so he's the crazy guy named "Umaga"
I really hated him when i was 10. xP
He was like the most crazy and insane wrestler in WWE that time..

[Jesus! Muffin]

Wooww. That suckss.

I remember him well.
The guy that was always challenged by some
really small guy compared to him and then comes out of the crowd or
something crazy and chokeslams him, and it doesn't matter how hard,
because the guy just gets right up and "punches" (fake punch)
and makes the guy walk around like a drunkard.
Then the guy gets up on the rope and does some weird backflip thing.

WWE is too predictable.

[Eli]

I'm glad he died.
Well not glad-glad, however the guys was nuts in the ring, and I hated him when I was 10 like oharo said.

[Obby]

I'm glad he died.
Well not glad-glad, however the guys was nuts in the ring, and I hated him when I was 10 like oharo said.

He was paid to be a heel, so you just hate his gimmick. Fatu was known outside as a really cool guy and came from a long line of wrestlers.


and damn i didn't know Test died

[Viper221]

I hated that wrestler and his signature move
But another wrestler died again
Too bad for WWE their wrestlers are decreasing

[sighkick]

Sadly i dont remember him...i remmeber his black counter part Rafiki whuld do The Stink Face...but anyway thats what happens when your fat

[RobbyTheReaper]

WoW yet another wrestler dies just when their career just to gets better

[Fred]

Nooooooo!!! FIRST BENOIT, THEN EDDIE GURERRO .. NOW UMAGA??!! WHAT THE HELL!!?
I Hope John Cena is Not The Next. Lol

EDIT: Wtf.? Test Died? didnt know that.