Dead, all dead

Owen Hart, Eddie "Latino Heat" Guerrero, Curt “Mr Perfect” Hennig, Andre "The Giant", Yokozuna, what do all these names have in common? Well, they were all professional wrestlers.

"So smartass, if there WERE wrestlers, what are they doing now?"

Well, basically, they are all dead. BUT i'm sure most of you would have known this. So here are some wrestlers whom unless you follow wrestling closely, would have thought they were still alive.

Surprise Number One : "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith

Died of : Excessive steroids use.

Interesting facts : Smith's middle name really was "Boy." When he was born, one of his parents mistook the "middle name" field for the "gender" field on his birth certificate. He was also the brother-in-law of the late Owen Hart.

Will be missed for : His running body slam, and his British accent, which i had a hard time trying to understand as an eleven year old.

Surprise Number Two : "Road Warrior Hawk" Michael Hegstrand

Died of : Alcohol, drugs and (surprise surprise) steroids.

Interesting facts : The name was taken from the film Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, and the spiked shoulderpads which he and his tag team partner "Animal" wears were also modeled after the film.

Will be missed for : His signature "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuaaaaaaah O Whhhhhat a Ruuuuuush."

Surprise Number Three : "Big Boss Man" Ray Traylor

Died of : Heart attack

Interesting facts : Traylor was actually a prison guard that moonlighted as a wrestler

Will be missed for : "You're gonna serve nothing but hard time!"

Surprise Number Four : "The Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich

Died of : Self inflicted gunshot to the chest

Interesting facts : He was the third brother in the Von Erich family to have committed suicide (Mike in 1987 and Chris in 1991).

Will be missed for : His ridiculous "Tornado Punch".

And last, but definitely not least, i present to you...

Saddam "The Butcher of Baghdad" Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti

Died of : Broken neck

Interesting facts : Saddam was personally responsible for mass deportations to Iran of Iraqi Shiites, the razing of the Kurdish towns of Zakho and Qala'at Diza, the hanging of 17 alleged "spies" in Liberation Square, the "disappearance" of 8,000 Kurds from the village of Barzan, the elimination of an estimated 7,000 Iraqi communists and countless other brazen acts of brutality that consolidated his power. Now to me, these achievements make even the meanest of wrestlers look like a hamster.

Will be missed for : Not applicable.