Sports: Deaths on the field are extremely rare, but when they do happen the usual culprits are malfunctioning equipment, human error and speed, not incorrectly performed moves or murder. Sailor Andrew Simpson's training session for the Americas Cup turned deadly when his craft capsized and broke apart on top of him. Nodar Kumaritashvili of the Georgia Republic was on a practice run at the Vancouver Olympics when he lost control of his luge and hit a wall. Basular skull fractures caused by the jolting wrecks took the lives of racecar drivers like Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Aryton Senna, but today driver's are equipped with greater safety equipment that cuts down on the risk. Pro Wrestling: If there's one thing that's absolutely real in pro wrestling, it's the poor souls who have unfortunately straight up died doing it. The murder of Bruiser Brody was like wrestling's Altamont, if I didn't assume the readers of this site were too young to know what Altamont means. When Brody and Tony Atlas were working in Puerto Rico back in 1988, it had a pretty bad reputation around the wrestling world. Crowds were known to be intense and turn violent at shows. Before his match Brody was called into the showers to talk business with promoter and wrestler Jose Huertas Gonzales. Atlas heard screams from the locker rooms and rushed in to see Brody clutching his bleeding stomach while Gonzalez held a knife. Paramedics would take over an hour to arrive and Atlas had to carry Brody out himself. He died from his injuries at just 44 years old. The investigation was a disaster and Atlas was never called to testify in court, while Gonzalez claimed he acted in self defense and was acquitted. He currently serves one of the Directors of the World Wrestling League, a large Latin American promotion. Think of any more times wrestling was more real and more hardcore than sports? Let us know below in the comments.
