Eddie "Umaga" Fatu passed away

[Ragehead91]

(as Umaga, 2006-2009)

(as Jamal (guy on the right with dreadlocks) of Three Minute Warning, 2002-2003)

WWE would like to express its deepest condolences to Mr. Fatu’s family, friends and fans on his tragic passing. Mr. Fatu was under contract with WWE at various time periods and most recently performed under the name "Umaga." Mr. Fatu's contract was terminated on June 11, 2009.

I know that most of you propably won't care about this like the Misawa thread earlier this year. But I'm a Wrestling since 1998 and it makes me sad to see that so many of my favourites pass away. They really die like flies. Especially seeing someone like Umaga die, who just recently finished Hulk Hogan's Hulkamania Tour in Australia. But I guess WWE fired him for a reason when he offended their wellness policy twice and then refused to go to rehab.

Rest in Peace Umaga.

[NeverendingAbyss]

what did he die of?

[Ragehead91]

what did he die of?

According to the news of a massive heart attack. It happened while he was watching TV. His wife found him and he wasn't breathing anymore and he was bleeding from the nose.

[Ragehead91]

From the Observer:

ng-time friend.

His family was told to come into town as quickly as possible. Family members have been told they believe he suffered a heart attack.

Details are sketchy at this point but he apparently fell asleep last night while watching television, and several hours later, his wife found him not breathing with blood coming out of his nose and he was rushed to the hospital.

Fatu, who lives in nearby Spring, TX, wrestled under a number of names including Ekmo, Jamal and most notably Umaga. He had just returned a few days ago from the Hulk Hogan tour of Australia.

He was released by WWE in June after failing a drug test and refusing the company's wishes to send him to rehab.

Edward "Umaga"Fatu passed away around 6 p.m. Eastern time after suffering a second heart attack while in the hospital. He was 36.

We want to send our condolences to the entire family on their loss.

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Fatu?

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Judging from the picture, Fat[t]y would have been a more appropriate surname! :laff: :laff: :laff:

:repuke: :jump2: :sick: :jump2: :sex1:

[NeonVomit]

Most of these performers die very young, often of cardiac arrest.... there's only so much one body can take.

Very sad. He was really entertaining.

[Ragehead91]

Most of these performers die very young, often of cardiac arrest.... there's only so much one body can take.

Very sad. He was really entertaining.

And this is the reason why I hate when others make fun about Wrestling. Yes, it is a show and yes they determine who looses or wins but it takes years of training to become a good wrestler, it is a very hard job and they basicly push themselfes to the limit every time they step into the ring. You don't just get into the ring and have a good time.

[NeonVomit]

Anyone who does should see 'The Wrestler'. Simple as that.

[Ragehead91]

Anyone who does should see 'The Wrestler'. Simple as that.

I bought that movie today and I'll watch it later.

[Intiaani]

Most of these performers die very young, often of cardiac arrest.... there's only so much one body can take.

Very sad. He was really entertaining.

And this is the reason why I hate when others make fun about Wrestling. Yes, it is a show and yes they determine who looses or wins but it takes years of training to become a good wrestler, it is a very hard job and they basicly push themselfes to the limit every time they step into the ring. You don't just get into the ring and have a good time.

Although WWE is about the worst example, of any wrestling promotion, about wrestlers who put their bodies on the line hard night after night. Nowadays they only seem to wrestle an "all-out match" at WrestleMania, and on some other PPVs' uppercard matches. And those guys use who knows what hormones and other suspicious sustanses - that's why their dying young percent is very high. Less muscle, less deaths, more quality wrestling, I say.

[icecab21]

I do wonder about how those guys stay at the same fat percentage year after year. I would think they would just have them slim down. We have baptista at 300 pounds and completely ripped, and we have other guys at 350 with like 25 or more percent fat. Its sort of crazy to imaging big show with the body fat percentage of bapstia.

[Ragehead91]

The name is Batista.

[NeonVomit]

I do wonder about how those guys stay at the same fat percentage year after year. I would think they would just have them slim down. We have baptista at 300 pounds and completely ripped, and we have other guys at 350 with like 25 or more percent fat. Its sort of crazy to imaging big show with the body fat percentage of batstia.

Well, they're operating at the limits of physical endurance already. I'm not talking in the way athletes like cyclists or swimmers do where they're aiming for peak performance over a relatively short period of time; these guys are more like body builders, but have to also maintain a high degree of agility which inevitably results in a tremendous strain because of the pure nature of the stunts they carry out.

I mean, I'd wager Big Show is more agile than any man of his size in the world, as are the other 'big guns' (eg. Great Khali, Mark Henry, Kane) but you have to remember, ultimately different people with different body types will have different body fat percentages and the like and, unfortunately, not everyone can handle such strain of maintaining what may very well be an unnatural condition in the same way as others which is why we have these very sad things happening.

They do choose to do it, it's their life decision, but it's always good to spare a thought for them. They really do give it their all for the sake of entertaining the people.

Is it noble? Is it bizzare? Is it downright silly? People will see things differently, but the facts remain. I used to love that stuff when I was a kid, and now I occasionally follow it for the entertainment factor but I have a lot of respect for them.

[Intiaani]

They do choose to do it, it's their life decision, but it's always good to spare a thought for them. They really do give it their all for the sake of entertaining the people.

And then again, they don't. 90% of these guys' matches are just basic works, they don't need to do anything spectacular. Only in big matches they even try to show something.

Khali... He's about as agile as Mark Henry, or Vader, the last time I checked. Only that he can lift his feet, otherwise he's unbelievably immobilized and sloppy. Does he still remain to this day as the only wrestler who's actually killed someone in the ring? Or wait, did the try-out guy die taking Triple H's Pedigree when he thought he should sell, like, Double Underhook Shoulderbreaker?

[Ragehead91]

They do choose to do it, it's their life decision, but it's always good to spare a thought for them. They really do give it their all for the sake of entertaining the people.

Khali... He's about as agile as Mark Henry, or Vader, the last time I checked. Only that he can lift his feet, otherwise he's unbelievably immobilized and sloppy. Does he still remain to this day as the only wrestler who's actually killed someone in the ring? Or wait, did the try-out guy die taking Triple H's Pedigree when he thought he should sell, like, Double Underhook Shoulderbreaker?

Have you ever watched Vader in the early 90s in WCW? Back then he was the shit! And he could've continued his success in WCW if it wasn't for Hulk "I won't sell anyone" Hogan who made Vader look like an idiot in their match. After that nobody took him serious anymore. Amyway, the guy was very agile for his size. Okay, maybe not anymore but back in the day he was great.

And about the killing in the ring thing: I don't know how you classify Mitsuharu Misawa's death earlier this year. He died after a Back Suplex by Akitoshi Saito.

And no, I think the guy who took the botched Pedigree was paralized, but he didn't die. And I think the story was that the guy though Hunter was going to do a Chickenwing Suplex. So while Hunter jumped up, the guy jumped to and we all know how that went.

Nope. Do you remember the dead of Missawa?

[NeonVomit]

See, that's what I'm talking about. The amount of wrestlers who die before reaching 50 is astounding. If similar things were happening in American football or basketball, believe me there would congressional hearings on the issue.

Excluding motorsport and other 'extreme' sports, I think only cycling has as much swept under the rug as professional wrestling.

[Ragehead91]

I couldn't agree more. But I think one reason for this is that many people still see it only as show and not as a real sport.

[Intiaani]

I never saw how Misawa died. I haven't followed wrestling at all in a last year or so really... I've watched Mania and after that one WWE PPV, and that's all. I heard Misawa is dead, though, and that's a real shame because he was the biggest name in Japan after Kobashi. But the Back Suplex didn't cause the death, did it? If it did, I'm mistaken.

I meant deaths after a botched move. If we talk more about deaths in the ring (kind of), Owen Hart...

[Ragehead91]

I never saw how Misawa died. I haven't followed wrestling at all in a last year or so really... I've watched Mania and after that one WWE PPV, and that's all. I heard Misawa is dead, though, and that's a real shame because he was the biggest name in Japan after Kobashi. But the Back Suplex didn't cause the death, did it? If it did, I'm mistaken.

I meant deaths after a botched move. If we talk more about deaths in the ring (kind of), Owen Hart...

The cause of death was later determined to be a cervical spinal cord injury. So I guess it was cause by that Back Suplex.