On a recent coach trip to
London the driver took us for a two hour stop at the famous Camden market. Not
being materialist I didn’t bother looking around and had a walk up the hill to
Hampstead to the Roundhouse theatre where a wrestler died suddenly. Since Giant
Haystacks died in 1998 I’ve lost interest in wrestling but I can remember
reading about the shock death of "Silver King" who collapsed in the
ring and died aged 51 before the packed audience one Saturday night. I went to
do salute outside the theatre.
Cesar Barron was a Mexican wrestling star who
starred in the 2006 cult comedy Hollywood film Nacho Libre
with Jack Black He was massive in America (along with his brother.) In May 2019
he was wrestling "Youth Warrior" when something went wrong in the
middle of the fight (sadly it's on Youtube). He struggled
to get up before his opponent kicked him in the side and he lay face down (he
didn't move from this point onward.) The referee thought this was an act and started
counting him out. "Youth Warrior" was declared the winner and
celebrated but within minutes the referee looked uncomfortable at the
motionless loser. CPR was attempted but it looked like life had flickered out
already. Other wrestlers jumped into the ring to help and a defibrillator was
employed. An ambulance was called at 10:21pm and the theatre was evacuated
while attempts continued to revive Cesar. The medics found no signs life to
work with and he pronounced him dead at the scene.
On autopsy revealed nil drugs
and heart failure from "fulminant infarction"
which is one of the leading causes of sudden death.