Viva La Raza - 13 years on

Me too. Maybe not in WWE, but I'm sure he would still be dipping his toes in somewhere.

Yeah that was the worst one for me too

Time flies. Just to think next May will mark TWENTY YEARS since Owen Hart passed away. Unbelievable.

Speaking of Owen, his passing always hit me hardest because I was younger and first started watching when he began his feud with Bret. That was my first experience where a wrestler I had watched for years and was a fan of died so it will always resonate with me more as I'm sure Eddie does for younger fans.

I don't think I can ever watch the Chris Benoit tribute to Eddie. Just with all that transpired afterwards, there are too many conflicting emotions going on where it would just be too rough to revisit.

A few things I'll always remember surrounding the day of Eddie's death. I was in my first relationship with somebody who I didn't really like outside of the sophomoric "perks" of having a girlfriend at that age. She was kind of mean and I remember getting a text from her that day about something so petty. I had just found out about Eddie earlier so I was bummed out and decided to call her. I broke up with her on the spot. It hit me as I made the call that some professional wrestler that I had never met before was a more important part of my life than she was. All I wanted to do that night was watch Raw and cry for Eddie.

Didn’t start watching wrestling till 2006, but I’ve seen everything from the ruthless aggression era and Eddie was one of those guys who had “it”. The wrestling ability and the charisma. The opening to his tribute show with all the wrestlers on the stage shows how much he meant to every single person in the wwe.

like some of the Guerrero’s before him, his fluidity in the ring was like watching a bird fly. one of the absolute best in ring performers ever.

His death definitely hit me hard when I was a kid. I haven't cried for any other wrestler's death besides Eddie.

We never got that version in the U.K. for some reason, we had 3 Doors Down - Here Without You play through the tribute video which imo (probably because I grew up watching it) was a better fit.

This is an incredibly naive and insensitive thing to say.


Eddie's death was not self-inflicted.

Honestly, I feel bad. For all these years, I always was under the belief that Eddie's heart condition was a result of his years using painkillers and steroids, but after doing some research it looks like he suffered the same kind of fate as Brian Pillman.

Sad either way. He was the biggest passing since Owen and his Raw rekindled a lot of those sad memories. Almost like deja vú where the feelings and atmosphere were so familiar it was chilling.