**BREAKING NEWS-UMAGA RIP**
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Several wrestlers have expressed their condolences via Twitter in regards to the passing of Eddie "Umaga" Fatu. Here are a few:
* Shannon Moore: R.I.P Ecki....Mad love and respect. We will miss you and I will cherish the times we had together.
* Christopher Daniels: RIP Eddie Fatu. I'm glad I got to know you in the short time you were here.
* D'Angelo Dinero: This is rough, very rough. My heart and prayers goes out to Umaga's wife, his boys, and family.
* Allison Danger: RIP Umaga. I thank you for your kindness when we met. My heart aches for your family and my thoughts are with them in their time of need.
* Hurricane Helms: Heartbroken. No words.
* Jeremy Borash: RIP Eddie Fatu
* TNA Online: RIP Eddie Fatu
* Ken Anderson: go out and tear the house down. We both had something to prove that night and in my opinion: Mission Accomplished! Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Fatu family. Ecki absolutely adored his wife and was extremely proud of his children. I have so many amazing, funny, and heartwarming (sometimes gut wrenching belly-laughing) memories.
* Matt Hardy: Just landed in Shreveport to go to work tonight-I'm very saddened to hear about Ecky (Umaga) & his family-please keep them in your prayers.
The following are Facebook statuses talent have left on Umaga's passing:
John Bradshaw Layfield: Very saddened to hear about the death of Eddie Fatu (known as Umaga in WWE) we were tag team partners on some of my last few road trips with WWE, had a ball with Umaga and will miss my friend. Enjoy your friends and family, life is great, but it also can be too short. So don't miss a day, enjoy life today.
Samu Anoa'i: Thank you all. Rest in Peace My Cousin!! WE LOVE YOU
Abdullah The Butcher: Eddie "Ekmo" Fatu was a good caring man. he is now with the Lord in a much greater place. feel for his family but not for him as he is where we all can only hope to be. at peace.
Vito Lograsso: I truly have lost many guys in the Buss of Wrestling. 19 years worth. I hope what ever happened to Eddie, he is now in a place of peace. God only takes the best people. I am truly sad and hope this is a eye opener for all on Facebook. Enjoy your life and try to think of things in a positive way. If you have something b...othering you. No shame to call a friend. Makes you human. I am the first to admit life can be hard.
Travis Tomko: Eki you were so good to me, and knew me when I was just a BodyGaurd wanting to be a wrestler, you helped me so much, Now your gone? You were a easy going , fun loving, and a caring guy, and so very fun to be with! It was God's wish I suppose, but I wish I had said goodbye. I pray for your Wife, Junior (rikishi) and the rest of your family bro, I will help any way I can! You will be So Very Missed! I Love You Uce!
* Shannon Moore: R.I.P Ecki....Mad love and respect. We will miss you and I will cherish the times we had together.
* Christopher Daniels: RIP Eddie Fatu. I'm glad I got to know you in the short time you were here.
* D'Angelo Dinero: This is rough, very rough. My heart and prayers goes out to Umaga's wife, his boys, and family.
* Allison Danger: RIP Umaga. I thank you for your kindness when we met. My heart aches for your family and my thoughts are with them in their time of need.
* Hurricane Helms: Heartbroken. No words.
* Jeremy Borash: RIP Eddie Fatu
* TNA Online: RIP Eddie Fatu
* Ken Anderson: go out and tear the house down. We both had something to prove that night and in my opinion: Mission Accomplished! Our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Fatu family. Ecki absolutely adored his wife and was extremely proud of his children. I have so many amazing, funny, and heartwarming (sometimes gut wrenching belly-laughing) memories.
* Matt Hardy: Just landed in Shreveport to go to work tonight-I'm very saddened to hear about Ecky (Umaga) & his family-please keep them in your prayers.
The following are Facebook statuses talent have left on Umaga's passing:
John Bradshaw Layfield: Very saddened to hear about the death of Eddie Fatu (known as Umaga in WWE) we were tag team partners on some of my last few road trips with WWE, had a ball with Umaga and will miss my friend. Enjoy your friends and family, life is great, but it also can be too short. So don't miss a day, enjoy life today.
Samu Anoa'i: Thank you all. Rest in Peace My Cousin!! WE LOVE YOU
Abdullah The Butcher: Eddie "Ekmo" Fatu was a good caring man. he is now with the Lord in a much greater place. feel for his family but not for him as he is where we all can only hope to be. at peace.
Vito Lograsso: I truly have lost many guys in the Buss of Wrestling. 19 years worth. I hope what ever happened to Eddie, he is now in a place of peace. God only takes the best people. I am truly sad and hope this is a eye opener for all on Facebook. Enjoy your life and try to think of things in a positive way. If you have something b...othering you. No shame to call a friend. Makes you human. I am the first to admit life can be hard.
Travis Tomko: Eki you were so good to me, and knew me when I was just a BodyGaurd wanting to be a wrestler, you helped me so much, Now your gone? You were a easy going , fun loving, and a caring guy, and so very fun to be with! It was God's wish I suppose, but I wish I had said goodbye. I pray for your Wife, Junior (rikishi) and the rest of your family bro, I will help any way I can! You will be So Very Missed! I Love You Uce!
R.I.P. Umaga
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Eki “Eddie” Fatu died in Houston on Friday after a massive heart attack, adding to a long list of professional wrestlers who died by the age of 40.
The 36-year old Fatu, who achieved his greatest fame in recent years as a star in the industry-leading World Wrestling Entertainment under the name “Umaga,” was found unconscious in his Spring, TX living room by his wife, who had him rushed to the hospital. Fatu had a second heart attack in the hospital before he died.
Fatu, who was memorable for his distinct facial tattoos, comes from a large family of Samoan wrestlers who have influenced the business for several generations, beginning with his uncles, the brother combination of Afa and Sika Anoi’a, who formed a successful act known as “The Wild Samoans” in the 1970s and ’80s. The most famous member of the clan is cousin Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who left wrestling for Hollywood fame.
Fatu’s career peak came in 2007, as he co-headlined Wrestlemania 23 in Detroit, a card that received a ton of publicity for a storyline involving WWE owner Vince McMahon and Donald Trump. But his run at the top was short-lived, and he was released from his WWE contract on June 8 when he refused to go into rehab after a second violation of the WWE’s drug policy.
Fatu had recently returned from an independent wrestling tour of Australia when he was stricken.
“On behalf of my family, the Anoa’i and Fatu family, we are devastated and shocked by the loss of our Eki,” Afa Anoa’i told the Wrestling Observer. Our son, nephew, brother, cousin, husband, father. Our hearts are broken, and words can’t express what each of us are feeling. It is so comforting to know how loved Eki is by his family, peers, friends, and most of all his fans.”
A staggering number of young pro wrestlers have died over the past 10 years, leading some to believe the industry has a curse. Among the most notorious cases were Chris Benoit, 40, who committed suicide in Georgia in 2007 after murdering his wife, Nancy, and son Daniel; Eddie Guerrero, 38, who died of a heart attack in 2005 in a Minnesota hotel room; and Owen Hart, 33, who died in Kansas City in 1999 after a stunt went awry during a live television shoot. In March, another former WWE wrestler, Andrew “Test” Martin, 34, died after an Oxycontin overdose.
crazy shit
Eki “Eddie” Fatu died in Houston on Friday after a massive heart attack, adding to a long list of professional wrestlers who died by the age of 40.
The 36-year old Fatu, who achieved his greatest fame in recent years as a star in the industry-leading World Wrestling Entertainment under the name “Umaga,” was found unconscious in his Spring, TX living room by his wife, who had him rushed to the hospital. Fatu had a second heart attack in the hospital before he died.
Fatu, who was memorable for his distinct facial tattoos, comes from a large family of Samoan wrestlers who have influenced the business for several generations, beginning with his uncles, the brother combination of Afa and Sika Anoi’a, who formed a successful act known as “The Wild Samoans” in the 1970s and ’80s. The most famous member of the clan is cousin Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who left wrestling for Hollywood fame.
Fatu’s career peak came in 2007, as he co-headlined Wrestlemania 23 in Detroit, a card that received a ton of publicity for a storyline involving WWE owner Vince McMahon and Donald Trump. But his run at the top was short-lived, and he was released from his WWE contract on June 8 when he refused to go into rehab after a second violation of the WWE’s drug policy.
Fatu had recently returned from an independent wrestling tour of Australia when he was stricken.
“On behalf of my family, the Anoa’i and Fatu family, we are devastated and shocked by the loss of our Eki,” Afa Anoa’i told the Wrestling Observer. Our son, nephew, brother, cousin, husband, father. Our hearts are broken, and words can’t express what each of us are feeling. It is so comforting to know how loved Eki is by his family, peers, friends, and most of all his fans.”
A staggering number of young pro wrestlers have died over the past 10 years, leading some to believe the industry has a curse. Among the most notorious cases were Chris Benoit, 40, who committed suicide in Georgia in 2007 after murdering his wife, Nancy, and son Daniel; Eddie Guerrero, 38, who died of a heart attack in 2005 in a Minnesota hotel room; and Owen Hart, 33, who died in Kansas City in 1999 after a stunt went awry during a live television shoot. In March, another former WWE wrestler, Andrew “Test” Martin, 34, died after an Oxycontin overdose.
