With the extent of physicality, athleticism, and outright risk that skilled wrestlers take each time they take the ring, inherent and irreversible danger is ever-present. Unfortunately, on a handful of occasions, wrestlers have paid the final word price performing their craft within the name of entertaining the fans. Such was the case on March 20, 2015, when, while working for The Clash, Perro Aguayo Jr. lost his life consequently of a spot that went mistaken in a tag team match that also featured Manik (former WWE superstar TJ Perkins) as his partner, and Rey Mysterio Jr. and Xtreme Tiger as opponents.
Establishing for Mysterio’s signature 619 finish, Aguayo, also generally known as El Hijo del Perro Aguayo in tribute to his father and frequent tag team partner, took a dropkick from Mysterio but as an alternative of landing prone within the ropes as is the conventional position for the ending move, he slouched over the ropes, motionless, clearly indicating that something was terribly amiss. At ringside, Konnan attempted to alert Aguayo, who was now unresponsive, and Mysterio appeared to intentionally miss the 619, identifying that something was mistaken. As he was attended to, Aguayo flopped to the canvas, and in a scene that looked as if it would go on endlessly, was eventually stretchered away to a waiting ambulance but died at Del Prado hospital. An autopsy revealed that Aguayo broke his C1, C2, and C3 vertebrae, which triggered a cervical stroke and cardiac arrest, leading to his near-instant death.
Aguayo’s death was a terrible accident, for which Mysterio was placed no blame, and the WWE Hall of Famer paid tribute to him, likening Aguayo to a different fallen friend, Eddie Guerrero, in an interview with Sports Illustrated. “We lost the most important superstar that Mexico has ever seen,” he said on the time.. “There have been so many plans moving forward that will have been incredible. After I meet great people on this industry, I wish to allow them to know they’re great human beings. Perro was definitely one in every of them. He was so warm-hearted, kind, and respectful. Similar to there won’t ever be one other Eddie, there won’t ever be one other Perro.”