Brian Christopher dead at age 46 after hanging himself in jail [Archive]

Gerard

07-29-2018, 12:59 PM

Don't they usually take stuff you could hang yourself with (belts, shoe laces etc) off you before putting you in the cell?

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His final wwe appearance, don't think most of the crowd had a clue who he was. :nono:

Cool King

07-29-2018, 01:03 PM

I'm sure they do but I can only assume that he hung himself with his bed sheets.

That's the only thing I can think of that you can hang yourself with that they let you keep in your cell.

Shisen Kopf

07-29-2018, 01:07 PM

FAKE NEWS

Droford

07-29-2018, 01:09 PM

3 in a day is crazy

erickman

07-29-2018, 01:12 PM

3 in a day is crazy

always happens in 3's

Shisen Kopf

07-29-2018, 01:13 PM

Meltzer,,,,, confirmed it. Damn.

Shisen Kopf

07-29-2018, 01:18 PM

Wait, TMZ is saying he's on life support. FAKE NEWS

Shisen Kopf

07-29-2018, 01:18 PM

Bobby Jaggers is still dead though. RIP

Gerard

07-29-2018, 02:03 PM

2 sites saying Christopher is on life support still.

Shisen Kopf

07-29-2018, 02:31 PM

Gertner has no journalistic integrity.

Bad News Gertner

07-29-2018, 02:36 PM

Gertner is the most trusted name in wrestling news.

SlickyTrickyDamon

07-29-2018, 02:39 PM

Death comes in threes :(

Nicholai Volkoff is also confirmed.

mike adamle

07-29-2018, 02:57 PM

It's being reported that it's probably one of the CO's or Ariyan's hung Christopher and staged it as a suicide

Seanny One Ball

07-29-2018, 03:26 PM

Source?

That sounds like salacious conjecture.

Maluco

07-29-2018, 03:26 PM

Really sad about this one. Too Cool were great, but I loved Too Much. Gertner said it in the op, and don't think it is much of a stretch, this guy had it. He could do funny, he could do intense, he could do sympathetic face, but like his dad, I think he was best as a heel. Too Much were just so cringey and easy to hate. Definately underrated, although people tend to go overboard when someone dies, I think it's a massive 'what could have been' with Brian Christopher.

It's sad he was so troubled and hope he is at peace now

Destor

07-29-2018, 03:51 PM

Great talent. Great guy. Always had time to talk.

Shisen Kopf

07-29-2018, 04:29 PM

Wikipedia says he is dead and that stuff is way more accurate and cant be changed. You're lucky he's dead Gertner. Wouldn't want to have to call you FAKE NEWS GERTNER

Ol Dirty Dastard

07-29-2018, 04:43 PM

Pretty sad. Unfortunate he became a punchline the past few years. Solid worker and had a really nice run in 2000.

Emperor Smeat

07-29-2018, 04:50 PM

:'( RIP.

Seems the reason for the lack of confirmation besides Meltzer was due to the family holding off on giving an official statement. Just needed time for others to see him one last time or pay their respects before making the announcement.

07-29-2018, 05:28 PM

Rest in Peace. One of the most entertaining acts of the Attitude Era.

A.J.K

07-29-2018, 05:29 PM

Evil Vito

07-29-2018, 05:37 PM

https://www.wwe.com/article/brian-christopher-passes-away

:(

Danny Electric

07-29-2018, 05:45 PM

This sucks, I loved Too Cool loads, I was always more of a Scotty fan but loved their dynamic together. It was at the time I had got back into wrestling so missed their Too Much stuff but they looked a great heel team when I saw some stuff lately.

What a shame, from what I heard he had the world at his feet as a youngster.

Destor

07-29-2018, 05:49 PM

been watching USWA for the past few hours. ver nostalgic right now. was such a strong product.

Jordan

07-29-2018, 06:20 PM

Man what a rough time he's had over the past decade or so. RIP Brian. I remember enjoying the angle where they wouldn't admit that he was Lawler's son, during the Light Heavyweight era, and JR would always call them out on it. Never cared much or Too Cool, but it was super over.

Helmsphere

07-29-2018, 06:24 PM

I loved Too Cool despite thinking it was rather foolish, but still managed to have them winning me over.

I always use his Corner Top Rope Legdrop in the WWE Games for my guy.

Bad News Gertner

07-29-2018, 07:23 PM

Maybe the biggest waste of talent that I can remember.

slik

07-29-2018, 07:29 PM

I thought Too Cool was entertaining and they really reached their peak around the year 2000. Too Cool and Rikishi were crazy over.

Thoughts & Positive Vibes to the Lawler clan. I also think Meltzer owes them all a public apology for reporting Brian had passed away hours before he had but he'll just post "he was braindead, it was the same thing" and get off scot-free for shoddy journalism, as always.

Anyways, a shame to hear about, Brian let his demons win in the end.

ClockShot

07-29-2018, 07:32 PM

Jesus. Lawler must be a wreck right now.

I know he's been in jail once or twice, but I'm shocked this happened.

R.I.P.

Bad News Gertner

07-29-2018, 07:49 PM

After his last arrest for DUI I had a feeling this wasn't going to end well. He also got into a fight about a year or so ago against Chase Stevens I believe and got the living shit best out of him. Multiple facial fractures. He's also gotten numerous DUI's , fleeing the cops, not paying a hotel bill in the past year or so.

Bad News Gertner

07-29-2018, 08:18 PM

New Jack going off on Brian Christopher on Facebook. It's exactly what you think it is.

Destor

07-29-2018, 08:19 PM

His downfall was when lawler wouldnt give him his name for fear of coming off as aging if he had a son on tv. lawler was probably right from a business standpoint but there's a human impact there that lawler would never be able to grasp.

slik

07-29-2018, 08:31 PM

New Jack going off on Brian Christopher on Facebook. It's exactly what you think it is.

Post links or summarize what he says plz

Bad News Gertner

07-29-2018, 08:35 PM

Just look up "Jerome Young" on facebook.

slik

07-29-2018, 08:40 PM

Weird that he hated him in 1992 and still does...New Jack needs to #FindInnerPeace

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Gerard

07-29-2018, 08:44 PM

Bad News Gertner

07-29-2018, 09:02 PM

Rikishi turning heel was pretty much the end for Christopher.

mike adamle

07-29-2018, 09:09 PM

Source?

That sounds like salacious conjecture.

I thought people were saying Dave Meltzer was the source

slik

07-29-2018, 10:37 PM

Dave inaccurately reported his death this morning

It was later confirmed he was on life support
He has since passed away this early evening, confirmed by WWE.com

Tom Guycott

07-29-2018, 11:00 PM

Dave inaccurately reported his death this morning

It was later confirmed he was on life support
He has since passed away this early evening, confirmed by WWE.com

Apparently, y'know... plans change.

Just so you guys are aware, yes, I feel like a piece of shit for dropping that joke. But, I also feel it had to be done. I'm prepared for the rightful hate.

Emperor Smeat

07-29-2018, 11:10 PM

Dave inaccurately reported his death this morning

It was later confirmed he was on life support
He has since passed away this early evening, confirmed by WWE.com

Meltzer gave more details on his initial reporting afterwards which fits what PWI and WrestleInc mentioned earlier about him having no chance of living and why there was a delay in the official announcement.

Lawler, 46, hung himself in his jail cell at the Hardeman County jail in Tennessee and was rushed to the hospital and put on life support. He was pronounced brain dead earlier this morning.

While a family friend said that the decision was made to pull him from life support and he has passed away, and others have said the same, Randy Hales and Bert Prentice, who are at the hospital, said that he was technically not dead and that the life support had not yet been pulled. Jerry Lawler was flying back from an appearance in Raleigh, NC.

A family friend reported to us that they were waiting for Jerry Lawler to come to the hospital to say goodbye before Christopher's life support was pulled.

slik

07-29-2018, 11:12 PM

Apparently, y'know... plans change.

omg :rofl:

but also seriously RIP Brian :'(

Mr. Nerfect

07-30-2018, 07:22 AM

I don't normally comment on wrestler deaths, but this one...I don't know how to describe it. It's not shock, but it's jarring. When I first started watching, I was weirdly drawn to Brian Christopher. One of my favorite looking spots, as weird as this is going to sound, is him taking the trash can from Kane in the 2001 Royal Rumble. Always liked the guy, but kind of tuned out when all the issues started -- and maybe that's why I'm responding to it -- because it's something that should have been seen coming but wasn't?

I've only learned recently how much potential he was perceived as having circa 1992. From Gertner actually. Having that much potential can lead to expectations in your mind that can never be lived up to.

Ol Dirty Dastard

07-30-2018, 09:03 AM

Apparently, y'know... plans change.

Just so you guys are aware, yes, I feel like a piece of shit for dropping that joke. But, I also feel it had to be done. I'm prepared for the rightful hate.

100% necessary joke

Blue Demon

07-30-2018, 09:24 AM

I enjoyed him a fair amount, seems like the definition of a "wasted talent" to a degree, he had more potential than met the eye.

slik

07-30-2018, 12:08 PM

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Heisenberg

07-30-2018, 01:08 PM

His shovel dance got me through a lot of awkward get togethers where dancing was mandatory, RIP big dog

Gerard

07-30-2018, 02:34 PM

His shovel dance got me through a lot of awkward get togethers where dancing was mandatory, RIP big dog

That probably should have been a part of triple h's entrance. :lol:

Emperor Smeat

07-30-2018, 04:00 PM

According to Hardeman County's sheriff, they didn't think Brian Christopher was a suicidal threat at the time of his arrest and jailing which is why no precautions were taken.

According to Doolon, Lawler was being kept alone in a cell due to his “notoriety”, likely a reference to his decades of celebrity in Memphis as a professional wrestler locally as well as with WWE.

WMC-TV reported that corrections officers found Lawler hanging in his cell on Saturday evening, immediately began delivering CPR and had his transported to the hospital. Lawler was taken off life support yesterday at 4:40 PM EST.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, at the request of the District Attorney’s office, has opened an investigation into Lawler’s passing.

Also seems it was Jerry Lawler's podcast co-host who broke the news online of Brian Christopher passing away in the morning before it was made official later in the day after Jerry Lawler's somber visit.

mike adamle

07-30-2018, 06:18 PM

The fact that the sherriffs didn't think he was suicidal gives a little credibility to Dave Meltzer's statement that the CO's and/or Ariyan brotherhood may have killed him and staged it as a suicide

Destor

07-30-2018, 06:36 PM

in what way

Sixx

07-30-2018, 06:37 PM

Failed suicide?

That's very feminine.

Swiss Ultimate

07-30-2018, 06:55 PM

Scotty 2 Hotty has his life straight it seems. His twitter is surprising to me for NOT being totally desperate and pathetic.

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Juan

07-30-2018, 07:06 PM

Failed suicide?

That's very feminine.

How is that?

Sixx

07-30-2018, 07:13 PM

How is that?

Women fail @ suicide way more than men. Also, they usually do it for attention only. That's actually a fact. Studies and shit.

Black Widow

07-30-2018, 07:57 PM

Wasn't a big fan so not gonna get that hung up about it.

Juan

07-31-2018, 05:18 AM

Women fail @ suicide way more than men. Also, they usually do it for attention only. That's actually a fact. Studies and shit.

So if you shoot yourself in the head and happen to survive, that’s feminine?

Juan

07-31-2018, 05:24 AM

I’m no doctor, but I’m pretty sure the only reason Brian didn’t die in his cell was because he was probably found before he could die

Sixx

07-31-2018, 06:10 AM

So if you shoot yourself in the head and happen to survive, that’s feminine?

Clearly not. That's just insanely bad luck.

Mr. Nerfect

07-31-2018, 06:49 AM

I'm really rooting for Brian, Jr.

mike adamle

07-31-2018, 05:55 PM

Jerry Lawler is also saying there is more than meets the eye to this one... I wonder where Meltzer got that scoop about the Ariyan Brotherhood killing Grandmaster Sexay and staging a suicide

Sixx

07-31-2018, 06:07 PM

Why Aryan Brotherhood, though?

Dude's white.

Tom Guycott

08-01-2018, 12:28 AM

Why Aryan Brotherhood, though?

Dude's white.

Doesn't mean shit. If he were Hispanic, it would have been a Latino gang. Stuff like that is usually a "with us or against us" thing. Join one group for "protection" from the other gangs, or be a target of every gang.

Sixx

08-01-2018, 12:30 AM

Doesn't mean shit. If he were Hispanic, it would have been a Latino gang. Stuff like that is usually a "with us or against us" thing. Join one group for "protection" from the other gangs, or be a target of every gang.

Damn, son, you're such an expert on the life inside.

I salute you.

Tom Guycott

08-01-2018, 12:33 AM

Not sure if that was a black joke, but I will give you the benefit of the doubt and just shrug it off.

Also, I find "true crime" type shit interesting.

Sixx

08-01-2018, 12:36 AM

I'm fully aware Aryan Brotherhood is as "Aryan" as Wayne Brady. They are best buds with some Mexican gangs and shit.

What I meant was more like "Why exactly Aryan Brotherhood"? Just because they're so super evil or what? Blaming a black gang would be racist?

Tom Guycott

08-01-2018, 12:41 AM

For all we know, he could have been involved with them. His life was a shitshow, would it be completely surprising to find out such a thing? They might have "asked" him to do something he didn't.

Sixx

08-01-2018, 12:42 AM

Do we even know how long of a sentence he got?

Destor

08-01-2018, 12:49 AM

there is no Aryan brotherhood in county jail...ever. guys are serving 45 day sentences not fighting to survive.

Tom Guycott

08-01-2018, 12:56 AM

Supposing it wasn't just a straight up suicide, you don't have to be doing fed time in the pen to be killed. Prob'ly a lot easier to do, since it's likely a bit more lax in nearly every way. Also, if it were just some short-term DUI type shit, it would raise the question of why one would off themselves if they were just going to be there for two months.

Sixx

08-01-2018, 12:57 AM

I thought I posted this. I just read it was county jail and was saying that murder by gang is highly fucking unlikely in goddamn county jail.

Tom Guycott

08-01-2018, 12:58 AM

there is no Aryan brotherhood in county jail...ever. guys are serving 45 day sentences not fighting to survive.

Sometimes people are at county as a stop-gap. You got people going to big-boy prison in the same place as folks sleeping off being piss drunk. Sometimes, that overlaps. And again, we don't know what he might have been into. And again, this goes back to the initial supposition that there was more to this than simple suicide.

He could have just been off some meds. Or needed to be on some.

Sixx

08-01-2018, 01:00 AM

I thought I posted this. I just read it was county jail and was saying that murder by gang is highly fucking unlikely in goddamn county jail.

Ha, oh, I did post it but apparently clicked wrong and posted in the SDLive thread. The point stands.

Destor

08-01-2018, 08:13 AM

Sometimes people are at county as a stop-gap. You got people going to big-boy prison in the same place as folks sleeping off being piss drunk. Sometimes, that overlaps. And again, we don't know what he might have been into. And again, this goes back to the initial supposition that there was more to this than simple suicide.

He could have just been off some meds. Or needed to be on some.

So now your theory is a single person went into his private cell and hung him.

Destor

08-01-2018, 08:14 AM

Youve seen too many episodes of Oz

mike adamle

08-01-2018, 10:14 AM

So now your theory is a single person went into his private cell and hung him.

Actually it's what Dave Meltzer has been reporting based on some source he has on the inside

mike adamle

08-01-2018, 10:15 AM

Well not that one person did it but that the Aryan Brotherhood or the corrections officers or someone was involved

Destor

08-01-2018, 10:17 AM

Dave Meltzer does not have any source on the inside of the Shelby Co Jail

mike adamle

08-01-2018, 10:20 AM

Maybe a lot of Memphis wrestlers did time there in the 80s and Dave got to know the warden or something and now the warden is giving him this scoop

Loose Cannon

08-01-2018, 10:20 AM

Metlzer is reporting a source claims Kevin Sullivan was seen in the area the day Christoper passed away

mike adamle

08-01-2018, 11:48 AM

Now that's just silly

slik

08-01-2018, 12:38 PM

Dave Meltzer does not have any source on the inside of the Shelby Co Jail

It's good you don't tweet b/c anytime anyone implies Meltz doesn't have every source on Earth at his disposal 24/7 and possibly exaggerates/makes some things up for clicks the fanboys come out of the woodwork to attack the tweeter

U'd be dead right now if this was twitter for sure

Ol Dirty Dastard

08-01-2018, 12:41 PM

U'd be dead right now if this was twitter for sure

potentially hung by the Aryan brotherhood in a jail cell

mike adamle

08-01-2018, 01:08 PM

Maybe Dave ordered the hit with all this information he has seemingly out of nowhere

#1-norm-fan

08-01-2018, 08:12 PM

potentially hung by the Aryan brotherhood in a jail cell

*MeltzerSheep Brotherhood

08-01-2018, 08:20 PM

formerly a black cock post

#1-norm-fan

08-01-2018, 08:30 PM

RP brings up another possible scenario.

Mr. Nerfect

08-02-2018, 03:44 AM

I think Occam's razor suggests that he was probably a depressed motherfucker and when he thought he had hit bottom, or thought that it was only going to get worse from there, he decided to do something to stop whatever he was going through.

mike adamle

08-02-2018, 05:56 PM

I don't know who that is but that's not what happened. Dave Meltzer is reporting there was a hit out on Grandmaster Sexay and the Aryan's hung him.

Sixx

08-02-2018, 06:02 PM

I don't know who that is but that's not what happened. Dave Meltzer is reporting there was a hit out on Grandmaster Sexay and the Aryan's hung him.

A hit out on Too Cool.

Scotty is next.

Rikishi last.