
Part One: Vince McMahon, History's Greatest Monster
Behind the Bastards
The Effects of Cocaine on Wrestling
David Von Eric died at the age of 25 from toxic shock syndrome after shoulder surgery. His father sold color photos of his dead son that had once gone for $3 for $10 at the memorial service. Mike Von Eric was charged with two counts of misdemeanor assault against an ER doctor in 1985. He got into a fist fight with during a trip to the hospital shortly thereafter, he goes to Tel Aviv to wrestle and he takes aBad bump to his shoulder that dislocates it badly enough that it requires surgery. Due to either poor hygiene or bad luck after surgery, he contracts toxic shock syndrome which is very serious and very uncommon.
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