R.I.P.
WWE Tag-Team Champ Taps Out ... For Good

No, it's not deja vu -- yet another WWE wrestling superstar has died.

According to WWE.com, Crush, aka Brian Adams, was found dead earlier today. A cause of death has not yet been determined. Adams was 43.

Along with legendary wrestlers Ax and Smash, Crush was part of the face-painting, leather strap-wearing, generally bad-ass unit known as "Demolition."

Story developing...



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16. If some of you don't like wrestling, then maybe you should go read something about Paris or Britney. I think TMZ could've found a better headline than the one they used. That was insensitive. And the ones who are dissing wrestlers are probably the same ones who have posters of them on their walls and just want to look cool. You look stupid......GO AWAY!!!

Posted at 4:20PM on Aug 13th 2007 by Kellie

17. Re:15

TMZ doesn't care about the facts.

Posted at 4:19PM on Aug 13th 2007 by Stephanie

18. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family. Yea, he was a wrestler and a really damn good one. But more important the that he was I mean a human-being.
Just because in recent times there has been this huge scandal about wrestlers and steroids doesn't mean that they all do that.




Posted at 4:45PM on Aug 13th 2007 by Misty

19. kellie - if you're insulted by this, go check out Merv Griffin's death announcement. Now there's no class.

Posted at 4:44PM on Aug 13th 2007 by Lein

20. R.I.P Crush

Posted at 4:56PM on Aug 13th 2007 by Lee

21. How many of these guys have to die before something is done? Seroids, depression... once fame is tasted, and their success is attained, how can they be falling off the radar? These guys shouldn't just get swept under the matt. Keep them in the loop, somehow. Appearances, as announcers, do SOMETHING to keep them from feeling obsolete. I understand NO one knows what happened, yet... and we, as the hungry American vultures we are, are chomping at the bit for answers... a sad realization of what we have become. God Bless his family and friends at this time.....

Posted at 3:07AM on Aug 14th 2007 by Paula

22. OF COURSE WRESTLING IS FAKE, THEY ALREADY KNOW WHO IS GOING TO WIN BEFORE THEY EVEN STEP IN THE RING. EVERYTHING ELSE IS TO KEEP YOU THERE. NOW IF IT WAS UFC STYLE THEN I WOULD SAY OTHERWISE , BUT IT IS NOT SO I SAY ONCE AGAIN IT IS "FAKE." STERIODS WILL DESTROY THE WORLD OF SPORTS IF NO ONE GET A HANDLE ON IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 5:03PM on Aug 13th 2007 by PROBALLER

23. I hope you are happy in heaven

Posted at 4:58PM on Aug 13th 2007 by Faith

24. Tap's out for good - title not funny

Posted at 5:43PM on Aug 13th 2007 by Harvey Levin is an idiot

25. you know it does not matter wether he was a present champion are a former one>
where is some respect to his family at > at a time like this.did it ever ocurr to any of you that
he died from natural causes> wrestlers go through alot in the ring and get alot of injurys
etc> after a while this all takes a toll on the body>it does not mean that is is always drugs that killed them>wait for the results and then base your talk on it>

Posted at 7:06AM on Aug 20th 2007 by lena

26. "Taps Out?" You guys are just full of class, TMZ!

Posted at 2:41AM on Aug 14th 2007 by Zulu

27. just a few responses to other comments

1) those injuries that he got that made him quit wrestling he got from football before he started wrestling which is why he had to stop playing football

2) he last wrestled in 2003 for 1 month then took up boxing in early 04 and up untill his death was randy savages body guard

3) everyone knows wrestling is scripted not fake..fake implies nothing they do is real..thus no chance for pain or anything since its "fake" well you have your best 250lb buddy jump off of somthing higher then 5ft and land on you and tell me how fake that feels..yes they know who wins before they get in ring but what they do in the ring is truely athletic.they call it sports entertainment for a reason..cause they took a sport and made it more entertaining then it originaly was by adding outlandish characters and bizzare story lines..but when you get right down to it..its still wreslting

its sad now that any wrestler who dies regardless of how or when they last wrestled get the auto link to the wwe cause yea there the only wrestlling orginzation out there..oh wait.. tna,rho.nwa and ecwa to name a few

Posted at 8:42PM on Aug 13th 2007 by Jeff

28. I'm sad to learn that yet another wrestler has passed away,for just why do these guys do such heavy drugs and steroids that only cut their lives very short(and kill them when they're in their early 40s),for someone needs to spread the message to all wrestlers(past,present,and future)that steroids and drug only kill and not help enhance you in any way.

Posted at 11:51PM on Aug 13th 2007 by Steven Millan

29. Wow... you guys have a lot of sense. For once, look into reality. It might help you guys not look like complete idiots. Brian Adams wrestled his last match in January 2003. Read facts before making comments. Come back when you have sense. Thanks.

Posted at 1:18AM on Aug 14th 2007 by tpo

30. It never ceases to amaze me when people just quickly rush to judgement without thinking things through. For starters, the only information about this guy's death is that he's DEAD. Nothing has been disclosed as to the cause of death. Why so many morons on here are assuming it's steroid-related still beats me. I am not much of a wrestling fan but has it occurred to any of you steroid-yelling folks that this guy could have died of some other causes (natural maybe?). Gosh, it really kills me how people could easily jump in the bandwagon without thinking for themselves. Yes, there are steroid use in the sports industry but to hastily conclude that this former wrestler's death is steroid-related without any facts to back it up is totally ludicrous and may I add foolish as well. Peace!

Posted at 10:27AM on Aug 14th 2007 by man0war777

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