Professional wrestler and actor Silver King died after collapsing from a heart attack during his performance in London on Saturday, The Guardian reported.
The former WCW star, 51, whose real name is César Barrón, was performing at the Roundhouse Theatre in Camden for the Greatest Show of Lucha Libre event alongside Juventud Guerrera, also known as Youth Warrior. Guerrera reportedly kicked Barrón who fell to the ground, and then proceeded to “pin” him down.
Guerrera signaled in confusion at the referee when Barrón did not recover from the move, according to The Guardian. That’s when a team of medics rushed to the ring and audience members were asked to leave. The London ambulance service was called but they were unable to resuscitate Barrón.
Lucha Libre: Audience cleared from Roundhouse as medics treat Mexican wrestler https://t.co/Ukp9q4cUQc pic.twitter.com/bWu5SU53Zu
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He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Video tomado en el Roundhouse en Londres donde intentan reanimar a SilverKing, quien al parecer perdió la vida.
Roundhouse in London, SilverKing, had an accident and died at the ring, to be confirmed.#LuchaLibre #londonluchalibre #drwagner #LondonWrestling #luchamexicana pic.twitter.com/OvpMOKkdvV
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The event organizers, Lucha Libre World, later confirmed his death in a statement that read: “César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón (AKA Silver King) suffered what we believe was a cardiac arrest while performing in the show and sadly passed away. We have truly lost one of Lucha Libre’s greatest wrestlers and our thoughts and deepest condolences are with César’s family and his fans across the world. We will be able to make further announcements when more information becomes available.”
Video tomado en el Roundhouse en Londres donde intentan reanimar a SilverKing, quien al parecer perdió la vida.
Roundhouse in London, SilverKing, had an accident and died at the ring, to be confirmed.#LuchaLibre #londonluchalibre #drwagner #LondonWrestling #luchamexicana pic.twitter.com/OvpMOKkdvV
— Erixerda 🇷🇺🇵🇸🇸🇾🇹🇷🇮🇷🇮🇪🇲🇽🇨🇳🇿🇦🇾🇪 (@realErikCerda) May 11, 2019
Some audience members initially thought the incident was staged, one witness telling the BBC that it wasn’t clear what was happening.
“It felt like it was staged. Obviously it was quite normal in the fight,” Roberto Carrera Maldonado, who was attending the event told BBC. “All of us were really shocked – it wasn’t clear what was happening. I had the impression they didn’t know what to do.”
According to The Guardian, the Roundhouse also released a statement saying that the circumstances of the wrestler’s death were being investigated and that Scotland Yard said police are treating his death as “non-suspicious”.
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