In 2009, upon getting a back suplex from his compatriot Masa Saito, Mitsuharu Misawa landed heavily, and as a result, his heart failed, which caused him to die in no time.
A two-time Tag-Team champion in AJPW, Gary Albright, passed away inside the ring after taking a three-quarter face lock bulldog while working on an independent show in Pennsylvania on January 7th, 2000.
A gifted athlete, Mariko Umeda, widely remembered as Plum Mariko, was the first Japanese woman wrestler to pass away inside a ring in 1997.
American professional wrestler Michael DiBiase, also known as "The Million Dollar Man," died inside the ring on 2nd July 1969 in Texas after losing to Man Mountain Mike.
Belonging to the legendary Hart family, Owen Hart died after falling from the 78 feet height during the Over the Edge pay-per-view event in Kansas City, Missouri. He was in the process of being lowered via a harness and grapple line into the ring before the catastrophe happened.