Tragedy struck Mexico this week when professional wrestler El Hijo de Fishman, 36, allegedly killed veteran referee Gerardo German Pineda, 75, while performing a piledriver on him.
\n\nPolice have since arrested Fishman on manslaughter charges following the referee’s death, which occurred during his matchup against Mascara Sagrada in Hidalgo for the El Patrón Espectáculos Lucha Libre promotion.
\n\nAfter Fishman performed the signature wrestling move on Pineda, he reportedly became immobile and was later pronounced dead. The move involves the wrestler appearing to drop the target vertically onto their head, creating the illusion of a slam while the wrestler’s body absorbs the shock to keep the head from hitting the mat. Professional wrestlers have often discussed how to perform the move safely in tutorials:
\n\nAs the California Post noted, several wrestlers have come forward in recent years, including Stone Cold Steve Austin, to say the WWE banned the move for years because of potential injuries.
\n\nLuchablog wrote on X that the referee was lying on the mat “for minutes before anyone checked on him.”
\n\n“The local reports are that Buho lay on the mat unmoving for minutes before anyone checked on him, thinking he was selling. There was reportedly no ambulance…
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