{"id":280622,"date":"2026-09-07T01:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280622\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T01:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T01:38:19","slug":"former-aew-wrestler-andy-williams-dies-after-medical-issue-at-pittsburgh-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280622\/","title":{"rendered":"Former AEW wrestler Andy Williams dies after medical issue at Pittsburgh show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pro wrestler Andrew Williams, former AEW star who also went by \u201cThe Butcher,\u201d died Saturday after collapsing during a match at Mr. Smalls Theater in Millvale.<\/p>\n<p>The Allegheny County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office reported Williams, 48, was found unresponsive at the venue.<\/p>\n<p>He was transported to a hospital where he died. Millvale police are investigating.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andy collapsed at the end of his match this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Our doctors on staff tended to him immediately, administering CPR until the ambulance arrived.<\/p>\n<p>We sent everyone home and are at the hospital now waiting for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who helped and has reached out <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A2rnCnOOgR\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/A2rnCnOOgR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enjoy Wrestling (@EnjoyWrestle) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EnjoyWrestle\/status\/2096430541847367925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 6, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Williams collapsed at the end of his match, Enjoy Wrestling posted on its social media page.<\/p>\n<p>Medical staff tended to him immediately and administered CPR until an ambulance arrived, promotion officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Williams was part of All-Elite Wrestling and wrestled with his longtime tag team partner, \u201cThe Blade,\u201d Jesse Guilmette. He was also in a heavy metal band called Every Time I Die.<\/p>\n<p>AEW stars and others in the pro wrestling world posted condolences and shared memories of Williams online.<\/p>\n<p>Many of them can be seen on AEW\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allelitewrestling.com\/post\/aew-and-the-wrestling-world-mourn-the-butcher-andy-williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pro wrestler Andrew Williams, former AEW star who also went by \u201cThe Butcher,\u201d died Saturday after collapsing during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-280622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}