{"id":280830,"date":"2026-09-07T12:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T12:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280830\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T12:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T12:35:18","slug":"wrestling-world-mourns-the-butcher-after-collapse-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280830\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestling world mourns \u2018The Butcher\u2019 after collapse in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pro wrestler \u2018The Butcher\u2019 dies after collapsing during event near Pittsburgh<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/news-team\/415a6457-ba77-48de-8add-baa7b3ef4953\" aria-label=\"Yazmin Rodriguez profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788784518_956_415a6457-ba77-48de-8add-baa7b3ef4953_1705094482.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Yazmin Rodriguez\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>MILLVALE, Pa. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Pro wrestler Andy Williams, known to fans as &#8220;The Butcher,&#8221; died at 48 after collapsing during a tag team event at Mr. Smalls Theater near Pittsburgh on Saturday.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The medical examiner is working to determine the cause of death.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Williams was celebrated for his dual careers in wrestling and heavy metal music, earning recognition from fans in both communities.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Corey Graves, a wrestler based in Pittsburgh who was close to Williams, shared his thoughts in a statement.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">&#8220;He was a truly good guy that no one could say a bad word about,&#8221; Graves said. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">He continued to share that Williams had an awesome presence and brought laughter to every room he was in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pro wrestler \u2018The Butcher\u2019 dies after collapsing during event near Pittsburgh MILLVALE, Pa. \u2014 Pro wrestler Andy Williams,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[117398,70266,25054,117402,117406,49577,10892,117409,16657,117405,28,73,75,74,117407,117400,117401,117399,117408,15585,117403,117404],"class_list":["post-280830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-andy-williams","tag-cause-of-death","tag-collapse","tag-corey-graves","tag-dual-careers","tag-heavy-metal","tag-medical-examiner","tag-metal-music","tag-mr-smalls-theater","tag-music-community","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-wrestler","tag-pro-wrestler","tag-tag-team","tag-the-butcher","tag-wrestler-death","tag-wrestling","tag-wrestling-event","tag-wrestling-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280830","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=280830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}