{"id":729943,"date":"2026-06-27T21:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/729943\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T21:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:43:18","slug":"pro-wrestling-star-joe-doering-dead-at-44-after-brain-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/729943\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro wrestling star Joe Doering dead at 44 after brain cancer battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Doering, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/26\/sports\/the-trust-fueling-jade-cargill-entering-wwe-night-of-champions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pro wrestling<\/a>\u00a0star who competed at All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), has died, the companies said Friday. He was 44.<\/p>\n<p>AJPW and TNA each put out statements on Doering\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Doering, who had been battling a brain tumor, passed away at the age of 44,\u201d All Japan Pro Wrestling said. \u201cUpon learning of Joe Doring\u2019s passing, all players and staff of All Japan Pro Wrestling express their condolences and sincerely pray for his eternal peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TNA added, \u201cWe are heartbroken to learn of the passing of Joe Doering. A commanding in-ring performer and a wonderful person, he will never be forgotten. We offer our deepest condolences to his fans, his friends and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0pro wrestling community\u00a0also mourned Doering\u2019s death on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Doering was battling <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/22\/health\/scary-mommy-founder-dies-of-brain-cancer-at-48\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brain cancer<\/a> which he had been battling for a while. <\/p>\n<p>He entered hospice care earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Doering started his pro wrestling journey in 2004 when he made his debut for Border City Wrestling. <\/p>\n<p>He moved through promotions, making appearances in AJPW in 2007 and TNA in 2005. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39819576\" width=\"443\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/joe-doering-looks-japan-pro-132491917.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Doering, a\u00a0pro wrestling\u00a0star who competed at All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), has died, the companies said Friday.\" class=\"wp-image-39819576\"  \/>Pro wrestling star Joe Doering, 44, has died, confirmed by All Japan Pro Wrestling and TNA. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39819577\" width=\"443\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/joe-doering-enters-ring-pro-132491929.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Doering enters the ring wearing a white cowboy hat and a long brown fur coat.\" class=\"wp-image-39819577\"  \/>Doering had been battling a brain tumor and entered hospice care earlier this week before his passing. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>He also had a stint in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/08\/sports\/danhausen-makes-game-3-nba-finals-appearance-after-uncursing-knicks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WWE\u2019s\u00a0developmental<\/a> program, Florida Championship Wrestling, in 2010. <\/p>\n<p>He never debuted on the WWE\u2019s main roster.<\/p>\n<p>In AJPW, he was a four-time world tag team champion and a two-time triple crown heavyweight champion. He won the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice in TNA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Doering, a\u00a0pro wrestling\u00a0star who competed at All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA),&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":729944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[71633,687,8609,88,1493,194],"class_list":["post-729943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-all-elite-wrestling","tag-cancer","tag-death","tag-entertainment","tag-hospital","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}