Scott Hall, Wrestler Who Rose to Fame as Razor Ramon, Dies

Scott Corridor, the previous skilled wrestler who shot to fame within the early Nineties because the smug “Dangerous Man” Razor Ramon, recognized for carrying gold chains and flicking a toothpick at opponents, has died.

In a press release about his loss of life on Monday, World Wrestling Leisure referred to as Mr. Corridor a “massively influential famous person.” A number of information shops reported he was 63, although that would not be instantly confirmed.

Mr. Corridor was a part of a wrestling cohort that broke into mainstream fame within the Nineties and early 2000s, underneath the watchful eye of Vince McMahon, the chairman of the WWE. The period produced stars together with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, “Stone Chilly” Steve Austin and the Undertaker, amongst others.

Mr. Corridor had suffered issues from hip alternative surgical procedure this month, in accordance with Professional Wrestling Torch, a web site that has extensively lined the wrestling world for greater than 30 years. He had been on life assist in Georgia following three coronary heart assaults over the weekend, the web site mentioned.

Kevin Nash, one other former skilled wrestler, mentioned in an Instagram submit on Sunday that Mr. Corridor’s household had supposed to take him off life assist.

“I’m going to lose the one individual on this planet I’ve spent extra of my life with than anybody else,” Mr. Nash wrote. “I really like Scott with all my coronary heart however now I’ve to organize my life with out him within the current.”

Mr. Corridor began his wrestling profession in 1984 and joined World Championship Wrestling in 1991 because the Diamond Studd, in accordance with WWE. The subsequent yr he joined the WWE, then generally known as the World Wrestling Federation, as Razor Ramon, a personality influenced by Al Pacino’s portrayal of Tony Montana in “Scarface.”

Mr. Corridor grew to become a four-time Intercontinental Champion throughout his time with the WWE. Two of his most well-known performances had been ladder matches — a contest to seize the championship belt, hung above the ring, utilizing a ladder — towards Shawn Michaels for that title at WrestleMania X and SummerSlam 1995.

Mr. Corridor rejoined World Championship Wrestling in 1996 as a heel, or as portraying the villain, underneath his given title and have become a founding member of the New World Order, alongside Mr. Nash and Hulk Hogan.

Outdoors of the ring, Mr. Corridor struggled with medication and alcohol abuse, and went to rehab no less than a dozen occasions, in accordance with a 2017 interview. He mentioned that WWE supported a few of his remedy, and likewise credited one other wrestler, Diamond Dallas Web page, for serving to along with his restoration.

“He wasn’t good,” Mr. Nash mentioned on Sunday of Mr. Corridor. “However as he all the time mentioned, ‘The final good individual to stroll the planet they nailed to a cross.’”

Mr. Corridor was inducted into the WWE Corridor of Fame as Razor Ramon in 2014 and once more in 2020 as a member of the New World Order.

“I discovered that once I stepped by that curtain, that I might have a relationship as a performer with an viewers,” Mr. Corridor mentioned throughout his 2014 induction speech. “And it was a strong factor to me, whether or not I used to be the hated villain or the beloved hero. That was one thing that I’ve all the time treasured.”

He ended the speech: “In my lifetime, I’ve discovered laborious work pays off, desires come true, unhealthy occasions don’t final, however unhealthy guys do.”