Darren Drozdov, Former NFL Player and WWE Star, Dead at 54 | NewsBurrow

Darren Drozdov, a previous University of Maryland football standout who had a three-year NFL profession and later on discovered fame in expert fumbling prior to a disastrous in-ring injury cut his profession short, has actually passed away. He was 54.

According to World Fumbling Entertainment, Drozdov passed away Friday early morning from natural causes. His household supplied the expert fumbling company with a prolonged declaration, in which they verified the awful news and commemorated the cherished professional athlete.

” Darren, passionately referred to as ‘Droz,’ was associated with a terrible ring mishap while battling for the WWE in 1999 that rendered him a quadriplegic,” the declaration stated. “Nonetheless, Droz kept a champion frame of mind and lived every day to the max although he was not able to move from the neck down for the past 24 years. His own words summarize his ruthless positivity in the middle of misfortune: ‘There is constantly another day. Even if I’m paralyzed and stuck in a wheelchair, does not imply my life is over. I have actually found out to live once again, and my life is far from over.'”

The household went on to thank the WWE for treating him like household in addition to supporting Daren and making certain he “constantly had the appropriate care and treatment required to reside in his condition over the past 24 years.”

Drozdov is being kept in mind as “a dedicated child, bro, and pal who had actually constantly put others initially, particularly his household.”

Referred To As “an enforcing force in the ring,” the WWE honored Drozdov with a touching homage on its site.

” Darren Drozdov ended up being a noteworthy figure in WWE, understood to fans as both Puke and Droz throughout his time as an in-ring rival,” the declaration checked out. “Drozdov was a talented professional athlete prior to concerning WWE, playing football at the University of Maryland prior to stints in the NFL with the New York City Jets, Philadelphia Eagles, and Denver Broncos.”

Drozdov mesmerized audiences in the late 1990 s with his time invested in the Legion of Doom teaming with Animal and his Droz’s World vignettes,” the declaration continued. “WWE extends its acknowledgements to Darren Drozdov’s household, pals and fans.”

After a brief profession in the NFL (1993 was the only year when he saw the field as a protective take on with the Broncos, when he likewise threw up on the football throughout a Monday Night Football video game), Drozdov signed up with Extreme Champion Fumbling (ECW) in 1997 prior to making his WWE launching the list below year.

Drozdov– nicknamed “Vomit” since of his capability to throw up on command– was left paralyzed after suffering an in-ring injury on Oct. 5, 1999, throughout SmackDown While taking on the wrestler D’Lo Brown, Drozdov arrived at his head and broke 2 vertebrae in his neck.

While he continued with a favorable outlook, Drozdov confessed in a 2014 FOX Sports profile that taking lots of medications a number of times a day– paired with needing to lay flat for extended periods– took a toll on him. His objective stayed the very same, to raise up those around him.

” My group is a Blessing and all I can do for them is to not quit and to fight much like I have all my life,” he informed FOX Sports at the time. “I even attempt and encourage them, and I hope that I do.”

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