Brian Pillman Worked Wrestling Fans As Well As Anyone Ever Did
by Dan McQuade from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#347EJ)
Brian Pillman died 20 years ago today. Scheduled to wrestle at WWF's Badd Blood PPV that night-the event with the classic first Hell in a Cell match, between Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker-he didn't show up to the arena. He'd died in his sleep overnight at a budget motel in Bloomington, Minnesota. He was 35.