Brian Christopher, Former WWE Wrestler, Dies at 46 in Apparent Suicide

Author: Jeremy Fuster / Source: TheWrap

Brian Christopher, former WWE wrestler and son of wrestling legend Jerry Lawler, was pronounced dead on Sunday after taking his own life in jail, according to

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Born Brian Christopher Lawler in 1972, Christopher got his start in wrestling at the age of 16 as part of his father’s United States Wrestling Association under the ring name “Too Sexy” Brian Christopher. From 1988 to 1997, Christopher competed against legends like Jeff Jarrett, Tom Pritchard and even his own father.

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Christopher was signed by WWE — then known as WWF — in 1997 as part of the company’s light heavyweight division, competing for the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship in a losing effort to Taka Michinoku. While Lawler hyped his son on commentary, their relationship was never directly referred to outside of oblique references.

In 1999, at the height of WWF’s Attitude Era, Christopher reached the peak of…

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