That's Freakin' Wrestling Podcast
Sep 9, 2026 · 1 hr 35 min · 11 segments
The empty nester road trip is in full effect as we’re on the west coast and we give our condolences to who we lost last week in the wrestling world, talk ‘Sunday Night’s Main Event’, WWE RAW, AEW…
So, uh, Andy Williams, which of course, also known as the Butcher in AEW, passed away on Saturday at the age of only 48 years old.
Uh, on Saturday, we were flying from Chicago to Los Angeles, which is where we are right now.
Of course, we'll get to that story in a little bit.
But, um, we land...
Mm-hmm
... and I check-
Yep
...
X, and then I see that, uh, Andy had collapsed at a independent show.
And there was a account, uh, that I'm not gonna shout out just because the owners had a reckless past and still continues to be reckless, but, uh, they announced that he had passed away, and nobody else announced it.
And there were people saying he hadn't passed away, he's not passed away, uh, take this down.
But what my alarming part of it was was we were now getting into four hours later and nobody had an update on social media surrounding, uh, Andy Williams.
And I had told you, I'm like, "That's not a good sign-"
Mm-mm
... at all.
You know, and word was he collapsed after the tag match that they had.
I guess he hit his head either on the ring post, they said, or on the floor, and then, uh, they tried to resuscitate him, got him to the hospital, and he, he did not pull through.
Um, the cause of his death has not been released yet or determined, but of course everything it looks like is cardiac arrest.
You know, it looks like-
Mm
... a, a heart attack.
But boy, was that one kinda...
Anytime you see somebody who passes away that young-
So, uh, Andy Williams, which of course, also known as the Butcher in AEW, passed away on Saturday at the age of only 48 years old.
Uh, on Saturday, we were flying from Chicago to Los Angeles, which is where we are right now.
Of course, we'll get to that story in a little bit.
But, um, we land...
Mm-hmm
... and I check-
Yep
...
X, and then I see that, uh, Andy had collapsed at a independent show.
And there was a account, uh, that I'm not gonna shout out just because the owners had a reckless past and still continues to be reckless, but, uh, they announced that he had passed away, and nobody else announced it.
And there were people saying he hadn't passed away, he's not passed away, uh, take this down.
But what my alarming part of it was was we were now getting into four hours later and nobody had an update on social media surrounding, uh, Andy Williams.
And I had told you, I'm like, "That's not a good sign-"
Mm-mm
... at all.
You know, and word was he collapsed after the tag match that they had.
I guess he hit his head either on the ring post, they said, or on the floor, and then, uh, they tried to resuscitate him, got him to the hospital, and he, he did not pull through.
Um, the cause of his death has not been released yet or determined, but of course everything it looks like is cardiac arrest.
You know, it looks like-
Mm
... a, a heart attack.
But boy, was that one kinda...
Anytime you see somebody who passes away that young-
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