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2. Brian Pillman
The man after whom Dean Ambrose modeled his "Lunatic Fringe" persona, he was the Wrestling Observer Rookie of the Year in 1987, one year after the previous man on this list.
He was a prolific high-flyer and a great technician, but his most unique attribute was his versatility. From the "Flyin' Pillman" luchadore persona which very few American wrestlers could pull off back in the day to the "Loose Cannon" gimmick that gave him success as the most dangerous psychotic heel of his time, Pillman was as good as they come.
A member of Stampede Wrestling, WCW, ECW and WWF, he suffered a horrific ankle break in a car accident on April 15, 1996, that forced him change his wrestling style to a more grounded, "brawler" style of in-ring performance.
His most famous feud was that versus his former "Hollywood Blonds" partner Stone Cold Steve Austin on late 1996, when he pulled a gun and cursed on live TV in one of the most historically significant moments of the early WWF Attitude Era.
Unfortunately, in an occasion hard to imagine by today's high medical standards, Pillman suffered from an undetected arteriosclerotic heart disease that led to his sudden, devastating death in his sleep on October 5, 1997, at only 35 years of age. Ironically, the same condition killed his father when Brian was 3 years old.
At the time of his passing he was feuding with Goldust and real-life ex-girlfriend Marlena in a love triangle scenario that was cut short by his loss.
With no dark spots on his career or death conditions, it seems only a matter of time before he is eventually inducted to the HOF.
Information sources: Ten Bell Salute, Wikipedia
