Damn, 1/2 Of "Too Cool", Brian Christopher aka “Grandmaster Sexay", Jerry Lawler's Son, Has Died Of Suicide

WhatCulture - Former WWE Tag Team Champion Brian ‘Grandmaster Sexay’ Christopher, has died. Multiple sources report he was rushed to hospital last night after hanging himself in jail, where he later passed away, as confirmed by The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer. He was just 46 years old.

The son of Memphis wrestling legend Jerry Lawler, Brian Christopher was born Brian Lawler in 1972. Following in his father’s footsteps, he spent a decade working in Memphis’ USWA under the name ‘Too Sexay’, feuding with many of the territory’s top stars – including ‘The King’ himself – before making the switch to WWE in 1997. At first drafted in to bolster the fledgling Light Heavyweight Division, Christopher eventually found his feet pairing with Scott “Too Hot” Taylor as ‘Too Much’.

Adopting the names of Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty, the newly rechristened Too Cool became unexpectedly over, thanks in part to the addition of the break-dancing superheavyweight Rikishi. Hitting the height of their popularity at the turn of the millennium, Too Cool found themselves in headline programmes opposite Triple H and Edge & Christian.

Damn. Terrible news this morning. Multiple outlets are reporting multiple things, some saying he is on life support, others like the above source reporting that he has passed away. Either way, awful news. Brian Christopher was just 46 years old. If you grew up watching WWE in the late 90’s and early 2000’s, you know him as Grandmaster Sexay, one half of the tag team Too Cool.

Too Cool was one of my favorite tag teams growing up. They were so fun to watch- just a couple guys dancing, doing the worm, Rikishi giving stink faces left and right, it was great.

After wrestling he ran into trouble with drugs and alcohol, never able to overcome his demons, ending with him hanging himself in jail after a DUI arrest last week. Brian was the son of Jerry “The King” Lawler, long time wrestler and announcer for WWE. Just tragic.

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