"Bigger, Stronger, Faster" Star Passes Away

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Local pro wrestler Mike Bell dies at 37

December 15, 2008

Former pro wrestler Mike Bell, an Arlington High School graduate and Poughkeepsie native, died Sunday afternoon at age 37, the wrestling website Figure Four Online reported late Sunday night.







Bell wrestled for World Wrestling Entertainment in the late 1990s and after that, Extreme Championship Wrestling. He performed at Mid-Hudson Civic Center for both promotions.

He was heavily featured in "Bigger, Stronger, Faster," a critically acclaimed documentary directed and starring his younger brother Chris, which explored steroid use in sports. The movie had candid interviews with both Bell brothers, as well as their parents, Rosemary and Sheldon and brother Mark.

Mike Bell was a football captain at Arlington and later played on scholarship at the University of Cincinnati