{"id":675777,"date":"2026-09-06T19:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/675777\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T19:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:41:14","slug":"andy-williams-every-time-i-die-guitarist-and-pro-wrestler-dead-at-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/675777\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Williams, Every Time I Die Guitarist and Pro Wrestler, Dead at 48"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAndy Williams, a professional wrestler who was formerly the founding guitarist of metalcore band Every Time I Die<\/a>, has died at the age of 48.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to reports, Williams \u2014 who wrestled under the name \u201cThe Butcher\u201d \u2014 collapsed at the end of his tag team match Saturday at an Enjoy Wrestling event in Millvale, Pennsylvania. \u201cOur doctors on staff tended to him immediately, administering CPR until the ambulance arrived,\u201d Enjoy Wrestling wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tWilliams ultimately died Saturday night, the Allegheny County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office told TMZ<\/a>. No cause of death was immediately known.<\/p>\n

\n\tBefore he was \u201cThe Butcher,\u201d Williams served as founding rhythm guitarist of the Buffalo metalcore band Every Time I Die, serving in that role from their formation in 1998 to their breakup in 2022. During his tenure in ETID, Williams played on all nine of the band\u2019s studio albums, concluding with 2021\u2019s Radical.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile with Every Time I Die, Williams began training and then moonlighting as a wrestler in the 2010s, first working the independent circuits before rising to the level of All Elite Wrestling, where he made his debut as \u201cThe Butcher\u201d in 2019.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAll Elite Wrestling is saddened to learn of the passing of Andy Williams, aka The Butcher,\u201d AEW wrote in a statement Sunday. \u201cA trailblazing musician with ETID and Atomic Rule, Williams made a successful transition into the world of professional wrestling and was incredibly respected by his peers both in and out of the ring.\u00a0Our condolences go out to Williams\u2019 family, friends and fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tWilliams \u2014 who frequently wrestled alongside tag team partner Jesse \u201cThe Blade\u201d Guilmette, who was also his partner Saturday at what was Williams\u2019 final match \u2014 spent seven years with AEW and its sister circuit Ring of Honor, a run that concluded in June 2026.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing Every Time I Die\u2019s disbandment, Williams joined the group Atomic Rule, which he worked on outside wrestling; in a social media post<\/a> just hours before his death, Williams told Atomic Rule fans that the band was hard at work on new music.<\/p>\n