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WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall dies aged 63 after multiple heart attacks

Scott Hall wrestled under the name Razor Ramon in the WWE. (World Wrestling Entertainment)

Former WWE and WCW professional wrestler Scott Hall has died aged 63.

Hall, who wrestled for WWE in the 1990s under the name Razor Ramon, had his life support turned off on Tuesday morning AEDT.

Hall was in hospital after reportedly suffering three heart attacks. 

Long-time friend and former WWE and WCW champion Kevin Nash said Hall's family had decided to turn his life support off. 

The WWE issued a brief statement on social media, calling him a "dear friend". 

Hall became a household name in the United States with his Razor Ramon gimmick in the 1990s. 

His ladder matches with Shawn Michaels were legendary, as well as rivalries with Nash, Ted DiBiase and Bret Hart.

Hall and Nash left the WWE (then WWF) in 1996, joining rival promotion WCW where they would be part of a faction called the New World Order (NWO).

The NWO success catapulted WCW into the number one promotion in the United States for the better part of three years. 

Hall was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame twice, firstly on his own and secondly as part of the NWO.

WCW's former senior vice-president Eric Bishoff said he was "forever grateful" to Hall.

Former wrestler Mick Foley described Hall as a performer who was admired by his peers. 

"Scott Hall was a towering figure among his contemporaries — a legend inside and outside the ring," he said.

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