Darren Drozdov

Darren Alexander Drozdov April 7 1969 June 30 2023 known professionally as Droz was an American professional wrestler and football player After a short career in the National Football League NFL and the Canadian Football League CFL he went into professional wrestling He was best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation WWF initially under the ring name Puke a nickname carried over from his football career and then under the shortened version of his surname Drozdov was quadriplegic due to a neck injury sustained from a botched wrestling maneuver but regained most of the use of his upper body and arms His hiring interview with Vince McMahon was featured in the 1999 documentary Beyond the Mat