Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler Lance Cade died on Friday morning of what is believed to have been a heart failure at the age of 29.

Lance McNaught in real life has numerous runs with WWE since joining in 2000 that includes a prominent tag-team with Trevor Murdoch, and was able to join the Chris Jericho’s protégé before he was released in 2008.

McNaught, who was one of the original wrestling students of Shawn Michaels at the Michaels’ Wrestling Academy in San Antonio, Texas and worked for the WWE using the ring name Lance Cade. Because of his tall and thin body frame as well as athletic skills, he was compared to a young Barry Windham. After his few appearances for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW) in Japan, Heartland Wrestling Association (HWA) and Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), he was immediately given the opportunity to sign a contract with the WWF.

In 2003, he was able to join the prominent group to form a team along with Mark Jindrak competing for the Wrestlemania XX matchup. Eventually, Cade was brought back to WWE developmental and came back as the partner of Trevor Murdoch, which they became one of the dominant WWE Tag Teams.

His most dominant appearances in WWE when he became second to Chris Jericho during the superior feud of Jericho against Shawn Michaels. However, because of the incident on a plane where he took several painkillers and went into a convulsive attack, Cade was immediately relieved from the WWE. The aircraft had to be change direction to be able to save his life.

WWE eventually decided to give him a second chance by bringing him back only for a one year deal, but released him without definite reason. Although there had been some rumors, that he is seeking for assistance because of private matters. The company then decided to help him by sending him to the rehab. Cade was a bit disappointed with his released because he felt that the contract he had signed is not followed. However, a source close to the company said that the management and wrestlers, who worked with Cade before, rejected the claim secretly.

Unfortunately, today Cade leaves behind his two young daughters.