Andy Williams, the All-Elite Wrestler known as The Butcher and a founding guitarist of the metalcore band Every Time I Die, has died at 48 after collapsing at the end of a tag-team match in Millvale, Pennsylvania.The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the death to TMZ on Sunday.RIP Andy Williams aka The Butcher pic.twitter.com/CCm1E6iNwV— Jeff Ferrara (@JFerraraF18) September 6, 2026No cause has been released, and an autopsy is pending.Williams and longtime tag team partner Jesse “The Blade” Guilmette were working Enjoy Wrestling’s Five Years show at Mr. Smalls Theatre on Saturday, against TME.Enjoy Wrestling said he went down at the close of the tag team match, and that doctors on staff started CPR and used a defibrillator until an ambulance came.The rest of the show was canceled, and the crowd was sent home.All Elite Wrestling is saddened to learn of the passing of Andy Williams, aka The Butcher. A 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… pic.twitter.com/FZ5WhSGsFl— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) September 6, 2026AEW posted condolences Sunday, calling him a trailblazing musician with Every Time I Die and later Atomic Rule who moved into wrestling and was respected in and out of the ring.“All Elite Wrestling is saddened to learn of the passing of Andy Williams, aka The Butcher,” the post read. “A 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. Our condolences go out to Williams’ family, friends and fans.”POST Wrestling posted the following two witness accounts of what happened:From Rich Fann, who attended the show:It was towards the end of the match. He seemed to be in a bit of dire straits, they went to a finish, and he was a little wobbly. Andy then went down, and Blade helped him up a bit and then tried to get folks to help – but no one saw at first. Once they saw, both the crew, the paramedics, and the crowd worked in unison. Cleared a path, paid attention to the calls on the mic, and then got him chest compressions, ice, and then the AED. Then they boarded and got him out of there.From a second person in attendance:He was in a match with Blade against TME which seemed to go short as he left the ring for Blade to take a pinfall. He then was outside for the remainder. I thought maybe he was concussed but my friend said he looked gassed. They paused the show for an intermission as Enjoy staff and fellow talent tried to help him. They moved him near an exit door. Nothing really happened for 15 or so minutes until police arrived and then EMTs 5-10 mins later when they announced the show was ending early.Every Time I Die formed in 1998. Williams stayed in the band through nine studio albums and the band’s 2022 split.The post Every Time I Die Guitarist and AEW Wrestler Andy ‘The Butcher’ Williams Dead at 48 After Collapsing in the Ring appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.