On March 11, 1993, Bresciano was found shot to death. He was 44 years old. Bresciano was thought to have been shot up to 17 times in the back of the head – the bullet wounds forming a circle – by a gunman while watching hockey in his Vimont, Laval, Quebec mansion. It is widely believed that his alleged role in illegal cigarette smuggling in Canada led to his murder after he is said to have crossed the Mafia. According to Bret Hart’s autobiography Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling, right before his death Bresciano had confided to close friends that he knew his days were numbered.