Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-9346948-20180523070317/@comment-26537965-20180605154248

Stryzzar wrote: He's a f**king zombie! He's dead!

Which is why it's indirect just like Atom Smasher. He only decided to kill himself after Barry knocked him off the edge. If he'd won the fight against Barry then he wouldn't have made Barry drop him. Not technically dead. He basically expirienced a fate worse than that.