Chad1m
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Post by Chad1m on Sept 10, 2012 22:31:10 GMT -5
If you wish to revisit the incident during tonight's broadcast, here is a link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-usCDR3tiE#t=6m20sYou can hear Jerry Lawler start speaking more muffled at 6:26, and a series of unusual breathing/snoring-like sounds at 6:55.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Sept 10, 2012 22:31:27 GMT -5
Of course this is the top news story on local Memphis news right now. Anyone who knows Memphis wrestling knows who Dave Brown is, for those that don't he was the announcing partner of Lance Russell for studio wrestling here in Memphis for 20 years. Anyway, he is still the weatherman on local Memphis WMC TV, and he got emotional sending his best best wishes to Jerry in Montreal during tonight's broadcast.
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Post by Threadkiller [Classic] on Sept 10, 2012 22:31:39 GMT -5
I wasn't paying attention to the match at all. Did Lawler take any compromising shots?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2012 22:32:35 GMT -5
I wasn't paying attention to the match at all. Did Lawler take any compromising shots? Can't think of any specifics, but Ziggler must have been terrified.
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Post by George. on Sept 10, 2012 22:33:25 GMT -5
King took a couple Ziggler elbows to the chest area multiple times.
-DFG
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Krimzon
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Post by Krimzon on Sept 10, 2012 22:35:12 GMT -5
From a family that has had a history with neurological injuries (my mother had a brain aneurysm 6 years ago, I myself had a stroke at 18 months old), we wish King all the best in his recovery. You had a stroke at 18 months!? How did you survive that?
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Phil Parent
El Dandy
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Post by Phil Parent on Sept 10, 2012 22:35:24 GMT -5
If you wish to revisit the incident during tonight's broadcast, here is a link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-usCDR3tiE#t=6m20sYou can hear Jerry Lawler start speaking more muffled at 6:26, and a series of unusual breathing/snoring-like sounds at 6:55. At 8:08, Charles Robinson peeked outside the ring and told Young to stall.
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Phil Parent
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Post by Phil Parent on Sept 10, 2012 22:38:22 GMT -5
This video is so difficult to watch, you can see Lawler hunched over on his chair and Cole trying to check on him WHILE HE'S LIVE ON THE AIR.
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Post by Threadkiller [Classic] on Sept 10, 2012 22:38:48 GMT -5
If you wish to revisit the incident during tonight's broadcast, here is a link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-usCDR3tiE#t=6m20sYou can hear Jerry Lawler start speaking more muffled at 6:26, and a series of unusual breathing/snoring-like sounds at 6:55. At 8:08, Charles Robinson peeked outside the ring and told Young to stall. Thank God it was Lil' Naitch in there and not one of the new guys (although they appear to train them really well, just not sure about their training for this kind of situation). I imagine the entire enterprise might have fallen to pieces otherwise (not that the match mattered much against the circumstances). It really shows the value and importance of what a referee actually does, relaying information through the earpiece to the performers, and making sure they maintain an unobstructed flow during critical situations - although I'm sure either Bryan or Kane might have been able to take control of the proceedings, or at least helped, had the referee been out-of-sorts, though I'm not sure if they would have even been able to tell what was happening while working a match at the same time.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2012 22:39:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2012 22:40:05 GMT -5
Just saw the clip. Very scary.
Thoughts to the King.
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Yami Daimao
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Post by Yami Daimao on Sept 10, 2012 22:40:21 GMT -5
I haven't looked through the whole thread, but has JR said anything?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 10, 2012 22:40:24 GMT -5
From a family that has had a history with neurological injuries (my mother had a brain aneurysm 6 years ago, I myself had a stroke at 18 months old), we wish King all the best in his recovery. You had a stroke at 18 months!? How did you survive that? I don't really know myself... But as a result I've never really been able to use my right hand properly (If the left hand is 100%, then the right would be about 70%-80%... Can't really control the fingers individually that well).
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Post by Error on Sept 10, 2012 22:40:25 GMT -5
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Post by Error on Sept 10, 2012 22:40:56 GMT -5
I haven't looked through the whole thread, but has JR said anything? Just that he doesn't know any more or less than we do and to pray.
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Lancers
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Post by Lancers on Sept 10, 2012 22:41:19 GMT -5
If you wish to revisit the incident during tonight's broadcast, here is a link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-usCDR3tiE#t=6m20sYou can hear Jerry Lawler start speaking more muffled at 6:26, and a series of unusual breathing/snoring-like sounds at 6:55. At 8:08, Charles Robinson peeked outside the ring and told Young to stall. Look at 7:13, you'll see Cole hunched over, Lawler had already collapsed. He's calling the match while attending to Lawler. Insane.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Sept 10, 2012 22:42:39 GMT -5
At 8:08, Charles Robinson peeked outside the ring and told Young to stall. Look at 7:13, you'll see Cole hunched over, Lawler had already collapsed. He's calling the match while attending to Lawler. Insane. Holy shit. Cole is the man.
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Post by Error on Sept 10, 2012 22:43:07 GMT -5
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Post by TOK Is the Target Demo on Sept 10, 2012 22:43:21 GMT -5
If you wish to revisit the incident during tonight's broadcast, here is a link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-usCDR3tiE#t=6m20sYou can hear Jerry Lawler start speaking more muffled at 6:26, and a series of unusual breathing/snoring-like sounds at 6:55. At 7:13, you can see Cole looking down at Lawler while trying to maintain the broadcast. God, this whole thing is scary.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Sept 10, 2012 22:43:22 GMT -5
At 8:08, Charles Robinson peeked outside the ring and told Young to stall. Look at 7:13, you'll see Cole hunched over, Lawler had already collapsed. He's calling the match while attending to Lawler. Insane. As much crap as we've given Cole, stuff like that nevertheless shows just how committed a performer/employee he is.
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