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Post by The Peck™ Says… on Sept 10, 2012 23:00:04 GMT -5
As I posted on Twitter, I met Jerry Lawler in February 2011 and he couldn't have been any nicer. When you meet someone "famous" - even for a few fleeting moments - and you come away with a feeling like "Wow...he's a really cool dude" it makes you root for him, which is all the more unsettling when he's (presumably) fighting for his life on live television.
Rest easy, Jerry, and get well soon!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2012 23:01:36 GMT -5
The fact that Cole was still calling the match while attending to his friend is something incredible. You could not tell me that something was wrong based on his commentating. It was only after a few minutes did I realize that something was wrong. Only reason I noticed something was up was because the crowd was standing up right in front of the hard camera looking towards them instead of the match
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Post by Lord Bendtner on Sept 10, 2012 23:01:48 GMT -5
Yeah, if JR was commentating he couldn't have continued the way Cole did. Major props.
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Post by Unocal 76 on Sept 10, 2012 23:01:51 GMT -5
@jrsbbq No updates on the King. Hospitalized in Montreal. Tests being done. Going to be a long night here in Okla. Wish I was in Montreal. Pray.
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Post by Rican on Sept 10, 2012 23:02:37 GMT -5
@jrsbbq No updates on the King. Hospitalized in Montreal. Tests being done. Going to be a long night here in Okla. Wish I was in Montreal. Pray. My heart breaks for JR. I can't even imagine what is going though his mind.
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Post by Phil Parent on Sept 10, 2012 23:02:52 GMT -5
I'll say this, the Bell Center emergency medical staff is second to none, The King was in good hands. I'm thinking of two incidents where they saved someone's life in a hockey game, Trent McCleary getting a slap shot to the throat which crashed his trachea and stopped his breathing, and Donald Audette getting his wrist slit by a skate blade and having severe bleeding.
All this to say, he was in good hands. And many people bash the Quebec medical system, but once you are getting to see the doctor and are getting treatment, you are fine. The problem is the wait times, but for something like this, you don't wait.
I'm thinking he was taken to Montreal's General Hospital or to the McGill University Health Center.
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Post by Drillbit Taylor on Sept 10, 2012 23:04:57 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 7:48 Kane is clearly not watching the ring and has a look of concern while looking at the announce booth.
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Post by stealthamo on Sept 10, 2012 23:06:36 GMT -5
The fact that Cole was still calling the match while attending to his friend is something incredible. You could not tell me that something was wrong based on his commentating. It was only after a few minutes did I realize that something was wrong. I'll disagree to a point. I was semi paying attention to Raw, but I realized that the match suddenly went silent. I heard Cole start talking again, but not Lawler. To your point though, with the way Cole was talking, I figured that either a fan jumped Jerry, or maybe he got disoriented and needed a moment to regain himself. It would've been a while before I got the actual outcome based on that commentary.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2012 23:07:30 GMT -5
Talent is apparently being told that it was a heart attack
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Post by Phil Parent on Sept 10, 2012 23:08:13 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 7:48 Kane is clearly not watching the ring and has a look of concern while looking at the announce booth. Lawler was real instrumental in Kane's career, he gave him his first exposure.
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Post by MGH on Sept 10, 2012 23:08:17 GMT -5
Talent is apparently being told that it was a heart attack Source?
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Post by Krimzon on Sept 10, 2012 23:08:47 GMT -5
How can people go back and watch that footage? I just can't bring myself to do it. We were witnessing a man die. Experiencing it once was enough. If you can go back and listen to him begin to go, you're a better man than me.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Sept 10, 2012 23:08:53 GMT -5
Talent is apparently being told that it was a heart attack This is one of those bizarre situations where you pray it is in fact a heart attack as opposed to a stroke.
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Post by Lord Bendtner on Sept 10, 2012 23:09:36 GMT -5
Talent is apparently being told that it was a heart attack Source? Bryan Alvarez's Twitter
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Post by Phil Parent on Sept 10, 2012 23:10:23 GMT -5
How can people go back and watch that footage? I just can't bring myself to do it. We were witnessing a man die. Experiencing it once was enough. If you can go back and listen to him begin to go, you're a better man than me. I wish I wouldn't have, now I know what a man near-dying sounds like. I mean, you hear some real hair raising labored breathing. I don't want to watch it again.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2012 23:10:35 GMT -5
Talent is apparently being told that it was a heart attack Source? twitter.com/bryanalvarez@bryanalvarez Talent at arena being told it was a likely a heart attack
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Post by Crappler El 0 M on Sept 10, 2012 23:12:03 GMT -5
Get well soon, King.
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Post by stealthamo on Sept 10, 2012 23:13:16 GMT -5
How can people go back and watch that footage? I just can't bring myself to do it. We were witnessing a man die. Experiencing it once was enough. If you can go back and listen to him begin to go, you're a better man than me. For me, it was morbid curiosity. I wasn't fully paying attention to the match, and I wanted to see if you could notice when everything went wrong.
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 10, 2012 23:13:26 GMT -5
Even if he does get well soon, I'd rather he not return to WWE for a good while, if ever.
I'd rather he just finally hang it all up, rest and recover at home.
But that's just me, personally.
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Post by rydndirty on Sept 10, 2012 23:13:46 GMT -5
Speaking of Cole helping Jerry while commentating, here is a picture of Cole bent over trying to help Jerry up. That's Jerry's hand around Coles shoulders. Unbelievable... pic.twitter.com/MC1wUFUQ
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