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Post by Throwback on Sept 11, 2012 8:36:02 GMT -5
I know this is a little callas and cold but curiosity is getting to me. Did they go through with Pat Patterson appreciation night?
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Post by amaron on Sept 11, 2012 8:39:48 GMT -5
I know this is a little callas and cold but curiosity is getting to me. Did they go through with Pat Patterson appreciation night? No, they postponed it during RAW.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2012 8:44:57 GMT -5
Well this certainly isn't great news. But at least he's alive, so that's something not to worry too much about.
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Post by Lardlad on Sept 11, 2012 8:58:06 GMT -5
I'm not sure if this was posted yet or not, but just saw this on Smith Hart's twitter account: es.twitter.com/SmithHart1Smith Hart @smithhart1: According to my friend Jeremy Prophet who was backstage at RAW, Jerry was clinically dead for 20 min before being brought back by defibrilat If this is true, it is NOT good, clinical death for that length of time usually means extensive permanent brain damage if the person is able to be revived.
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Post by joebob27 on Sept 11, 2012 8:58:48 GMT -5
It's Smith Hart.
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Post by highfivessteve on Sept 11, 2012 8:58:58 GMT -5
I said this already in the pony thread, but I'll repeat it here (and maybe expand on it too) where more people will see it. I hope I don't come off as condescending and/or sappy. I think this thing with Jerry Lawler tonight should really put things into perspective for some people. It's great to talk about and debate the things we love, be it wrestling or whatever else it is you like. But sometimes, I think that, in that passion, we lose sight of the fact that these aren't life and death matters. In the grand scheme of things, the way a guy gets booked or the quality of a man's commentary is comparatively meaningless. After all it is just a TV show put out by people who, contrary to popular belief, want it to be good just as much as we do. I'm not saying don't give criticism when criticism is due... Just that there are important things in a life that could get taken away in the blink of an eye. I hope that those of you with families, be they one you were born into or one you've helped start yourself, tell them tonight that you love them. And since you guys and girls are part of of my internet family, well... I love you guys too. You are a good person. Well put and very, very true! Cool to see everyone band together in support of the King. What a surreal experience it was watching that. As said by everyone else in this thread: -Speedy recovery, King!!!! -Cole is indeed the man for keeping it together. I will leave you with 2 of my favorite Lawler lines over the years: "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotmy." "They say marriage is grand but divorce is 100 grand."
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Post by Steveweiser on Sept 11, 2012 9:00:16 GMT -5
There were quite the few pages of discussion about that tweet. This was the only one that mentioned that, the concensus was that he wasn't clinically dead.
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Post by 543Y2J on Sept 11, 2012 9:13:19 GMT -5
I think this should be the end of his part time in ring career and onto full time retirement from in ring action, that doesn't mean he can't do commentary. I don't think he should ever wrestle again no matter how long he was out for, nothing good can come from this sort of thing physically or mentally, especially if he goes back into more in ring action and matches.
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Post by hitch on Sept 11, 2012 9:20:36 GMT -5
For a while perhaps keep him only for PPVs.
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Post by PKO on Sept 11, 2012 9:21:29 GMT -5
Sorry if this has already been asked (it's not a thread I'd like to read the whole way through) but what other wrestlers have suffered heart attacks and stayed with us?
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on Sept 11, 2012 9:22:45 GMT -5
Sorry if this has already been asked (it's not a thread I'd like to read the whole way through) but what other wrestlers have suffered heart attacks and stayed with us? I think Barry Windham had one about a year ago and survived.
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Post by CMWaters on Sept 11, 2012 9:24:16 GMT -5
I think when I get home, in my own way of praying for Lawler, I'm going to re-watch "Man on the Moon"
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Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on Sept 11, 2012 9:25:37 GMT -5
Sorry if this has already been asked (it's not a thread I'd like to read the whole way through) but what other wrestlers have suffered heart attacks and stayed with us? I think Barry Windham had one about a year ago and survived. Barry Windham had everything happen to him last year. He suffered both a heart attack and a stroke at the same time, and apparently he broke his neck from the same fall that caused the heart attack and stroke.
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Post by mattperiolat on Sept 11, 2012 9:32:39 GMT -5
Let's be straight - Jerry Lawler dodged a bullet last night. And as a doctor told me after my own health crisis several years ago, not just dodged it, but heard it whistle.
All we can do now is offer up best wishes and, if so inclined, prayers for his health and recovery, for his family and those that love him. More importantly, his coworkers are hurting too, so think of that too.
Like others, I had felt that Lawler's better days as a commentator were behind him, but would never want something like this to happen to anyone. I for one am glad that in days ahead, words of how much we love and appreciate him will be heard rather than the negative that had been the staple. Accordingly and appropriately, I hope the same may be said for Michael Cole. We may have disliked the booking and his commentary, but last night, we saw Michael Cole as a man, emotionally naked, bearing a burden of having to try and be professional while also terrified that someone close to him week in and out may be gone. In both cases, I hope as fans and as a community the dialogue changes for not liking the men to not liking what they do, not who they are.
Just my thoughts the morning after. Keep Lawler in mind today and, as he said years ago when Owen was called home, don't ever walk out that front door without telling the people you care about how much you love them.
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Post by willywonka666 on Sept 11, 2012 9:33:15 GMT -5
Sorry if this has already been asked (it's not a thread I'd like to read the whole way through) but what other wrestlers have suffered heart attacks and stayed with us? I think Barry Windham had one about a year ago and survived. Most of the guys that suffer heart attacks are relatively young and don't survive. Really Lawler, for his age is kind of a rarity in this business. Of course he never got into drink, drugs or steroids either. My cousin said he could tell Lawler didn't look good when the show started. Sweating and coughing. He looked for signs after I told him what had happened. No way I could go back and watch
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Post by Lardlad on Sept 11, 2012 9:40:24 GMT -5
Stacy "The Kat" Carter is saying Lawler got a stent and balloon place in the heart, and is still sedated.
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Post by amaron on Sept 11, 2012 9:42:26 GMT -5
I think Barry Windham had one about a year ago and survived. Most of the guys that suffer heart attacks are relatively young and don't survive. Really Lawler, for his age is kind of a rarity in this business. Of course he never got into drink, drugs or steroids either. My cousin said he could tell Lawler didn't look good when the show started. Sweating and coughing. He looked for signs after I told him what had happened. No way I could go back and watchIf that's true then we are lucky to not have witnessed Jerry Lawler dropping dead in the ring.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Sept 11, 2012 9:44:43 GMT -5
I didn't watch much of the first two hours of Raw, but I do remember when they were doing on of he set pieces at the announce table, Lawler coughed a few times.
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Post by 543Y2J on Sept 11, 2012 9:51:07 GMT -5
Haven't seen this posted yet, just seen this posted on 411
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Post by ben:friendship frog on Sept 11, 2012 9:53:23 GMT -5
Didn't Malenko have a heart attack last year?
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