Piper Niven (Viper) has Bell's Palsy

[ANuclearError]

Hope she's doing ok. Great wrestler and person, hope she pulls through this.

[Bub (BLM)]

f***, that's awful. The nerve damage could make wrestling impossible.

[Steveweiser]

Hope it's merely a mild form, and that she's able to continue performing.

[héad.casé]

f***. Been a fan of this young lady a while and I hope it's a mild form.

Horrible.

[autisticgeordie]

Holy shit, that's f***ing horrible, hope that it's the mildest form of Bells Palsy, as a fan of Viper, I hope she's OK.

[Totorob101]

Wishing her well, shes such a unique and talented performer and seems really lovely to.

[Mozenrath]

I hope for the best, that's obviously extremely rough.

[Deleted]

can taking an antiviral help?

[ANuclearError]

I'm not surprised she's finding the positives.

[67 more]

So how long until Vince shows up on NXT UK with a terrible Scottish accent?

[Deleted]

Glad she's managing to keep positive about it at least but still, all the best to her. Sounds very rough.

[Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃]

Dec 13, 2019 8:05:55 GMT -5 67 more said:

So how long until Vince shows up on NXT UK with a terrible Scottish accent?

That’s my fear....this is the company who’s boss/owner mocked a former commentator for having the same condition.

[autisticgeordie]

Dec 13, 2019 7:25:31 GMT -5 ANuclearError said:

I'm not surprised she's finding the positives.

I've been a fan of Viper for a good while and I just love her social media game, but I do genuinely find it amazing how she can have this potentially horrible condition and yet be so damn chill about it. That's incredible, I don't know what I'd do if I found out that I had Bells Palsy of any degree, but I wouldn't be as chill about it as Viper. Mad respect to her.

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Damn that sucks. Hopefully it’s not too serious and she can recover.

[autisticgeordie]

Dec 13, 2019 8:18:19 GMT -5 Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 said:

Dec 13, 2019 8:05:55 GMT -5 67 more said:

So how long until Vince shows up on NXT UK with a terrible Scottish accent?

That’s my fear....this is the company who’s boss/owner mocked a former commentator for having the same condition.

I think that times are different now, I mean, not that it was or should ever be acceptable to mock someone with Bells Palsy, but if they tried that today with Viper, they'd get ripped apart and rightfully so.

[Sam Punk]

Sad to hear.

[Deleted]

Sucks to hear. I think she's the best "big woman" in wrestling right now.

I hope she comes out of this okay.

[Hypnosis]

That sucks, hope she recovers from it soon.

Didn't Sarah Stock have the same thing happen to her when she was still in TNA?  Strangely enough, though, it was called "facial paralysis" by her and others, not Bell's Palsy, unless this was something slightly different.

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I was shocked just now when I googled to learn more about Bell’s Palsy and found out so many big name celebrities have been diagnosed with it over the years, including George Clooney and Angelina Jolie. Obviously the severity of each case can differ wildly, so let’s all hope Piper’s is as mild as possible. She’s a heck of a talent, and by all accounts, an even better person.

Dec 13, 2019 12:46:04 GMT -5 Hypnosis said:

That sucks, hope she recovers from it soon.

Didn't Sarah Stock have the same thing happen to her when she was still in TNA?  Strangely enough, though, it was called "facial paralysis" by her and others, not Bell's Palsy, unless this was something slightly different.

I thought about this too when I came into the thread. She had some form of facial paralysis and wrestled in a mask that covered the affected part of her face for a while.