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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2012 2:42:51 GMT -5
The following statement was released on Facebook via Bran Christopher, Jerry Lawler’s son. The details that he gives tell us just what type of situation that Lawler is still in. He’s obviously in a huge battle still. The statement: “Ok, here’s the latest real update. Lauren and I are here at the hospital in Montreal. He does not look good at all. He is responsive to questions that he is asked which is very good. His sedation and breathing support are being lowered slowly right now. He was shocked a total of 7 times at the arena and underwent a balloon stint to open up a clogged artery when he arrived at hospital. Everyone out there needs to say a special prayer for his brain at this point, please. Tests on his brain will not be available until the morning. One of us two will keep all you guys informed as we know more.” wrestlechat.net/brian-christopher-releases-a-statement-on-his-dads-condition-says-lawler-was-shocked-7-times/
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Post by marktaggart on Sept 12, 2012 8:48:14 GMT -5
I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but being at RAW definitely saved his life. He was literally feet away from emergency medical care; someone who had that kind of massive heart attack at home would have almost certainly not survived. He apparently had a hereditary history of heart problems, as his father died from a massive heart attack when he was about the age Lawler is now. This would have happened no matter what he did for a living, and wrestling probably truly saved his life.
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Post by Tournament Master on Sept 12, 2012 10:00:20 GMT -5
Thats a good point MT. Never thought of that, but its absolutely true. Hoping the brain damage he received isnt too bad, but luckily he is alive.
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Post by Eliath on Sept 12, 2012 10:14:52 GMT -5
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Post by Phoenix on Sept 12, 2012 11:40:36 GMT -5
Really good news.....-No Brain Damage for Lawler
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Post by LWPD on Sept 12, 2012 19:26:51 GMT -5
Jerry Lawler's long time broadcast partner, Jim Ross, gave a nice commentary on The King. Courtesy of J.R.'s Place JR's Thoughts on Jerry Lawler and the Montreal RawWhat an amazing and unreal 24 hours it has been with the major heart attack suffered by my long time partner and friend Jerry Lawler live during Monday Night Raw. It feels like a bad dream but unfortunately it isn't.
I was watching Monday Night Raw as usual when fans at the arena began Tweeting that something was wrong with the King at the announce table. The more that I read these shocking Tweets the more helpless that I felt because I wasn't there in Montreal to help my dear friend.
Michael Cole's updates had me trembling.
For Jerry Lawler to be sick is highly unusual. Being a 62 year old man, the King has been as fit as any one that I've known. He wrestles several times a month on the indy circuit and still plays in his Memphis softball league on Wednesday nights. Jerry is also 'young at heart' which isn't new news.
Plus, my long time partner and traveling companion has never smoked, drank alcohol or been a drug user. In a rough and tumble business, Jerry Lawler has essentially been an iron man since the 70's.
But even self acclaimed 'Iron Men' aren't bullet proof even though many of us think that we are.
Trust me, we aren't.
I'm not sure what caused Jerry's heart attack but it could have been genetic, Jerry's Dad died of a heart attack at a young age, or something that has been brewing for a good while. I don't know. In any event, suffering a massive heart attack is obviously life changing.
I know of what I speak on this matter as I lost both my parents at the age of 64 of heart attacks one year a part. Heart ailments are equal opportunity killers that care not who they attack.
Neither of my parents were in a position when their heart attacks occurred to get the immediate medical help that was available to Jerry in Montreal. My Mom died in mere minutes while we were in London for a PPV and my Dad held on for a few hours before he could fight no more. For the record, Dad passed on the night that LOD returned to Monday Night Raw. Funny how one remembers info like this.
Based on the information that I have, Jerry was extremely lucky to have been at a WWE event when his attack occurred. The immediate care that the trained professionals provided Jerry likely saved his life.
I shutter to think what the outcome would have been if Jerry had been wrestling on one of the indy shows that he was often booked. Heck, even driving to the arena or sitting in a restaurant might have proven fatal based on the hand that The King was dealt in Montreal Monday evening.
The last report that I received is that Jerry was in stable condition and getting excellent cardio care in a Montreal hospital. All of Jerry's vital signs are stable according to WWE.com. This is the information that we need to hear at this time and is positive. Tomorrow is another day and, God willing, will be an even better day for The King.
It might be a few days before all the needed medical information on Jerry's condition is processed but because he got immediate care from WWE doctors and EMTS, the King of Memphis chances of recovering seems good.
I tweeted today @jrsbbq that I have spent many hours since Monday night not only awake but thinking of all the hours that Jerry and I have spent together since the early 90's, the miles that we have traveled together, and the great times that we've shared.
I came to the conclusion that those times aren't memories but merely a prelude to the future where more memories will be made.
Jerry is a strong willed man who is amazingly active and competitive. I truly feel that he will battle through this recent challenge and come out healthier and even happier on the other side of his convalescence.
I say with all sincerity that I feel that Jerry and I have not taken our last road trip nor have we commentated our last match together. There's a Cracker Barrel in our future and another karaoke concert in the rental car where King sings with a British accent to a Beatles tune not to mention him bemoaning his beloved Cleveland sports teams, the Indians and the Browns.
Jerry Lawler was my most favorite broadcast partner of all time and his talent made me better. Compared to him, I was "brown shoes at a formal wedding."
But even better than our professional relationship and success, The King and I are true friends in a challenging profession where those are hard to come by.
Also, I want to say to all the talents who performed during Monday's ordeal that I am very, very proud of your professionalism.
There aren't adequate words to express the stellar job that Michael Cole did sitting at the broadcast desk that can be, from my own experience, extremely challenging to navigate on live TV during catastrophic moments such as Monday night.
For men like Bret Hart, CM Punk and John Cena to deliver as they did in the final segment of Monday Night Raw was nothing short of extraordinary. I am proud of each man and the entire WWE team for responding in the face of immense adversity that faced them in Montreal.
Get well soon Jerry.
JR
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Post by Sinclair Promotions on Sept 13, 2012 17:52:23 GMT -5
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Post by Werner Mueck on Sept 13, 2012 21:10:56 GMT -5
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Post by LWPD on Sept 16, 2012 18:09:11 GMT -5
The legendary Dory Funk Jr. offered some thoughts on the career of Jerry Lawler. Courtesy of Oclala.com Ocala's Funk wishes WWE legend Lawler well after on-air heart attack By John PattonAs they do pretty much every week, Dory Funk Jr. and his wife Marti settled in at their Ocala home last week to watch Monday Night Raw on the USA Network.
Marti was in front of the television, while Dory wandered from the kitchen to the living room, glancing up and listening to World Wrestling Entertainment's flagship show while he made a snack.
About two hours into the broadcast, something was different.
“I noticed there was no commentary and I wondered, ‘What the heck is going on?' ” said Dory Funk, a WWE Hall of Fame inductee in 2009. “Then, things started coming out and it didn't sound good.”
Affable longtime color commentator Jerry “the King” Lawler had suffered a heart attack during a match where Daniel Bryan and Kane were taking on Titus O'Neal (former Gator football player Thaddeus Bullard) and Darren Young.
Soon after, lead announcer Michael Cole somberly alerted the viewing audience to his broadcast partner's precarious situation. Cole cautioned this was no storyline, that is was very real. And the concern shown on his face made it clear he was very worried.
“I was looking at my monitor, (and) Jerry was looking at his monitor,” Cole told ‘Fox and Friends' on Wednesday. “And all of a sudden, I heard snoring on the air. I thought he was out — like, sleeping. For a split moment, I thought it was part of the entertainment. Then, I looked over and I realized that his head was on the table and his arms started to shake. I knew at that point there was an issue.”
Meanwhile, back in Ocala, Marti and Dory — Lawler's friends for more than three decades — began to fear the worst.
“When I saw Michael deliver the news, I texted one of the people closest to Jerry, a promoter in Nashville (Bert Prentice),” Marti said. “I asked if we should be praying. He said ‘yes.' ”
As time went by, it became evident that Lawler, 62, was fortunate he was at a WWE event instead of one of the small-town independent shows at which he often performs. EMTs at the Bell Centre in Montreal got to him within 90 seconds of his collapse, reviving him backstage after what has been reported as anywhere from seven to 15 minutes where his heart was not beating and he was not breathing, according to a detailed account published in the Wrestling Observer newsletter.
“There was no better place for him to be,” said Dory Funk, whose father, also a professional wrestler, died of a heart attack in 1973. “The WWE and the McMahon family do a wonderful job of providing protection and care for their wrestlers. They did, as they always do, make sure medical help was in place in case something like this were to happen.
“They did a terrific job, and I'm very thankful Jerry is here today.”
Dory Funk estimates it was 1970 or 1971 when he first met Lawler.
Funk was the touring NWA world heavyweight champion from Feb. 11, 1969, through May 24, 1973. One of his stops early in the run was Memphis, where he was to face a charismatic young star who was one of the first wrestlers ever to use theme music.
“He was such a big deal he even came to the ring on a horse one time,” Funk said of Lawler, whose wrestling feud with comedian Andy Kaufman was a major storyline in the biopic “Man on the Moon.”
“And Elvis Presley was a big fan of Jerry's who would go backstage to watch the matches at the Mid-South Coliseum,” Funk added.
Funk and his challenger wrestled to a one-hour draw, with Lawler pulling his singlet strap off his shoulder — an action that still gets fans excited more than 40 years later.
“I heard stories about this up-and-coming kid when I was coming in, and he lived up to everything I had been told,” said Funk, who estimates he and Lawler worked together five or six times. “He was a great wrestler and just a fabulous, tremendous showman. And the people of Memphis ... they loved him.”
That soon also became the case with Dory and Marti, whom he met 32 years ago and married five years later.
“I've known Jerry as long as I've known Dory,” Marti Funk said. “And Jerry is just the sweetest guy in the world. He just brings so much life to every room he enters. He's like the life of every party, and he makes everyone there feel like they are a big part of that party.
“Jim Ross (Lawler's longtime broadcast partner prior to Cole) said when Dick Clark passed away that Jerry was now the oldest living teenager in the world, and I think that is right on.”
Lawler has been a major supporter of the Funk family's Funking Conservatory Wrestling School and !Bang! TV program, traveling to Ocala to entertain, meet with fans and offer advice to aspiring grapplers.
“When he was here, everybody in the building had the opportunity to meet him,” Dory Funk said. “He made everyone there feel like he was just as excited to spend time with them as they were to spend time with him.
“He truly understands and loves his fans and the wrestling business. Behind the scenes, he gave of himself to every person, whether it was talent or production. He knew people came to see him, and he wanted to give back. That's just Jerry.”
On Friday, Lawler remained in a hospital cardiac care unit in Montreal. Reports were that he is recovering nicely.
Lawler's girlfriend, Lauryn McBride, posted on Facebook that he was no longer in need of ventilation tubes to breathe and had been resting, per doctor's orders. She said he was anxious to get back to Memphis.
“I will be bringing the King back home before you know it,” McBride wrote.
On Thursday, Lawler addressed the public in a short video on Tout, a company in which the WWE has a partial ownership stake. He was the one-liner-delivering guy wrestling fans have known for years, joking that he had more wires coming out of him than AT&T.
It is too soon to speculate when or if Lawler might return to announcing or if he will ever step foot in a wrestling ring again. But, to many of his friends, that is of little matter.
“We're just glad it sounds like he is doing better,” Marti Funk said. “We used to text him frequently, but we haven't tried in the last few days because we know he needs his space to make a full recovery.
“But he knows we love him, and if he wanted us there with him, we would be there. We would always be there for Jerry.”
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Post by tystates on Sept 16, 2012 18:30:06 GMT -5
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