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Lawler's on-air scare

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    Wrestling legend collapses during live WWE match

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The politics all right folks who tuned -- to watch WW -- Monday night wrestling match got an on your scared they won't forget.

-- the live broadcast announcer Jerry the king Lawler suffered a heart attack.

And collapsed to the floor he was given CPR and seeing rushed to the hospital in the moments right after his broadcast partner Michael Cole.

Had this reaction.

This is not part of tonight's entertainment this is -- local real life situation.

-- my broadcast colleague Jerry the king -- earlier on tonight collapsed.

Okay that was its right now live on this Wednesday is Jerry's partner Michael quote -- -- good morning guys how is -- doing.

He's he's stable he's in a cardiac icu unit Montreal as we speak vital signs are getting better.

He has breathing tube which they're hoping to at some point today I'll remove it's basically being used to.

To help his body cope with the trauma that he's been through the past 36 hours but fingers are crossed and we're encouraged of course.

Prayers from millions and millions and millions around the world for the for this this this man has become just a a pop culture icon is now last I heard that it's hard and it stopped beating had to be revived correct well I'm not quite sure about -- I was actually -- when this happened.

I mean we were called the show we rely on Monday night and I was looking -- my monitor Jerry was looking at his monitor and all the sudden I heard snoring on the air and I.

For split moment thought that it was part of the sleeping.

And then I looked over and I realize that hit his head was on the table his -- started to shake and I knew at that point that there was -- it initiate.

I was my news background or what it was but instinctively jumped up and I hit my mute switch I didn't want people -- did see was had a sort of screaming for our doctor.

Doctor Sampson who was at -- he's there for all of our events might be answering one of our our production people at ringside -- they were immediately.

-- with Jerry brought him to the floor security jumped over the barricades about half dozen men carry him.

To decide in the arena put him on a stretcher.

And they got him to the back and thank god for doctor Sampson in the Montrae guarantees he wasn't just commentator and he was actually wrestling today -- I -- -- he had had a match probably I don't know twenty minutes before that how old -- 62 years old is he too old to be doing enough.

I don't think so and I'll tell you why he he he passed all the that the visible exams that that -- needed to to participate number one.

Number two Jerry Lawler he's been doing this 42 years -- loves it he's like a kid it's always ever wanted to do but more importantly than that.

He wrestles.

A hundred to a 150.

Times a year.

And I just frost but for independent organizations around the world.

So I mean -- she wants to do this he's in the shape to do this.

And you know I don't think -- you know he wouldn't be in this business either love -- how much more of a show did you have to do after this happened in our.

You have to do an -- them by yourself what happened was we couldn't be we completed the match that we -- I just continued calling it when -- when Jerry had collapsed and went to commercial break we made the decision during the break that how to respect for Jerry that.

We were gonna do commentary anymore so the show went on the matches continue there was it was just silent.

And then I -- would give an update at the bottom of every segment before commercials.

So what we knew about.

About Jerry it didn't look good for awhile and then the last thing -- -- was that he was starting to respond delight in his heart was beating on its own right before went -- -- him.

So Michael call from WW.

Thank you very much thank goodness you keep.

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