{"id":62850,"date":"2023-02-08T00:34:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T00:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/wrestling-legend-jerry-lawler-rushed-to-hospital-following-stroke\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T00:34:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T00:34:50","slug":"wrestling-legend-jerry-lawler-rushed-to-hospital-following-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/wrestling-legend-jerry-lawler-rushed-to-hospital-following-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrestling Legend Jerry Lawler Rushed To Hospital Following Stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><strong>Jerry \u201cThe King\u201d Lawler<\/strong> has been rushed to the hospital amid a medical emergency!<\/p>\n<p>According to a number of studies, the wrestling legend was hospitalized in Fort Myers, Florida on Monday after struggling a stroke at his dwelling. The 73-year-old has reportedly already undergone surgical procedure and is recovering, in keeping with <em>Action News 5<\/em>. Pro wrestler <strong>Ricky Morton<\/strong> appeared to verify the scary incident by writing on <strong>Twitter<\/strong> on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI hope my good friend goes to be okay. I really like you, Jerry. Please direct good vibes, ideas, &amp; prayers to Jerry at the moment. Genuinely respect it &amp; hope to listen to excellent news within the very close to future. <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"customEmoji lazyload\" style=\"margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px; vertical-align: middle; -webkit-box-shadow: none; -moz-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none;\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-emoji-one\/icons\/2764.png\" height=\"16\"\/>\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perezhilton.com\/americas-got-talent-magician-scott-alexander-dead-52-cruise-ship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Related: <em>America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em> Magician Scott Alexander Dies On Cruise Ship<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, retailers in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee had been offering updates, with <em>WMC-TV<\/em> chief meteorologist<strong> Dave Brown<\/strong>, a longtime good friend of Lawler\u2019s, telling <em>The\u00a0Commercial Appeal<\/em> that Jerry was making constructive progress:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSome of the initial reports were just horrible, so I feel much better than I did 18 hours ago when I felt like I got hit in the face with a shovel. I was incredibly encouraged after I did a FaceTime. Jerry was alert. He talked to me. He could only say a couple words at a time, which is pretty normal. But (he) was able to move both legs and both arms. I feel very optimistic that he\u2019s eventually going to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That stated, many others are insisting the scenario continues to be \u201cvery serious,\u201d similar to journalist <strong>Dave Meltzer<\/strong>. Take a have a look at a few of the updates and prayers:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LATEST UPDATE ON LAWLER: LAWLER skilled paralysis on his proper facet instantly following the stroke. Latest information has reported that he has regained partial use of his arm. His speech continues to be affected however that takes a bit extra time. But he\u2019s bettering. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WSI_YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@WSI_YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ????????. ???????????????????? (@DirtyDMantell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DirtyDMantell\/status\/1623060730734866437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It regarded actually dangerous two or three hours in the past. More latest information is best nevertheless it&#8217;s a really severe scenario. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lMnFK0Eipq\">https:\/\/t.co\/lMnFK0Eipq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Meltzer (@davemeltzerWON) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davemeltzerWON\/status\/1623060526703194114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update per Bryan Alvarez on WOL\u2026 Jerry Lawler was discovered exterior his dwelling, face down within the parking zone. An individual who&#8217;s near Lawler says it was a blood blockage to the best facet of his mind. He is awake however can\u2019t speak and no feeling on the best facet of his physique.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wrestling News (@WrestlingNewsCo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestlingNewsCo\/status\/1623052881476591625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Super scary\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Jerry was final seen on <strong>WWE<\/strong>\u2018s<em> Royal Rumble <\/em>show last month, where he was a commentator. He\u2019s suffered a number of medical emergencies prior to now, together with having a coronary heart assault on a 2012 episode of <em>Monday Night Raw<\/em> and a stroke in 2018. We don\u2019t but know what sort of emergency this was, however we will certainly be holding him in our ideas and prayers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image_cite\"><em>[Image via <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">WWE\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vtlF7SPoBIk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Jerry \u201cThe King\u201d Lawler has been rushed to the hospital amid a medical emergency! According to a number of studies, the wrestling legend was hospitalized in Fort Myers, Florida on Monday after struggling a stroke at his dwelling. The 73-year-old has reportedly already undergone surgical procedure and is recovering, in keeping with Action News [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}