Jerry “The King” Lawler suffered a heart attack while commentating during last night’s broadcast of Monday Night Raw in Montreal. We are hopeful Jerry makes a full recovery and returns to WWE in the near future. Our thoughts are with Jerry and his family.
-WWE.com
When the
camera pans out to the commentary table, and those commentators eyes
glaze through the camera in a shocked and shaken state, you know
something is wrong.
In 1999,
Owen Hart fell to his death at a WWF show, with Jim Ross and Jerry
Lawler left at the commentary table to break the devastating news.
The slow tone in their voice was something not seen before, and their
explanation that it all wasn't a part of the show was the final blow
that something wasn't right.
Fast
forward 13 years and Michael Cole was left by himself to release
breaking news. Jerry Lawler was not at the commentary table this
time. Instead, he was the person that was the news was about.
When the
camera went to Michael Cole, there was a sinking feeling that Jerry
Lawler didn't just faint from competing earlier in the night. When
that dreaded camera fixated on the commentary table, everyone knew
that there was new no one wanted to hear.
Thankfully,
the news wasn't has dreadful as the one 13 years ago, but I use the
word 'thankfully' rather loosely. Last night, Jerry “The King”
Lawler received a heart attack, and is being treated as I write this.
I can't
help but feel a little bit shitty after all the things I've said
about Jerry over the past year or so. It wasn't anything malicious,
but when news first broke out that Jerry collapsed at ringside I
still felt bad.
I still
don't take anything back however. These things just happen. I find
Jack Swagger overrated, John Cena annoying and Randy Orton incredibly
boring, but I wouldn't for one second wish something upon them like
what happened to Jerry Lawler.
Maybe
I'm just trying to make myself feel better, but that's just my view
on it. Although I feel bad, I'm not going to remain neutral on
certain people in the off chance that something horrible happens to
them.
The rest
of the show felt very stranger, especially after Michael Cole stopped
speaking. Although there was still noise from the wrestlers and the
fans, it still felt like an eerie silence when Cole's broadcast
stopped abruptly.
I felt
the show should have stopped myself, but as ever the show must go on,
and it has to be said that everyone who stepped foot in that ring
after what happened to Jerry Lawler deserve a lot of credit.
Particularly CM Punk, John Cena and Bret Hart. For Bret Hart, a
person who's experience a hear attack before, to come out and keep is
composure is something to be admired. Punk and Cena also did a
fantastic job, and they delivered a pitch perfect promo despite the
events surrounding them.
And
lastly, a huge credit to Michael Cole who fought back tears and kept
calm to deliver any update that was being sent to him. It mustn’t
have been easy for him at all to stay seated at that commentary table
while Lawler was being treated backstage, but hats off to him for
sticking to his job. A true professional.
I, as
well as everyone reading this I'm sure, am hoping that “The King”
fights through this. The news coming out looks pretty promising, so
here's to hoping that it stays that way.
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