“That Was a Scary Night”: 72-Year-Old WWE Legend Celebrates His ‘Death Anniversary’ in Weird Turn of Events

Certain incidents in pro wrestling can leave an impression on the minds of fans and put things into perspective. WWE has seen its fair share of such real incidents that have left the fans shocked. One such episode happened once on Monday Night Raw. The events of that night left the people in the arena and those watching at home in a state of fear.

Ten years ago, during an episode of WWE RAW on September 12th, iconic color commentator Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler was calling a tag team match involving Kane and Daniel Bryan.

While calling the tag team match, Lawler collapsed and was rushed into the back, leaving the fans worried that something was horribly wrong.

His announcing partner Michael Cole addressed those worries, saying that ‘King’ was receiving CPR and had suffered a heart attack. According to some reports, Lawler was clinically dead for around 20 minutes, but he recovered miraculously and returned to the commentary booth only three months later.

Jerry Lawler celebrated his Death Day

Since this incident, Jerry Lawler has made a full recovery and is in good health today. But for many people watching at home and in attendance, it was a scary moment. One of the beloved pro wrestling personalities was battling for his life while those in the arena did not know what was going on.

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However, Lawler took the tenth anniversary of this incident in an interesting manner. In typical pro wrestling fashion, Lawler celebrated his ‘death anniversary’ by wrestling a match in Nashville. The WWE Hall of Famer tweeted he was wrestling at the state fair in Nashville and celebrated the 10th anniversary of his death day.

At 72, having survived a massive scare, he is still fairly active on the independent wrestling scene as well.

Alongside Jim Ross, Lawler was the voice of WWE for many years. The duo were inducted into the Hall of Fame and are often considered one of the best commentary teams of all time.

Fans hail the King

There is no way the WWE Universe is not responding to this interesting death anniversary celebration of ‘The King’. After Lawler tweeted his ‘celebration’ photo, many fans appreciated one of their favorites still going strong. They took to Twitter to congratulate the King on his health and wished him well.

Some fans remembered the horror of that day.

While others hailed Kings’ resilience and toughness.

There were some unique takes as well.

The fans poured their love for Lawler and were glad to see him in such rich health.

The King, best known for his commentary stint with the WWE, has been wrestling since the 1970s and has held many championships across many promotions. He has been involved in memorable feuds and beaten some of the biggest names in history, but his most significant victory will always be against death on that fateful night.

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