Poor Jerry Lawler (WWE announcer, former wrestler)

[WooWooWoo]

just had a heart attack live on the air at Monday Night RAW.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

1. This is weird

Michael Cole has been silent for five minutes

[Archae]

2. For real? Or just a put-on?

Because I really am leery of anything that happens on wrestling shows.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. I know....

....but I don't think so.

The crowd seems to recognize something serious happened, and it's one of the "smarter" wrestling cities (Montreal).

[WooWooWoo]

4. for real

fans at ringside are saying he slumped over and started convulsing and was taken to the back on a stretcher. And the other announcer just said they're doing CPR on him in the back.

[sakabatou]

15. Damn... I know wrestling is staged but near-fatal/fatal injuries aren't.

[cyberswede]

5. My kiddo was watching...he seemed upset...

I wasn't sure what to tell him. We've talked about how those wrestling shows are fake, but he insisted this was real (I wasn't watching with him).

I hope the guy is ok.

[nolabear]

6. Wow. I hate wrestling but love him for his Andy Kaufman collaboration.

Takes a remarkable guy to keep a secret for that many years. I hope he's okay.

[Yavin4]

12. One of the Funniest Moment in the history of David Letterman

[Hayabusa]

7. I was watching and.

it was some of the most heart-wrenching things that I've seen since Owen Hart's death. After every commercial break and silent hype for the upcoming PPV, I was expecting the worst. In a way, I still am, slightly.

I just hope that Jerry's able to make a decent recovery after all that's happened, and my respect for Michael Cole has strengthened after all he did tonight.

Get well soon, Jerry. Eddie and Andy can wait a bit more.

[hifiguy]

8. The announcer feed went dead for several minutes

and when Michael Cole came back on the air he was as white as a ghost. He told the audience this was NOT part of the show and that Jerry had collapsed and was being attended to by doctors in the back. He gave several updates through the rest of the show, each more encouraging than the last.

I hope the King makes a complete and speedy recovery.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. I wouldn't have doubted it if Andy Kaufman tried that as a fake-out.

[Hayabusa]

10. Good news!

The CT scan revealed no brain damage and Lawler's already made a phone call to Michael Cole, as well as talking w/ friends and family!

[hifiguy]

11. Saw that last night on my favorite wrestling site.

Sounds like the King will make a full recovery. Now for pete's sake Jerry, it's time to hang up the boots for good. We want you doing commentary for a long while yet!

[Hayabusa]

13. What surprised me was

the fac that he had been wrestling around twice a week at various independent shows, and had just returned from a two-night tour in Aruba before heading to Montreal for Raw.

Ironically, that match w/ Orton against CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler may have saved his life if it accelerated the heart attack by even an hour or so.

[hifiguy]

14. Lawler to return home "soon"

and he was up walking today for the first time since his heart attack. Docs "pleased" with his progress. Get well soon, Jerry!

http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/quicknews/article_65125.shtml
http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_65154.shtml

[sakabatou]

16. Huzzuh!

[Rowdyboy]

17. Glad to hear he's better. Saw him live in Tupelo MS against Billy Dundee back in 1978/79

Quite the experience.