10 Times Kayfabe Was Broken In WWE

Modified Nov 18, 2018 22:38 GMT

The Shield recently broke kayfabe on-screen

#4 Jerry Lawler's heart attack

Jerry Lawler receiving medical attention following his heart attack

While watching WWE TV, one always needs to remember the fact that anything can happen while watching a live WWE show and back in 2012, things got very very real for legendary WWE commentator Jerry 'The King' Lawler. While doing his usual commentary with fellow partner Michael Cole, Lawler seemed to be in some sort of distress as a tag team match between Team Hell No and The Prime Time Players was in full swing in the ring.

Unfortunately, though, Lawler within a few short moments collapsed at ringside and suffered a heart attack, having already competed earlier on in the same night in a tag team where he joined forces with Randy Orton to face the team of Dolph Ziggler and CM Punk.

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Lawler was quickly rushed to the backstage area and received medical attention, who performed CPR on the Hall of Famer, as Michale Cole informed the WWE Universe around the world about Lawler's condition and broke kayfabe by noting that it wasn't a part of the storyline.

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