5 Current WWE Superstars who battled life-threatening diseases

#3 Jerry "The King" Lawler

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler suffered a cardiac arrest on a live RAW show when he was on commentary. Lawler had wrestled in a match just a few minutes prior to the cardiac arrest. He revealed in an interview that Dolph Ziggler landing blows to his heart in the match caused him to suffer the cardiac arrest.

But the Hall of Famer survived this traumatic ordeal thanks to the WWE doctors that were there ringside to help him get his heart beating once again.

Here's what Lawler said of that traumatic event:

"And only seven out of 1,000 people who [suffer] cardiac arrest survive. Usually those seven out of a 1,000 people survive because they’re in a hospital or get immediate care. And just fortunately, our ringside doctor was right there with the paramedics up in Montreal, started CPR immediately. It was still 22 minutes before my heart beat. And then they got the paddles and shocked me seven times. The crazy thing was, my heart had been knocked off-rhythm, I believe by the elbows. By Dolph Ziggler. And it took about ten minutes for it to just freeze up and stop. Once they got the heart back on the correct rhythm, I haven’t had one minute’s problem since. I’ve been fine, knock on wood."

Lawler continues to commentate on WWE television and has even wrestled in various indie promotions since. Although, he hasn't wrestled in WWE since that match in 2012.