5 WWE Superstars who have saved lives outside the ring

Modified Feb 07, 2022 18:09 GMT

Five WWE Superstars who have saved lives outside the ring

#2. Former WWE European Champion Al Snow

Al Snow kicked off his wrestling career in the early 1980s. Throughout the past 40 years, the 58-year-old competed in several promotions, including ECW, WWE, and IMPACT Wrestling. Inside the ring, many fans considered the former European Champion a hero.

Outside the squared circle, Al Snow is also a hero. Last September, the former WWE Superstar jumped into the ocean and rescued a boy from drowning at Santa Rosa Beach in Destin, Florida, after he got caught in a riptide.

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In an interview with TMZ, the former Hardcore Champion revealed more details about the incident.

"I knew she [the lifeguard] wasn’t going to make it in time. I made it, thank God. And I caught him just by the arm just as a wave started to pull him even further out. If I hadn’t have grabbed him, I think he’d have probably went out to sea. That would have been it. I was able to stay up and hand him off to the lifeguard and I made my way back across to my friend and we went up on the beach and I felt like I was about to collapse. I was exhausted," he said.

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Al Snow has not competed inside the ring since January 2020. The ECW legend currently operates Ohio Valley Wrestling and owns a wrestling academy.

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