5 WWE Superstars who nearly died in the ring

#1 Dean Ambrose (2017)

Ambrose is scheduled to leave WWE after WrestleMania 35.

In an interview with the Monitor, Dean Ambrose recently revealed that he was very close to death due to a recent incident during his recovery.

After going under the knife for a triceps injury in December 2017, a Staph infection was detected, one that could’ve ended the former WWE Champion’s life. Ambrose said:

“I ended up having two different surgeries. I had this MRSA, Staph infection. I nearly died. I was in the hospital for a week, plugged up to this antibiotic drip thing, and I was on all these antibiotics for months, that make you puke and cr*p your pants.

To go from not being able to eat my Froot Loops, to being able to get back in the ring and throw people around and throw punches and do everything back to normal, it was a very gratifying feeling.”

Thankfully, Ambrose has been able to return, teaming with his Shield-brother Seth Rollins, before betraying him in one of the most shocking heel turns in recent memory.