5 times WWE stars avoided a disaster in the ring

#3 Lawler suffers a heart attack during WWE Raw

Lawler being attended by the EMTs.

WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler suffered a heart attack during the live telecast of Raw on September 10, 2012. Michael Cole and Lawler were calling a match when suddenly Lawler began to snore. Cole realized something was off when he looked over to find Lawler had collapsed on the announcer's desk.

Cole would be quick to turn off his microphone and call upon the immediate attention of the WWE medical team. Luckily for him, Doc Sampson was at ringside and he rushed in with his medical expertise to handle the situation. Lawler was taken away backstage where EMTs attended to revive him.

Michael Cole minutes after Jerry Lawler suffered a heart attack live on RAW.-September 2012 pic.twitter.com/oN6MrjwzRl

— BrokenTavo (@BrokenWWESC) March 15, 2020

"So I'm screaming for the doctor, 'Doc, doc, Jerry needs you,' and I hit the mute switch I think out of instinct but I'll never forget. I remember doing it because I knew something serious was happening. I knew that his family watches the product and I didn't want them to know at that point what was going on because I thought that if it was me I wouldn't want my wife or anybody in my family to learn about what was happening from live television."- Michael Cole H/T Bleacher Report.

According to my friend Jeremy Prophet who was backstage at RAW, Jerry was clinically dead for 20 min before being brought back by defibrilat

— Smith Hart (@SmithHart1) September 11, 2012

Some WWE backstage reports specifically recounted an event where Lawler was allegedly clinically dead for around 20 minutes with no response. It's a miracle that the EMTs were able to resurrect him from this horrific situation. The way Michael Cole handled the situation was commendable.