{"id":132400,"date":"2023-10-20T18:50:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T18:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=132400"},"modified":"2023-10-20T18:50:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T18:50:17","slug":"wwe-legend-jerry-lawler-battling-to-regain-his-speech-as-he-gives-health-update-after-suffering-stroke-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/wwe-legend-jerry-lawler-battling-to-regain-his-speech-as-he-gives-health-update-after-suffering-stroke-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE legend Jerry Lawler battling to regain his speech as he gives health update after suffering stroke | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WWE legend Jerry \u201cThe King\u201d Lawler has opened up on his health battle following his recent stroke.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 73-year-old is one of the most recognisable faces from the Attitude Era as he provided commentary on the likes of \u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin and Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson alongside Jim Ross.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/NINTCHDBPICT000287628331.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/jerry-king-lawler-talks-cleveland-794003562.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/jerry-lawler-jerry-king-lawler-794251118.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/jerry-king-lawler-addresses-audience-794673342.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>He is also a wrestling icon in the States after first stepping into the ring in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2012, after competing in a match on WWE\u2019s Monday Night Raw, Lawler suffered a cardiac arrest live on air.<\/p>\n<p>He made a full recovery from that terrifying ordeal and has even wrestled numerous times since.<\/p>\n<p>However, he was hospitalised again after suffering a stroke back in February.<\/p>\n<p>Fans were then fearing for his health after he was forced to pull out of an appearance due to \u201chealth issues\u201d in June.<\/p>\n<p>But Lawler appeared on a recent edition of the WrestleBinge podcast to provide his legion of supporters with an update on his condition.<\/p>\n<p>The WWE Hall of Famer said: \u201cI\u2019ve had a bunch of different things and I\u2019m still in rehab three times a week, and probably the main thing that\u2019s drawing me back now, that you can probably tell as you hear me talk, my voice is not the same as it was beforehand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s slowly coming back, but it needed to come back a little more before I could make sense with my speech and vocabulary.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Sport<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ac-weather-20oct-1520-comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>FLIGHT TERROR <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Killer storm claims third victim amid warning &#8216;worst is yet to come&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/newspress-collage-24431859-1697549428565.jpg\"><\/picture><span>MONSTER <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>I thought date couldn&#8217;t stoop any lower after raping me but he hid sinister secret<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/tp-composite-paul-ogrady-new.jpg\"><\/picture><span>POIGNANT TRIBUTE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>He lit a spliff &#038; passed away, says Paul O\u2019Grady\u2019s husband at memorial<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/crop-24458920.jpg\"><\/picture><span>FINAL WHISTLE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>BBC axes football show less than a month after Alex Scott &#038; Dan Walker\u2019s row<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really don\u2019t do a lot, just staying around the house and do three rehab sessions a week where I go into the hospital, and then I do some more at home here in Memphis, and that\u2019s pretty much it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lawler continued: \u201cOne [rehab session] is speech \u2013 that\u2019s my main one. That\u2019s three times a week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I just started this, right after I had the stroke, I could barely talk. Now I go in and I sit down with this rehab lady and we just talk about different things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has me read stuff, and all of this stuff has just helped me day in and day out getting my vocabulary better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, it is not only his speech that the major setback affected.<\/p>\n<p>Lawler added: \u201cMy right arm and my right leg and everything on my right side of the body, it\u2019s not hurt me where I can\u2019t walk around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can still walk around, but I don\u2019t have really good control of writing my autograph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can write my autograph pretty good, but I\u2019ve been so proud of my autograph and artistic ability to it, but that\u2019s all sort of taken a while to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/NINTCHDBPICT000287628219.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/wrestling-legdend-king-jerry-lawler-794673243.jpg\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/24472503\/wwe-jerry-lawler-the-king-speech-stroke-health-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE legend Jerry \u201cThe King\u201d Lawler has opened up on his health battle following his recent stroke. 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