Gringo Loco has been fitted for a pacemaker.
Professional wrestling can be strenuous on the entire body, as many wrestlers can attest after years of wear and tear on their bodies. However, none more so is the strain of intense competition on ones heart.
Speaking with Nick Hausman for Haus of Wrestling, Gringo Loco confirmed that he does indeed wrestle with a fitted pacemaker, while also noting that he does not worry about continuing to wrestle with the assistance to his heart.
“It was a pretty unfortunate situation. I felt like, before that situation, I felt like I was finally on the rise, I was finally creating some noise, I was making more towns, I was getting flown places. Then, low and behold, without ever being in a hospital for a flu, a broken finger, or anything, my heart decides to stop, and I wake up in a hospital saying, ‘Hey, man, what happened?’ The doctor’s looking at me like, ‘You’re a miracle to be here.’ I was like, ‘No way. What happened?’ They explained that there was a cardiac arrest situation, and we don’t know why it was. Went through all these tests for six days, and they decided, just as a precaution, we’re gonna go ahead and put a pacemaker, just in case to make sure that, if this does decide to happen again, that you’re gonna be completely fine. A lot of people don’t know that. There’s actually a mini-documentary in the works right now that will tell more in-depth on that story. But yeah, that actually happened. I think that this is my second chance, and I think I’m taking full advantage of what’s been given to me,”
“I personally feel great. The doctor said, ‘You’re completely cleared to wrestle, do whatever you want to do.’ I definitely don’t mention that I’m going to put two humans beings on top of myself and slam them to the mat, but we ran a bunch of tests the first year, of strenuous activity, and how did it look after this match? Everything looks fine, so I just think that, again, a second chance you have to take full advantage of it,”
“Just full bore, man. You only live one time, bro. Actually, in my case, twice. But yeah, I can’t wait for the people to actually see my story when this mini-doc comes out. It’s gonna be something,”
Gringo Loco
In the same interview, Gringo Loco stated that he’ll always leave the doors open to WWE, but AEW and ROH are where he wants to be right now.
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