Whether it's the distressing truth behind why a wrestling legend was absent from the

business for a spell, what actually happened during a particularly uncomfortable encounter,

or just how close a star came to meeting their maker. Each and every one of these stories make

the following wrestling scares that little more shocking to behold. Gareth here from What

Culture Wrestling and here are 10 shocking real stories behind famous wrestling scares.

10. Chris Jericho of Belly Walk and was put on oxygen during his recent blood clot scare.

Chris Jericho soon became the talk of the wrestling town the minute he

strutted out onto AEW Dynamite sporting a brand new set of abdominal muscles,

but they actually came about after a very real medical scare. Back in late 2021,

Jericho found himself gasping for breath. During a fuzzy show in Newcastle,

and after it was revealed that the former AEW World Champion had blood clots,

the star soon began to find it increasingly difficult to walk. In fact,

just getting from his car to the hospital was a frightening struggle,

an eventual CT scam would then reveal that his lungs were actually filled with said clots,

with Jericho being diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism, and despite being put on blood thinners,

his oxygen levels continued to decrease to the point where he was put on oxygen in the hospital.

After finally being released from said facility and flying home to the US,

the veteran was informed that he needed to lose weight after further tests.

With his visceral fat levels being way too high, and before Jericho knew it,

he dropped a staggering 31lbs in just 8 weeks thanks to his new diet.

Fans had no idea this was the shocking reason Jericho was reportedly hospitalised in the UK

around the time, and had Jericho not got himself checked out at the point he did,

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