10 Shocking REAL Stories Behind Famous Wrestling Scares

10. Chris Jericho Could Barely 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 earlier this year.

But they actually came about after a very real medical scare.

Back in late 2021, Jericho found himself "gasping for breath" during a Fozzy 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 scan 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 level continued to decrease to the point where he was put on oxygen in the hospital.

After finally being released from hospital 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 too high. And before Jericho knew it, he'd dropped a staggering 31lbs in just eight 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, who knows how serious things could've gotten for the wrestling icon.