10 Things We Learned From Dark Side Of The Ring: Terry Gordy
6. He Had To Relearn Wrestling
Things came to a head when Terry stopped breathing mid-flight on 18 August 1993. Peers did everything in their power to keep Gordy alive, but they couldn't stop him from slipping into a coma. That'd turn out to be a watershed moment for the man. Terry Gordy was never the same again; not as a worker and not as a personality.
The incident stripped him of his skills and gung-ho energy. Terry had to learn how to walk, talk and wrestle again, but would never regain his mojo before passing in 2001. According to Mick Foley, there were brief flickers of hope (like a death match between the pair that showed the "old" Gordy), but those were fleeting.
Cornette popped up to reveal he gave Terry a gig in Smoky Mountain Wrestling hoping that’d relight the fire, but it had gone out for good. Gordy was often in a daze, and couldn’t carry a conversation without getting distracted. He was cognitively impaired, and that was that.
Again, sad.