18 Things You Probably Missed From WWE Raw (August 19)

5. 'King' Remembering His Heart Attack

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The 10 September 2012 Raw will forever be remembered for the real-life heart attack Jerry Lawler suffered at ringside shortly after wrestling. Once he'd recovered, Lawler (kayfabe) blamed the approx 10 elbow drops Dolph Ziggler landed on his chest during an earlier tag match for the attack.

He got to re-air that story thread here.

Lawler warned Roman Reigns against letting Dolph go to town with those elbows. "If you ever wanna' know if there's life after death, let Dolph Ziggler drop 10 elbows on your chest like he did me", the legend said. That was some cool insight into the past.

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