William Regal, qui affirme être en grande forme, a confié dans une entrevue par Chris Jericho qu’il a frôlé la mort il y a quelques années.
En entrevue pour le podcast Talk is Jericho, Regal a mentionné que les médecins lui ont dit le 4 janvier 2019 qu’il avait uniquement 24 heures à vivre.
Regal avait passé huit semaines dans un hôpital, à la fin de 2018, après avoir contracté une infection très grave – le sepsis – à une jambe.
Les médecins avaient aussi parlé de la possibilité d’être amputé à une jambe. Il a eu par la suite d’autres complications de santé, notamment au coeur.
“Once I was released – I went home two weeks before Christmas. The reason being, which we might get to, the last time my family were all together was 2018 for Christmas, and I was in hospital for eight weeks. I was given at one point 24 hours to live, I had sepsis in my leg, they were gonna cut my leg off. This is January 4, 2019. So I insisted on going home for Christmas, because you know I’ve been through a lot. I had a hell of year 2018… sorry, it’s a bit, like, I usually just tell people, but now I’m sat with you and I’m comfortable, things hit you a little bit. 2018, you know I’ve had a lot of heart trouble at different times. And since 1998, I got Pericarditis, and Pericarditis is an imflamation of the sack around your heart, and what it does is scar that sack.”


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