Former WCW and NJPW star receives CPR mid-match, event canceled



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12 May 2019, 04:12 IST

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 Silver King seemingly collapsed mid-match in London
Silver King seemingly collapsed mid-match in London

What's the story?

At tonight's Mexican Lucha Libre event in London, Silver King – formerly of WCW and NJPW – competed against Juventud Guerrera,

Sadly, the match came to a tragic conclusion with Silver King reportedly being given CPR, with an emergency intermission being called, before the entire event was canceled. with the audience sent home as ambulances cam so paramedics could tend to Silver King.

In case you did not know …

Silver King is a legendary luchador who competed in WCW against the likes of Chris Jericho and Rey Mysterio. Silver King also wrestled under the name Black Tiger, becoming the third wrestler to use the moniker, directly following the legendary Eddie Guerrero in the role. Silver King also held the All Japan Pro Wrestling World Junior Heavyweight Championship.

The form NJPW man, real name Cesar Cuauhtemoc Gonzalez Barron, was also cast as villain in Jack Black movie Nacho Libre

 Nacho Libre fans can recognize the gold mask of Gonzalez
Nacho Libre fans can recognize the gold mask of Gonzalez

The heart of the matter [19659017Attonight'sMexicanLuchaLibreeventinLondonSilverKing-formerlyofWCWandNJPW-wasinactionagainstJuventudGuerrerabutthematchwouldcometoanabruptandtragicconclusionwithSilverKingreportedlybeinggivenCPR

An emergency intermission was called, before the whole event was sent to the audience sentenced to Silver King.

Silver King gave Juventud Guerrera a clothesline, before going on all fours to cover, Guerrera then kicked out but Silver King never recovered. Guerrera and the referee waited for Silver King to get it up but he could not. Juventud Guerrera kicked him gently in the front of the wrestle to turn Silver King over the pine

@luchablog Silver King in a bad way in London. Motionless after a match with Juvi – CPR in the ring. Show canceled

– Phil Jones (@ PhilJones77) May 11, 2019

Just saw @Ramses silver king in the ring at @camdenroundhouse and not get up. Medical response was slow and worrying. Left when chest pumping happening pic.twitter.com/icDnYMBNPL

– Alex Brinded (@ alexbrinded1) May 11, 2019

The event was streamed on Facebook. You can watch the match at the 23 minute mark, but beware – it is not pleasant viewing.

What's next?

So far, all we have is the disturbing video and fan accounts, but no news yet on the health of Silver King. We would like to keep it up to date


We sincerely hope this is our best wishes to Silver King, his friends, and his family at this time

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