Per Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Live, there is some news on the health of Killswitch/Luchasaurus, real name Austin Matelson. It was reported on September 30 that Matelson had been hospitalized after his fiancé found him collapsed at his home. He was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with double pneumonia. Doctors found that his blood oxygen level was below 80%.
Alvarez said, “He is not back in the gym and he will not be back in the gym for a while and he’s not going to be back wrestling, probably, for a while. And it’s hopefully, he will be back wrestling in a while. Apparently, there were complications.”
“He ends up getting this flu and bad oxygen uptake as a result of whatever else, turned into pneumonia. And apparently he’s at high risk for a relapse, is what I was told. The big concern is that after all of this, they’ve been running test after test, and apparently there may be permanent damage. They found calcification in a heart valve and his body is not producing iron and so he’s got a whole bunch of tests that he apparently has to take. It’s bad. It’s bad enough that he’s out of the hospital, apparently, but he still has to do oxygen.”
The news about the permanent damage could signal the end of his wrestling career. We wish him the best and hope for a full recovery and return to the ring.
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