AEW’s Jake Roberts Rushed To Hospital
Jake Roberts has opened up about being rushed to hospital after getting severely sick and uncovering a myriad of health issues that need urgent attention.
Since joining AEW in 2020, WWE Hall of Famer Jake Roberts has been by the side of The Murderhawk Monster, Lance Archer. Archer has been dominant in many of his matches in the company but has never quite made it to the top of the card as he’s also spent long stretches on the sidelines. Roberts as well has spent plenty of time out of the company as he deals with COPD and other health battles.
Jake Roberts Battles Pneumonia & A Host Of Other Problems
Speaking on his The Snake Pit podcast, Jake Roberts opened up about his recent illness that saw him taken to hospital and flagged up several medical issues the WWE Hall of Famer is dealing with:
I’m doing a little bit better. I had a pretty scary moment last week. I got incredibly sick, and I wound up going to the hospital on Friday night. Don’t remember a damn thing. It’s pretty scary. Come to find out I had pneumonia, and that’s not a good thing for me. I already have COPD, and to get pneumonia, and that’s not a good thing for me. I already have COPD, and to get pneumonia is like you’re flirting with disaster there.
I was in the hospital for four days, and very grateful to find out that I’ve got a couple of issues and I did not know. One is I had blood on my urine, didn’t know that. Another thing is, apparently I’m leaking blood somewhere in my gut, and that’s causing my iron levels to be low. That’s not a good thing.
Then to top it off, I got a problem with my ticker. But by going in, I caught it, and we got to go have a couple of procedures done, and it’ll be all hunky dory then. I’ve got this cough, but I’m doing better. It’s quite the surprise, man. Next thing I know, I’m waking up in a hospital. That was weird.
In October 2024, Jake Roberts completed a bizarre talent trade in AEW to add another star to his books. It remains to be seen when Roberts will make it back to AEW TV.