Ex-WWE & Nexus Star Recovering From A Stroke
A former WWE star and member of the Nexus has revealed that their on the long road to recovery after suffering a stroke.
The Nexus burst onto the scene in WWE in 2010 with the cast of the first season of NXT banding together to take the fight to the company. Wade Barrett, David Otunga, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Michael Tarver, Skip Sheffield, Darren Young, and Daniel Bryan were all original members of the group. Although Bryan was infamously fired after the Nexus invaded Raw when he choked the ring announcer Justin Roberts with his tie.
John Cena was the target of the Nexus, but they might have wished they’d look elsewhere. When Team Nexus was set to take on Team WWE in a huge SummerSlam main event, Nexus was originally meant to win, but Cena refused to lose to the group, picking up the victory.
By December 2010, the group was killed off altogether when Cena defeated Wade Barrett in a Chairs match.
Ex-WWE Star Michael Tarver Suffers Stroke
Now, one of the original members of the group, Michael Tarver, has taken to social media to reveal that he suffered a stroke. Tarver posted a video and shared the following message with the world:
Last night I was told I was having a Stroke , I dont EVER emote , I dont EVER “Sell” as we say in the Wrestling Biz where I spent 20 years of my life. I told nobody, until I was forced to last night. I had a 202/114 blood pressure reading and the few people I told right before taking myself to the ER ,im thankful for your persistence and also that I actually listened.
I was in my bed fir a few hours as they were testing and working to get my bd down and I actually started to have thoughts about my mortality. What a way to die , I work 2 jobs , I train twice a day , I have never drank or smoked in my life and to fall asleep and not wake up because of my blood pressure. I thought about my babies who are all adults now and all of my years of fight depression and suicide attempts over the past 20 years.
I thought about my family and I just felt this overwhelming responsibility to get up out of that bed and live. I haven’t shared this much detail with anyone as I am still processing all of the weird emotions Im being overcome with but the sun came up and so did I
Thank you Jesus 🙏🏿
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Michael Tarver sustained a groin injury that forced him out of the Nexus storyline in October 2010. Two months later, he returned to then-developmental territory FCW, where he continued to compete until April 2011, shortly before he was let go by WWE.