WWE executive Triple H spoke with Jim Varsallone of the Miami Herald about Jerry Lawler suffering a heart attack on Raw two weeks ago. "How many times in life are you sitting five feet from your doctor, from a doctor, when something like that happens?" Triple H said.

"I think in any other place at any other time in the world, Jerry Lawler’s no longer with us. Dr. [Michael] Sampson, our [WWE] doctor, to me is a hero, a lifesaver. He saved Jerry Lawler’s life. To see, at this point, the remarkable recovery that Jerry has made; and to see him at home; and to see him walking around like nothing happened is mind-boggling to me, because it was not what I was witnessing that night." You can view the interview footage at Youtube.com/watch?v=SlL4XlE-y9Y&feature=plcp.

Powell's POV: For more on the story, check out the Miami Herald's two-part piece on "How old is too old?" in pro wrestling written by Scott Fishman. You can read the first part of the story at http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/24/3018220/how-old-is-too-old-part-1.html.

You can read the second part of the story at Miamiherald.com/2012/09/24/3018202/how-old-is-too-old-part-2.html.

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