{"id":838331,"date":"2026-09-06T10:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T10:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/838331\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T10:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T10:28:11","slug":"wwe-news-aew-news-pro-wrestling-backstage-news-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/838331\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Butcher (Andy Williams) collapsed at the Enjoy Five-Year Anniversary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fightful.com\/wrestling\/enjoy-wrestling-announces-final-events\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">event<\/a> on September 5 and needed medical attention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SeanRossSapp\/status\/2096418205287735445?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fightful\u2019s Sean Ross Sapp<\/a> has confirmed the story.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy Wrestling posted the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndy collapsed at the end of his match this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Our doctors on staff tended to him immediately, administering CPR until the ambulance arrived.<\/p>\n<p>We sent everyone home and are at the hospital now waiting for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who helped and has reached out\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andy collapsed at the end of his match this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Our doctors on staff tended to him immediately, administering CPR until the ambulance arrived.<\/p>\n<p>We sent everyone home and are at the hospital now waiting for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who helped and has reached out <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A2rnCnOOgR\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/A2rnCnOOgR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enjoy Wrestling (@EnjoyWrestle) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EnjoyWrestle\/status\/2096430541847367925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to those in attendance, paramedics were doing chest compressions and using a defibrillator. He was taken off in an ambulance, and the rest of the show was canceled.<\/p>\n<p>Fans said that the match was proceeding as normal when Butcher\u2019s legs buckled and he went to the floor. His tag team partner The Blade signaled for help and tried to help him back up, but Butcher collapsed again and passed out. They attempted to pour ice on him before proper medical attention was given.<\/p>\n<p>Fightful will continue to update fans on the story.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts are with Butcher at this time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Butcher (Andy Williams) collapsed at the Enjoy Five-Year Anniversary event on September 5 and needed medical attention.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":838332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-838331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/838332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}