Paid Members FLips Posted February 1, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 1, 2016 Shite news.From his official Facebook: It is with great remorse that I feel compelled to speak truthfully to my friends, family and my millions of fans around the world. In the past few years, I've spent more than enough time paying the price for all those years trying to be the best there ever was as a professional wrestler. I executed excellently and my proudest claim was that I never seriously hurt or injured another wrestler in my 23 year career. I've paid a price for all that "fake" wrestling. Aside from a devastating career-ending concussion and numerous surgeries when I was younger, in recent years I've had two knee replacements, two hernia operations, surgery on my right elbow, and, just a few months ago, I underwent a four-corner fusion of my right wrist that even now makes it most difficult to write or type. Mark Helprin wrote: "We are all perfect clocks that Divinity has set to ticking when, even before birth, the heart explodes into a lifelong dance." I've had a great lifelong dance and I'm a survivor of many hard battles. I now face my toughest battle. With hesitation and fear, I openly declare myself in my fight against prostate cancer. In the next few days, I will undergo surgery with the hope of defeating this nemesis once and for all. My fans have always looked upon me as a hero and I've always done my best to live up to that in and out of the ring. I beat the odds when I suffered my stroke in 2002, but it is now yet again, that I draw upon the many adults and young children I've met throughout my life who courageously fought and usually lost in their battles against this deadly disease. One year ago, I watched a brave young man named Whesley fight brain cancer to the end. If I can find even an ounce of his courage to stand unafraid and face the tough road ahead of me, I will march toward this destiny with his spirit chanting in my ear. I make a solemn vow to all of those that once believed in me, the dead and the living, that I will wage my fearsome fight against cancer with one shield and one sword carrying my determination and my fury for life, emboldened by all the love that's kept me going this long already. Love is my weapon and I've got much of it around me all the time, for which I'm truly blessed and eternally grateful. My children, grandchildren, and my loving wife Steph have been and will constantly be at my side. I refuse to lose, I will never give in or give up, and I will win this battle or die trying. Most important of all, I hope I can take the fight to prostate cancer. To be a leader in awareness and to set the example for men everywhere who find themselves in my very same shoes, that prostate cancer can be beaten. B x  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Just read this on fb and came in to post. Hopefully found early and treated, proper gutted when I read that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted February 1, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 1, 2016 Despite everything, he's still my fucking hero. Horrible news. His luck since Montreal has been utterly shit. And aside from the death of his brother in tragic circumstances, this is the worst of the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambulance Chaser Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Awful news, fingers well and truly crossed for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted February 1, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 1, 2016 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 It looked bad comIng back on and last post was by ambulance chaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Gutted, Bret's always been one of my heroes hope he beats this cancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted February 1, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 1, 2016 That's such a shame. But is anyone can beat it, its him. He recovered from his stroke which he suffered in his mid-40s pretty damn well considering. He's had a terrible run of bad health since 1999. Hope he pulls through. Â Bret's brother Smith has prostate cancer as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted February 1, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 1, 2016 Is Smith one of the habitual liars though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted February 1, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 1, 2016 Is Smith one of the habitual liars though? Bruce or Smith. Bruce is the type the lie about cancer to try and bite off Bret's publicity, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakashi Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Bret gets a lot of stick for taking himself too seriously, but to me he was always my hero and my favourite ever wrestler. I understand why people have a go at him and take the piss, but if more wrestlers believed in themselves and their character like he did, maybe we wouldn't be in an era with no stars and wrestlers who blindly comply with any old shit they're given. Â This might sound weird to some, but when my wife and I got married in 2014, she arranged for Bret to write me a short letter wishing us luck and thanking me for my support over the years etc. He also gave us a signed photo with another message of congratulations that we framed and used on our table (the seating plan, which is the only thing she let me do, was based around wrestlers and Bret was the top table). I don't know how she got it or if she paid. I never asked. But it meant a lot and I appreciate that they both did it. Â Hope he beats it. As Ian said, the way he recovered from the stroke was incredible. Let's hope for more of the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loligan Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Im so sad at this news. My all time hero. Hope he beats it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick James Posted February 1, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 1, 2016 Wow, this is such shit news, Bret, was my childhood favourite. I genuinely believe he will kick its arse and bounce back as Ian said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted February 1, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 1, 2016 I feel I should say something, but I can't really find the words to sum up how upset I am. For childhood heroes there was Lineker, then there was him. Gutted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 The only wrestling item I have on display in the flat is my bret legends figure , and his glasses I got a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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