Jim Ross Confirms Jerry Brisco Has Suffered Multiple Strokes

As a follow up to my previous article yesterday, Jim Ross has posted an update on his blog titled JRBarBQ.com.

After numerous websites reported the story that WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry Brisco suffered a stroke this week, while others were saying it was false, initially Good Ol' JR stated Brisco did not.

However, as of June 18, Jim Ross has confirmed the following:

From JR's blog:

"Jerry was preparing to meet Pat Patterson at the Tampa Airport to fly up to Charlotte for the three-hour Raw broadcast when he took ill.

Bottom line is this. After getting many of his medical tests back today, it was determined that Jerry did indeed have a stroke and not just one. Jerry had a total of three strokes over the past several days.

The doctors now think that one stroke occurred Saturday and the other Sunday morning. They are not sure when Jerry suffered the first stroke.

This is all new info confirmed on Wednesday afternoon. It was originally believed that Jerry had not suffered from a stroke, but further tests proved otherwise.

While doing a battery of tests, doctors also discovered a small hole in Brisco's heart and a heart valve issue that will now be repaired next week, likely on Thursday.

This procedure will be done via his groin as to make it less evasive and the doctors are highly confident that this issue will be addressed completely with the medical procedure.

The doctors are waiting until next week to do the surgery to allow new medication to begin taking effect that addresses the clogged artery in Jerry's neck."

Please keep Jerry in your thoughts and prayers in the coming week.