Update On Referee Dallas Edwards Following Scary Spot At OVW, OVW Issues Statement

On March 12 at an Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) event, referee Dallas Edwards was hit with a springboard forearm in a planned spot during a six-man tag match.

Edwards stayed down on the mat as the action continued, but began convulsing. He was pushed out of the way by one wrestler, who went forward with his next move. Eventually, the bout was stopped, the camera focused elsewhere, and the show ended.

Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp was given the following statement from Edwards’ girlfriend:

“Please keep Dallas in your thoughts as your day begins. I am not going to provide much more information at this time except to the parties who already know, but last night resulted in a brain injury that is being monitored and will continue to be monitored by doctors here.

Seeing all the support you guys have already given is amazing and I didn’t want to leave everyone without some kind of update.”

OVW issued the following statement:

”Last night during Rise, referee Dallas Edwards – a member of our OVW family – experienced a medical emergency during the broadcast. OVW takes the health and well-being of all our performers extremely seriously, and as a company we are all distraught to see an injury to one of our own.

Dallas is alert and doing much better. We ask everyone to keep him in your thoughts and prayers and respect his and his family’s privacy at this time.

We will provide an update as soon as it is avaliable, but in the meantime, we wish Dallas a speedy recovery and we can’t wait until he’s back with our OVW family very soon.”

OVW wrestler Jake Lawless shared a photo of Edwards in the hospital giving a thumbs up.