During the most recent episode of The Coach and Bro! show, former WWE, WCW and TNA writer Vince Russo said he had a phone call Konnan, who revealed he underwent a double leg amputation. Russo also noted that the former WCW star said WWE paid all his medical bills.
“You know, Konnan, I’ve known Konnan forever and Konnan, man, he had my back at WCW in 1999 and I’ll never forget that. Konnan has gone through a double leg amputation. Yes, both legs and you know, I was smartened up on it. I knew he had the one leg amputated and the second one was in question. That was the last time I talked to him, probably about two months ago. They had to remove the second one. So I called Konnan yesterday. I didn’t talk to him long, because he’s very weak. He’s going through grueling rehabilitation. You know, learning how to — I can’t even imagine that. We can’t. You can’t imagine that. So he really, really sounded exhausted so I’m like, ‘Brother, go relax. We’re praying for you, we love you’ and all that but, I do want to point this out. Konnan said to me that the WWE has paid every single cent of his medical bills. Yeah, and that’s got to be pointed out and that’s got to be said…He said, ‘Vince, the WWE have paid every penny and I was only working with them for a short time.’”
This past March, Konnan was hospitalized and underwent a leg amputation and was in fragile condition. He had been as part of the creative team for AAA and as also was the color commentator alongside Corey Graves who does play by play.
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