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WWE RAW star Keith Lee has shed some light on his five month absence from WWE.
Lee uploaded a video on his Youtube channel, explaining medical issues that prevented him from being cleared to compete.
Things began back in January when he contracted COVID-19, but quickly escalated to issues found when doing blood tests.
“So as some of you know, toward the end of January, I missed about three weeks on TV. That time I had contracted COVID,”
“Actually, before I continue, let me go ahead and point out something because I did see some disturbing and just rude marks toward Mia Yim. [There were] some stating that it was her fault that I was gone, and some stating that she gave me COVID and what have you illegal and clear that up right now, that needs to be clear. We’re it not for her. I don’t know how things would have gone to be quite honest. I contracted COVID. She did not actually for like three weeks and the only reason that she did contract it was because she refused to not be there and take care of me and unfortunately, that ended up costing her an opportunity in the Royal Rumble. But that was a chance she was willing to take so you know, at the end of the day, I’m grateful to her and it’s unfortunate that some of you are ungrateful, because the reality is, there’s no telling how things would have gone without her assistance.”
Lee revealed he had received a call from WWE informing him of issues with his blood, which led to a number of tests that needed to be done, including several MRI’s on his heart.
“So after that, I came back for one match, against Mr. Riddle and I believe that was February 8. Then the next day, I got a call saying that there was something off in my blood. Some people may have experienced this thing where there’s an inflammation in the heart or lungs. For me, it was the heart that led to very scary times, I was basically forbidden from training or any activity outside of a light walk. So there was a fear that doing more than that, that there was a chance that I could just up and pass away. So for three or four months, this was kind of the case and I have several MRIs on my heart. By the way, I don’t fit in those machines, it was terrible and my shoulders really struggled with that. But we had to do what we had to do, right? So this became a fight against death, so to speak. It took up until the company sent me to Pittsburgh to get looked at and it was to the point where I was about to have to undergo genetic testing and all sorts of things. Because it was thought that there was a potential [chance] I could have a heart disease of sorts. Very fortunately, even though it took a long time, and we waited that amount of time for that to allow the inflammation in my heart to eventually go down to normal. So even though the first MRI was bad, and then the second one was worse, over time. Things got better here and there and eventually, after that visit, I was cleared to try and get back into some sort of shape. That’s where the real struggle is.”