Former WWE/ECW/WCW star Raven diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease
During an interview with Ariel Helwani, former WWE/ECW/WCW star Raven revealed that he has been diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease. Raven talked about his condition while discussing an upcoming documentary about his wrestling career…
“I’m content, or more basically as content as I’ve ever been, other than this stupid tremor I got from the Parkinson’s—got early-onset Parkinson’s. So if you see me tremor, that’s why. But other than that, you know, it’s—I don’t think it really touches on enough of my current life to do any damage to it.”
“I’m lucky it hasn’t affected me too bad. It just—when I get anxious, the tremor gets worse. Or when I’m really tired. And I have a sleep disorder, so it, you know—but I paid, you know. But look, you gotta pay the piper sometimes. You know, you gotta—for all the drugs and alcohol and chair shots I took to the head— you gotta pay for the damage at some point.”
“Oh, I got tons of regrets. Anybody who says they don’t have regrets is full of ****. I got tons of regrets. I got tons of things I would have done different, but I didn’t. They made me who I am, and I’m happy with who I am. And I would rather be happy with who I am at the end of my life than be happy earlier in my life and not happy at the end.”