Hornswoggle has revealed that he was paralyzed from the waist down when he was just four years old.
The former WWE star recently appeared on Undertaker’s Six Feet Under podcast. He discussed things such as his start in wrestling, hiding under the ring, and more.
Talking about the various health issues he has had to deal with throughout his life, Hornswoggle revealed that he was born with a bad case of scoliosis. He underwent surgery to make things better when he was just four years old but the former Cruiserweight champion actually ended up getting paralyzed from the waist down:
“When I was young my people, we’re born with scoliosis. When I was born, I had it real bad and when I was four, they tried to do the surgery on me to straighten it.
The doctor never did a surgery on a person like me. So he cut me open, he hit a nerve in my spine and ended up paralyzing me cuz he’s never done surgery on my people. I was four. I had that surgery and then was paralyzed from the waist down and just full body cast.”
No Trampolines And No Contact Sports: Hornswoggle
Hornswoggle had to get another surgery where a rod was inserted into his back after this. After the second surgery, the doctor had warned Swoggle’s parents about playing dangerous sports:
“Then we found a doctor in Minneapolis who specializes in little person surgeries and put a rod in my back. First thing he says when we get out of surgery to my parents at the time is ‘Hey no trampolines and no contact sports.’
Years and years later obviously when I started working for WWE, He randomly like emailed or called my dad or something. He was like ‘I see he didn’t listen to me very much’ and my dad goes ‘yeah he didn’t listen to me either obviously'”
The former WWE star later revealed that over time his nerves have gone around his spine and cut feelings from his legs. While he’s still able to use his legs, he can’t feel any sensation in them. Per Swoggle his legs always just feel cold.
