Scott Hall, the beloved professional wrestling star of the '80s and '90s, will soon be taken off life support, according to longtime friend and in-ring partner Kevin Nash.
Nash confirmed the news on Instagram Monday morning, adding that "Hall's life support will be turned off once her family arrives." On Sunday, Hall, 63, suffered three heart attacks due to complications from hip replacement surgery in Marietta, Georgia, according to wrestling news outlet PWTorch.
"I love Scott with all my heart but now I have to make up my life without him for the present," Nash wrote in his Instagram post. "I am blessed to have a friend who took me at face value and I her."
While his career began in 1984, Hall's most famous work began upon joining the World Wrestling Federation, now WWE, as "Razor Ramon", a Scarface-inspired Miami gangster-type character. During his time with the company, he had a remarkable reign as the Intercontinental Champion, which he defended in 1994 in WWE's first televised ladder match at WrestleMania X against fellow legend, Shawn Michaels.
In 1996, Hall, by his real name, joined Nash, then WWE's main competitor, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), with whom he had a successful partnership in WWE. The two, eventually joined by Hulk Hogan, later in the year formed the hugely popular villain group, the "New World Order". The group's popularity is largely credited with helping WCW to overtake WWE in success and notoriety.
Following the dissolution of WCW in 2001, Hall briefly returned to WWE, but substance abuse issues shortened his tenure. He was fired from the company in 2002, when he, and several other wrestlers, were shot in the U.S. from a pay-per-view special in London.
According to the online database CageMatch, Hall fought his last televised match in May 2010 to promote Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Later in life, Hall managed to overcome his various addiction issues and returned to WWE on good terms. He has been inducted into the company's Hall of Fame twice, first in 2014 and again in 2020 as part of the New World Order, and also appeared at ringside for a match at WrestleMania in 2015.
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In light of the news that he had been placed on life support, messages of support and praise for Hall came from the wrestling industry.
"Scott Hall, pulling for you my friend," Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wrote on Twitter. "Stay strong! We need the 'bad guy' back in the game."
"My heart is so heavy," former wrestler Jake "The Snake" Roberts also tweeted on Sunday. "All my love to you and the family. I hope you find peace Scott!!!"