Big Cass Tells All About Scary Seizure Incident At Pro Wrestling Show

Big Cass suffered a seizure at a 2018 House of Hardcore event in Philadelphia. That was a very scary situation for him, and it took years of getting back on the right track for the former WWE Superstar.

CazXL recently spoke to Insight with Chris Van Vliet where he admitted that even after having that seizure, he didn’t think that alcohol was a problem for him. He also had people telling him otherwise.

“A lot of people would tell me I had a problem. But I think I was so delusional, even after I had that first seizure in Philadelphia. I still didn’t think I had a problem. The next day I thought I had a problem, then 2 days later I was like no I can drink again. I guess after the rest of that year, with all the incidents that happened, and then finally when I went to rehab, was when I finally admitted that I had a serious problem.”

Cass recalled that scary night in Philly where he ended up getting carried off by an ambulance. He was at a signing during intermission of the show when things took a very bad turn.

“I remember doing the signing. I remember I went to lunch with Gangrel. I remember talking with Bubba [Ray Dudley] and Tommy [Dreamer] in the locker room, going over my promo with Dreamer. I was supposed to be on right after intermission, but I had to go sign at intermission. I remember dumping my water bottle over my head [back in Gorilla]. My comb was on the table, and that’s the last thing I remember. I must have walked out to the merch table and I don’t remember anything except being loaded into an ambulance. [Chris asks about being at the hospital] I did what I did best and lied, tried to come up with some bullsh*t. I said maybe I’m dehydrated or I’m not sleeping enough, it’s exhaustion. I knew it was alcohol withdrawal, but I was too embarrassed to admit that to anybody. Some people knew because I had a bottle of liquor in my bag that I didn’t drink from. But I was super embarrassed.”

Big Cass is sober now and he looks great. A WWE return is also not out of the realm of possibility, but it will also take a lot of time rebuilding trust before that can happen.