WWE Raw Superstar Keith Lee finally revealed the reason for his recent WWE hiatus.
Back in February, Keith Lee was scheduled to face Bobby Lashley and Riddle in Triple Threat Match at WWE Elimination Chamber for United States Championship. But he missed that event and was off to WWE TV until he returned back on July 19th epsiode of Monday Night Raw.
During his absence, it was reported that Keith Lee was not cleared to compete in the ring but reasons wasn’t revealed. Now, Keith Lee revealed the real reason for his absence via YouTube video.
In that video, Keith Lee revealed that he was pulled out from WWE TV back in January due to testing postive for Covid-19 and it was reason why her fiancee Mia Tim also tested positive as she refused to leave his side, which forced her to miss Royal Rumble match.
Later, Keith Lee revealed that after his match against Riddle in February, he received a call informing that something wasn’t right in his blood work and then, it was discovered that he had inflammation of the heart. Lee said he fought death and was finally cleared after WWE sent him to Pittsburgh, where Dr. Joseph Maroon is based. Lee also said it wasn’t certain that he would be at the July 19 RAW in Dallas, and on TV, but he’s now healthy and is focused on moving forward.
“Alright, so obviously I’ve been a busy bee, but I said that for those who took the time to care for me, that I was going to make this… you know, just information for you guys, something to share, because I’ve always kind of been that way. Open, for the most part. So the first time I tried to record this it turned out to be like 13 minutes, so we’re going to try and reduce some of that this time. So, let’s talk about the time since January. Alright, let’s get this knocked out. So, as some of you know, toward the end of January I missed about three weeks on TV. At that time I had contracted COVID-19, and actually before I continue, let me go ahead and point out something because I’ve been seeing some disturbing and just rude remarks towards Mia Yim. Some stating that it was her fault that I was gone, and some stating that she gave me COVID, and what have you. Let me go ahead and clear that up right now… that needs to be clear. Were it not for her, I don’t know how things would’ve 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’ve gone without her assistance.
“So… after that I came back for one match against Mr. Riddle, and I believe that was February 8th, and 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 like an inflammation in the heart or lungs, for me it was the heart, and you know, 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 had 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, and it took up until the company sent me to Pittsburgh [to Dr. Joseph Maroon] 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 I could have a heart disease of sorts. Very fortunately, even though it took a long time, we waited that amount of time, for that allowed the inflammation in my heart to eventually go down to normal. So, even though the first MRI was bad, and 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, and that’s where the real struggle is [he laughs].
“But yeah, it took some time and to be honest, it wasn’t even certain that I was going to show up in Dallas [at RAW on July 19], in terms of on TV. So, you know, for the people that cared, I greatly appreciate you, and you guys mean a lot more than you know, some of you even more than that. At the end of the day, I don’t really know what’s next, right? The idea for me is, I fought the battle that mattered the most, and I’m healthy, and at the end of the day, that’s all I can really ask for, that’s all my family can ask for, and now we fight to make the most of what we can do in this industry, and we just move forward. Isn’t that what I always say? Forward match, the grind continues, it’s forever. We fought death, I don’t mind fighting anybody else. So, we move forward and I guess we continue to show exactly what it means to be limitless. Yeah. Until then… stay up, people.” (H/T: WrestlingInc)
The first recording of this went over 13 minutes…..so I said and detailed far less, but I said enough.https://t.co/AtvGzJF7FX
— Eventual Lee (@RealKeithLee) August 12, 2021
For he is limitless 💙 https://t.co/bakqgSV4ut
— The HBIC (@MiaYim) August 12, 2021
