WWE News: Wrestling legend Harley Race admitted to hospital; all upcoming appearances cancelled

What's the story?

Harley Race is perhaps one of the most famous names in the world when it comes to professional wrestling. During his career as a wrestler, he wrestled for all the major professional wrestling companies in the world.

It has been reported that Harley Race has been admitted to the hospital due to complications with his health. He has been in the hospital since that time and is currently 'fighting' his health issues.

In case you didn't know...

Although the name may not be familiar to many modern fans, Harley Race is seen as one of the pioneers when it came to professional wrestling. He wrestled in all of the following federations at one point of time or the other:

American Wrestling Association (AWA)
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA)
World Wrestling Federation (WWF - now WWE)
World Championship Wrestling
World Wrestling Council

Following this, Harley Race wrestled in several Independent promotions as well as making appearances in WWE. He also was part of Impact Wrestling. Harley Race is also the promoter of World League Wrestling.

The heart of the matter

World League Wrestling provided an update on Harley Race's current condition in an Instagram post. They revealed that complications arose when Race was travelling to a fan expo and had to be admitted to a hospital.

"This past weekend, he was scheduled to attend the Knoxville Fanboy Expo. While traveling to Knoxville, he exhibited some signs that needed to be addressed by medical personnel. He has been in the hospital since Thursday evening and that's where he currently is. Due to privacy concerns, no specific information will be given out about his current health status or anything of the sort. All that can and will be said is that Harley Race was, is, and will always be a fighter. He doesn't know anything else and he hasn't thrown in the towel and he has promised that as long as it is up to him, that won't be an option. His health is obviously top priority and with that being said, all of his upcoming appearances will be immediately cancelled."

They went on to say that he was still far from home as he had to be taken to a hospital while travelling and was still there. You can read the rest of the post below.

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An update that have been wanting to know about in regards to the boss's situation over the weekend. This past weekend, he was scheduled to attend the Knoxville Fanboy Expo. While traveling to Knoxville, he exhibited some signs that needed to be addressed by medical personnel. He has been in the hospital since Thursday evening and that's where he currently is. Due to privacy concerns, no specific information will be given out about his current health status or anything of the sort. All that can and will be said is that Harley Race was, is, and will always be a fighter. He doesn't know anything else and he hasn't thrown in the towel and he has promised that as long as it is up to him, that won't be an option. His health is obviously top priority and with that being said, all of his upcoming appearances will be immediately cancelled. All promoters have been notified about the situation and we here are currently trying to come up with a solution to rectify the situation the best way possible. Unfortunately, since this situation has taken place while traveling to a signing, he is currently in a hospital that is pretty far away from home that has his family there with him. So, in an effort to help out with the un-expected expenses, we are selling t-shirts of which profits will be given directly to the situation. The link to purchase the t-shirts is below. We appreciate the support whether or not you purchase a t-shirt. This is just a little extra help when it is needed. The price of the shirt that has an exclusive design for both front and back prints are $24.99 (plus S&H). All shirts are going to start to be shipped on August 9, 2019. Regardless, please continue to support Harley Race, The Harley Race Wrestling Academy, and World League Wrestling. All events and camps are going to take place as scheduled and we look forward to keeping it that way because that is what Harley Race would do. We look forward to getting him back home and continuing to have the Greatest Wrestler on God's Green Earth. To order, visit http://www.harleyrace.com/hrfundraiser.html

A post shared by World League Wrestling (@worldleaguewrestling) on Jul 16, 2019 at 8:26pm PDT

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We at Sportskeeda wish Harley Race a strong and fast recovery.