Former WWE Superstar Rosey Hospitalized

[Chris Dresdon]

- Former WWE star Rosey (Matt Anoi’a) has developed early stages of congestive heart failure and a condition called atrial fibrillation. He was hospitalized this week with his enlarged heart functioning at 25%. His heart issues led to a lot of fluid buildup. 62 pounds of fluid have been drained from his body and doctors are hoping to drain another 30 pounds before he leaves the hospital in a few days. Anoi’a is the older brother of WWE Superstar Roman Reigns.


Thought this was worth bringing attention to. Here's hoping he gets better soon.

 

[Luke Flywalker]

Condition all too common with the bigger guys in this family. Amazed Rikishi never ended up with these problems. Hope Rosey ends up getting himself as healthy as he can.

 

[SAIYANS]

It's been said that Rikishi didnt drink a lot in stories I've heard, so he didn't compound his genetics and size with the bad habits

 

[Deezy]

Morbidly obese heart disease.....easily avoided if you can put the hotdog down and pick up an apple. Should've listened to the people from Biggest Loser.

 

[punk13]

My aunt has had the same thing since 2002 and now she's doing fine.

It's something that sounds worse than it is or maybe just not as serious as his.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Looks like they caught this pretty late, I hope they can save him. His Super Hero In Training stuff was pretty fun a few years back.

 

[Luke Flywalker]

It's been said that Rikishi didnt drink a lot in stories I've heard, so he didn't compound his genetics and size with the bad habits

Oh, absolutely. But it is greatly influenced by genetics alone... so being a big guy, it's not hard to imagine he could have ended up dealing with this condition. But I'm sure little or no alcohol really helped him out, and I believe Rikishi may stay a little more active than the others (barring Umaga, although, if I'm not mistaken, I believe he was ruled drug overdose instead of a heart disease) in order to keep himself in shape enough to not deal with this kind of stuff.

Regardless, I hope Rosey gets himself together, because I would love to see him in the future do an angle with Roman in the E... not necessarily a feud or huge storyline, just something where he's around every once in a while.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

Would be cool if he and Hurricane could come back for one last appearance. Loved their work together.

 

[John McHenry]

Gonna happen. Goes with the weight probably has diabetes too.