Wrestler Medically Dies Backstage, Revived by Fellow Performer in Miraculous Scene

A truly scary and ultimately miraculous story is coming out of a recent Supreme Pro Wrestling event in California, where a wrestler's life was saved by the heroic actions of another performer.

KCRA reports the incident occurred on April 26, involving wrestler Josh Littell. “We were the main event,” Littell recalled. “We wrestled the match, and it was fine all things considered.”

After the match, Littell went back to the conference room that was serving as a locker room. He sat down, and that was the last thing he would remember until waking up on the way to the hospital.

"Evidently, my heart stopped, and I fell to the floor," Littell said. "Officially, I was dead. No nurse or doctor said anything different than you died on Saturday."

Thankfully, fellow wrestler Alex Bell, who performs as Sir Samurai, was there. Bell also happens to be a trained EMT. She immediately sprang into action.

"I started compressions, asked someone around me to get an AED,” Bell said. “The ambulance was already on the way. My first thought was really, 'this isn't going to work.' I've done CPR many times before, and it has never worked before."

Despite her initial doubts, her life-saving skills worked. Littell was revived after what was a harrowing few minutes.

"I was told it was three to four minutes that I was technically dead,” Littell explained. “I didn't see a light or anything, but I had a sensation of being pulled back before I woke up. The percentage of people just to survive is .00001%, so I shouldn't have survived anyway, but the fact that I survived and my brain and body are still working, nobody understands how that happened."

This is a stark reminder of the very real dangers professional wrestlers face. In response, Supreme Pro Wrestling has commendably started offering CPR classes and now ensures an AED is present at all its events. We are incredibly grateful for the quick thinking of Alex Bell and wish Josh Littell a full and remarkable recovery.