Former pro-wrestler Eddy Mansfield revealed on the Monte & The Pharaoh show that WWF veteran Marty Jannetty underwent foot amputation after years long battle with sepsis and ankle issues.
Eddy bashed WWE for not stepping in and helping Jannetty financially:
“One of my dearest friends ever on the face of this Earth, and a great wrestler, had his foot amputated, and his name is Marty Jannetty. Where in the hell was WWE to help Marty Jannetty? He made them millions of dollars, and you can’t help him when he’s in the biggest need of his life, fighting for his life?
These guys in WWE can get all these pay raises and all this other stuff, screw the wrestling fans out of a bunch of money for tickets, but you can’t take care of the guys who make you the money?
His problem has always been his ankles. And his ankles were screwed up in a WWE wrestling ring, making them a lot of money. I can remember Marty when he could hardly walk. His ankles bothered him so bad. The pain pills really didn’t do anything for him. He was in so much pain.
When I produced him at the XWF, he had to wear special shoes to get in the damn ring. I felt so bad even asking him to work because he was in such pain during those matches. But he didn’t complain one time. He went and did the job as a true professional and a star would do.
WWE and Shawn Michaels should have stepped in and made sure he went to the best when it all started. Give him the best medical attention and the best doctors that money could buy. That wasn’t done. How come WWE, with all their money, couldn’t take care of the guy that made them millions of dollars?”
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