Raven diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease

Former ECW, WWE and WCW star Raven revealed that he has been diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease.

Appearing on Wednesday’s Ariel Helwani Show (seen below), he was talking about his upcoming documentary and said at this point in his life, he’s “as content as I’ve ever been…other than this stupid tremor I got from the Parkinson’s.”

Helwani mentioned he noticed in the documentary that he was suffering from the disease and asked how he is doing with it.

“I’m lucky. It hasn’t affected me too bad. When I get anxious, the tremor gets worse or if I’m really tired. I have a sleep disorder,” he explained.

“You gotta pay the piper sometime. For all the drugs and alcohol and chair shots I took to the head, you gotta pay for the damage at some point,” he said, admitting those three things resulted in his current state.

He also admitted that he has “tons of regrets” and that anyone that says they don’t is “full of sh*t,” but wouldn’t have changed anything.

“It made me who I am. I’m happy with who I am. I’d rather be happy with who I am at the end of my life rather than earlier in my life and not be happy at the end,” he said.

Nevermore: The Raven Effect comes out on Amazon Prime on November 18 with a special screenings with Raven at the PhilaMOCA in Philadelphia on October 11 and 12. 

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