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POLICE OFFICER, ASPIRING WRESTLER STILL HOSPITALIZED A WEEK AFTER WWE CANADIAN TRYOUT

By Mike Johnson on 2006-09-28 15:00:00

Today's edition of Canadian newspaper The Kingston Whig-Standard reported that Jason Maschke, a police officer and aspiring wrestler, was still hospitalized a week after a condition brought on by the physicality of his recent World Wrestling Entertainment tryout in Ottawa.

Maschhke was diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, a condition that is brought on by overexerting one's body to the point that it breaks down its own muscle. That exertion releases proteins into the body and can can cause kidney failure.

Maschke and the doctor treating him told the newspaper that the WWE had aspiring wrestlers at the tryouts doing 300 deep knee bends, followed by running the steps of the arena where the tryout was held. However, if anyone failed or improperly did the knee bends, according Maschke, the process would start over. Although he collapsed during the run from pain in his legs, Maschke forced himself through the in-ring portion of the tryout, although he noted that he was unable to do moves he normally has no problem with, including leapfrogs.

After returning home and having recurring pain as well as learning his urine had turned "as dark as coca-cola", a doctor friend of Maschke's wife advised that he be taken immediately to the hospital, a decision that was said to have saved his life.

Maschke was diagnosed with breaking down his quadriceps, which led to rhabdomyolysis. He remains hospitalized on intravenous tubes, barely able to move his legs. Maschke is slated to be released from the hospital later this week, at which point he will begin rehabilitation on his legs. He is hopeful of returning to the police force within a month.

World Wrestling Entertainment did not provide comment for the article, although the article does not note whether the company was even contacted.

The entire article can be read at this link.

Special thanks to James Young for passing the article along.

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