OVW Issues Official Statement Following Referee Dallas Edwards Suffering Medical Emergency at 3/12 OVW Rise Show

Indie / Misc
Mar 13, 2026

As noted before, Thursday’s Rise show for Ohio Valley Wrestling in Louisville, Kentucky featured referee Dallas Edwards suffering a serious head-related injury during a match that continued on while he was convulsing in the ring.

OVW issued an official statement earlier today on Twitter about the incident at their show and provided an update stating that Dallas is alert and is doing much better.

Official statement:

“Last night during Rise, referee Dallas Edwards – a member of our OVW family – experienced a medical emergency during the broadcast. OVW takes the health and well-being of all our performers extremely seriously, and as a company we are all distraught to see an injury to one of our own.

Dallas is alert and doing much better. We ask everyone to keep him in your thoughts and prayers and respect his and his family’s privacy at this time.

We will provide an update as soon as it is available, but in the meantime, we wish Dallas a speedy recovery and we can’t wait until he’s back with our OVW family very soon.”

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