Paul Bearer Candidly Discusses McMahon Paying For His Gastric Bypass Surgery

Paul Bearer, manager of WWE World Heavyweight Champion Kane, appeared today on Right After Wrestling on SIRIUS Radio 98. Highlights from the candid interview are as follows:

– Candid thoughts about his wife’s battle with cancer.

– WWE assisting him with the gastric bypass surgery that saved his life prior to his return to the company at WrestleMania XX.

– Will Paul Bearer enter the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011?

– How have Kane, The Undertaker and Paul Bearer withstood the test of time?

– During his initial interview with the company, the WWE not knowing he had a legitimate degree in Mortuary Science and he not knowing the WWE was casting for a manager for the Undertaker.

EXCERPT: “I’ve always been heavy, in fact I was morbidly obese (before WrestleMania 20) And Vince McMahon picked up the $35,000 tab for the gastric bypass surgery. There’s no doubt in my mind, if I didn’t have that surgery, I wouldn’t be here today, I would have died long before my wife did.

“When my wife was first diagnosed with cancer in 2001, Vince and Linda and company were always there for me. When my wife passed away, they were reaching out and taking care of me.”

To listen to the interview, click here.

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