Jonathan Gresham Suffers Multiple Strokes

Jonathan Gresham recently suffered two strokes, with the former Ring of Honor World Champion set for a spell on the sidelines as he recovers.

Having left TNA in January 2025 ‘The Octopus’ has been a fixture on the independent scene, last wrestling on August 2 in a loss to Pete Dunne at Josh Barnett’s Bloodpsort XIV. Taking to X/Twitter, Gresham shared that just three days later on August 5 he woke up unable to walk, see, move the left side of his body, and was barely able to talk:

“Two days ago, I woke up and couldn’t walk or move the left side of my body. I couldn’t see and could barely talk. It took me 30 minutes to dial 911, but I finally did. I woke up in the hospital, couldn’t remember what had happened.

“They told me they had done an MRI and I had two strokes. I’ve had a lot of tests run but everything has come back clean. They’re not sure what happened, and the only thing they said was it could have been a possible complication from a bad case of COVID I had a couple of weeks ago. They said we may never know the exact reason. Needless to say, I will be taking the next 2-4 weeks off from wrestling to recover and get cleared fully by my neurologist.

“My wife saw me get carted off from the house on our Ring doorbell camera and somehow flew from Orlando to Atlanta in time that she was there when I woke up. I wasn’t fully convinced I had a stroke until she showed me this photo of how my face looked. I never thought this would be something for me to worry about at 37 years old. I will be back soon.”

Gresham shared an image from his Ring Doorbell feed of himself being stretchered out his house, with one side of his face visibly drooping.

Everyone at Cultaholic sends their best wishes to Jonathan Gresham.