Former Nexus member Michael Tarver hospitalized after stroke

Former WWE performer Michael Tarver said in an Instagram post that he was hospitalized after suffering a stroke and is now focused on recovery. Tarver, an original member of the faction The Nexus, posted a video and a lengthy caption describing the episode and thanking those who urged him to seek emergency care.

"Last night I was told I was having a Stroke," Tarver wrote in the post. He said he initially did not tell anyone but that a small group of people urged him to go to the emergency room. In the post he reported a blood pressure reading of 202 over 114 and said medical staff tested him and worked to lower his blood pressure. Tarver described the experience as frightening and said it prompted him to confront his mortality. He also wrote about a long history of depression and prior suicide attempts, saying the scare renewed his will to live. He closed the excerpt he shared with the words "Thank you Jesus."

Tarver, whose given name is Tyrone Evans, rose to national prominence as part of The Nexus, a group that debuted on WWE television in 2010. He was released from WWE in the summer of 2011 and continued to work on the independent wrestling circuit. He last competed in 2021...