[News Update] Calaway in Critical Condition after Being Shot by Iron Sheik; Surgery

LCW Chairman of the Board Christian Calaway was still listed as being in critical condition nearly 24 hours after surgery to remove bullets from his shoulder and chest after being shot by The Iron Sheik on LCW Showdown last night. The 25 year old founder of Legends Championship Wrestling was rushed to the hospital only moments after LCW Showdown went off the air last night.

Calaway, along with Baby Doll, was taken hostage, at gunpoint, by The Iron Sheik. Sheik, who was disgruntled after losing his job in a loser leaves LCW match to Jake "The Snake" Roberts at last Sunday's LCW Night of Horrors pay-per-view, apparently blamed Calaway for the loss and told police after the incident that he had felt persecuted by the Chairman for months which forced the Iranian to focus his rage and anger on Calaway.

Sheik took Calaway and Baby Doll hostage at the beginning of last night's episode of LCW Showdown, and despite efforts from Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie, the Iron Sheik's manager, Nikolai Volkoff, the Iron Sheik's former tag team partner, and others, it was LCW Commissioner Nick Bockwinkel's urging of the Sheik to release the cameraman who was also being held captive, that sparked the events that would lead to Calaway being shot. The cameraman tripped exiting the office which distracted Sheik and gave Baby Doll an opening to attempt to wrestle the gun away from Shiek. However, the gun accidentally went off twice and shot Calaway once in the shoulder and once in the chest.

The doctors who operated on Calaway only minutes after he arrived at the hospital said that the bullet in his shoulder was successfully removed, but the bullet that went into his chest was too close to his heart to remove immediately. They worked to remove the bullet in his chest first as it was initially considered the most life threatening, but were unsuccessful and quickly moved to remove the bullet from his shoulder. They managed to stop the bleeding around the chest wound and said they would attempt another surgery to remove the bullet at a later date.

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