{"id":43359,"date":"2018-07-30T12:05:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T17:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=43359"},"modified":"2018-07-30T12:05:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T17:05:08","slug":"police-investigating-the-death-of-brian-lawler-no-foul-play-suspected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2018\/07\/30\/police-investigating-the-death-of-brian-lawler-no-foul-play-suspected\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigating the death of Brian Lawler, no foul play suspected"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-176891570\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, Prowrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death of Brian Lawler, who was found hanging in hit jail cell on Saturday in the Hardeman County Jail. Lawler was taken to Regional One Medical Center and died on Sunday afternoon. The preliminary report notes that police do not suspect foul play. Read more on the story at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/news\/2018\/07\/29\/brian-lawler-wwe\/859926002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commercialappeal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> I believe this is standard procedure as the authorities are simply attempting to confirm that Lawler hung himself and no foul play occurred. Due to his fame, Lawler was isolated in his own cell at the jailhouse, where he was staying after being arrested on charges of DUI, driving after revocation, and evading arrest.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: solid 1px #dedede;\" src=\"https:\/\/app.stitcher.com\/splayer\/f\/180116\/55494970\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-1024320028\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, Prowrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[2264,101],"class_list":["post-43359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-brian-lawler","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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