{"id":20349,"date":"2016-05-23T10:49:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T15:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=20349"},"modified":"2016-05-23T10:49:25","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T15:49:25","slug":"george-animal-steele-battling-serious-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/23\/george-animal-steele-battling-serious-health-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"George &#8220;The Animal&#8221; Steele battling &#8220;serious health issues&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2985412723\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE Hall of Famer George &#8220;The Animal&#8221; Steele (Jim Myers) is battling &#8220;serious health issues&#8221; at the age of 79.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just to let everyone know that I\u2019m dealing with some serious health challenges right now,&#8221; Steele <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/georgesteele\/with_replies\" target=\"_blank\">announced Sunday night<\/a>.\u00a0&#8220;I\u2019m at peace with whatever God\u2019s plan is for me knowing that God is always in control. Prayers continue to be appreciated. Thank you and God Bless.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Steele noted on April 29 that he had five weeks of rehab for an unspecified health issue. 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