Gail Kim Undergoes Emergency Surgery, Former WWE Star Announced For Impact Wrestling TV Tapings

By PWPIX on May 15, 2018

– Gail Kim underwent immediate surgery on Monday for appendicitis.

The 41-year-old tweeted on Sunday night that she thought was suffering from food poisoning, but it was actually appendicitis. She then scheduled surgery for the following morning.

Thought I had food poisoning tonight. Turned out it was appendicitis and caught it in the nick of time. Surgery in the am!

— Gail Kim-Irvine (@gailkimITSME) May 14, 2018

In a follow-up, Kim said on Monday night that the surgery went well and she expects to return home today.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Everything went as well as can be! Amazing doctor and hospital staff….. I’ll prob be home tomorrow for recovery

— Gail Kim-Irvine (@gailkimITSME) May 15, 2018

Kim wrestled her retirement match in February and now works behind the scenes with Impact Wrestling’s female talent as a producer and agent.

– Former WWE Superstar Rich Swann will appear at two Impact Wrestling TV tapings taking place next month in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Border City Wrestling is helping Impact Wrestling promote the events, taking place on June 1 and 2 from St. Clair College, and the indie promotion announced today that Swann will be at both shows.

Proud to announce former @WWE Cruiserweight Champion @GottaGetSwann makes his Windsor and @IMPACTWRESTLING debut live June 1st and 2nd at @StClairCollege – get your tickets at https://t.co/yzDdmXwixQ pic.twitter.com/sZnkSOSGRT

— BorderCityWrestling (@bcwonline) May 15, 2018

Swann is the husband of reigning Knockouts Champion Su Yung. He was backstage at several Impact Wrestling TV tapings that took place in Orlando, Florida last month, which is where the new promo photo of him comes from.

On February 15, WWE announced that Swann and WWE had mutually agreed on his contract release. WWE’s 90-day no-compete clause stipulated in the terms of his release expires this week, so he should be free to appear on any wrestling television show or pay-per-view. Since his departure from WWE, he’s been working indie wrestling events.