Ben Askren?

[Dark Energy]

Hoping this is legit.  Good progress.  Agreed lack of updates has been concerning.  Still a lot to be worried about.

freaking scary

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

According to Daniel Cormier, Askren is back home with his family now.

 

https://bloodyelbow.com/2025/06/12/daniel-cormier-provides-major-ben-askren-update-amid-ex-ufc-stars-sad-health-battle/

[GimJustafan]

5 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

According to Daniel Cormier, Askren is back home with his family now.

 

https://bloodyelbow.com/2025/06/12/daniel-cormier-provides-major-ben-askren-update-amid-ex-ufc-stars-sad-health-battle/

that is great news - thanks for sharing 

[Wrestleknownothing]

Ben Askren once called me a wimp on FRL. I hope he can do it again.

[nhs67]

7 minutes ago, GimJustafan said:

that is great news - thanks for sharing 

No it isn't.  The article specifically says that there is no clarification that he is home with his family or at a hospital closer to home.

JC is doing BS JC turdbiscuit $HlT there with the purposefully vague post.

[GimJustafan]

7 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

No it isn't.  The article specifically says that there is no clarification that he is home with his family or at a hospital closer to home.

 

i didn't open link/ went off the text in post 

[nhs67]

9 minutes ago, GimJustafan said:

i didn't open link/ went off the text in post 

Which is the context of the article, as well.

That said, they specifically state in the article that it is unknown if that simply means home at his house or if he was transferred to a different hospital closer to home.

JC being purposefully vague like that is POS stuff, man.

[Doublehalf]

This is from a post on the wrestling sub-Reddit this morning and is very scary and I hope to god not true....

 

"My son is an Askren Academy wrestler and they were told that Ben is in a bad situation. His infection has been unresponsive to anti-biotics and has attacked his lungs. He will need a lung transplant and for that to happen a lot of things need to line up and they may not. The situation is grim. This is what the team was told."

[Ohio Elite]

 

[Ohio Elite]

 

[MPhillips]

1 hour ago, Ohio Elite said:

 

Why post a falsehood?

[Ohio Elite]

10 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

Why post a falsehood?

Didn’t know it was false, please enlighten me

[mspart]

Well, the good news is it appears he is responding to treatment.   Hopefully his body can keep on fighting. '

mspart

[Ohio Elite]

@MPhillips. Now I see what you mean.  Skipped a few comments there. My bad.

[SNL Wrestling]

2 hours ago, Ohio Elite said:

 

This certainly appears to not be true. The lack of info and rumors swirling is definitely not great. 
 

I saw this and reposted thinking it was great news DC was loose with his words and I jumped the gun. 

[VakAttack]

In light of this extremely serious and sad situation, I'm glad the Minow is here to provide levity by apparently earnestly leading a crusade against people posting incorrect information on Twitter.  Thanks to the Minnow Man.

[scourge165]

2 hours ago, Ohio Elite said:

 

 

Edit-After listening to what Cormier said, he's not downplaying it, I just read it that way. He says back home in Wisconsin. That's accurate. 

 

I should have listened before posting. Nothing misleading at all(which is why I deleted that). My bad. 

Edited Thursday at 04:56 PM by scourge165

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

9 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

In light of this extremely serious and sad situation, I'm glad the Minow is here to provide levity by apparently earnestly leading a crusade against people posting incorrect information on Twitter.  Thanks to the Minnow Man.

And much more.  The comments are unreal.  

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

4 minutes ago, scourge165 said:

 

Edit-After listening to what Cormier said, he's not downplaying it, I just read it that way. He says back home in Wisconsin. That's accurate. 

 

I should have listened before posting. Nothing misleading at all(which is why I deleted that). My bad. 

I would imagine the fact that they flew him back to WI is a good sign?  Not that he's out of the woods yet, but that he was stable enough to make the trip.

[scourge165]

26 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

I would imagine the fact that they flew him back to WI is a good sign?  Not that he's out of the woods yet, but that he was stable enough to make the trip.

I would hope, but I'm entirely unqualified to answer that. It could be that, it could be that it's more serious and you want him nearer to Family and Friends. 

If what the post from the AWA athlete is true, it could be both. He's stable enough, but he's in rough shape. 

 

I'm just going to choose to not believe anything I don't hear from a reputable source and try and be positive. 

Even people who may be...put off by his brash personality have to see what he's done for the kids he coaches and what he brings to the sport.

He's made the sport better and I've never heard a kid who Wrestles for him say anything but positive things about him. His entire ideology is good for the sport. The lack of cutting weight, the emphasis on having fun...we all credit PSU with doing that, Askren did some goofy stuff in HS. Leap frog when warming up with all the guys in the finals(or a lot of them, I don't remember). I think he carried a brief case and a chicken around(A stuffed Chicken). I think the Briefcase meant he was there to "take care of business," and the Chicken...I don't know. He's just unique. 

 

I think he had several guys from AWA at 165 the last couple years like...O'Toole, Mesenbrink, Scoles(he's a stud), Mulvanney(not spelling that right, but ANOTHER Hartland kid). Not sure if the Bianchi brothers wrestled at AWA, but this is just ONE weight class. 

 

 

I saw how the Robbie Lawler fight went. I wouldn't count him out. The only thing I can say with any confidence is he's not gonna tap and he's gonna keep on fighting. 

[red viking]

Rumors about needing a lung transplant. Don't know how credible those are, but if true, that's very tough to recover from, even if you get it. 

[scourge165]

10 minutes ago, red viking said:

Rumors about needing a lung transplant. Don't know how credible those are, but if true, that's very tough to recover from, even if you get it. 

Are you just going off this thread or elsewhere?

I hope that's not true. The lungs can be very resilient.... but a guy like him with a gas tank like it was plugged right into the Alaskan pipeline, that'd HAVE to be frustrating. 

[Truzzcat]

Cp replied to the tweet of Daniel saying he is home and said he is in fact not home and still in the hospital. I am astonished at the amount of miss information surrounding all of this. Just praying for Ben.

[Tripnsweep]

I heard he died and then that he didn't, and now he needs a lung transplant. It just goes on and on. 

[red viking]

31 minutes ago, scourge165 said:

Are you just going off this thread or elsewhere?

I hope that's not true. The lungs can be very resilient.... but a guy like him with a gas tank like it was plugged right into the Alaskan pipeline, that'd HAVE to be frustrating. 

It was online in a couple places. Social media  2nd or 3rd hand, so who knows.