IMPACT Wrestling Agent & Producer Tommy Dreamer Reveals Skin Cancer Diagnosis, Describes Surgery In Detail

Tommy Dreamer reveals that he has been diagnosed with skin cancer for the third time.

Following his Team Dreamer win in a Hardcore War Match at Rebellion in April, Dreamer announced that he was going away for a while. His mother had passed away, and he stated that he needed some time to heal. The ECW legend has now revealed that he was also dealing with health issues.

Speaking on House of Hardcore, Dreamer revealed that he was diagnosed with skin cancer.

“I know you’re all looking at this and saying, ‘What the hell is so shiny on your head? Are you going to town? Are you having barbed wire matches? No. Guess what? Ladies and gentlemen, I had skin cancer. That’s right. Being a guido all these years has caught up to me. This is the third time I’ve had skin cancer. Of course, it’s on my head, but I’m not a pretty boy. I am hardcore. It’s scary when they tell you you have cancer. It’s the best form of cancer, but you have to get it removed. For this, they’re able to cut it out. It’s called Moles surgery. I’ve had it before. I’ve had it here on my chest, I’ve had it on my head, and now I have a bigger one on my head. What you’re looking at is the grossness of 42 stitches. I had 23 outside and 19 inside. You don’t feel it when they’re cutting you. The weirdness of it is they have to cauterize your stuff, so you can smell your skin burning. Then the part that I didn’t like, you can hear the scalpel cutting open your head. The worst part is, you can hear them putting in the stitches, and it’s a long task to get that many stitches, but it’s in your head. They can numb it, you’re not feeling it. But you can hear it. You can hear it going into your skin and the tightening of the thread. It’s gross,” Dreamer said.

H/T Colin Tessier of Fightful full interview here

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Prior to leaving, Dreamer was involved with Bully Ray on-screen in IMPACT Wrestling, turning Bully’s arrival to the company to a story about the two of them being both old friends and old rivals.

Tommy Dreamer has been a backstage producer and agent with IMPACT Wrestling for years.

The Bodyslam staff wishes Tommy Dreamer well in his recovery, and we will provide more information as it becomes available.

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