Summary

Ohio Valley Wrestling issued a statement about referee Dallas Edwards after a medical emergency during the March 12, 2026 broadcast.

The promotion said Edwards is alert and doing much better, while asking for privacy for him and his family.

A separate update from Edwards' girlfriend said he suffered a brain injury that is being monitored by doctors.

OVW response to Dallas Edwards emergency sets the tone for next updates

OVW publicly saying Dallas Edwards is alert and improving creates a concrete consequence, concern around the incident now shifts toward medical monitoring and the timeline for additional official updates.

Because the promotion said another update will come when available, each future statement will carry added weight for how fans and talent assess recovery progress.

Quotes

Quote from Ohio Valley Wrestling

"Last night during Rise, referee Dallas Edwards – a member of our OVW family – experienced a medical emergency during the broadcast. OVW takes the health and well-being of all our performers extremely seriously, and as a company we are all distraught to see an injury to one of our own. Dallas is alert and doing much better. We ask everyone to keep him in your thoughts and prayers and respect his and his family’s privacy at this time. We will provide an update as soon as it is available, but in the meantime, we wish Dallas a speedy recovery and we can’t wait until he’s back with our OVW family very soon."

Quote from Dallas Edwards' girlfriend

"Please keep Dallas in your thoughts as your day begins. I am not going to provide much more information at this time except to the parties who already know, but last night resulted in a brain injury that is being monitored and will continue to be monitored by doctors here. Seeing all the support you guys have already given is amazing and I didn’t want to leave everyone without some kind of update."

Sources

As reported by NoDQ.