LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A jaw-dropping moment at a Louisville wrestling event that was not part of the show landed a 22-year-old in the hospital.

During the main event at Ohio Valley Wrestling's weekly TV show, Rise, on Thursday night, a wrestler jumped from the top rope and landed on referee Dallas Edwards in a planned spot in the match, but what happened next caught everyone off guard. 

Video shows 15 seconds after Dallas Edwards hit the mat, his body begins to uncontrollably shake. He's suffering a seizure.

"I'm not upset about the bump. Dallas knows how to fall, and he has trained as a wrestler," said Tammy Edwards, Dallas' mom. "What I'm concerned about is the lack of preparation OVW had when a medical emergency like this happened. Nobody stopped the match. They are wrestling over top of my child as he seizes."

While Dallas Edwards continues to convulse, a wrestler drags him to the side of the ring and appears to kick him. On camera, Dallas Edwards is shaking for 45 seconds before he's moved out of frame and the match stops.

Tammy Edwards said the video is tough to watch.

"How do you treat another human being like that?" Tammy Edwards said.

She said her son is awake, talking and in the Intensive Care Unit at Norton Audubon Hospital for monitoring of a brain bleed and a concussion.

OVW officials said there was a medic at ringside during the match, but the very real moment in a world set in story caught the talent and staff off guard. They didn't know at first how badly Dallas Edwards was hurt.

In a post online the company said, "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."

"If somebody doesn't respond to you checking on him, the match stops right then," Tammy Edwards said.

Pro wrestling is heavily regulated by the state of Kentucky with strict rules on when a match must be stopped for blood, requiring a report and video of the incident to be turned over to the Kentucky Boxing and Wrestling Commission with in five business days. However, there is no requirement currently to stop a match for an injury without blood.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has an ownership stake in OVW. He bought into the company in 2020 prior to winning office.

He spoke of his involvement in wrestling Thursday hours before the incident at OVW during a press event congratulating students at Grace James Academy on their track and field championship.

But Friday, a city spokesperson tried to distance Greenberg from the company.

"Mayor Greenberg is no longer involved in the operations of OVW," Press Secretary Matt Mudd wrote in an email to WDRB News. "We are, of course, sorry to hear about this injury."

Control has changed hands four times in the last 8 years at OVW with new owners investing. The majority stake is currently held by Morley Sports Management Limited, a sports company based in Great Britain. Former WWE superstar Al Snow lives in Louisville and heads up the wrestling school and OVW TV show.

Tammy Edwards said she found out her son was hurt from a fan in the stands when it happened, who is also a family friend.

"Nobody from the promotion, from OVW, contacted me to let me know my son was in an ambulance on the way to the hospital," Tammy Edwards said.

OVW is one of the most well-respected independent wrestling company in the world, having trained some of the biggest names in the game over the last 30 years like John Cena, Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar and current WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.

Tammy Edwards said when she looks at the video of what happened to her son, that prestige is not what she sees.

"What I saw in that video...nobody cared about my son."

Dallas Edwards grew up loving wrestling. He paused a budding Hollywood career to follow his dreams in sports entertainment. Dallas Edwards was a child actor. One of his biggest movie credits was the role of Ken, Owen Wilson's son, in the comedy, "Masterminds."

In an update Friday night on his Facebook page, Dallas Edwards said he's made the decision to take some time off to "get my life and health back in good spirits." He also said he is grateful for all of the support, but asks his coworkers to get training on how to help someone experiencing a medical emergency.

"Being in the position before, it’s very important to be educated in all scenarios relating to injury, illness, or condition in the ring, especially when we’re performing," Dallas Edwards said in his post.

Dallas Edwards said he has a follow up CT scan on Saturday morning, and if it's good, he expects to be released from the hospital.

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