Former ECW Champion Tommy Dreamer noted on his Instagram account that he almost lost an eye at his home yesterday during a freak accident while petting his dogs and that a contact lens probably saved his eye.

Scary day, I almost lost my eye. Was in bed in am petting my dog.switched to pet the other & he lunged forward to get more scratching & he put his paw right in my eye. I've never felt so much pain & I've been on fire, in barbed wire tacks & hit in balls w/a cane that knocked me out. Went to Dr, scratched cornea, it ripped my contact in half, we can't find other half. Dr said contact probably saved my eye. Pain is pretty intense Can't open it. Hopefully tomorrow is a better day

A photo posted by Tommy Dreamer (@thetommydreamer) on Feb 1, 2017 at 3:10pm PST