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Army Spc. Timothy Lott gripped his walking cane as he prepared to meet some of his lifelong heroes.

“I’ve been a wrestling fan for 27 years,” he said at the Verizon Center’s posh Coach’s Club here yesterday evening.

Lott was one of about 40 injured veterans Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Wounded Warrior Project brought here for a reception and the Monday Night RAW event hosted by World Wrestling Entertainment.

WWE and the Wounded Warrior Project are members of the Defense Department’s America Supports You program, which highlights the public’s support for the nation’s troops and their families.

Lott was injured traveling in a convoy in Afghanistan. To avoid an accident with an errant civilian car, the driver of Lott’s vehicle hit the brakes.

“It threw me forward, slammed me back,” he said, “and caused a severed disc in my back and extensive nerve damage in my right leg.”

The invitation to see his wrestling heroes wage war was a thrill for Lott.

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