I was watching the Savage/Warrior "retirement" match on disk last night, and it came to the ending where Elizabeth threw Sherri out of the ring, and the thought came to me, "Both of these women are dead now, it's depressing."
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I don't have a problem with a wrestling faction that's presented as a "cult" with a "Dear Leader" that everyone is brainwashed by. What I do have a problem with is when they try to imply that people have genuine supernatural powers, and to be fair, I never liked ti when they did it when they did it with the Undertaker, Kane and Paul Bearer, or the Brood or Papa Shango. Yes, pro wrestling isn't "real", but for me, it needs to have a certain basis in "reality" just as you wouldn't have actual ghosts or wizards show up in Adam-12 or Medical Center.
All I know about pro wrestling I learned here. And one thing that jumped out at me was that it seemed like pro wrestlers tend to die young. "Must be my limited perspective," I thought. "Someone who had only a glancing knowledge of pop music would probably think the same of musicians." But on a lark, I googled "Why do pro wrestlers die young?" And I only got as far as "Why do pro wrestlers d--" and Google autofilled. Evidently, I'm not remotely the first person to ask this question.
The top answer was List of Premature Professional Wrestling Deaths from Wikipedia, and it noted that professional wrestlers have a significantly higher mortality death rate than other American men, and even other American male athletes. It suggested why:
"Experts suggest that a combination of the physical nature of the business, no off-season, and potentially high work load (with some wrestlers fighting more than 100 and even 200 matches per year), along with the drug culture in wrestling during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s contributes to high mortality rates among wrestlers. Another study ascribes the higher death rate largely to higher rates of cardiovascular disease compared to the general population with morbidly obese wrestlers being especially at risk."
The entry also noted that wrestlers are professional contractors, and therefore have no health insurance. So they don't go to the doctor much. Work for hire strikes again!
List of premature professional wrestling deaths
According to a 2014 study by Eastern Michigan University examining professional wrestlers who were active between 1985 and 2011, mortality rates for…
The Baron > Captain ComicsAugust 18, 2024 at 11:35am
It's often been said that to be a pro wrestler, you have to be addicted to it beyond all sense of self-preservation, because no one in their right mind would do it.
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Regarding this "Uncle Howdy": stuff:
I don't have a problem with a wrestling faction that's presented as a "cult" with a "Dear Leader" that everyone is brainwashed by. What I do have a problem with is when they try to imply that people have genuine supernatural powers, and to be fair, I never liked ti when they did it when they did it with the Undertaker, Kane and Paul Bearer, or the Brood or Papa Shango. Yes, pro wrestling isn't "real", but for me, it needs to have a certain basis in "reality" just as you wouldn't have actual ghosts or wizards show up in Adam-12 or Medical Center.
I think that's what they'll have to do eventually with them. They already said that you can't wrestle a ghost.
RIP Kevin Sullivan
Famous for booking his own divorce! And the Dungeon of Doom!
All I know about pro wrestling I learned here. And one thing that jumped out at me was that it seemed like pro wrestlers tend to die young. "Must be my limited perspective," I thought. "Someone who had only a glancing knowledge of pop music would probably think the same of musicians." But on a lark, I googled "Why do pro wrestlers die young?" And I only got as far as "Why do pro wrestlers d--" and Google autofilled. Evidently, I'm not remotely the first person to ask this question.
The top answer was List of Premature Professional Wrestling Deaths from Wikipedia, and it noted that professional wrestlers have a significantly higher mortality death rate than other American men, and even other American male athletes. It suggested why:
"Experts suggest that a combination of the physical nature of the business, no off-season, and potentially high work load (with some wrestlers fighting more than 100 and even 200 matches per year), along with the drug culture in wrestling during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s contributes to high mortality rates among wrestlers. Another study ascribes the higher death rate largely to higher rates of cardiovascular disease compared to the general population with morbidly obese wrestlers being especially at risk."
The entry also noted that wrestlers are professional contractors, and therefore have no health insurance. So they don't go to the doctor much. Work for hire strikes again!
It's often been said that to be a pro wrestler, you have to be addicted to it beyond all sense of self-preservation, because no one in their right mind would do it.
RIP Sid Eudy, a.k.a Sid Vicious, Sid Justice and Psycho Sid. Honestly never a big fan, but he was a big deal for a while, there.
He held both the WWE and WCW heavyweight championships...twice! Rest In Peace, Master and Ruler of the World!
Few guys had the look of a "monster heel" that Sid did. You believed that he could - and possibly would - tear a person in half.
WWE Hall of Famer Pete Rose has died.
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