Kurt Angle had 4 heart attacks this morning and he's right there, jumpin' around.

Slight correction: They were simultaneous, like Homer Simpson's.

I don't think it is mockery when you consider that a concussion is an inevitable result of a worked wrestling match.

Obviously you can't eliminate concussions completely from wrestling, but there is no need to work a match so stiffly that suffering some sort of head trauma becomes very likely and there is definitely no need for wrestlers to work through serious head injuries like concussions.

 

Okay, I should note that I just went through Dynamite Kid's book in the span of 48 hours or less. With that disclaimer, I have to say:

 

Suck it the hell up. It's a rough business and people get hurt. If they don't get hurt at least somewhat, the fact is that they probably aren't doing their job right.

 

It's a harsh point, but fairly true imo.

 

I just wish I could be bothered to find Dynamite's actual quote about that, as I do recall him covering it at one point.

 

Hurm.

 

Things I post at 4am that do not reflect what I think when I wake up.

 

I should just not do so.

 

 

But I digress, my point was more geared towards the idea that high impact matches are the problem when the lower impact style of WWE still causes more major injuries. It's not so much the style (though there is a point where that becomes a greater factor) but the frequency that does it.

 

Dynamite was wrestling every day at the same pace for months at a time.

 

Indy wrestlers and Puro stars wrestle for a short period then take time off to recover.

 

There is a difference there.

 

 

But my comment was stupid, snarky, and altogether fairly retarded, and for that I apologize.

Since when do indy wrestlers take time to recover?

Dynamite Kid telling wrestlers to "suck it up" really is the real life version of The Black Knight telling King Arthur that it was "just a flesh wound" when he cut his arms off.

To add to Bix's point, most of the serious injuries suffered in WWE in recent years since they toned their style down have been muscle tears and knee problems, not the concussions and other serious head injuries I was speaking about, which seem to me to be much more prevalent currently outside of WWE whether it be in the indys, Mexico or Japan. The problem with head injuries like concussions is that if you suffer too many of them, then you will have permanent damage that you can never recover from.

The assertion that WWE's low impact style causes injuries is batshit insane, and you yourself tried to mitigate that carzy statement one sentence later. The schedule is bad, but really, WWE's major injuries are caused by guys using artificial means to pack on more muscle than the human body can support, and then, on top of that, using those overmuscled bodies to perform athletic feats. Ever see how a gymnast is built? Think about the athletic feats gymnasts do. Now compare that to how a bodybuilder is built and what they do for a living (stand around and flex). Imagine a bodybuilder trying to do what a gymnast does. That's why WWE wrestlers get hurt.

Is anyone at all shocked that Teddy Hart got himself canned from the WWE already?

I considered Ted a friend at one point, and no I'm not surprised.

Another idiot on Scott Keith's Blog complaining that Benoit has been deleted from the Old Nitros.

Another idiot on Scott Keith's Blog complaining that Benoit has been deleted from the Old Nitros.

Which is funny since they seem to be slowly working his name back in the shows.

 

Holy shit, I just read that guy's post on Scooter's blog.

 

He goes from this

 

WWE 24/7 isn't available in my area, so I don't know, but someone's omitting Benoit's matches and I assume it's not Scott. More than likely it's Corporate America WWE.

to this

 

I think what I'm trying to say is that, WCW and I had a sadomasochistic relationship in the late 90's where I was the bitch that liked to be slapped around a lot.

 

uh......WOW

Dare I ask for a link to Keith's blog?

http://www.rspwfaq.com

It is so typical of cold, heartless corporate America to deny men their God-given right to murder their families.

The same guy who posted that in Scott's blog has a picture of Bill Hicks in his sig.

 

Somehow I'm not sure that was a coincidence.

The assertion that WWE's low impact style causes injuries is batshit insane, and you yourself tried to mitigate that carzy statement one sentence later. The schedule is bad, but really, WWE's major injuries are caused by guys using artificial means to pack on more muscle than the human body can support, and then, on top of that, using those overmuscled bodies to perform athletic feats. Ever see how a gymnast is built? Think about the athletic feats gymnasts do. Now compare that to how a bodybuilder is built and what they do for a living (stand around and flex). Imagine a bodybuilder trying to do what a gymnast does. That's why WWE wrestlers get hurt.

My point was that the schedule was more of a concern than the style, though it was poorly phrased admittedly.

I seem to have been banned from the ROH Message Board, for insinuating that a broken down and past-his-prime Mitsuharu Misawa probably won't be able to put the best match that ROH has ever seen, and for guessing that he's probably coming more for the big payday (judging from ticket prices) rather than for any great love for ROH or the fans.

 

I guess someone got pissed off.

I seem to have been banned from the ROH Message Board, for insinuating that a broken down and past-his-prime Mitsuharu Misawa probably won't be able to put the best match that ROH has ever seen, and for guessing that he's probably coming more for the big payday (judging from ticket prices) rather than for any great love for ROH or the fans.

 

I guess someone got pissed off.

You clearly have no respect for the boys in the back who bust their asses for you.

I seem to have been banned from the ROH Message Board, for insinuating that a broken down and past-his-prime Mitsuharu Misawa probably won't be able to put the best match that ROH has ever seen, and for guessing that he's probably coming more for the big payday (judging from ticket prices) rather than for any great love for ROH or the fans.

 

I guess someone got pissed off.

You clearly have no respect for the boys in the back who bust their asses for you.

 

You could not be more wrong if you claimed that you saw Elvis walking down the street.

I seem to have been banned from the ROH Message Board, for insinuating that a broken down and past-his-prime Mitsuharu Misawa probably won't be able to put the best match that ROH has ever seen, and for guessing that he's probably coming more for the big payday (judging from ticket prices) rather than for any great love for ROH or the fans.

 

I guess someone got pissed off.

You clearly have no respect for the boys in the back who bust their asses for you.

 

You could not be more wrong if you claimed that you saw Elvis walking down the street.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

I seem to have been banned from the ROH Message Board, for insinuating that a broken down and past-his-prime Mitsuharu Misawa probably won't be able to put the best match that ROH has ever seen, and for guessing that he's probably coming more for the big payday (judging from ticket prices) rather than for any great love for ROH or the fans.

 

I guess someone got pissed off.

It's a house organ board to push their own DVD sales by having like-minded fans rave about how great their shows are, hoping to get other people to buy their shows. What did you expect?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

Gotcha. Sarcasam doesn't always translate well with me to the written medium.

Plus Misawa still fucking rules, watch the Bison Smith and Sano matches.

I've seen the Sano, not the Bison. Have you seen the Marufuji match, Phil?

Not yet, but Marifuji sucks ass, so I wouldn't blame Misawa is said match sucked ass

It's a house organ board to push their own DVD sales by having like-minded fans rave about how great their shows are, hoping to get other people to buy their shows. What did you expect?

The funny part (to me anyway) was that it wasn't even anything I started. Someone else started a thread about the ass-sucking wonder that was Misawa/Marufuji and wondering if that's the sort of performance they could expect out of Misawa, and it just sort of snowballed from there.