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Originally Posted by blankall
In what other industry do you have this level of death?
I will admit that the unwarranted perceived "freak show" nature of wrestling does create bias though.
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Like I said in terms of deaths, and its more pronounced because they don't announce every single tragedy is the movie industry.
How many celebs over dose or die of things that are completely out of the ordinary.
How many stuntmen and production cast members die or are grievously injured making movies.
how many forgotten actors or kids that were ground up and spit out become walking tragedies.
Not to pull out the tired media conspiracy, but a lot of this stuff isn't reported on in the same way because of how effective the Hollywood spin machine protects not the people but the industry.
Is wrestling perfect not even close, but lets look at a few things
Over the past few years they've reduced time on the road a lot, these guys at one point were working 300 dates a year, that's been reduced to about 220.
They changed the rings about 10 years ago, they're probably still not the most comfortable things around, but you can see the greater give.
Health and Wellness program, its not perfect, but its a long long way from what was happening before which was nothing. And give WWE credit, they have refused to clear wrestlers to come back recently. Daniel Bryan is one big example of the your done before you want to be done. You could argue the same with Nikki Bella, they've kept Cena away from the ring in terms of clearing him. Paige was pulled from the road for concussion issues.
The after career stuff, they've paid for rehab for former wrestlers who need help, they even sent Scott Hall and paid for him 4 or 5 times before they pretty much gave up.
The Scholarship program for former wrestlers and active wrestlers.
I'm reading the wellness site now and they have a financial assistance program to help their talent save money.
Compare that to sports like the NFL which disposes of players like dirt, has a questionable drug testing program, and doesn't do much to assist their players in terms of finances and after career help.
Lets alone the entertainment business which throws people away like cardboard.