http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/24/law.nowinski/index.html
Of course it does. Just anyone who takes head-shots for a living. Two things about this post. One, I use CNN as my homepage so a lot of the posts here on my blog will probably include links to CNN. Two, I used to enjoy watching wrestling but now its a bore. I'll catch parts of RAW every now and then, but its become pretty boring now. I blame it on the lack of competition with other wrestling networks.
Anyway, the point of the article is that Chris "Harvard" (yes he did actually attend Harvard) Chris Nowinski doesn't wrestle anymore because he suffered too many concussions. I don't blame him. Simple fact of the matter is that no matter how "fake" you think wrestling is, there just aren't too many ways to gently hit someone over the head with a real steel chair, or land on tacks, or fall from the top of a 15-foot steel cage. Just ask Mick Foley. In the end, wrestlers and other professional athletes in contact sports know what they're getting themselves into.
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By the way, I'm way late on this comment but I think Vince McMahon needs to do something about steroids in wrestling. Do I think he actually will? No, probably not. Keep in mind that these guys get thrown around a ring night in and night out. I think many of the top stars work close to everyday. Of course wrestling celebrates great physiques but everyone knows that it is a show. The other component is how much charisma a wrestler has and how well he can connect with the fans. Two of the most popular superstars of recent memory, The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin played great character roles and could connect with the fans. Neither was very high-flying or overly muscular. Vince needs to do a better job of finding people with charisma rather than just muscle-heads.
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