AIDS.

[geniusMoment 0]

Considering you are the one who started shit with me you should heed your own advice. Just so that this post is not entirely off topic I will add that the only risk of

AIDS occurs from the sharing of the blade. Once the blood reaches the oxygen of the air the disease can no longer be transmitted. The major risk then is the ring itself, if the ring is not properly cleaned your entire crew could begin getting staph infections.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

They don't have to fire them over AIDS. They could just say that creative couldn't come up with anything for them.

[Guest Choken One]

Nah...They would just make a gimmick out of it

 

 

OMG~! PAUL LONDON HAS AIDS!

 

RUN FROM HIM!

[Ced 0]

Nah...They would just make a gimmick out of it

 

 

OMG~! PAUL LONDON HAS AIDS!

 

RUN FROM HIM!

Isn't that gimmick already being used somewhere in the Indies?

[Guest Dids]

There is so much stupid in this thread.

 

1- An HIV test will show an infection. There's no waiting 10 years for it to show up.

 

2- It won't show steriods unless it's regular blood work.

 

3- HIV dies in open air. It's VERY, VERY, VERY unlikely that sharing a blade would transmit the virus.

[geniusMoment 0]

Go study, an HIV test will not always show a positive result. Experts will tell you it can take up to 10 years after being exposed for someone to be fully in the clear.

[Guest Dids]

I have studied, and you're wrong. Shocking for you I'm sure.

[geniusMoment 0]

When HIV enters the blood, the body reacts by making cells called antibodies. In general it takes 3-5 months for the body to make enough antibodies for a positive test to come up. However, in very rare cases, less than 1%, the virus can lay dormant in the body. So in general you are right, but there is still a chance, even though very little, that one has HIV.

[Jobber of the Week 0]

Keith one time mentioned in one of his mailbags that there was reduced blading due to the HIV scare, so it's not like the business goes on oblivious to it. ECW rekindled the interest in guys bleeding all over the place, and I'm sure these issues had to be addressed, certainly with Vince McMahon and the amount of money he invests in this stuff, before they went about doing it.

 

I'd be more concerned about people who were doing this stuff in the much-loved NWA days.

 

And I do remember seeing something about tests in the Tough Enough application they were hosting on the internet for the show's final season.

[Enigma 0]

Only one word for geniusMoment:

 

bannination

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

AIDS has always come to mind whenever seeing two guys who've gigged coming into contact.

 

When you think about it in that way, it sheds a new light on WWE.

[Guest sean pyro]

It's not just AIDS but other viruses as well, like on the radio show 'Get In The Ring' Billy Graham said he got Hepatitis C from wrestling, here's a quote from the show:

 

The Phantom asked if his liver problem had to deal with hepatitis.

 

Graham said it was Hepatitis C. The Phantom asked if he contracted it by sharing needles.

 

Graham said he never shared needles with anyone, but said the main reason he got it was by sharing a lot of blood in the ring. He said the only way to get hepatitis C is by blood because it is a blood born virus.

 

Sir Adam mentions how they have had discussions on the show about how much blood the wrestlers in the WWE produce during many matches and asked Graham if he ever thought about how dangerous it truly was at the time.

 

Graham said back when he was wrestling they never really had a specific name for it. He mentioned how it can get contracted in the body and not actually kick in until 25 years later. Graham said that is what happened to him as many doctors estimated he got his during the 1970s.

 

He brought up how Road Warrior Hawk had hepatitis C and said many current wrestlers have told him that they have it as well. Sir Adam and The Phantom asked if he has ever warned any of the wrestlers today about blood matches.

 

Graham said he had and told many of them to get tested right away because if detected early, it can be treated in a quick fashion.

[Scroby 0]

I know in some states, its the law to give blood when getting a wrestling license. When I was in WA, the promoter told me that WA requires to you get a check up and give blood to get a wrestling license. I did tech for a show in November when I had to run out to clean up the blood in the ring (not a fun job) I did and after I was finished I went to the back to see how the guys were doing, they both saw that I had their blood on my hands and they told me that they were both clean and handed me a few medical napkins, you know the kind in first aid kits. I told them I figured they both were and one of them told me thats why giving blood is required to get a license. I'm not sure if thats the same for every state, but in WA it is.

[haVoc 0]

How sure are any of you that they share blades? It's very likely the ref has a couple different blades in different pockets. Regardless, wrestlers are crazy to slice themselves. And the ones who let other wrestlers slice them. I think Flair was the one who bladed Shelton a few weeks back.

 

Btw, these guys fuck some nasty ring rats on the road.

[Guest Dazed]

I don't understand why passing a blade to someone automatically means that they will share it. When someone blades, it generally comes from some huge shot with a chair, or whatever. They are unlikely to be getting up and moving around straight after the move. Conversely, the person attacking them doesn't have the focus on them, and they are free to move around a lot more, giving them better access to the referee, under the ring, or wherever they keep the blade.

 

I can't think of one match ever where one guy blades, definitely gives the blade to someone else, and with 100% certainty, they blade with the same blade.

[Toxxic 0]

P.S Can we not talk about who has and Hasn't gigged and let's shy from making assumptions like someone did about Bradshaw. This is a serious topic that should be explored.

I wasn't meaning to imply that all the people I can't remember blading have HIV or AIDS or anything. i was just pointing out that as far as i can see in the WWE blading is relatively rare, and the blading that does occur tends to be the same people over and over again (Vince, HBK, Trips, Rock, Austin etc). So even if some of the roster had blood-transmitted dieseases and whether or not the virus is killed upon contact with oxygen the risk would probably be fairly small anyway.