Test speaks out on Eddie:

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As deep as this company is, they should be totally able to allow guys off weeks at a time to heal their bodies. The company is big enough.

 

The solution I thought of was one month RAW/SMACKDOWN belong to one group of guys, the next month it belongs to the next group.

 

Means they work six months out of the year. Or, go six months and then switch rosters. It's not insanly pratical, but at least it gives guys time with their families and time to heal their wounds.

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Its not hard to do. WrestleMania in March and whatever in September as the starts of the new year.

 

And I knew about him dying yesterday, but it didnt really hit me like "Eddie is gone" till today when I saw his pic at the top of the board. Now I feel like everyone else did/does, like lWo, Rey/Eddie HH 97, Latino Heat, the old school Impala coming to the ring...

[Guest JRE]

I was thinking...a more practical solution. Cycle 2-3 month breaks for all wrestlers throughout the year for house shows only. This way every wrestler will have a 2-3 month period in the year where they only compete 1 night a week for television. The rest of the week they can rest, train, or help with marketing (personal appearances, etc). It'll do a lot to keep wrestlers focused and from burning out.

 

Granted, there will be the guys that are kinda necessary for house shows- the big draws- Cena, Batista. But there's no need for World Title matches at every house show. Just let Cena cut a promo or Batista be a special enforcer ringside.

 

That's the most practical thing I could think of- allows storylines to stay consistent and for talent to be given their personal "off seasons" Thoughts?

[Guest Brian]

Never work, just because so many of those guys make money on those house shows.

[Guest God Junior]

It seems to me that the WWE's model of business (hiring the guys as independent contractors, paying them per show worked, etc) is designed to absolve the WWE from as much responsibility as possible for the wrestlers' wellbeing. Until they actually start treating the guys like a respectable business treats its employees (you know, with actual rights and security), I don't see the situation changing. It'd be nice to see a wrestler's union formed too, though that'll probably never happen for obvious reasons.

[Guest BrokenWings]

...this may lead to either Vince changing his schedule or an influx of wrestlers to TNA who want a lighter schedule....

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I've seen sentiments resembling this several times around the board, but while it is true that there's a lighter schedule now, it won't be that way forever. If there were an influx, or exodus as it was labeled earlier, of WWE stars to TNA - that company will grow. The larger it grows, the more they will tour, and eventually they will be running a schedule similar to that of the WWE.

[Guest xad]

They definitely need to do something about the direction as to cut down the amount of pain wrestlers inclict on their body, as otherwise they'll be in so much pain that the only relief they can find is in painkillers in order to go on. Definitely need to cut down the amount of days they work!

 

What batista said really got to me too as someone posted already, where on raw he said "it amazed me how eddie always seemed to be in such pain, but when he went out to perform it wouldn't seem like it and you wouldn't know that he was struggling physically".

 

 

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The fallout of this could be bigger than we can even imagine right now...with an MSNBC special on the way we may see some big changes in the way WWE does business, especially now that they are considered the "only" big promotion...did any one hear Batista say that Eddie was in pain "all the time"...this may lead to either Vince changing his schedule or an influx of wrestlers to TNA who want a lighter schedule....

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I heard Batista say that and it struck me as odd at first then it h ad me thinking a lot.

 

These people put too much pressure on their bodies even just wrestling one or two nights. Taking bumps is not a natural human activity. The body is not built to sustain all that punishment (one reason why I gave up wanting to be a wrestler years ago).

 

Personally I think that all of the guys and girls need to have regualr checkups at heart and other specialists.

 

Eddy dying of an enlarging heart (much like Brian) reminds me all too well of my uncle who dropped dead suddenly at the age of 48 in March 2004 (his enlarged heart was never detected).

 

I can understand where Martin is coming from. He learned the lesson of being out too long and losing your spot in WWE (well Test was just a mid-carder but you know what I mean)

[Guest Samantha]

The fallout of this could be bigger than we can even imagine right now...with an MSNBC special on the way we may see some big changes in the way WWE does business, especially now that they are considered the "only" big promotion...did any one hear Batista say that Eddie was in pain "all the time"...this may lead to either Vince changing his schedule or an influx of wrestlers to TNA who want a lighter schedule....

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Eddy dying of an enlarging heart (much like Brian) reminds me all too well of my uncle who dropped dead suddenly at the age of 48 in March 2004 (his enlarged heart was never detected).

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Same. My uncle was a world class squash player (he was 3rd of 4th in the world when he was younger). He died two years ago at the age of 54 from an undetected enlarged heart.

[Guest El Satanico]

Nothing will change. People outside wrestling don't care, and Vince isn't going to change anything.

 

A baseball player talks about roids in a book, and it results in hearings before Congress. Death after death in pro wrestling, and it barely gets news coverage. If the previous deaths didn't tell Vince that something needs to change, why would this one.

 

If this many football players all died with similar conditions, we'd have owners in jail.