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There’s a reason “DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME” appears at the start of shows or before you get to the menu in a licensed video game.
The human body is a fragile combination of fluids and soft tissue. Your bones are strong, but they’re weaker than most of the material around you.
You’re slamming your body onto a plywood supported ring mat hundreds of times per week.
Pair that with the modern sensibilities of wrestling fans expecting every guy, gal and everything in-between to perform stunts that no wrestler in the 80s or 70s would have ever dreamed of doing, and injuries are naturally going to become frequent.
Gone are the days of Terry Funk and Harley Race rest holding and hugging each other for an hour and people in crowds popping over nothing.
