Something needs to change...

**hb2k** · 01-08-2016, 05:25 AM

Meltzer's big theory on the shoulder injuries is that the way Cena trains, and the way the Performance Center now teaches to train, has shifted from cosmetic bodybuilding style weightlifting to Olympic style lifts for functional strength, which is far more taxing on the body, especially when they take so many bumps anyway. Nikki Bella also picked up this style of lifting and ended up with a bulging disc in her back.

You can only make pro wrestling so safe. There are going to be reckless blows and accidents happening. The schedule could be lighter, but I don't think that's too realistic, nor do I think it's the cause. Part of the problem might be that WWE in their ignorance decided not to sign guys when they should have, so now they've signed guys later in their careers (AJ at age 38 while he has a back problem being a good example) when they have more miles on their body. Plus, the style that a lot of guys use on the Indies to try and get over is a dangerous one with big bumps, landing on their head and hitting each other hard in unsafe places (New Japan unprotected headbutts I'm looking at you). So when those guys finally get their chance in WWE, you have a thing like Daniel Bryan when a couple of concussions are stacked on top of a lot of other major ones accrued elsewhere.

The closest thing to a pattern was the neck injuries in 2000-2004 which has stopped, and these shoulder injuries lately. Orton probably doesn't fit into that same bill, since he's had a trick shoulder since 2002. But these lads need to find a new way to train, and WWE needs to be less stubborn about the way they evaluate talent going forward.

Problem is, as we've seen before, when WWE gets into a good situation, they always go back to picking and choosing with their prejudices because they can afford to. Right now they can't, so they're going to the guys they probably should have signed anywhere from three to ten years ago.

01-08-2016, 05:25 AM	#11
hb2k Do Unto Others... Posts: 2,086	Meltzer's big theory on the shoulder injuries is that the way Cena trains, and the way the Performance Center now teaches to train, has shifted from cosmetic bodybuilding style weightlifting to Olympic style lifts for functional strength, which is far more taxing on the body, especially when they take so many bumps anyway. Nikki Bella also picked up this style of lifting and ended up with a bulging disc in her back. You can only make pro wrestling so safe. There are going to be reckless blows and accidents happening. The schedule could be lighter, but I don't think that's too realistic, nor do I think it's the cause. Part of the problem might be that WWE in their ignorance decided not to sign guys when they should have, so now they've signed guys later in their careers (AJ at age 38 while he has a back problem being a good example) when they have more miles on their body. Plus, the style that a lot of guys use on the Indies to try and get over is a dangerous one with big bumps, landing on their head and hitting each other hard in unsafe places (New Japan unprotected headbutts I'm looking at you). So when those guys finally get their chance in WWE, you have a thing like Daniel Bryan when a couple of concussions are stacked on top of a lot of other major ones accrued elsewhere. The closest thing to a pattern was the neck injuries in 2000-2004 which has stopped, and these shoulder injuries lately. Orton probably doesn't fit into that same bill, since he's had a trick shoulder since 2002. But these lads need to find a new way to train, and WWE needs to be less stubborn about the way they evaluate talent going forward. Problem is, as we've seen before, when WWE gets into a good situation, they always go back to picking and choosing with their prejudices because they can afford to. Right now they can't, so they're going to the guys they probably should have signed anywhere from three to ten years ago.