Professional wrestling is a dangerous career to take up, an opening gambit that goes without saying to say the least.
Those who know nothing about the industry will frequently refer to it as 'fake', a hokey world of 'pretend fighting', but if you ask those nay-sayers to fall flat on their back on the floor 10 times or so over a five minute period for 250+ days a year, the chances are they will reject your request outright.
As the classic WWF warning video stated, the risks these men and women take to entertain us are real, very real. Injuries aren't common as much as they are constant, and pro wrestling is a world where a slight muscle tear could most likely simultaneously be described as a 'niggle'.
Simply put, if you want to be a wrestler you better prepare for a whole lot of discomfort.
This is true regardless of where on the card you are, but a number of wrestlers over time have gone out of their way to put their body through hell. I'm not talking about diving into barbed wire or getting hit with a weed whacker here; I'm talking taking a corner bump and throwing oneself fully into it.
The bumps certain individuals have taken suggests they have little concern for their wellbeing and continued existence on this planet.
Dave Meltzer said that AJ Styles wrestled the Extreme Rules main event as if he had a 'death wish'. He's not alone, in that regard...
