26:50 Injuries nowadays vs back in the day is a different mentality. Back in the 70s/80s/90s and possibly even the early 2000s, when a wrestler got injured, unless it was like a broken leg, they would wrestle anyway, because, if they didn't wrestle, they potential didn't get paid or were scared to be replaced and in some cases they were dropped to the bottom roster or never given another main event run. Where as today, companies like WWE, AEW, NJPW, etc. know that they have to take care of their rosters, their assets. (Most of) these wrestlers are the companies long-term investments. They dish out millions of dollars in travel, accommodations, training, promoting, merchandising, etc. for these wrestlers and if they get injured, the promotion needs them to take the time off to repair and recover, because these companies cannot afford lose their money making assets and start over at square one with a new talent, every time someone gets hurt. This is going back to the point Corey was talking about at the start of the podcast about losing wrestlers before they even get to retirement age. (Cancer is not wrestling related) but if we look at most of the guys we watched growing up, they are all in wheelchairs, crippled, going for stem cell treatments, etc. If promotions focused more on the health and rehabilitation of their rosters back in the day, some of them guys may still be wrestling or better et, still be alive. It's a different mentality in 2024 vs 1994.. for the better I believe.
Mr. Bean with the turkey stuck on his head is also a great episode, and probably my favorite..
26:50 Injuries nowadays vs back in the day is a different mentality. Back in the 70s/80s/90s and possibly even the early 2000s, when a wrestler got injured, unless it was like a broken leg, they would wrestle anyway, because, if they didn't wrestle, they potential didn't get paid or were scared to be replaced and in some cases they were dropped to the bottom roster or never given another main event run.
Where as today, companies like WWE, AEW, NJPW, etc. know that they have to take care of their rosters, their assets. (Most of) these wrestlers are the companies long-term investments. They dish out millions of dollars in travel, accommodations, training, promoting, merchandising, etc. for these wrestlers and if they get injured, the promotion needs them to take the time off to repair and recover, because these companies cannot afford lose their money making assets and start over at square one with a new talent, every time someone gets hurt.
This is going back to the point Corey was talking about at the start of the podcast about losing wrestlers before they even get to retirement age. (Cancer is not wrestling related) but if we look at most of the guys we watched growing up, they are all in wheelchairs, crippled, going for stem cell treatments, etc. If promotions focused more on the health and rehabilitation of their rosters back in the day, some of them guys may still be wrestling or better et, still be alive.
It's a different mentality in 2024 vs 1994.. for the better I believe.