I recently saw the Mankind vs Undertaker Hell in a Cell match. A match that has it’s own wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mankind_vs._The_Undertaker
From a Biological POV How is Mick Foley still alive after being thrown two stories with just a table to break his fall? He suffered “a concussion, a dislocated jaw and shoulder, bruised ribs, internal bleeding, puncture wounds, and several teeth knocked out.” And this is all in one match.
How do these pros go through so much damage without dying and usually having long careers? Is the Human Body really capable of taking so much damage?
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Most of those guys who have been in the industry that long are pretty broken down. If it weren’t for the modern medical science keeping them moving, they’d be physically disabled. Mick Foley in particular was (is?) renowned for his ability to take an absolute beating and keep going.
The hardest bumps for me to watch were the ones he took on the concrete in his early WCW days. Especially that powerbomb Vader gave him on the floor that legit knocked him out.
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Wrestlers, pro and amateur, rarely have long careers. The body can’t withstand that much damage, most of them make little money with little to know health insurance (America), and it destroys their bodies. Just because a few, like Hogan and the Undertaker, have been around for a long time does not mean the majority experience anything like it.
Wrestling is stage combat. The attacks may not be real, but the moves and techniques people use to mitigate or prevent injury are very real. When done correctly (which, among other things, often requires you to be able to anticipate exactly what moves you are going to need to make) you can create an illusion of being hit with terrible force, while not experiencing nearly as much as it looks like you are.
There are limits to this. Wrestlers are not invincible. Foley most definitely would have use something akin to a breakfall to slow his two-story drop, but he *still* got a concussion, puncture wounds and internal bleeding, and all the other injuries you describe. But that’s better than breaking your neck and dying. It works better as long as the match remains under control. But the moves are useful in chaotic situations as well as controlled ones.
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You need to watch old clips of ECW when they were in Philly. I think they are on Peacock?
Is this the match u/shittymorph always quotes at the end of a random post?
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