WWE Hall Of Famer Terrified By Modern Wrestling
WWE Hall of Famer Arn Anderson is scared of modern-day wrestling.
In a new interview with Denise Salcedo, Anderson, the Golden Age era wrestler, stated that he thinks modern wrestling is way too risky.
The high-flying maneuvers that wrestlers perform nowadays are far more risky than those that wrestlers used to do in the past.
He feels terrified for the wrestlers who risk their bodies every week on television to entertain the fans.
“I’m terrified. I respect the girls and guys of today’s wrestling industry, but scared to death, too, because I see things in the ring that you can’t protect yourself on. Anything going backwards, German Suplex, you can’t protect yourself because you can’t see where you’re going. Stuff off the top, going through tables, things that are dangerous.”
“You look at me, I’m beat up, and I didn’t do any of that stuff, so I’m just worried that in five years we’re gonna have a casualty list, and I hate it for the young guys and girls, because they feel like they need to go to that level to get the audience’s approval.”
WWE legend Arn Anderson Says Wrestlers Don’t Need To Perform High-Risk Moves To Entertain Fans
The WWE legend said wrestlers need to consider their well-being before they perform scary moves inside the ring.
He added that the number of superstars getting severely injured inside the ring has increased in recent years, which is a cause for major concern.
“Do you need them to do that to enjoy their matches? If they dialled it down would you not follow them? I’m not saying take everything away from them, take all the excitement away, but take some of the stuff that talent are time after time getting hurt on and just dial it down, that’s all I’m asking.”
“I’ll never get my wish. I don’t have any control over the business at all, other than my opinion, but I hear almost on a weekly basis who is dropping out due to injury. It was not that way when I was wrestling, and granted, we weren’t doing the stuff they are doing, and that was by design.”
“I’ll give an example; Ric’s daughter, Ashley Flair, Charlotte. She’s famous for dropping her opponent on the floor, going to the top rope and doing a Moonsault to the floor. If you go back and slow the tape down, there’s no way to catch somebody off top, and she’s landing on her feet. What’s the odds of her blowing her knee out or tearing her hamstring? You tell me if she doesn’t do that move, I’ll be disappointed. I don’t think so.”
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