10 Wrestlers Who Ruined Their Bodies For The Business - Mick Foley! Edge! Kurt Angle! BOTH Hardys?!
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🗓️ 16 July 2023
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Edge's physical sacrifices even made fellow WWE legend John Cena cry... Simon Miller presents 10 Wrestlers Who Ruined Their Bodies For The Business...
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| 0:00.0 | Wrestling is tough. |
| 0:02.3 | I swear we forget about this today as we focus on some nonsense instead, but honestly, |
| 0:06.8 | what wrestlers go through is mad, they deserve all the respect. |
| 0:10.3 | Even so-called safe performers find their bodies turning on them in later life, and it's |
| 0:14.1 | important to note this down. |
| 0:15.4 | They gave us a launch and just disappear into the night. |
| 0:18.4 | Therefore, I am Simon Watkulture, please do hit that subscribe button, this is 10 wrestlers |
| 0:23.2 | who ruined their bodies for the business, and attend the dynamite kid. |
| 0:27.1 | A super sad story all around, we may not have wrestling as we know it today, without |
| 0:31.2 | the dynamite kid. |
| 0:32.2 | That's why so many modern wrestlers cite him as an influence, because he used his speed |
| 0:36.2 | and hard hitting nature to wow audiences all over the place. |
| 0:39.2 | He did pay a price though, because the only did he have to retire early due to injuries |
| 0:42.8 | he'd built up, but he was mostly wheelchair bound before passing away at just 60 years |
| 0:47.2 | of age. |
| 0:48.2 | This is just a horrible tale. |
| 0:49.9 | His fellow grappler has also said he put a tremendous strain on his body due to various |
| 0:53.0 | drug use, but it really was the crazy bumps that took him out. |
| 0:56.1 | I'm sure Kevin himself would admit he didn't take any unnecessary risks either, but this |
| 1:20.6 | does sum up how taxing wrestling is. |
| 1:22.7 | Due to his sheer size and years of basketball before getting into the industry, his knees |
| 1:27.1 | took an absolute pounding throughout his career, and that resulted in multiple surgeries. |
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