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[Apollo]

WWE BANS CHAIR SHOTS TO THE HEAD
By Mike Johnson on 2010-03-17 09:12:02
A report by the Hartford Courtant revealed that World Wrestling Entertainment officially banned chair shots to the head at the onset of 2010.

The article stemmed from the ongoing political warfare in Connecticut stemming from Linda McMahon's campaign to become Senator. One of McMahon's political rivals, Rob Simmons, who has been taking shots at McMahon's campaign being based around her background running World Wrestling Entertainment, questioned whether McMahon would testify at a local education committee about preventing and treating concussions among High School athletes.

In researching the article, writer Daniela Altimari received the following email from WWE spokesperson Robert Zimmerman:

"In January 2010, WWE amended its Talent Wellness Program, specifically regarding the ImPACT™ Concussion Management Program originally instituted in 2008, eliminating the use of folding chairs or props to "strike" an opponent in the head. Prior to this policy change, The Tables, Ladders and Chairs event in question took place on December 13, 2009. "Incidentally, no performer suffered a concussion during the TLC event."

The company's concussion program features annual examinations of talents as well as evaluations of whether they can return to active competition following head trauma.

The verbiage involving chair shots reads as follows:

*The WWE has eliminated using folding metal chairs to "strike" an opponent in the head.

*The WWE penalizes through fine and/or suspension the following:

-The intentional use of a folding metal chair to "strike" an opponent in the head.

-Any blow to the head that is deemed an INTENTIONAL act.



It seriously just keeps getting worse and worse. It's pathetic at this point.

[Mike]

Usually when WWE does something like this, TNA does the exact opposite. Expect a ridiculous amount of chair headshots in the future.

[Fryza]

If TNA does the opposite of WWE, then why do they both suck?

[Tsunayoshi]

Apollo, on 17 March 2010 - 10:58 AM, said:

WWE BANS CHAIR SHOTS TO THE HEAD
By Mike Johnson on 2010-03-17 09:12:02
A report by the Hartford Courtant revealed that World Wrestling Entertainment officially banned chair shots to the head at the onset of 2010.

The article stemmed from the ongoing political warfare in Connecticut stemming from Linda McMahon's campaign to become Senator. One of McMahon's political rivals, Rob Simmons, who has been taking shots at McMahon's campaign being based around her background running World Wrestling Entertainment, questioned whether McMahon would testify at a local education committee about preventing and treating concussions among High School athletes.

In researching the article, writer Daniela Altimari received the following email from WWE spokesperson Robert Zimmerman:

"In January 2010, WWE amended its Talent Wellness Program, specifically regarding the ImPACT™ Concussion Management Program originally instituted in 2008, eliminating the use of folding chairs or props to "strike" an opponent in the head. Prior to this policy change, The Tables, Ladders and Chairs event in question took place on December 13, 2009. "Incidentally, no performer suffered a concussion during the TLC event."

The company's concussion program features annual examinations of talents as well as evaluations of whether they can return to active competition following head trauma.

The verbiage involving chair shots reads as follows:

*The WWE has eliminated using folding metal chairs to "strike" an opponent in the head.

*The WWE penalizes through fine and/or suspension the following:

-The intentional use of a folding metal chair to "strike" an opponent in the head.

-Any blow to the head that is deemed an INTENTIONAL act.



It seriously just keeps getting worse and worse. It's pathetic at this point.

She should quit now. Vince is catering to her grapeing campaign and ruining the show. Between how bad TNA can be at times and how bad WWE keeps getting, there wont be anything good to watch in about 5 years if they dont improve, assuming that TNA thinks that they can spam whatever WWE wont or cant do anymore.

[B l i t z]

Good point haha.

But yeah, dumb.

[Mike]

Fryza, on 17 March 2010 - 11:13 AM, said:

If TNA does the opposite of WWE, then why do they both suck?

Vince Russo.

Vince Russo.

And Hulk Hogan, brother.

[Ego]

Please tell me this will all end whenever her campaign is over....<br>

Edited by Notorious E.G.O., 17 March 2010 - 11:37 AM.

[Anime Maniac]

Wow. Seriously?! Its enough to make me want to punt kick Vince personally. And I'm not a violent person....

[Tsunayoshi]

Anime Maniac, on 17 March 2010 - 11:42 AM, said:

Wow. Seriously?! Its enough to make me want to punt kick Vince personally. And I'm not a violent person....

I am hoping that Vince gets his back or neck broken in his match with Bret and not another screwjob.

[Kaz]

I love how nobody is seeing the upside to this.

[The Rock]

Linda McMahon is a Royal grapeing apple! Seriously, you're not a grapeing politician! <br>

[Kaz]

Wah wah whine whine. Nothing anyone can do about it.

This is a good thing, in some ways. Seriously.

[Tsunayoshi]

Kaz, on 17 March 2010 - 12:47 PM, said:

Wah wah whine whine. Nothing anyone can do about it.

This is a good thing, in some ways. Seriously.

I fail to see how making some of the more popular, albeit dangerous, matches pretty much pointless to watch anymore?

[Kaz]

They said head. Not back, body, knee, anywhere else. You'll be fine without chair shots to the head.

[The Rock]

Well there goes the conchairto. =/<br>

[Kaz]

Not like it matters.

[Tsunayoshi]

Kaz, on 17 March 2010 - 01:16 PM, said:

They said head. Not back, body, knee, anywhere else. You'll be fine without chair shots to the head.

Yeah, but those matches will still be missing the finality that comes from getting brained by a chair to the head before a pin.

Though, unless there is a botch in the swing, everyone puts their arms up to keep from getting brained for real from what I see.

[Kaz]

People sometimes actually do get hit. And that's why they banned it. they caused concussions. Ex: Chris Benoit.

[Tsunayoshi]

Kaz, on 17 March 2010 - 01:28 PM, said:

People sometimes actually do get hit. And that's why they banned it. they caused concussions. Ex: Chris Benoit.

I can understand that, but it would be better to make someone that takes a headshot take mandatory time off for a checkup.

They do roughly the same thing for other contact sports in regards to concussions, so why not do the same thing instead of just taking away something that makes some of the more extreme matches credible to begin with.

[Sean]

Banning the chair shot to the head? Not a terrible idea.


The reasoning behind it? Terrible.