10 Wrestling Jobs Ranked In Order Of Risk

By Luke Lafontaine /

1. Referee

Finally we come to the most hazardous non-wrestling gig of all: the poor, mistreated zebra. Ring officials everywhere are notorious, nay legendary for the bumps and blows they take in the ring. Most of the time, we're talking €œaccidental€ collisions with speeding wrestlers, but some guys have deliberately gone after them too. A guy like Mike Chioda is about as safe at work as a fruit stand in a car chase. No matter how and why it happens, there are few images in professional wrestling more familiar than the face-down, unconscious referee. Underwriter's assessment: Occupational hazards include high-speed foot traffic by man-mountains, errant punches, kicks and clotheslines combined with frequent ducking€ Documented history of peripheral blindness, erratic measurement of time and unnaturally lengthy periods of incapacitation, indicating pre-existing neurological damage. Coverage denied. Recommend career change towards bomb disposal. You made it! Thanks for reading! Now follow the buzzards to the comments and let us know what you think...