5 Times WWE Offered Short-Term Fixes To Long-Term Problems

5. Banning Chair Shots To The Head To Eliminate Concussions

WWE banned all unprotected steel chair shots to the head in 2010. This was partly an answer to sports studies looking at the impact of brain injuries long-term, but was also a direct response to the ongoing drama surrounding Chris Benoit's untimely death. As much as WWE genuinely wanted to protect their employees, they also genuinely wanted to protect themselves from any apportion of blame.

Not to say it wasn't a good decision, because it unequivocally was, and hopefully the current crop will feel the benefit in their retirement (or rather, won't suffer the consequences). In today's WWE, chair shots are aimed at the spine rather than the forehead, which should eliminate the threat of concussions in the promotion, right? Well, not quite; this is a dangerous sport, and several wrestlers (such as Dolph Ziggler and Enzo Amore) have still suffered them in recent years.

In a profession where you're expected to go crashing into things several times a night, it's an inevitability. Even hitting the ropes at the wrong angle - like Amore did at Payback 2016 - can leave performers hospitalised. Banning head shots and expecting the concussion problem to go away was never realistic. WWE should still be applauded for taking this step, but their solution only goes so far.