8 Big Concerns Raised By WWE's Injury Crisis
2. The Growing Backlash
There's a growing tendency among wrestling fans to point the finger as soon as somebody gets injured. When Paige's 'medical disqualification' was announced, Sasha Banks, whose kick hurt the former Divas Champion in the first place, faced torrents of venom and bile. The same thing happened to Seth Rollins when Sting and Finn Balor were injured while working him, with even Bret Hart calling out 'The Kinglsayer's' apparent sloppiness.
This has got to stop.
Perhaps there were certain things that Rollins and Banks could have done differently, but there needs to be an acceptance that wrestling is an inherently dangerous sport, and neither were malicious. Freak accidents happen. It sucks, but it's the truth, and there's absolutely nothing to gain from demonisation.
Though social media has benefited wrestling in a number of ways, it has hurt it in others, with this being one of them. It has become far, far to easy to jump on a toxic bandwagon and make wrestlers feel worse about something they're probably already wracked with guilt over. All injuries are upsetting, but the situation becomes worse when we create a villain, so why bother?