Undertaker Calls Pro Wrestlers’ Tendency To Work Through Injuries ‘A Bloody Vicious Cycle’

The Undertaker will forever be regarded as a legend in the world of professional wrestling. His contributions to the business will never be forgotten as he has given 30 years of his life and sacrificed his body. He commented on Big E’s injury as well.

The Phenom has had numerous surgeries over the past 30 years, many of which have affected the way he lives his daily life. In fact, he has had around 17 surgeries throughout his career.

Fans of Big E were absolutely horrified after a previous episode of Friday Night Smackdown. Big E was involved in a scary bump where he was dumped on his head by Ridge Holland.

Big E had to be stretchered out as fans feared the worst. Big E was said to have suffered a broken neck due to the bump. The former WWE Champion then revealed that he will not require any surgery for his neck injury.

While speaking with the True Geordie Podcast, The Undertaker talked about Big E’s horrific neck injury. He then reflected on how pro wrestling has taken a toll on his body as well.

“Everyone obviously has their preconceived ideas about what wrestling is and what it isn’t. It boils down to this, the human body is not made to take that kind of abuse day in and day out.

You think about, and I’ve just started using this phrase and it’s just kind of dawned on me as I’ve started talking and opening up more, you have to realise in any given wrestling match, and it just happened the other day, you’re two inches away from something catastrophic happening.

Big E the other day almost broke, well he did break his neck. Now you multiply that 250 times, you know those kind of things happen, and just when everything goes right, just the pounding that the body takes, the lack of rest, the incredible amount of travelling, you’re constantly worn down.

Through my era, you look for any way at all to alleviate the pain, because you’ve got to do it all over again the next night. That’s one of the great things, I always thank my fans, they were the reason a lot of the time that I could get up off the training table, and people have made reference to it.

“MVP he tells me ‘I can’t wait to have that walk. That old gunslinger walk that you have’. Like all day before I go out I limp, I walk with a limp. When the lights go down, the gongs go off, the limp goes away and I go out and do my thing. It is, it’s hard on your body physically, it’s hard on your mind because you know that you’re hurt and you have to go out and do things.

“Fortunately our business has evolved, now we have trainers and doctors that travel with us, and there are protocols in place when you do get hurt. That is one of the greatest evolutions of our business is that, if you do get hurt you have to get cleared before you’re allowed to get back in the ring.

Early on, it was, you didn’t tell anybody you were hurt because you didn’t want to take any time off, because you didn’t want to not get paid, and you didn’t want somebody coming in and (taking your spot). So it’s a bloody vicious cycle, you’re out there working hurt, and when you’re working hurt you’re trying to protect one thing and you’re going to end up hurting something else. So it’s kind of like a domino effect of injuries.”

Big E could also be out of action for at least six months, after suffering a neck injury following a scary spot on a previous episode of Friday Night Smackdown. We’ll have to see when exactly Big E will be making his return to in-ring competition.

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