This graph shows 500 premature wrestler deaths over 50 years; of the deaths where a cause was known, 35% were cardiac.
Peer-reviewed research has found 35–41% of deaths in studied wrestler cohorts were cardiovascular/circulatory, with cardiovascular mortality elevated compared with the general population.
We hear — the drug culture is different, the Attitude Era is over, and corporate structure protects talent better. Yet long-term health problems and lack of collective bargaining rights remain.
What happens at the top affects the entire industry. If top talent do not have enough leverage to secure better pay and long-term protections, everyone below them negotiates from an even weaker position.
If you are a wrestler, I encourage you to read the current research. I do not encourage you to repost this or speak out.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
Peer-reviewed research has found 35–41% of deaths in studied wrestler cohorts were cardiovascular/circulatory, with cardiovascular mortality elevated compared with the general population.
We hear — the drug culture is different, the Attitude Era is over, and corporate structure protects talent better. Yet long-term health problems and lack of collective bargaining rights remain.
What happens at the top affects the entire industry. If top talent do not have enough leverage to secure better pay and long-term protections, everyone below them negotiates from an even weaker position.
If you are a wrestler, I encourage you to read the current research. I do not encourage you to repost this or speak out.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
