Doctor Reacts To Painful WWE Injuries

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The WWE is an interesting beast. On paper, it's pure theater with rehearsed and choreographed wrestling matches. In reality... it turns out there are some pretty brutal injuries that actually occur. Today I decided to look at a series of real injuries that plagued wrestlers. We look at Logan Paul's torn MCL in his knee, John Cena's broken nose, Bianca Belair's hair whip and black eye, Bret Hart's career-ending concussion, Candice Michelle's broken collarbone, Cody Rhodes pectoral tear, Randy Orton's separated shoulder, Dwayne The Rock Johnson's torn adductors, Triple H's dry ice burns, Stone Cold Steve Austin's broken neck, and the unforgettable 16 foot fall from Mick Foley at the hand of The Undertaker. Let me know down below exactly how much of this stuff is actually scripted vs. improvised because at this point I'm kind of lost.

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[unsma]

i’ll never understand how people have the strength to risk their physical health for a sport. major props to everyone in this video

[ljaquos]

In regards to Cody and how the WWE let him do this, apparently, according to the man himself, he and the match producers asked the doctors if it was still possible to do the match. They stared at him in confused horror and said "Well, the injury *literally* cannot get any worse. It is entirely torn and separated, whatever happens it can't get worse. So...I guess????"

[rosskerr]

Doctor Mike's signature move is the Chest Compression.

[manunarine]

How Mick Foley is still alive let alone healthy is beyond true legend.

[mused]

There was more with the Mick Foley Hell in a Cell. The chair he fell through the cage with hit him in the head/face, and his tooth went through his mouth. The things he put his body through in his career is insane. And the fact he’s actually an intelligent and well spoken author just makes it even crazier. Massive respect for Mick.

[beasleybryce]

Met Mick Foley outside a coffee shop one time in NY. Dude was one of the nicest people I've ever met. Big horror fan (and wrestling obviously) who's more than willing to chat with you and overall just emits positive vibes.

[codyjames]

What a lot of people forgoe when they say WWE is fake is that you still do things that require extreme athleticism and those often have risks of injury. It's staged and practiced but while the damage on the body may be minimized but it's still there.

[_Hamster]

I respect people competing in WWE, staged or not they still go through it all and their stamina is on another level

[nooobiechild]

I remember in an interview with the Undertaker, he said when the cage caved and Mick fell through, he thought Mick was dead. The sheer will to get back up TWICE after falling off the top of the cell is legendary. Mick Foley is an icon.

[Lina_]

Also that X sign the ref did around 9:17 after Randy dislocated his shoulder to signal a serious injury and that he can't continue wrestling. Love this, I'm really glad I found this video, I mean WWE and medical analysis that's like fireworks for me ❤✨

[patrickweber]

The knee injury mentioned used to be a career ending injury not too long ago, it is amazing how much Medical Science has advanced so that they can continue their career after recovery.

[JeffKraschinski]

Mick is actually donating his brain after death for study into CTE.

This stuff is scripted, but accidents happen as with Cena's nose and stuff can go south. Mick is just the toughest guy in the room with an iron will and determination to entertain at his own risk. And a really awesome guy in person too.

The guys in WCW knew they were going to lose the Monday Night War after that Hell in the Cell

[ibendover]

Starting to see why aliens haven't exactly rushed to make direct contact with us yet

[LadyBloodOath]

love how he used a nile red clip when talking about handling dry ice and wearing ppe 10:54

[Ghostkiller__]

4:35 it's worth mentioning that this kick not only ended Bret harts career, but changed his life permanently. To this day he suffers with concussion issues.

[ajtaylor]

Cody Rhodes's torn pec might be the grossest injury I've ever seen a wrestler deal with but the fact that he made the decision to wrestle with it just shows how gutsy of a guy he is as well as how insane he is as a person. All for the love of the sport I guess.

[InkyWinkDink]

12:48 "How in the hell is he standing?"
He fell from 16 feet, *_I'M_* confused too! 😨

[PremiumAli]

6:45 .. is a terrifying example of how bad things was.. glad to say today the match would have been stopped instantly.

[Johnny_Aman]

Awesome episode for a wrestling fan like me. Dr. Mike mentions not knowing how they can tell legit injuries during the Candice Michelle injury. It actually shows Candice not squeezing the refs hand. He also alludes to that being the finish with the pin versus a let’s finish this and get her help moment.

Additionally with the Bret concussion it doesn’t show him hitting the ring post which dazed Bret preventing him from actually blocking Goldberg’s kick.

[alexbeardsley]

Candice Michelle's injury was super rough. She was just starting to breakout as a wrestler rather than just a "manager" or eye-candy. And she got really good really quickly and then this injury forced her to retire all together. Definitely a sad instance.
She was the one who fell off the top rope and broke her collarbone:/