WWE doa 1.2 milhões para estudo de concussões

O USA Today reportou que a WWE irá doar 1.2 milhões de dólares para o Sports Legacy Institute de Chris Nowinski de modo a que o instituto estude a CTE, uma doença que está ligada aos danos cerebrais no desporto.......

Triple H disse ao jornal:

"Obviously, I think it's such a huge concern for everybody right now in sports and in the military. As we learn more and more about concussions and what can become of it, I think it's a problem for everybody."

"We still hit people with metal chairs, just not in the head anymore. We took out the things that ... caused the most concussions and the most head impacts."

Triple H falou ainda de como a WWE alterou as suas práticas no ringue de modo a evitar golpes na cabeça:

"In 2011, we had 25 concussions of the 150 talent (wrestlers) on the road all year long. ... In 2012, we only had 11. If you're in the NFL, your goal is to try to hit the other guy as hard as possible. ... The goal in what we do is the exact opposite. The goal in what we do is first and foremost ... protect your opponent. Without him you have nothing. ... Our whole goal is to make something look as devastating as possible and as impactful as possible with as little impact as possible. It's really the art of what we do. We really work on that with talent. If John Cena and I are in a story line together and I hit John Cena hard and he gets injured, and he's out, it hurts me as much as it hurts him. He's out; now my opponent that I'm in a story line with is gone and my storyline just ended."