If you’ve ever watched professional wrestling, you know one thing intimately well.  at some point in the evening, a wrestler will roll out of the ring, shove the ring announcer or some other ringside official aside, and grab a metal folding chair.  He may just menace his opponent with it, but oftentimes someone’s gonna get hit with it.  Well, for fans of the WWE, the last part is over.  As part of the company’s ever-expanding wellness policy, they’ve introduced the ImPACT Concussion Management Program, which has banned the use of the steel chair as a weapon or prop.

Odds are this is related to WWE CEO Linda McMahon’s US Senate run.  She holds a lead over her challenger in the Republican primary, and this is undoubtedly a PR move on her part.  You may be tempted to think this is something to be taken as a joke, but parties involved in using the chair will be fined or suspended, not by some fake commissioner, but by WWE Executive Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis, who is the guy who fires people in real life.

While the wrestling fan in me is kind of against this break from tradition, the realist in me accepts it.  They’ve banned dangerous moves before, and if it keeps wrestlers from getting hurt, I’m for it.  A friend of mine recently signed a developmental deal with the WWE and if this can keep his brain intact for his post-wrestling life, then it’s a change for the better.

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Tags: WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment, professional wrestling, concussion management, WWE bans chair shots, WWE removes steel chairs, Impact Concussion Management Program, wellness policy, sports entertainment, John Laurinaitis

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