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Former WWE Superstar Christopher Nowinski has been touring the U.K. to warn of the dangers of head injuries caused by contact sports.
Nowinski was forced to retire after just 1 year on the main WWE roster after suffering a career ending concussion. He would later start a sports injury research institute which focused on researching and treating head injuries caused by contact sports. His new company has already received critical acclaim for groundbreaking research into brain injuries.
While the U.S. has been taking this issue very seriously for a decade, the U.K. has only recently taken notice of the subject. It came after research in late 2012 revealed the poor state of mental health detection and care in the country.
Nowinski warned that people involved with contact sports, especially teenagers, should take better care of their head health as brains are very easy to damage. He noted that teenagers brains are still developing and even small impacts to the head could leave lasting damage. In Britain, it is traditional for rugby players in particular to keep playing despite suffering an injury. Nowinski highlighted the dangers of players continuing to compete while concussed, and then refusing to be examined.
He was a finalist on the first season of Tough Enough, and would later become the first ever Harvard graduate to work for WWE. He was brought onto the main roster very early into his training and suffered multiple injuries. He sustaineed his career ending concussion when Bubba Ray Dudley accidentally stiff-kicked him in the head during a match. At that time, Nowinski had a cracked orbital bone and wore a protective mask during many of his matches. He continued to compete after his injury, but was eventually side-lined due to recurring symptoms of his concussion.
Nowinski's new institute performed autopsies on the brain's of Chris Benoit and Andrew 'Test' Martin. Their research confirmed that repeated impacts to the head had caused considerable brain damage and aging to both men's brains. Nowinski also claimed that Benoit once lost respect for him after Nowinski refused to do a spot which involved hitting Benoit with an unprotected chair shot to the back of the head.
U.K. media outlets have focused on the fact that Nowinski is a former WWE Hardcore Champion, and his claim that he "would have become WWE Champion" if he did not suffer that injury.
Nowinski was forced to retire after just 1 year on the main WWE roster after suffering a career ending concussion. He would later start a sports injury research institute which focused on researching and treating head injuries caused by contact sports. His new company has already received critical acclaim for groundbreaking research into brain injuries.
While the U.S. has been taking this issue very seriously for a decade, the U.K. has only recently taken notice of the subject. It came after research in late 2012 revealed the poor state of mental health detection and care in the country.
Nowinski warned that people involved with contact sports, especially teenagers, should take better care of their head health as brains are very easy to damage. He noted that teenagers brains are still developing and even small impacts to the head could leave lasting damage. In Britain, it is traditional for rugby players in particular to keep playing despite suffering an injury. Nowinski highlighted the dangers of players continuing to compete while concussed, and then refusing to be examined.
He was a finalist on the first season of Tough Enough, and would later become the first ever Harvard graduate to work for WWE. He was brought onto the main roster very early into his training and suffered multiple injuries. He sustaineed his career ending concussion when Bubba Ray Dudley accidentally stiff-kicked him in the head during a match. At that time, Nowinski had a cracked orbital bone and wore a protective mask during many of his matches. He continued to compete after his injury, but was eventually side-lined due to recurring symptoms of his concussion.
Nowinski's new institute performed autopsies on the brain's of Chris Benoit and Andrew 'Test' Martin. Their research confirmed that repeated impacts to the head had caused considerable brain damage and aging to both men's brains. Nowinski also claimed that Benoit once lost respect for him after Nowinski refused to do a spot which involved hitting Benoit with an unprotected chair shot to the back of the head.
U.K. media outlets have focused on the fact that Nowinski is a former WWE Hardcore Champion, and his claim that he "would have become WWE Champion" if he did not suffer that injury.