A lot of people have had their opinions on the dangers of wrestling, but as Robert McGoldrick once said, “A silent killer, professional wrestling brings a risk for early death that is 20 times that of pro football, yet flies mostly under the radar.”

The sport is notorious for robbing athletes before their 55th birthdays, issuing loosely enforced guidelines on steroid use yet demanding peak physical health every time wrestlers step, slide, or jump in the ring. Now, two ex-athletes have stepped forward to sue world wrestling entertainment, or WWE, for three traumatic brain injuries they sustained as wrestlers. Pile drivers and chair slams, however staged they are, aren’t the only things putting athletes at risk. According to the data, the greatest threat to a professional wrestler after he retires is a heart attack. Between 1997-2004, more than 65 wrestlers out of the active pool of 1,000 died, twenty – five were from heart attacks a rate that soars past the average for people that age. In USA Today’s 2004 investigation of pro wrestling heart attacks, five of the 25 autopsies showed signs of steroid use, with a dozen more examines pointing to the use of painkillers, cocaine, and other drugs. For example the death of Pedro Aguayo Ramirez Jr. Also known as the lucha libre. Aguayo died of a heart attack that he suffered after a broken neck in the ring at the feet of another legendary wrestler as I seen on www.si.com by Justin Barrassoh. Theres many things to talk about for WWE i just want that to be known that not every wrestler is safe.