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Post by Gore on Sept 27, 2009 1:04:32 GMT -5
I was just thinking about how big this guy could have become if not for his post concussion syndrome. He had the look and was improving a lot in the ring before his injury. His mic work was top of the line too.
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brethartfan97
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Post by brethartfan97 on Sept 27, 2009 2:06:23 GMT -5
He would have been like a smart Jack Swagger.
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Post by DgenerationX092 on Sept 27, 2009 2:49:24 GMT -5
He had tons of potential.
He, like Angle, had a personal accolade to work off of.
Ironic though that his parents were against him wrestling because they were afraid he would get a concussion, and low and behold it would end his career.
Im a little unsure about where he stands on wrestling today. Is he for or against it? I know Vince disagreed with the info Chris gathered about Benoit's brain, but it's not like Chris attacked the WWE.
He should come back (to a writing staff role.), but really has no need to because he's probably comfortable with his current sucess.
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Post by King Silva on Sept 27, 2009 3:29:15 GMT -5
That really sucks that he had to stop wrestling since he could have been good. Someone said a smart Swagger and that does kinda make sense.. I liked him trying to sleep with Molly in 2002. Good times.
But what is he doing right now? I mean he went to Harvard so isn't he a lawyer or something?
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Post by Chris Hammers on Sept 27, 2009 3:47:26 GMT -5
That really sucks that he had to stop wrestling since he could have been good. Someone said a smart Swagger and that does kinda make sense.. I liked him trying to sleep with Molly in 2002. Good times. But what is he doing right now? I mean he went to Harvard so isn't he a lawyer or something? In October 2006, Nowinski released a book, Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis, which details his career-ending injury and discusses the dangers of concussions in football and other contact sports. The book includes stories from National Football League players as well as fellow wrestlers, with an introduction by Jesse Ventura. Later in the year, Nowinski initiated an inquiry into the suicide of Andre Waters, a 44-year old former NFL defensive back who shot himself on November 20, 2006. Waters had sustained several concussions over his career, and at Nowinski's behest, Waters' family agreed to send pieces of his brain to be tested. Bennet Omalu, a pathologist at the University of Pittsburgh announced that "the condition of Waters' brain tissue was what would be expected in an 85-year-old man, and there were characteristics of someone being in the early stages of Alzheimer's."[5][6] Nowinski played an integral role in the discovery of the fourth case of CTE in a former NFL football player, former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Justin Strzelczyk, who was killed in a fiery automobile crash in 2004 at age 36 after a 37-mile police chase at speeds up to 100 miles per hour on the wrong side of the highway.[7] Julian Bailes, the chairman of the department of neurosurgery at West Virginia University and the Steelers’ team neurosurgeon during Strzelczyk’s career, insisted to Nowinski over a phone conversation that he thought Strezelcyzk’s death, which was precipitated by strange behavior that some had labeled as "bipolar", was worth looking into due to its similarities to the Andre Waters case. Nowinski contacted Omalu, who discovered the brain was still available, and Nowinski called Mary Strzelczyk, Justin’s mother, to ask for permission to Omalu to examine it for CTE. Omalu's positive diagnosis was confirmed by two other neuropathologists.[8][9] Nowinski also collaborated with Ted Johnson, former New England Patriots linebacker, on symptoms of concussions after Johnson (who received over half a dozen concussions in his career) retired from the NFL after much controversy. Johnson was commissioned to write the foreword in Nowinski's book but at the last minute decided to pull what he had written.[10] Nowinski alerted police and the coroner of Chris Benoit, asking them to do a brain exam on Benoit's brain to see if concussions had any part in his rage or depression at the time of the double-homicide of his family and his suicide.[11] In June 2007, Nowinski co-founded the Sports Legacy Institute, an organization dedicated to furthering awareness of and research on sports-related head injuries, and increasing the safety of contact and collision sports worldwide. Nowinski's work was documented on ESPN's Outside the Lines on September 5, 2007. On the same day, Benoit's brain examination report showed extensive damage due to concussions that could have led to dementia. To further the Sports Legacy Institute's mission, the Sports Legacy Institute and Michael Benoit, Chris' father, have started the Benoit Family Fund for Brain Injury Research.
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Post by King Silva on Sept 27, 2009 3:55:09 GMT -5
Hmm, so he is like doing brain research involving athletes. ? That is good but he should be in a job where he makes a lot of money. I mean he must have a lot of money to pay back; he went to Harvard.
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Post by Jord on Sept 27, 2009 5:54:21 GMT -5
Hmm, so he is like doing brain research involving athletes. ? That is good but he should be in a job where he makes a lot of money. I mean he must have a lot of money to pay back; he went to Harvard. He is still under WWE contract.
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Sept 27, 2009 8:40:47 GMT -5
He would have been like a smart Jack Swagger. Or a dumb Lanny Poffo.
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Post by DgenerationX092 on Sept 27, 2009 13:24:38 GMT -5
Hmm, so he is like doing brain research involving athletes. ? That is good but he should be in a job where he makes a lot of money. I mean he must have a lot of money to pay back; he went to Harvard. He is still under WWE contract. Theres no way. That wikipedia page has to be reallly old. But Chris most likley is making a lot of money doing his research thing because he started his own organization.
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Post by LtD73 on Sept 27, 2009 14:41:12 GMT -5
whatever happened to him
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Post by joker123 on Sept 27, 2009 14:46:07 GMT -5
Post Concussion Syndrome, retired.
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Post by King Silva on Sept 27, 2009 14:47:47 GMT -5
He is still under WWE contract. Theres no way. That wikipedia page has to be reallly old. But Chris most likley is making a lot of money doing his research thing because he started his own organization. If he is still under contract I don't know what for. I never knew he did anything backstage if it is true. But he should continue to make good money doing research for his organization.
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Nyx
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Post by Nyx on Sept 27, 2009 15:12:58 GMT -5
I think he's like a representive for the WWE for various events that seem to deal with politics. I think it's great that's he doing something to bring awarness about athletes who have suffered from concussions. There's so much about the human brain that we don't know about.
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Kasper
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Post by Kasper on Sept 27, 2009 16:58:01 GMT -5
Post Concussion Syndrome, retired. Didnt it happen at the '03 Royal Rumble?
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Post by King Shocker the Monumentous on Sept 27, 2009 17:39:51 GMT -5
He's no longer under contract. WWE disassociated themselves from him entirely during the Benoit scandal because he was finding evidence that the concussions were what made Benoit snap. Since all wrestlers get hit in the head at some point, this makes the business as a whole look bad, instead of putting the blame solely and squarely on Benoit, which was WWE's stance.
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