When talking about this we need to remember when Goldberg ended Bret Hart’s career with a botched thrust kick. Bret Hart, one of the most bitter men in wrestling (completely justifiably though) and obsessed with safety, did not feel any ill will towards Goldberg about it and compliments him on being a very nice person.
I think they did kinda rush her in once she was cleared. The loss of body mass would have been a factor too. Dirtsheets are saying she is well liked backstage so hopefully she stays on as a mouthpiece.
I could be wrong, but wasn’t part of what actually caused Bret’s retirement the fact that since he initially thought the injury wasn’t as bad as it was, he kept wrestling matches after that for a while instead of taking time off to let it heal, which led to things becoming a LOT worse?
Fuck after that starrcade match bret had a hardcore match with terry funk and took direct shots to the head with a trash can
The thing about that kick spot is paige is returning from neck surgery. And really it could have been taking one bump. But it was an errant kick from sasha who is tiny and works that soft style but like the rest of the division is prone to sloppiness
It literally could have been anybody
I just think that doing that spot was dumb on both of their parts
Also the girls don’t have the kind of necks that the guys do.
Tyson Kidd suffered the same type of injury that killed misawa in the ring, except he survived and is walking
Bret was in no position to blame Goldberg. He had a concussion when he wrestled that match. I’ll place his career ending injury more on Bret than I do Goldberg.
I’m not sure if you guys have ever been pushed in the back, but whiplash fucking sucks. I’ve been on the receiving end of that as a simple joke, and I blew the fuck up.
It was a reckless move, and it was not a light tap. Usually a spot like that is a kick to the front, not the back. Based on the perspective, it looked like Sasha kicked her right in the spine as well.
Technically Bayley did the same move to her previously albeit a bit lighter.
The point people are making isn’t about the move but more or less about borrowed time and shit like that being inevitable sooner or later based on Paige current body wear and tear down.
Paige’s body has been through a lot this year.
She reported that she has been suffering from anorexia following the sex tape leaks. Who knows for how long, or often that has reared it’s ugly head and what damage that did.
But whatever, internet is gonna internet and who cares about context and facts when you can “get” that wrestler you don’t care for?