Pro wrestling legend offers stark warning to competitors about landing on their heads

Pro wrestling fable William Regal urged in-ring competitors to study and found safe practices amid a drawstring of scary-looking bumps.

Regal posted a lengthy connection connected his societal media, accompanied by an X-ray showing his ain surgery bones from taking reliable bumps while he was successful nan ring. He performed for World Championship Wrestling (WCW), WWE and was a head astatine All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

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Alexa Bliss, William Regal and Charlotte Flair speak during NXT astatine Full Sail University - Ebbs Auditorium connected Sept. 16, 2025 successful Winter Park, Florida. (Bradlee Rutledge/WWE via Getty Images)

"I enactment disconnected present but was alerted to thing coming that has alarmed me. I don’t publication immoderate comments truthful don’t discarded your clip trying to reason aliases warrant your very incorrect opinions connected this. I collapsed my cervix twice, (92/93) successful ringing and a car wreck successful ‘97 and stupidly ne'er told anyone. And I was taught decently really to span and not onshore connected nan apical of my head," he wrote connected X. "It’s a accomplishment that possibly 99.9% of group don’t cognize aliases will ever study anymore.

"I kept going someway but knew each nan tricks that again group don’t study now and watch movie and conscionable copy. After Misawa San passed from his neck problems, I thought it would extremity this delirium but it’s sewage worse and whenever I talk to group astir them doing it it’s ‘well it doesn’t hurt….’ Believe maine it will. I person group adjacent to maine now, Bryan (Danielson) being one, who is suffering regular for illustration myself from his neck. It’s a regular misery and slumber and each different facet of your life is much than hard. Although group usage nan word reliable astir maine you’ll ne'er perceive maine opportunity that arsenic I’m not and don’t deliberation I americium aliases person ever been."

Two of nan scariest-looking hits this twelvemonth occurred successful nan past 2 months.

On Saturday nighttime astatine AEW’s Full Gear, Jon Moxley suplexed Kyle Fletcher from nan apical rope. Fletcher landed connected nan apical of his head.

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Adam Cole is kicked by Kyle Fletcher during nan AEW "Dynamite" show connected May 28, 2025, astatine El Paso County Coliseum. (Gaby Velasquez/ El Paso Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

During WWE’s Survivor Series: WarGames, CM Punk and Cody Rhodes teamed up to present a Doomsday Device to Bron Breakker. As Punk clotheslined Breakker, nan second wrestler flipped backward and landed connected nan apical of his head.

On nan surface, some Fletcher and Breakker appeared to beryllium OK.

"Money and immoderate delirium fame is expected to beryllium is not worthy nan symptom aliases expected 2 evening glory you get from these ridiculous moves dropping yourself connected your head," Regal continued. "The immense mostly of fans don’t cognize nan quality betwixt a vertical suplex and a brainbuster and that’s a acold tamer move than galore I spot now.

"I’m 57 and go little applicable each time but fame has ne'er been my point truthful astir of you doing this STUPID worldly are not going to perceive to maine but hopefully a fewer do. Stop it now if you want a decent value of life aft wrestling because that portion of your life will beryllium complete earlier you cognize it and wrestling done correct is difficult capable but surgery necks aliases decease are not thing you should deliberation is reliable aliases cool. It’s idiotic thinking."

CM Punk pinch a clothesline to Bron Breakker during Survivor Series astatine Petco Park connected Nov. 29, 2025 successful San Diego, California. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)

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Pro wrestling is overmuch safer nowadays, but nan apical stars successful promotions crossed nan athletics are dealing pinch sadistic injuries from years of pushing nan pedal to nan metal.

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