Blood and professional wrestling have always been bound together. Blood used to be a staple of matches that really added that little bit extra into the storytelling. As the WWE has moved into a PG era, we see less and less blood in the WWE product.
Ric Flair on episode 41 of his podcast WOOOO! Nation, discussed how much he misses blood in wrestling:
“Well, the person that I bled the most with would either be Wahoo McDaniel or Dusty Rhodes. I’d have to say Dusty, probably. We both had no problem doing that. And, it’s not that it’s a lost art. I think it’s just a health precaution and, obviously, it’s safer for the guys not to be doing it. For an old timer like me, I miss it. But I think there are occasions for it, but, obviously, there are health reasons and the safety issues the company has become much more aware of, the concussions, the blood, and stuff like that. I think it was a necessity, but do I miss it? Yes. I can’t critique [or] be critical of the company trying to make it better for the guys, safer.”
SOURCE: WOOOO! Nation Podcast, h/t WrestlingInc
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