Wednesday, December 27, 2017

WWE's Iron Man

Dean Ambrose underwent surgery for a torn triceps on Tuesday.

What was remarkable was that prior to this, Dean was WWE's "Iron Man" -- he hadn't been off for more than 40 days since 2011. He had 1,054 matches between 3/3/2012 and 12/18/2017.

The new leader is Jimmy Uso. He's been doing WWE shows since 6/4/10 and is at 982 matches currently. If you include FCW, it's even longer. He's had gaps of 15-24 days, but never more than 34 days (2016).


Cody Rhodes deserves more acclaim for his longevity too -- he had 1,100 matches between 1/8/10 and 5/16/16 without missing 40+ days.

Overal, Dolph Ziggler would have been the champion had he not had taken a short break in 2015 for 48 days. Similarly, Big E had racked up longevity until New Day took time between their Raw & Smackdown changeover (818 matches before the break). Fandango may have regular 20-33 day gaps, but he's over 800 matches already. Keep an eye on the Fashion Police!


For most matches in 2017 (through 12/25), Smackdown champions AJ Styles & Jinder Mahal lead the crew. Cesaro & Sheamus similarly performed strongly for the Raw brand. Charlotte & Sasha & Natayla are the leaders among the women. It's interesting to see how some NXT stars like Alexander Wolfe & Andrade Almas can have more matches than main roster talent like the Ascension or Tamina.

My estimates suggest that once someone has done 500+ matches without taking a 40 day break, they're likelyhood of being injured (or just taking a break) goes up a lot.

@mookieghana

Tuesday, November 07, 2017

Second Amended Complaint in WWE CTE Lawsuit


On September 29, Judge Bryant ordered the Plaintiffs to refile within 35 days with specific details for each plaintiff:

On November 3, 2017, the plaintiff filed their second amended complaint.

PLAINTIFF WRESTLERS’ SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT AGAINST DEFENDANT WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT, INC.AND DEFENDANT VINCENT K. MCMAHON



  • Joseph Laurinaitis (Road Warrior Animal)



  • Carole M. Snuka, on behalf of the Estate of Jimmy Snuka



  • Paul Orndorff



  • Salvador Guerrero, IV (Chavo Guerrero, Jr.)



  • Kelli Fujiawara Sloan represents Estate of Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara (Mr. Fuji)



  • Bryan Clark, Jr. (Adam Bomb)



  • Anthony Norris, Jr (Ahmed Johnson)



  • James Harris, Jr. (Kamala)



  • Dave Hebner



  • Earl Hebner



  • Chris Pallies (King Kong Bundy)



  • Ken Patera



  • Terry Michael Brunk (Sasbu)



  • Barry Darsow (Smash)



  • John Nord (Berzerker)



  • Jonathan Hugger (Johnny the Bull/Johnny Stamboli)



  • James Brunzell (Jumpin' Jim)



  • Susan Green



  • Angelo Mosca (King Kong Mosca)



  • James Manley (Jim Powers)



  • Mike Enos (Blake Beverly)



  • Butch Reed (The Natural)



  • Carlene Denish Moore-Begnaud (Jazz)



  • Sylvain Greiner



  • Omar Mijares (Omar Atlas)



  • Don Leo Heaton (Don Leo Jonathan)



  • Troy Martin (Shane Douglas)



  • Marc Copani (Muhammad Hassan)



  • Mark Canterbury (Henry Godwinn)



  • Victoria Otis (Princess Victoria)



  • Judy Hardee (Judy Martin)



  • John Jeter (Johnny from the Spirit Squad)



  • Mark Jindrak



  • Gayle Schechter as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jon Rechner (Balls Mahoney)



  • Bernard Knighton & Barbara Marie Leydig co-representatives of the estate of Brian Knighton (Axl Rotten)



  • Marty Jannetty



  • Michael Robert Halac (Mantaur)



  • Jon Heidenreich



  • Lou Marconi



  • Terry Scott Szopinski (The Warlord)



  • Sione Havea Vailahi (The Barbarian, Sionne)



  • Larry Oliver (Rip 'The Crippler' Oliver)



  • Barbara Billard (Bobbi Billard)



  • Ashley Massaro

  • From December 2016 filing by WWE:





  • Perry Satullo (Perry Saturn)



  • David Silva (Sylvano Sousa)



  • Charles Wicks (Chad Wicks)



  • Shirley Fellows as personal representative of Estate of Timothy Alan Smith (Rex King/Timothy Well)



  • Tracy Smothers (Freddie Joe Floyd)



  • Ricky Lynn Jones (Black Bart)



  • Ken Johnson (Slick)



  • George Gray (One Man Gang/Akeem)



  • Ferrin Jesse Barr (Jimmy Jack Funk)



  • Rod Price



  • Charles Bernard Scaggs (2 Cold Scorpio/Flash Funk)



  • Donald Driggers



  • Rodney Begnaud (Redd Dogg/Rodney Mack)



  • Ronald Scott Heard, for the Estate of Ronald Heard (Outlaw Ron Bass)



  • Boris Zhukov (f/k/a James Harrell)