Jeff Jarrett Says “Wrestling Is Not Going In Reverse” & Today’s Wrestlers Have More Preventative Treatment Opportunities Than His Gen Did In Response to William Regal’s Comments on Wanting Wrestlers To Stop Getting Dropped on Their Heads & Necks

As noted before, former WWE and WCW wrestler and current WWE Vice President of Global Talent Development William Regal made comments on Twitter earlier this week about his concerns with wrestlers getting dropped on their heads during their matches and brought up his own past history with neck issues in his wrestling career as a warning to other wrestlers for the well-being of their future. WWE’s Ivar and Piper Niven and AEW’s Kenny Omega were among those who responded to Regal’s comments praising his concerns and words of wisdom over the issue.

A recent episode of the My World with Jeff Jarrett podcast featured co-host and AEW talent and official Jeff Jarrett’s thoughts about Regal’s recent comments about neck injuries and safety for wrestlers and his reasons for his belief why today’s style of wrestling is not going in reverse compared to his generation.

“Athletes today, the evolution, they are bigger, stronger period, game set match. The style of wrestling is not going in reverse, in my opinion. The cadence, the speed.

My generation, it was just different. We worked seven days a week. It’s just how it was. But now house shows are going away, for the most part.

Yeah we worked a lot more shows but also in working the shows, I’ve worked more shows without a trainer than I have with them. At AEW, there is no less than seven at a show.“

Jarrett also gave his thoughts about today’s generation of wrestlers having more opportunities for preventative treatment for head and neck injuries than his generation did.

“I think you have to have not just reactive – if something is out of whack – I think you got to have preventative maintenance. I credit my mindset on not just cardio and stretching, but nutrition and preventative maintenance.

I just think that’s where it’s at. Our bodies are going through incredible things now. I mean, I’m not doing all that stuff, I’m 58. But the guys that are doing it, to me, you’ve got two choices. You are absolutely going to make Regal and Arn 100 percent true, because left untreated, or not figuring out how to do preventative – And I mean, real preventative. Stretching, being prepared for it, and doing all that. Really understanding that you’ve got to get prepared for your body to do that, and it’s in the gym.

I think the preventative part of it, Conrad. You ain’t putting the toothpaste back in the tube. That to me is delusional thinking. There is no chance in hell any of these guys are going to say ‘No, no, no, I’m not going to do that because of long term.’ Nobody. We didn’t do it when we were their age.

The extreme high spots and moves and the creative stuff, that’s not going backwards.”

Jarrett also gave his praise of AEW CEO Tony Khan and AEW for having trainers available for its roster immediately after matches.

“Tony Khan does a great job. He treats it like a sports team. Like I said, five to seven trainers at every show. When you come through the curtain, they are there with a little hydration bottle and they are ‘How are you? How do you feel?’

That’s the real special sauce, the preventative stuff.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com