Opinion | Ani Bundel: 'There is nothing 'essential' about wrestling, and pretending there is undermines the often heroic efforts of those who have worked so hard to keep the country safe.' - NBCNewsTHINK
notes the virus is transmitted via “respiratory droplets.” The chance for transmission, one can then infer, is extremely high, as most wrestling matches are spent with the sweating competitors grappling, bodyslamming, and generally breathing heavily.
Considering that everyone else in America is being asked to stay six feet apart, the idea that it’s totally safe for a pair of fighters to choke each other in the ring is laughable. Considering that everyone else in America is being asked to stay 6 feet apart and wear a face mask in public, the idea that it’s totally safe for a pair of fighters to choke each other in the ring is laughable — even with the WWE’s promise of deep cleaning the facility between matches. Not that the company has made such a promise publicly. The
merely makes a vague reference to “additional precautions” before launching into how important their brand is to the fabric of society.the company announced this week. Those at the top of the pecking order will probably continue to stay home. Roman Reigns, for instance, one of the faces of the WWE brand, is a recent cancer survivor and has been mostly absent from shows, as well as his own.
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