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Originally posted by Doc.Mid-Nite:
Look at Jake "The Snake" Roberts.
Roberts was fucked up long before he started wrestling.

An off season would probably kill wrestling. It needs to be fresh and spur of the moment to hook people's interests. I like watching old tapes of matches, but I don't think I'd want to watch an entire show over again considering how many low spots there usually are. Besides, you need the weekly shows to help promote the PPV's, which are the big money makers right now.

As far as giving wrestlers an off-season to recupperate, it's a bad idea on many levels. Unlike the multi-million dollar contracts that other pro atheletes have, wrestlers, for the most part, don't get paid enough to have an off-season with no constant income coming in. Plus, it is during the times when the main eventer wrestlers are our injuried that the younger talent has the chance to step up and steal the lime light. A lot of careers have been made due to the big names being out for surgery or rehab.