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Professional wrestling Legend William Regal encouraged ring participants to learn and practice safe techniques amidst a series of daunting bumps.
Regal posted a lengthy message on his social media account, accompanied by an x-ray showing his own broken bones from heavy blows while he was in the ring. Competed in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), WWE and was the manager of All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
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Alexa Bliss, William Regal and Charlotte Flair perform at NXT at Full Sail University – Ebbs Auditorium on September 16, 2025 in Winter Park, Florida. (Bradley Rutledge/WWE via Getty Images)
“I'm staying here, but today I was warned about something that alarmed me. I don't read any comments so don't waste your time trying to argue or justify your very wrong opinion on this matter. I broke my neck twice (92/93) in the ring and in a car accident in 1997 and stupidly never told anyone. And I was taught to bridge correctly, and not to land on the top of my head,” he wrote on X. I don’t know anymore and I’ll never learn.
“Somehow I kept going, but I knew all the tricks that people don’t learn now, they watch movies and just copy. After Misawa San left his neck problemsI thought this would stop this nonsense, but it's getting worse, and whenever I talk to people about them doing this, I say, “Well, it can't hurt…”. Trust me, it will happen. I now have people close to me, including Brian (Danielson), who, like me, suffers from neck pain on a daily basis. This daily suffering, sleep and every other aspect of your life is more than difficult. Although people use the term 'tough' to refer to me, you'll never hear that word from me because that's not who I am and I don't think I ever was.”
Two of worst hits this year happened in the last two months.
Saturday evening at Full AEW gearJon Moxley knocked Kyle Fletcher off the top rope. Fletcher landed on top of his head.
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Kyle Fletcher kicks Adam Cole during AEW's “Dynamite” show on May 28, 2025 at the El Paso County Coliseum. (Gaby Velasquez/El Paso Times/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
During WWE Survivor Series: WarGames, CM Punk and Cody Rhodes teamed up to deliver the Doomsday Device to Bron Breaker. As Punk clotheslined Breaker, the final wrestler flipped backwards and landed on the top of his head.
At first glance, both Fletcher and Breaker looked fine.
“The money and all the absurd fame is not worth the pain or the supposed two nights of fame you get from these ridiculous moves being thrown at your head,” Regal continued. “The vast majority of fans don’t know the difference between a vertical suplex and a brainstorm, and this is a much tamer move than many I see now.
“I'm 57 and I'm getting less important every day, but fame was never my goal, so most of you doing these STUPID things aren't going to listen to me, but hopefully some are. Stop it now if you want a decent quality of life after wrestling because this part of your life will be over before you know it and wrestling done right is hard enough but broken necks or death is not something you should think is hard or cool. This is idiotic thinking.”
CM Punk with a clothesline to Bron Breaker during Survivor Series at Petco Park on November 29, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)
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Professional wrestling is much safer these days, but the sport's top promotional stars have suffered serious injuries resulting from years of pushing the pedal to the metal.
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