ECW legend Tommy Dreamer recently appeared on Busted Open Radio to discuss several topics, including the protocol that is followed when a wrestler gets injured during a match. This conversation was prompted by a similar incident that occurred at one of TNA Wrestling’s recent tapings.
Dreamer said, “When a wrestler gets hurt, obviously time kind of has to freeze, as well as you have to start quickly assessing. It happened with KC Navarro on our last TV tapings. KC Navarro gets injured during his match, on a dive. He’s laying on the floor. We don’t know what the hell. So then you have to go into crisis mode. And what do we do? We get the end result. And if Seth is going over, you have decision makers instantly. What do we do? Do we throw this match out? Do we give it to LA Knight? What do we do? The ultimate decision maker is Triple H, and he makes a decision. LA Knight takes it. It also ate up a lot of time. You have to take him out of the ring. You have to hear the people get the applause. You have to do all these things, and it has to take time. So if your match — you either have to cut stuff out of your match, or you have to get your speech cut. Unfortunately, [Goldberg’s speech] gets cut. I do not think it was personal.”
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