Injury vary from wrestler to wrestler

[TEIWCSCSAATBHPHASP]

1) Surfer Sting suffered a Torn ACL at the age of 30 in February 1990 when he jumped on the steel cage during a match, but was looked at as the Future Face of the WCW Franchise company at the time of his injury. When Sting returned, he may have been bogged down by dumber angles sprinkled in with teasing true main event rubs, but otherwise, Sting was healthy enough and still able to do the things that made Surfer Sting so great and captivating to watch, even though the Guile-esque bleach blonde short hair flattop look got a lot stale by the mid 90s.

2) Scott Steiner underwent surgery on his three ruptured back disks in May 1999 at the age of 36-37 when he was sidelined. While Steiner had a gimmick change from "Rick's Little Brother aka Scotty Steiner" to "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner in early 1998, Scott's wrestling didn't quite go to ruins just yet. Sure you may think his gimmick change ruined his wrestling, but he didn't need to force things in the ring like he did in the late 1980s/early to mid 1990s. '98-'99 was the only timeframe when Steiner could still be a solid wrestler when his back was still healthy enough, and be the shoot promo cutter he became known for. But after sitting out much of 1999, Steiner's best days as an in-ring worker were far behind in the rear view mirror, but he was still valuable to WCW despite his game breaking injury.

3) Randy Savage became a worldwide icon for the WWF in the 1980s when he was a distant second to Hulk Hogan, the Federation's top babyface star at the time. When Hogan took a hiatus for most of '88-'89 to do No Holds Barred, Savage answered the bell and he looked like a solid player as the top face in Hogan's absence. And when Hogan took a longer leave of absence in '92-'93 in the wake of the infamous WWF Steroid Scandal, Savage again answered the bell to be the WWF World Champion for the second time. However, with the emergence of Bret, guys like Hogan, Warrior, Savage and Flair would all be phased out as the Federation were going with the New Generation guys like Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Undertaker and Yokozuna as their flag bearers for the mid 1990s WWF in its darkest days at the time. So after Savage was benched to the commentary booth from '92 to '94, he left for WCW right at the end of 1994, reuniting him with Hogan in the process. Savage proved that he didn't lose a lot of steps in action from '94-'95 to '97-'98, as his best WCW run was being a member of the nWo as a heel feuding with Diamond Dallas Page in a way that got the oldest rookie over. Sadly, his epic 1997 feud with DDP would be his last ever great feud, as Savage would go under the surgical scalpel knife in 1998 to treat a Torn ACL from years of doing high flying moves, and when Savage returned in 1999 with a new look (ponytail), and increased upper body muscle mass, unlike Sting (who came back from his 1990 injury healthier than ever pre-injury) and Steiner (who unlike Sting, couldn't come back healthier from his back surgery and thus had to completely change his game to stay relevant and accomodate his injury), Savage simply never recovered from his Torn ACL because he was 45-46 when his injury happened because he became reckless with his Flying Elbow Drop and putting Charles Robinson (punctured lung) and Evan Karagias in the hospital beds thus outside interference (I know people will scoff at it because nWo, but this case is necessary) from his Miss Madness valets was necessary to protect Savage from hurting himself and others again, and after being benched by Vince Russo as a weekly healthy scratch/daily inactive, Savage dropped out of WCW by 2000 and retired from the ring for good, save for a cup of coffee in TNA in 2004.

After reviewing each best/worst case injury scenarios for each of those examples of wrestlers:
-1) Why did Sting come back from his Torn ACL much healthier than ever in 1990-91 and still do his pre-injury stuff from before his injury occurence?
-2) Why did Steiner come back from his Back Surgery after 1998-99 but lost his previous form (ie: wrestling machine) and thus be forced to completely change his game (ie: basic brawler and shoot promo cutter) in order to stay relevant and extend his career?
-3) Why did Savage come back from his Torn ACL after 1998-99 and simply never recover overall from his game breaking injury that led to him still doing somewhat of his high flying spots but be changed into an ineffective power grappler/punch striker in the ring?

See the results for yourself, and thank you for playing!

 

[THTRobtaylor]

Because each injury was different and the person receiving them was different?

This seems like a long read to basically say that...

Sting was young in 1990... Barely 30... and he hadn't been tainted by the drink, drugs etc by that point. He was a powerful, explosive athlete and his ACL came from an explosive injury... it healed.

Steiner was 37 and his injury was not as explosive an injury... It was years of roid use, wrestling an aggressive style with moves like a Frankensteiner and the sudden change in his physique that arguably caused it... Scott had always been risking this kind of injury and by bulking up top the way he did, he pretty much guaranteed it happening. One disc goes young...like I had and you can adapt... another goes like recently in my neck in your late 30's when you're heavier and you're gonna struggle.

Savage was in his late 40's when he tore his ACL... that is a potential career ender at any age, but for a guy pushing 50 it is guaranteed to end it.. or make you so ineffective that it's not worth trying. Savage did try and it is a shame some guys got hurt... but with his style it was when not if his knees would give out... and that's after YEARS of Baseball too... once you lose a degree of power and control over leaps, then things like the Elbow are gonna do damage.

You can't remotely compare these 3 guys and situations... Medical science was different in each case, WWE would pay for talent to get guys like Andrews to do the surgery.. WCW probably wouldn't. Everyone who ever had an ACL or Neck fusion surgery has had to modify in some way... even guys like Rollins most recently.

 

[harrythem]

Steiner's is easy to explain....when you inject your body with that many illegal substances, things is gonna break easier and your movement is going to decrease. Plus his style in the early 90s was brutal and, eventually, it caught up with him.
Savage again, is easy. He was in good shape but getting older, got injured and, to try and keep up in an image obsessed industry, returned with a heavily watered body and a new girlfriend/dye job. He looks menacing as fuck but those additives sure do slow down your movements.

As said, Sting was young, healed, and not on heavy duty drugs....

Your threads are strange, I'm not sure if it's a question, a statement or just lots of random writing about things that aren't linked for some extremely tenuous reason...basically you write like Vince Russo books.

 

[therockiswwf]

There are 3 different types of ACL surgery plus usually a meniscus tear that comes with it (more force required to tear ACL so usually both are torn if the ACL is). ACL surgeries aren't career enders unless you get the cadaver surgery. They are a bitch to come back from and it takes a lot of time but usually you'll be fine. There is a chance of side effects from ACL surgery so Savage could have gotten that (lingering knee pain). The meniscus could cause lingering problems as well depending on the direction of the tear.

Steiner has been covered by the people above me.

 

[LBGetBack]

1) Surfer Sting suffered a Torn ACL at the age of 30 in February 1990 when he jumped on the steel cage during a match, but was looked at as the Future Face of the WCW Franchise company at the time of his injury. When Sting returned, he may have been bogged down by dumber angles sprinkled in with teasing true main event rubs, but otherwise, Sting was healthy enough and still able to do the things that made Surfer Sting so great and captivating to watch, even though the Guile-esque bleach blonde short hair flattop look got a lot stale by the mid 90s.

2) Scott Steiner underwent surgery on his three ruptured back disks in May 1999 at the age of 36-37 when he was sidelined. While Steiner had a gimmick change from "Rick's Little Brother aka Scotty Steiner" to "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner in early 1998, Scott's wrestling didn't quite go to ruins just yet. Sure you may think his gimmick change ruined his wrestling, but he didn't need to force things in the ring like he did in the late 1980s/early to mid 1990s. '98-'99 was the only timeframe when Steiner could still be a solid wrestler when his back was still healthy enough, and be the shoot promo cutter he became known for. But after sitting out much of 1999, Steiner's best days as an in-ring worker were far behind in the rear view mirror, but he was still valuable to WCW despite his game breaking injury.

3) Randy Savage became a worldwide icon for the WWF in the 1980s when he was a distant second to Hulk Hogan, the Federation's top babyface star at the time. When Hogan took a hiatus for most of '88-'89 to do No Holds Barred, Savage answered the bell and he looked like a solid player as the top face in Hogan's absence. And when Hogan took a longer leave of absence in '92-'93 in the wake of the infamous WWF Steroid Scandal, Savage again answered the bell to be the WWF World Champion for the second time. However, with the emergence of Bret, guys like Hogan, Warrior, Savage and Flair would all be phased out as the Federation were going with the New Generation guys like Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Undertaker and Yokozuna as their flag bearers for the mid 1990s WWF in its darkest days at the time. So after Savage was benched to the commentary booth from '92 to '94, he left for WCW right at the end of 1994, reuniting him with Hogan in the process. Savage proved that he didn't lose a lot of steps in action from '94-'95 to '97-'98, as his best WCW run was being a member of the nWo as a heel feuding with Diamond Dallas Page in a way that got the oldest rookie over. Sadly, his epic 1997 feud with DDP would be his last ever great feud, as Savage would go under the surgical scalpel knife in 1998 to treat a Torn ACL from years of doing high flying moves, and when Savage returned in 1999 with a new look (ponytail), and increased upper body muscle mass, unlike Sting (who came back from his 1990 injury healthier than ever pre-injury) and Steiner (who unlike Sting, couldn't come back healthier from his back surgery and thus had to completely change his game to stay relevant and accomodate his injury), Savage simply never recovered from his Torn ACL because he was 45-46 when his injury happened because he became reckless with his Flying Elbow Drop and putting Charles Robinson (punctured lung) and Evan Karagias in the hospital beds thus outside interference (I know people will scoff at it because nWo, but this case is necessary) from his Miss Madness valets was necessary to protect Savage from hurting himself and others again, and after being benched by Vince Russo as a weekly healthy scratch/daily inactive, Savage dropped out of WCW by 2000 and retired from the ring for good, save for a cup of coffee in TNA in 2004.

After reviewing each best/worst case injury scenarios for each of those examples of wrestlers:
-1) Why did Sting come back from his Torn ACL much healthier than ever in 1990-91 and still do his pre-injury stuff from before his injury occurence?
-2) Why did Steiner come back from his Back Surgery after 1998-99 but lost his previous form (ie: wrestling machine) and thus be forced to completely change his game (ie: basic brawler and shoot promo cutter) in order to stay relevant and extend his career?
-3) Why did Savage come back from his Torn ACL after 1998-99 and simply never recover overall from his game breaking injury that led to him still doing somewhat of his high flying spots but be changed into an ineffective power grappler/punch striker in the ring?

See the results for yourself, and thank you for playing!

1. Because he wasn't old.
2. Because he was kinda old.
3. Because he was very old.