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By Eric Cohen, About.com Guide to Professional Wrestling

New Theory May Link Wrestlers to Premature Deaths

Wednesday May 14, 2008
As we all know too well, the sport has been plagued by the issue of wrestlers dying young. A new theory about the cause of some of these deaths may add another piece to this complex puzzle. While the focus always seems to be what has been in the wrestler's bloodstream, until now no one has ever looked at potential link between injuries to the arteries in the neck and base of the skull and how that impacts the flow of blood.

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