How Old is to Old

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A touchy subject that has reared its ugly head in our business has once again been brought into discussion in the wrestling world. But it isn't about the usual guys it's about this time Jerry Lawler who suffered a Heart Attack 2 weeks on RAW live in Montreal. Lawler is 62 years old and fought earlier in the card in a tag match; he also fought Friday & Saturday for a company in Aruba. From what I have heard from people this is something Lawler does a lot and the Heart Attack was just a freak accident and very unexpected. But like Dory Funk Jr answered in a Miami Herald article or really gave his take on this situation saying if you love what you do and can still do it why quit. I agree with that logic because people have always told me don't let your job chose you; you chose the job that you'd love getting up every morning to do. Lawler is like the imagine of that because he has been doing this since the early 70's which is now around 40 years and still does it as much as an active wrestler. I and many others admire Lawler I bet for doing this for so long but how long is too long. I mean at one point probably the favorite saying for IWC fans was asking when Hogan & Flair will retire. But what's the difference between Flair & Hogan to Lawler; I can actually tell my thought process on this and that's people have seen Flair & Hogan in main stream/on top for so long. But they haven't seen Lawler in Main Stream for as long so they don't mind him. Then again truthfully who are we to tell these guys to stop even if they are in their 60's if they still can do it then why not? Because if we made every wrestler retire after the age of 60 it would take most of if not all the business away from the company called Pro Wrestling Syndicated which depends on 1980's stars for their shows. Also a reason could be the Wrestler's ego but let's not get into that I think that when a wrestler reaches his 60's he should start contemplating retirement but I don't think he should retire. Because it wouldn't right to tell to leave the job he loves because he just reached a certain age even if he can still do the job and well. I don't think anyone will have a right age when a wrestler should retire because people feel differently about this like many things about this sport. The ability to discuss things like this is one of the reasons why I love this sport.

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