WWE Updates Concussion Management Program; Eliminated Use of Metal Folding Chairs

WWE added a clause to their "Impact" concussion testing policy to ban chair shots to the head in January, according to WWE spokesman Robert Zimmerman in an email to Hartford Courant reporter Daniela Altimari.

WWE has published an update to their "Impact Concussion Management Program" on their Corporate website that includes the following items:

WWE has eliminated using folding metal chairs to "strike" an opponent in the head. The WWE penalizes through fine and/or suspension the following:

The intentional use of a folding metal chair to "strike" an opponent in the head.

Any blow to the head that is deemed an INTENTIONAL act

The Fine and/or Suspension will be directed by the EVP of Talent Relations (John Laurinaitis).

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