MVP recently spoke about the positive changes in how the wrestling industry handles injuries. On his Marking Out podcast, he noted that major companies now provide comprehensive medical care, which is a significant shift from the past.
“There’s been an evolution. Nowadays, if you work for AEW, if you work for WWE, there is a full medical team backstage,” MVP said. “There was a time when, if guys got hurt, they didn’t tell the office that they were hurt because they didn’t want to lose their spot; they didn’t want anyone to know that they’re hurt.”
He recalled a time when he was hiding a groin injury and was called out by then-producer Dean Malenko. “He said ‘It’s either your knee or your groin!’ He had been around a long time and he could tell by how I was moving… It was both!”