JRE MMA Show #187 with Robert Whittaker · Aired Oct 22, 2026
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Professional wrestlers taking body slams are definitely developing CTE.
The finding
What the evidence shows
Joe rightly highlights the danger of repeated impacts, but calls CTE certain. CDC says long-term repeated head impacts are associated with CTE while individual risk remains uncertain and some exposed people do not develop it. CTE cannot be diagnosed in a wrestler from a body slam or podcast description. His concussion remark is hedged as probable; the categorical CTE claim goes further.
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Quick answer
Is it true that Professional wrestlers taking body slams are definitely developing CTE?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. Joe rightly highlights the danger of repeated impacts, but calls CTE certain. CDC says long-term repeated head impacts are associated with CTE while individual risk remains uncertain and some exposed people do not develop it. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on JRE MMA Show #187 with Robert Whittaker, aired Oct 22, 2026, at 28:07. The supporting source is cdc.gov, linked below.
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