Both Bully Ray and Mark Henry have shown support to Jon Moxley over his remarks on concussion protocols.

The former AEW champion recently suffered a concussion during his match with Rey Fenix on the September 20 episode of Dynamite. The match was allowed to continue despite his state. Mox later spoke up about it and suggested a new concussion protocol to stop a repetition of the situation.

The wrestling veterans talked about the incident on Busted Open Radio. They first mentioned how the AEW star suffered a concussion much earlier in the match than people thought. They explained that it's hard to diagnose a concussion during the match because the wrestlers go on autopilot and try to finish the bout. Mark Henry then suggested the idea of adding a new position to companies where a veteran wrestler can call out any abnormalities in a wrestler's behavior and stop the action:

"Yeah, we've talked about this on a previous show this week, Bully, and you need somebody....you brought up a name, Scott Armstrong. Scott Armstrong - seen it all, done it all. Born and raised with pro wrestling. He knows what's wrestling and he knows what's not wrestling. All of us know what's not wrestling. I know when somebody is off. I know when somebody shows up to the building, and they've been drinking, or smoking.

You have a conversation with somebody. The way they slur their words. Like you know if it's pills, alcohol or weed. We know the difference, because we're trained and we've experienced it all. We need to find one of those people in every wrestling company and say this is a new position. You're here to recognize players, our wrestler's demeanor and movement and decide whether or not something is off and the match needs to be stopped or that they need to go on in the first place."


Bully Ray then gave his own twist to the idea. He explained that referees should be people who have spent time in the ring so with proper training, they will be better equipped to handle situations such as the one that occurred with Jon Moxley:

"What I had recommended. If you don't have a dedicated doctor at ringside or we should have a dedicated doctor at ringside that's there for anything that could go wrong, especially with all the risks that are taken with all the dives and this and that that's going on today. [We] should have a doctor but the new position that Mark is talking about that we spoke about last Monday or Tuesday was, what about some wrestlers who have been in the wrestling industry for a long time, whose career hasn't exactly taken off? Or they haven't made it?

You've been wrestling for 10-15 years, you've achieved just a monochrome of success, but nothing really big. Maybe you become a referee, because now as a wrestler, you know how other wrestlers act in the ring. You get sent to concussion protocol training, and you might be able to see through the BS a little bit more. When an wrestler's eyes are glazed over but they're still telling you they are okay."


You can check out fan footage of Jon Moxley's match with Fenix below: