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thecarolinabull01 Since: Jun, 2014
Dec 12th 2015 at 8:03:05 PM •••

One thing I'm wondering is what the minimum age is for an active wrestler to qualify as a Ring Oldie. The youngest wrestler on here, as of writing this is Goldust, who is 46. So I guess the minimum age is around 45?

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IndirectActiveTransport Since: Nov, 2010
Dec 30th 2015 at 10:02:41 PM •••

Personally I wasn't adding any examples lower than fifty. Yeah forty is considered old in pro wrestling but I don't consider wrestling in your forties to be remarkable. Commendable if you can do it well but deserving on a list of guys doing flips, getting poked with sharp objects and such in their 70s? There Is No Such Thing As Notability on this site though, so I can live with 45 being the floor.

Edited by IndirectActiveTransport That's why he wants you to have the money. Not so you can buy 14 Cadillacs but so you can help build up the wastes
thecarolinabull01 Since: Jun, 2014
Dec 30th 2015 at 10:32:07 PM •••

Yeah, I know it's not uncommon for guys in their forties to still be working matches, but pro wrestlers usually have shorter life spans than average people and are prone to becoming Dented Iron at such young ages (I recall someone, I think was Edge, say that he was "70 in wrestling years") and I've noticed that more and more wrestlers are retiring at younger ages these days. However, I mainly said forty five because it would allow a slightly wider range of individuals, and most of the guys in the forties range would probably still be active when they hit the half century mark.

Not trying to start trouble, I just thought it should be made clear who qualified and who didn't.

Edited by thecarolinabull01
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