BJ Whitmer Defends Mike Bennett Over ROH Injury Incident

BJ Whitmer has posted the following to Twitter, coming to Mike Bennett's defense after fans criticized Bennett for the piledriver that left Whitmer injured at the ROH house show on Saturday:

What happened last night was an accident. It was NO ONES FAULT . Keep your head up @RealMikeBennett love ya bro

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Of course he's not going to throw Bennett under the bus. Whitmer is a class act, but I think any professional would say it was no one's fault, rather than psychologically scar his co-worker, even if it was Mike's fault. They both know accidents happen in the ring.

I heard about this don't know all the details about it. But with a piledriver injury it sounds like it would invole the neck which is a serious injury I hope that Whitmer is ok and I hope the company don't blame Bennett for this.

He had lost feeling in parts of his body for a period. There was a legitimate scare of permanent damage. I'm glad that he turned out fine, and I hope both men can continue to have healthy careers. Here's a vid of the piledriver if you're interested:

That is rough to watch seems like it is probably on Bennett some cause I ain't sure he gets in position to protect the neck. It almost looked like how you spike a football with the force moving back up. The neck goes down and bounces forward.

Wasn't this move banned from wrestling so why do people even attempt to try moves similar to the pile driver these wrestlers should know better not to even make a variation of that move.Not saying he did that move on purpose or anything.

There's no commission to 'ban' wrestling moves across organizations. The WWE bans it, but any independent worker can use the piledriver as long as it's cool between the parties/company involved.

It's a visually stunning move and when done right can look beautiful. It just has little room for error.

But still look how Bad someone can get injured from this move.This move can kill someone,it can paralyze someone,Force wrestlers to retire.The Piledriver should be banned from wrestling point blank its to much of a risk of a move to even considerd trying.

The thing is, so many moves are just as dangerous as the piledriver, so do you go ahead and ban them as well? One botched move can result in serious injury for anyone. Hayabusa was paralyzed for years after a botched moonsault. Benoit broke Sabu's neck after a suplex. It's a dangerous occupation these wrestlers have, and sometimes those dangerous moves help sell tickets. How else would a hypothetical organization that has limited production values and talent be able to sway dollars away from WWE fans?

But WWE is atleast more safe with there wrestlers and moves.In The Indies its more dangerous.

Well yeah the WWE is safer and they sort of have to be with their PG product. Saturday Morning Slam doesn't show anything that has hits to the head, so I can't imagine how bad it would look if someone's neck was severely damaged via piledriver, especially on live tv.