When Balls Mahoney and Axl Rotten wrestled in ECW, they routinely took chair shots to the head and delivered even stiffer head shots themselves to their opponents. They also used trash cans and just about anything else imaginable. Both men recently died and their bodies were sent to Dr. Julia K. Kofler of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
The Boston Glove reported that the postmortem examination of both former ECW wrestlers indicated that they were diagnosed with CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy). CTE is the same condition that both Chris Benoit and Andrew "Test" Martin were diagnosed with as well. This is bad news for the WWE.