Former WWE talent and hardcore legend Tommy Dreamer says as time has passed, hardcore wrestling has changed. Some things, namely certain types of weapons used in hardcore matches, should never be used anymore. They're simply too dangerous.

Dreamer has become a legend in wrestling. While he may not go down as one of the all-time greats in WWE, he will be remembered as the Innovator of Violence in ECW and one of that promotion's most iconic figures. Today, Dreamer is the name and face behind House Of Hardcore wrestling.

During a recent media call for Slammiversary — where Dreamer will take on Eddie Edwards in a House Of Hardcore Rules Match where anything will be legal — Dreamer said when asked about the state of hardcore wrestling today, "I would be a hypocrite to say, 'oh you can go too far.' Cause I was the guy who would walk into a building and go, 'I'm either gonna get thrown off that or I'm gonna throw somebody off of that." He also admitted, "we've learned different things."

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Dreamer elaborated by saying chair shots to the head should never happen in professional wrestling again, no one should be having hardcore matches unless the other person that you know has a blood test, and most importantly, there should never be an instance where glass light tubes should be broken over anyone's head.

"Light tubes are ridiculous," Dreamer said. Explaining the tubes had little to do with the actual glass, but the chemicals inside those fluorescent lights, Dreamer added, "There is cancer carcinogens inside it. So when you breathe that in, you're breathing in cancer. So that's stupid."

Dreamer does probably have a point. Wrestlers shouldn't be taking risks when it comes to issues like cancer. And, it wasn't always that way.

Back in the day when ECW was at its all-time peak, few members of the roster were likely worried about the chemicals inside a light tube or the lasting effects of some of the weapons they used in their hardcore matches. But, as new medical information comes to light and wrestlers are more concerned for their health than they ever used to be, some things just don't seem like a good risk.

Dreamer, of all people, should know. He built a career on doing things to his body that no normal human being probably should have ever done. And, to date, he's still making a living off of people's fascination for hardcore wrestling.

If Dreamer says something is probably not a good idea, perhaps others should listen.

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