In the mid 1980s , folding chairs were used in professional wrestling as weapons , mainly by World Wrestling Entertainment . The investigation into Chris Benoit 's death cited Chronic traumatic encephalopathy , which is often caused by chair shots to the head and other related concussions as a leading cause of his symptoms , leading to a ban in the WWE on chair shots to the head are now banned in the WWE , and the use of chairs was toned down to prevent related injuries
The investigation into Chris Benoit 's death
Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide
Folding chair