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WWE Superstars know that injuries are a part of the job. Many stars are injured on a regular basis, but this comes with the territory of being a wrestler. There are very few, if any wrestlers who have been able to make it through their whole career without suffering a major injury, whilst there are others who's careers have been plagued with them.
Whilst injuries in the ring are common, some WWE stars have been sidelined after suffering injuries whilst at home or even making their way to the ring. Many of these injuries have sidelined the stars for a number of months as well, which only adds to how humiliating the story must have been to convey to their employers.
Here are five WWE stars who suffered the most rediculous injuries outside of the ring.
#5. WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin gets stuck in the bathtub
Stone Cold Steve Austin is one of the best talkers in WWE history, which is probably why WWE gave the Hall of Famer his own podcast on the WWE Network.
Whilst fans of his podcast will know just how much The Texas Rattlesnake loves to share his personal stories, one story that the former WWE Champion wasn't as happy to share was when he accidentally fell and got stuck in his own bathtub.
Back in 2015, Austin shared the story on his podcast where he revealed that he was in his trailer preparing for a new season of The Broken Skull Ranch when he decided to moonwalk whilst taking a shower.
Austin slipped and became entangled with his arms and legs completely stuck forcing him to call out for his wife. This later led to 911 being called and Austin having to be removed from the tub by Firefighters. Austin also revealed "how a bath scrubber got stuck in a “sensitive area” and had to be removed."
#4. Former WWE star Goldberg gets a little too excited and requires surgery
WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg was one of the stars of WCW back in the 1990s. But one of the turning points of his career came when he was supposed to smash up a limousine with a weapon.
The carnage was broadcast on an episode of Nitro in December 1999 and Goldberg himself admitted that he became a little too excited when he used his arm to smash the windows.
Fans were left watching blood drip from the star's arm as Nitro went off the air, before it was revealed that the former WWE star would need surgery and was then sidelined for five months.
When speaking about the famous injury back in 2019, Goldberg himself admitted he was mad at the time.
"Yeah you know some things I may have taken personally. I made poor judgement because I was mad and opposed to grabbing a sledgehammer so I thought I’d use my own sledgehammer.”
“It was like TV and I hit it and it goes through like a cheese grater and I look down and go, ‘Oh, this is nice.’ It’s live TV. White limousine I go to the front, you know great video, great shot — BOOM — blood went everywhere. I just went nuts."
Goldberg was appearing on WWE legend Stone Cold's Broken Skull Sessions when he made the above comments and admitted that the injury was "poor judgment" on his behalf.
#3. WWE Legend Hulk Hogan tears his quad getting up from the sofa
Hulk Hogan is one of the best-known faces in the wrestling business, a business that he helped create in the 1970s and 80s. Hogan has been able to have a number of WWE comebacks over the years due to the impressive pull of his Hulkamaniacs, but one comeback is more memorable than all of the others.
Back in 2006, Hogan was preparing to face off against Randy Orton in a "Legend vs Legend Killer" match at SummerSlam, but he had been suffering from some discomfort in his right knee.
Hogan headed home after a light session at the gym and revealed that when he stood up from his couch there was an "explosion" in his knee cap. Hogan had torn his MCL and just weeks out from his SummerSlam match he refused surgery and instead was able to wrestle through painkilling injections.
Despite the pain, Hogan was still able to defeat The Viper and claim his final victory in a WWE ring.
#2. Sami Zayn tears his rotator cuff whilst making his way down the WWE ramp
Whilst there have been some shocking injuries in the ring over the years, current Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn didn't even make it to the ring before he suffered one of the worst injuries of his career. Back in May 2015, Sami Zayn came out to challenge John Cena on an episode of WWE RAW and may have been a little too excited to be in front of his hometown.
Zayn threw his arms up in order to hype up the crowd, but as he did so he managed to tear his rotator cuff before he had even stepped through the WWE ropes.
Zayn's arms went limp and it's obvious that Cena was forced to call an audible since the match was much shorter than expected and it allowed Zayn to head back for treatment.
The injury sidelined Zayn for the rest of 2015 and seems to be a recurring injury for the WWE star since he was recently sidelined for more than a year when he tore both of his rotator cuffs once again whilst wrestling in Montreal.
#1. Former WWE Champion Randy Orton dislocated his shoulder taking out the trash
Randy Orton is a 13-time World Champion in WWE, but like many other stars in the company, he has had his struggles with injury. Perhaps one of the most unfortunate injuries of Orton's career came back in 2015 when he suffered a dislocated shoulder whilst taking out the trash.
There were not a lot of details concerning the injury when it was first made public, but The Wrestling Observer revealed that the injury had been as a result of Orton taking out the garbage while he was home.
Orton was one of the company's featured performers at this point, but the freak injury meant that he was sidelined from September 2015 until July 2016. At the time, Orton was booked in a feud with The Wyatt Family that was set to continue at Hell in a Cell but was later canceled because of his shoulder injury.
When Orton returned to WWE TV the following year, he was unveiled as Brock Lesnar's SummerSlam opponent and stepped into a completely different storyline. WWE did later visit the feud between Orton and Wyatt in 2017, following his Royal Rumble victory.
