10 times an injury actually helped a wrestler's career

#9 Brock Lesnar nearly kills himself at WrestleMania XIX

Lesnar hurt himself badly but still continued the match

Brock Lesnar gets a lot of criticism these days for wrestling in a repetitive and ‘limited’ style. But there are reasons for this: it makes the moves he does use seem more dangerous, it allows him to avoid risking hurting his body (which has already been damaged extensively by, among other things, diverticulitis), and because he nearly broke his neck with a botched Shooting Star Press.

At WrestleMania XIX Lesnar misjudged the distance between the top turnbuckle and where Kurt Angle was in the ring. This caused him to land hard on the mat and into Kurt Angle’s side. This left him with (only) a concussion, yet Lesnar still finished the match as if nothing happened.

This was a shining example of Lesnar’s natural toughness and was one of the many reasons why so many people liked watching him wrestle.