5 things you (maybe) didn't know about Beth Phoenix 

#1. She suffered a horrific jaw injury that left her face partially numb

The legendary Beth Phoenix

Injuries are an unfortunate part of professional wrestling. Fans would be hard-pressed to find a wrestler who hasn't suffered some sort of in-ring injury, many of which are career-altering. For Beth Phoenix, her in-ring career was threatened with a serious jaw injury only five weeks after she made her WWE debut.

Phoenix was wrestling Victoria when she took a slap to her face. She had taken hundreds of slaps before, but this time things were different.

Phoenix heard a frightening crack,

"I felt a little woozy. I put my tongue between my teeth and thought, 'I lost a tooth. Crap!' I was like, 'Oh, well.' I had this whole thought process, 'I'm sure that will be easy to replace.' I finished the match."

As soon as the match came to an end, Phoenix made her way to the trainer's room.

"I'll never forget I had twenty people around me in the trainer's room. Everybody was like, 'What happened?' I said, 'I lost a tooth.' The doctor opened my mouth and I saw everyone recoil. That's when I knew it was bad."

Phoenix suffered a dislocated jaw and a break. Her jaw was completely severed all the way through. She was rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital and laid in a hospital bed for several days before she was able to undergo surgery. Phoenix received two large plates and nine screws in her face and had to consult with a plastic surgeon as well.

The gruesome injury left Phoenix with "a lot of nerve damage" and the skin around the area is still completely numb, but serves as a constant reminder of her dedication to professional wrestling.

(Transcription Credit: Michael McClead, Sportskeeda)

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