5 things you (probably) didn't know about new WWE Hall of Famer Davey Boy Smith

#3 He was fired from WCW while in the hospital, nearly paralyzed

Believe it or not, Smith's first tenure in WCW went way better than his second

Following the Montreal Screwjob in 1997, Smith left the WWF along with Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart. It was Smith's second run with the company, and one that wasn't anywhere near as successful as the first, and that's saying something. After all, Davey Boy was front and center for this:

During Fall Brawl 1998, Smith and Neidhart were teaming against Disco Inferno and Alex Wright. At two different points in the match, Smith took a back bump in the middle of the ring... and right onto a trap door. Why, you may ask, was there a trap door in the middle of a wrestling ring? Well, the Ultimate Warrior (at that point simply going by The Warrior) wanted to do a segment where he magically appeared in the ring to do magic Warrior stuff!

Well, both of those bumps led to Bulldog suffering from a spinal infection - and not a minor one, at that. Smith was nearly paralyzed from the injury, and spent 6 months in the hospital trying to fix the problem.

It was also at this point that WCW decided to serve Smith his walking papers. Much like they had done to Steve Austin a few years prior, they sent him his termination notice - via FedEx. To really rub it in, the pink slip was delivered while he was in the hospital.

Another unwanted gift he received at the hospital was an addiction to morphine and other painkillers. Unfortunately, that addiction was a major factor in his death later on.