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Professional wrestling is a dangerous and hard job. The amount of excruciating pain the wrestlers have to go through is unreal. Although many people belittle professional wrestling as "fake", it is far from the truth. There is nothing fake in the pain and sufferings endured by the wrestlers.
The art of professional wrestling requires extensive coordination between the wrestlers involved. In WWE, most of the spots are pre-planned. But it is tough to remember all the spots by heart and replicate it in the ring. Hence, it is natural that wrestlers might get the move wrong occasionally.
Botching is common in wrestling, and even the most acclaimed wrestlers had some bad botches. However, some of those botches were horrendous and caused life-threatening injuries. In this list, we will be taking a look at some of those botches.
#7 Edge's WWE TV debut vs. Jose Estrada
Edge is one of the most accomplished superstars in WWE history. He has had a memorable run with the WWE. From main eventing Wrestlemania to retiring as the world heavyweight champion, the rated R superstar has many moments to cherish. However, one of the moments he would not like to remember is his debut.
Edge had his debut match against Jose Estrada Jr. To make his debut match memorable, Edge performed a suicide dive on Estrada, who was standing outside. However, Edge crashed on the Puerto Rican badly, giving Estrada a broken neck. The match ended after referee counted Estrada out for 10 and gave Edge the victory. This injury ended Jose's career.
#6 Brock Lesnar's shooting star press
Brock Lesnar is a heavyweight and a super athlete. He is incredibly quick and agile for a guy his size, and his first run with the WWE is the epitome of it.
Lesnar won the Royal Rumble 2003 and challenged Kurt Angle for his WWE championship at Wrestlemania 19. Before their Wrestlemania match, Lesnar was told that he should perform a shooting star press on Kurt Angle from more than halfway across the ring. The beast incarnate was no stranger to this move and used to do it regularly during his days at Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). However, the distance was longer than usual in this case, and Brock ended up utterly missing Angle and giving himself a concussion. Yet, he continued the match and F5-ed Angle for a third time to pick up the victory.
#5 Spike Dudley goes through a table - or not
During a 10-man tag team match on RAW in September 2003, La Resistance threw Spike Dudley outside to crash through a table. However, they completely missed the table and Spike crashed onto the floor without the table to break his fall. Dudley was severely injured and was out of action for some time.
However, he returned after a few weeks and defeated Rene Dupree to avenge his injury.
#4 Brock Lesnar messes up a powerbomb
During a 2002 Smackdown match against Hardcore Holly, the youngster Brock Lesnar completely messed up a powerbomb. Lesnar powerbombed Holly neck first, causing a severe neck injury.
This forced Holly to take a 13-month break from the in-ring action.
#3 Owen Hart's breaks Stone Cold's neck
The sit-out piledriver is banned in WWE for a good reason.
At Summerslam 1997, Stone Cold challenged Owen Hart for his Intercontinental championship. Midway through the match, the king of Harts gave Austin a sit-out tombstone piledriver. However, Austin's head was tucked too low to protect from the move and hence the texas rattlesnake crashed on his head. Austin was paralyzed temporarily and lay in the mat almost motionless.
A few moments later, Austin recovered and rolled up Hart for his victory. But this injury would curtail Austin's career.
#2 The Pedigree botch
During an episode of WWF Superstars in 1996, Hunter Hearst Helmsley (Triple H) was scheduled to face Marty Garner. Hunter positioned Garner for pedigree. However, Garner thought Hunter was going for a double underhooked Suplex or powerbomb and gave a flipping movement. This caused the move to end in a horrendous manner, causing Garner to land on his head and suffer a neck injury.
#1 Joey Mercury's nose
Before being a part of the Authority and the Straight Edge society, Joey Mercury was a part of MNM, a stable involving John Morrison and Melina.
At Armageddon 2006, MNM was a part of the four-way ladder match for the WWE tag team championship also involving the Hardy Boys, the team of William Regal and Dave Taylor, and the champions Brian Kendrick and Paul London.
One of the spots in the match was Jeff Hardy's jump on a ladder, causing a see-saw motion and knocking both Mercury and Morrison with the ladder. However, this move ended badly when the ladder hit Mercury straight on his nose and his orbital bone. Mercury started bleeding and was rendered out of action for a few weeks.
