10 extraordinary examples of wrestlers toughing it out

#7 Sabu (Born to Be Wired 1997)

Sabu is insane. And I don't mean that in a gimmicky sort of way - I mean that he is unequivocally a hundred percent bonkers.

Perhaps the most relevant evidence of Sabu's genuine madness is his match against Terry Funk at ECW's Born to be Wired in 1997. At this particular event, the two were wrestling in a match that replaced the usual ring ropes with barbed wire... you know where this is going.

For whatever reason, Sabu decided it would be a good idea to hit an Air Sabu Corner Splash to Funk very early in the bout. When Funk moved out of the way, Sabu got tangled up in the barbed wire (for those reading on a mobile device, it's at 3:53 in the video), tearing open his biceps. At one point, his bicep muscle was hanging from the nearly 10-inch gash.

Instead of stopping like any normal man would, Sabu started to tape up the wound mid-match. After taking a neckbreaker onto a steel chair (during which he continued to wrap tape around his arm), Sabu sprung up out of nowhere and started wailing on Funk like there was no tomorrow.

Later on, he wrapped himself in barbed wire and sent Terry Funk (who was also wrapped in barbed wire) through a table on the outside of the ring. In the end, Sabu came out victorious, but the two men were in such agonizing pain from being entangled in the barbs that several ring technicians had to cut them apart with wire cutters.

Paul Heyman once said that this match was so gruesome that he wouldn't dare to book another one like it. I can't help but agree with that sentiment.