10 extraordinary examples of wrestlers toughing it out

#5 The Rock (WrestleMania 29)

The People's Champion is the epitome of valour

Even though The Rock is much more of an actor nowadays, he clearly still loves pro-wrestling.

He proved this at WrestleMania 29, when he defended his WWE Championship against John Cena in the "Once in a Lifetime Match: Part Deux". Much like many of Cena's big matches, the bout saw the two legends trading finishers back and forth.

When Cena hit his first Attitude Adjustment on "The Great One", he suffered a hernia and tore his abdominal and adductor tendons, causing his abs and his adductors to separate completely from his pelvis.

Against all odds, the "Brahma Bull" fought through the pain for several more minutes, delivering two more Rock Bottoms to (and receiving one from) "Big Match John". Rock ultimately lost the match after the third AA from Cena, losing the WWE Championship as a result.

He didn't have to come back; he had plenty of money and prospects in Hollywood, and he surely didn't need to push through such agonizing pain to go through the rest of the match as planned. But "The People's Champion" refused to deny the people their WrestleMania main event, no matter what the circumstances.

This must be why so many people consider "The Rock" to be arguably the hardest working man in show business.