5 of the most dangerous finishing moves in the WWE

#1. The Piledriver

The piledriver has claimed plenty of victims over the years

There are different variations of the piledriver, but they all have the same result. A wrestler carries his opponent and drives him on the head or the back of their neck.

What makes this move so dangerous is that when performed wrong, a wrestler can end up being paralysed or they could suffer a fractured neck. WWE Hall of Famer, Stone Cold Steve Austin experienced this first hand when Owen Hart botched a sit-out piledriver causing Austin to suffer from a broken neck.

Austin had to receive neck surgery and had one last match with The Rock at WrestleMania XIX. The botched piledriver led to Austin's early retirement in 2003. The move is as dangerous as it looks, and one botch could end a wrestler's career.

Nowadays, only two wrestlers are allowed to perform the move in WWE - The Undertaker and Kane. They use a safer piledriver known as The Tombstone, which heavily protects the other performer's head and neck.