The 5 Worst WWE injuries

1. Steve Austin Takes A Nasty Piledriver

Steve Austin was on a white hot run when a pilderiver nearly cut off his career altogether

Though Owen Hart is generally a revered figure for his technical prowess and keen character work, he was only human and wound up responsible for one of the ugliest and worst timed mistakes in WWE history.

At SummerSlam 1997, Hart was due to put over ascending megastar Steve Austin for the Intercontinental Championship. Hart used a sit down tombstone piledriver as a regular part of his arsenal at the time, but when it came time to deliver this move to Stone Cold, he held his body too low, and sent Austin’s skull legitimately crashing to mat. Austin was momentarily paralyzed and severely weakened in the aftermath. The experienced pair of wrestlers just barely managed to finish the match, but Austin was out of action for a bit due to the injury, and the ramifications of that terrible bump would haunt him for the rest of his career.