7 Career-threatening Botches in WWE

Many botches in the ring have led to terrible injuries
Many botches in the ring have led to terrible injuries

#1 A botched piledriver nearly ends Stone Cold's career

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Stone Cold and Owen Hart wrestled each other at Summerslam 1997 for the Intercontinental Championship. Both men are iconic names in the world of wrestling, and a botch coming from either man is quite shocking in itself.

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Hart decided to use the piledriver on Austin, but messed up as Austin’s head has too low down when Hart was performing the move. Usually, wrestlers take some time to position their opponents correctly before performing the move, but Hart did not do so. As Austin’s head collided with the mat, his neck was broken and was left unable to move.

Hart realized the error and wasted some time for Austin to recover a little before he could take the pin as scripted. However, Austin was forced to vacate the title and stay away from the ring for over three months.

The pile driver is a move only Kane and The Undertaker are allowed to use in the WWE now because of how dangerous it can be.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram
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