8 Most devastating career-ending injuries in wrestling history

Some injuries are so bad they'll end a wrestling career in the blink of an eye...
Some injuries are so bad they'll end a wrestling career in the blink of an eye...

#1 Hayabusa breaks his neck with a botched moonsault

Hayabusa's storied career ended with one of wrestling's most infamous botches...
Hayabusa's storied career ended with one of wrestling's most infamous botches...

Hayabusa was one of the greatest hardcore wrestlers and Lucha Libre wrestlers of all time. An outstanding worker, Hayabusa was the ace of Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), and his wrestling style has influenced many of today’s wrestling stars, including WWE superstars Neville and Seth Rollins (the latter of which uses both the Falcon Arrow and the Phoenix Splash, two moves Hayabusa created).

Sadly, Hayabusa’s ended on October 22nd, 2001, when he botched a springboard moonsault and cracked two of his vertebrae. The injury left him, quadriplegic, almost instantly, and thus his career came to an end.

A female WWE star said her life is in danger. Details HERE

Hayabusa was said to have become depressed almost to the point of suicide, given how he went from flying around and above the ring to wheelchair-bound for the rest of his life in the span of seconds.

Although he did eventually regain some motion in his lower body, Hayabusa was never able to wrestle again after that tragic injury.


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