8 wrestling moves that legitimately injured WWE Superstars

#3 The Bucklebomb has injured multiple WWE Superstars

You can see the shoulder injury to @FinnBalor happen at @SummerSlam last night. #RAW pic.twitter.com/BUF3mJPlLN

— WWE (@WWE) August 23, 2016

Seth Rollins has used The Bucklebomb quite often in his career, but WWE recently pulled the plug on the move. This is because the move has injured several stars in the ring and taken out a few top WWE Superstars for a long time.

During a match against Finn Balor for the WWE Universal Championship, Rollins performed the move on the outside onto the barricade. It ended up separating Balor’s shoulder, forcing him to relinquish his title the next night.

Sting also suffered a neck injury when he took The Bucklebomb from Rollins during a match in 2015. It led to Sting taking a break from wrestling and ultimately retiring.

Sting spoke about the injury and what he felt during the match during an interview with WWE:

“Bottom line, I had tingling, numbness down both arms, all the way to my fingertips. And then, later in the match, I just fell wrong, whatever it was, and this time [the tingling and numbness] went down both arms and into my legs, and I couldn’t feel my legs too well. They just felt like rubber."

Arn Anderson also spoke about The Bucklebomb and the spot on the ARN Podcast:

“The key is – and this is entirely up to the guy giving it you – you need to hit that buckle like right above your shoulder blades. Not with your neck. And I think Sting hit it with his neck, and that’s one of those things where there’s not that much margin for error. ”

This was frightening. #WWERAW pic.twitter.com/DFI0P7bXZJ

— Fightful Wrestling (@FightfulWrestle) April 21, 2020

Former WWE Superstar Kairi Sane also suffered an injury when she took the move from Nia Jax during a match on WWE RAW. The Bucklebomb has proven to be a dangerous move to pull off in the wrestling ring and it has to be said that WWE have done the right thing by banning the move.