8 wrestling moves that legitimately injured WWE Superstars

Modified Oct 06, 2020 12:59 GMT

Many top WWE Superstars have picked up injuries from famous finishing moves

#2 WWE legend Stone Cold Steve Austin suffered an injury after receiving a Piledriver

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The Piledriver is always seen as one of the most lethal moves in WWE, and currently, only a few top stars are allowed to use the move. However, Superstars could use the move regularly before WWE decided to ban the move, and this led to some serious botches.

Stone Cold Steve Austin was on the receiving end of a botched piledriver attempt from Owen Hart at WWE SummerSlam 1997. Hart went for the move on Austin, but Austin’s head was too low and as soon as his head hit the mat, he suffered a neck injury.

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Austin suffered a career-threatening injury due to the botched move. He reflected on the moment he hit the mat and the first thing that came to his mind following the move.

“I remember we went into the piledriver deal…I picked him up, and then we reversed that, and he picked me up… “

“My head was about, I dunno, six or eight inches below the bottom of his legs, and he jumped up and spiked me.”

“As soon as my head hit that mat, I was thinking Christopher Reeve. Cause I thought I was never gonna walk again, ever. I couldn’t feel anything from my neck down…”