5 wrestlers who got stabbed after matches

Roddy Piper was so hated as a heel that he got stabbed by audience members more than one time.

3: Ole Anderson

Ole Anderson (L) with the original incarnation of the Four Horsemen and their manager JJ Dillon

Ole Anderson is most famous for being one of the founding members of the founding members of The Four Horsemen. He was also a booker for WCW in the pre-Eric Bischoff era.Ole is also famous as a hated heel in the Minnesota Wrecking Crew along with his brother Gene.

He was so hated during that period that in 1976, Ole got attacked backstage by an elderly gentleman who stabbed him viciously and repeatedly in the arm and chest with a small knife. He was lucky to escape with his life and required a four-hour long surgery to repair injured tendons and stitches to close stab wounds.

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