10 most injury-prone wrestlers of all time
King Of The Ring 1998, one of Mick Foley’s most brutal outingsWrestling involves a lot of risk. And of course, with risk, there’s two sides of the coin. Some wrestlers see the good side, some see the bad. This list (not ranking), looks at ten of the more unfortunate wrestlers, who have suffered through their fair share of injuries, or even more than that.Some may have had to retire due to their injuries, over a short or long term period, and some were able to fight back and keep their career strong but wounded due to the use of high-level treatment.. Of course, some of the injuries came with heartbreak, as shall be seen later in the list. Here are ten wrestlers who are/have been highly injury prone:
#1 Kevin Nash
Starting the list off is arguably the man who has been made fun of the most on the internet for his injuries, mostly his torn quad, which occurred on an episode of Raw in 2002 (as seen in the video above). Nash was participating in a tag team match and tore his quad while advancing towards the opposition corner of the ring. The sheer simplicity of the injury has caused plenty of jokes over the years.
However, on a serious note, Nash has had to have several knee surgeries over his career, suffered from a staph infection in 2009 while on tour in Japan, and has reportedly also had a heart problem which caused him to pass out during a fanfest. Nash has suffered quite a few injuries over his storied career, and deservedly received a spot in the WWE Hall Of Fame this year.
#2 Sin Cara
The original man behind the mask was one who was known more for his botches and injuries than for his actual wrestling.
Luis Urive’s first injury in WWE patellar tendon rapture which he suffered in November 2011, which took him out for six months. After returning, he suffered another knee injury (which he had a history with) in December 2012, and was again sidelined, only to return and get injured again in February, to come back two months later and then dislocate his ring finger against Alberto Del Rio and be taken out for the rest of his WWE career (with the exception of one house show match in January 2014).
Thank goodness the new Sin Cara (Jorge Arias) is not as injury prone!
#3 Triple H
All of Triple H’s injuries have been torn muscles, but they have been severe for the most part.
In May 2001, when defending the World Tag Team Championships alongside Stone Cold Steve Austin against Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho, The Game suffered a career-threatening quad tear in his left leg, in which the muscle was completely separated from the bone. It happened when Jericho had Austin in the Walls Of Jericho, and when Triplle H was about to head in to break the hold, the injury took its hit. Miraculously, The King Of Kings even went on to wrestle the rest of the match, even allowing Jericho to use the Walls on him.
At New Year’s Revolution 2007, in a match against Rated-RKO (as a part of DX), The Cerebral Assassin suffered the same injury as he had before, this time, of all the odds, on his other leg. It’s a wonder why all the torn-quad jokes haven’t targetted Trips as much as they have Kevin Nash!
In 2010, when feuding with Sheamus, Triple H suffered a torn bicep muscle and missed out on ten months of action, right up to WrestleMania XXVII, where he lost to The Undertaker.
Since then, Triple H has not had any injuries, but the sheer magnitude of the three mentioned above easily make him injury-prone.