WWE: Five superstars who worked hurt

Professional wrestling is often termed to be “fake” by the fans. Although the matches are choreographed and scripted, the art of wrestling isn’t about hurting someone or showing off how truly agile you are, or how strong you are. Professional wrestling, like painting and dancing, is more about grace and the art of storytelling – something that most of the fans don’t understand. Although in the early period, professional wrestling was about the strongmen, but that was at a time when the fans were unaware about the kayfabe part of the business. Although showmanship and strength are integral parts of the business, it boils down to how you can enchant the fans with your work, and for a couple of hours, bind them in the illusion that is professional wrestling.With that said, the people involved in the business are just as proud of what they do in the ring, and are passionate about their craft. Although it’s no longer a secret that the “wrestlers” don’t really hate each other or hit each other to a bloody pulp for a piece of strap, the professional wrestling business has one of the highest, if not the highest rate of people getting seriously hurt. But being as passionate and proud of what they do, and with the saying “The show must go on” applying to professional wrestling more than any other contact sport, sometimes the superstars drag themselves to finish the bout, no matter how seriously they’re injured!In this article, we take a look at five such instances when the superstars pushed themselves through tremendous pain to finish the bout they were involved in.

#1 Stone Cold Steve Austin

Perhaps, there will never be another superstar who will captivate the imagination of the entire world quite like one man who became the biggest sensation back in the 90s. When Steve Austin cut the infamous ‘Austin 3:16’ promo after winning the KOTR tournament, he wouldn’t have had any idea about the movement he just started. Austin then went on to have arguably the greatest feud in professional wrestling history against his boss and the chairman of the WWE, Vince McMahon, and the rest as they say is history.

But during his run as the WWE Intercontinental champion, Austin was involved in a match against Owen Hart. Austin was a face and was supposed to go over Owen, but when Owen piledrove Austin onto the mat, something went very wrong. Austin was unable to move for a few seconds as Owen tried to distract the crowd by showboating, but even the referee knew that something was wrong, as Austin told him that he couldn’t move. But since he was the champion and was supposed to win the match, the referee couldn’t let Owen pin Austin. Austin broke his neck that night, but somehow managed to roll Owen up and pick up the victory!