"Did he hit a fan with it?" - Wrestling world reacts to Von Wagner's ladder spot from NXT Halloween Havoc
Tonight at Halloween Havoc, Von Wagner competed in a ladder match for the NXT North American Championship. Other than Wagner, the five-way ladder match consisted of former champion Carmelo Hayes, Nathan Frazer, newcomer Oro Mensah, and eventual winner Wes Lee.
During a spot in the match, Wagner tried to position the ladder between the ring and the barricade in front of the live crowd. He almost hit a female fan with a long steel ladder while tussling with Mensah outside the ring.
You can check out the spot in the video below:
Von Wagner almost hit a fan with the ladder ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ https://t.co/SUk3hlgbU2
The wrestling world quickly took to Twitter to react on the spot that Wagner almost botched. While some fans found it hilarious, most of them were critical of Wagner for being unsafe.
Check out the reactions below:
#NXTHalloweenHavoc So not only does Von Wagner leave the ring to get a ladder when there's already one in the ring, but the one he goes to get is too big and can't get it from under the ring. And did he hit a fan with it? What a way to run a railroad
Von Wagner hit a fan with the ladder? Wow NXT has a problem with green unsafe workers, this is why they need to get a performance center smh
the crowd chanting no when Von Wagner set up that ladder ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
Von Wagner just hit a lady with a ladder and the crowd started to chant โAssholeโ ๐๐๐ #WWENXT
VON WAGNER HIT A FAN WITH THE LADDER BY ACCIDENT ๐๐๐๐๐ #HalloweenHavoc
Von Wagner is literally terrible
Von Wagner hitting a fan with a ladder don't surprise me. he sucks and is unsafe. hes always been sloppy af. hope that fan is ok
That video of Von Wagner almost hitting a fan in the head with the ladder is very funny for me because in my head-canon he is a real thawed out, reanimated neanderthal.
Von Wagner is struggling with the ladder ๐ #NXTHalloweenHavoc https://t.co/Ycwf9It6l4
Von Wagner hit a fan with a ladder lmfaooooo
"Von Wagner nearly injured a member of the audience with a ladder" is the kind of sentence that you would only hear or see in professional wrestling.
#HalloweenHavoc
That wasn't the only risky thing that Wagner did in the entire match. Moments before Lee became the new NXT North American Champion, Wagner threw him outside the ring, which also sparked some reactions online.
All things considered, the fan was not physically hurt, so it's all good for Wagner. It remains to be seen what will be next for him since he failed to capture the North American Championship.
What did you make of the Ladder match at Halloween Havoc? Let us know in the comments section below.