8 Wrestlers Who Worked Through Ridiculous Injuries

This past week, we learned that Nia Jax could be out for up to a year as she undergoes a cutlery drawer full of knives to repair damaged ligaments on both of her knees.

One torn ACL is bloody nasty, two is horrific. What's worse is that Jax, either impervious to pain or unwilling to sacrifice her spot, had been working with the injury for nearly a year. Most people can't even stand with a single torn ACL, let alone wrestle with two.

It's certainly admirable, but definitely not smart, and speaks of a worrying insecurity harkening back to a bygone age. Once over, if a wrestler didn't work, they didn't get paid, and if you didn't get paid, there was no point wrestling. None of this 'boyhood dream' nonsense.

So wrestlers, being tougher than stewed leather, bloody well worked no matter what. Battered and bruised from 900 consecutive days on the road? That's nothing. Concussions, broken bones and even literally dislodged eyes - the only thing that'd stop these guys earning their purse was death.

And even in that case, they'd be called a wuss.

The Swiss Superman became the Thwiss Thuperman at No Mercy 2017, when a gnarly accident during a tag match opposite The Shield sorted out the business end of his Christmas list in a single, eye-watering moment.

A slingshot gone awry saw Cesaro flung mouth-first into the steel ring post, resulting in both of his front teeth being impacted. In other words, smashed so hard that they were forced up into his gums. It looked as absolutely horrible as it sounds, and yet the European, after a quick check from a ringside dentist, sprang right back up and not only completed the match, but put on a blinder.

After the show, Cesaro revealed that his jaw had also been fractured in the incident, making his decision to continue doubly brave/silly. Did the strongman take any time off? Nope: he just popped a set of braces in, and continued to wrestle. Or, rather, 'wessle'.