10 Most Dangerous Wrestling Spots Of 2020
Which wrestlers were on the receiving end of 2020's most dangerous spots?
Whether they involve a star falling from a great height or slamming their body into an unforgiving object/surface, nothing makes a live wrestling crowd pop quite like a well-crafted spot.
However, for the majority of 2020, wrestling shows, and many other live sporting events all around the world, have been deprived of the very thing that produces these euphoric responses - large groups of live fans. So, with a severe lack of in-the-flesh supporters occupying wrestling arenas for most of this car-crash of a year, the usual attempts to pop the people in attendance with dangerous, career-shortening spots must have all but disappeared, right?
Well, not exactly.
In fact, the ever-changing circumstances which threatened to make our favourite products unwatchable for a spell have actually paved the way for some of the most bat-sh*t crazy bumps and high-risk stunts we've ever seen.
Over the last 12 months, we've seen bodies broken inside of an empty stadium, a bin-wearing Champion fall from the sky, and enough chaos in Symphony of Destruction matches to suggest that, with or without fans, instruments are the biggest no-sellers in all of wrestling, and dangerous spots aren't going away any time soon.
10. Cody Rhodes Takes AEW To New Heights - Dynamite (February 19)
Kicking off our list, let's venture back to a time when fans could actually pack themselves into arenas and produce deafening noises, capable of sending shivers up your spine in the wake of a jaw-dropping spot.
Back in February, Cody Rhodes was forced to jump through a very specific set of hoops in order to get his hands on MJF at the upcoming Revolution PPV: he couldn't put his hands on his former protégé until the aforementioned event, had to take ten lashings from a leather belt-wielding MJF, and, lastly, needed to overcome Wardlow in AEW's first-ever Steel Cage match on Dynamite.
It was in this hellacious Wednesday night war where Cody decided to pull something rather special out of his bag of tricks. After failing to conquer the bigger man with a Cross Rhodes, a blood-stained "American Nightmare" made his way to the top of the cage. He then proceeded to moonsault onto his opponent, winning the contest and causing the crowd to completely lose their minds in the process.
Falling from the top of a cage isn't exactly what you'd class as a safe manoeuvre at the best of times. But, seeing a star back-flip from the heavens, with only a big brutish beefcake to break their fall, was enough to make fans jump out of their seats and immediately need a lie down simultaneously.
Let's keep Cody away from cages in the future, though, OK?