10 Pointless Acts Of Wrestling Bravery That Were Totally Forgotten

6. Tables, Ladders, And Flair

Over thirty years after his professional debut, Ric Flair demonstrated his durability in a brutal Monday Night Raw TLC match that would at least afford Edge a memorable in-ring moment from his first ever title reign that didn't involve velvet bedsheets.

Fittingly concluding the top-level feud for 'The Rated-R Superstar' that had over-delivered, Flair put in a herculean shift in the weapons brawl, held in North Carolina before a partisan crowd that featured an early on-camera appearance for the future Charlotte Flair watching from the stands.

Like similar feats of violence pre-dating 2008, the match is the subject of contention for WWE Network decision-makers in 2017, thanks to the excessive blood from Flair, and a hearty reliance on chairshots to the head from both.

Subsequently lost to time are the heroic bumps, including a ladder-assisted splash to Flair through a table on the outside, and a spectacular backwards fall from Edge through another table as he attempted to grab the title in the ring.

Exhibiting exactly why wrestlers like Edge found their careers cut short, a few more like this for Flair would have certainly reduced 'The Nature Boy's potential for those crucial indie earnings the next time he falls out with WWE.