10 Wrestlers Who Couldn’t Legally Wrestle!

10. Road Warrior Animal

The Lloyd’s of London insurance policies have caused a lot of stress for performers and promotions over the years.

They were policies taken out by wrestlers in the early ‘90s that stipulated talent would be compensated financially if they suffered a career-ending injury whilst wrestling. Lloyd’s of London most likely thought the chances of this happening were small, what with wrestling being predetermined and all. One of the wrestlers that took advantage of the policy on offer was Road Warrior Animal.

After SummerSlam 1992, his longtime tag partner Hawk walked out of the WWF as well as the Legion of Doom, leaving Animal to fend for himself. Animal represented the LOD solo and often competed in handicap matches on live events. It was during one of these handicap matches with The Beverley Brothers that Animal legitimately injured his back. This would force him to stay out of the ring for three years. Animal collected pay cheques from Lloyd’s of London in that time, on the condition he couldn’t compete in any ring.

When he could no longer prove the injury was career-ending, Animal resumed wrestling for WCW in 1996, reuniting the Road Warriors with Hawk.