10 Wrestlers Who Escaped Certain Death

10. Bill Goldberg

Bill Goldberg's lifelong intensity has been his blessing and his curse. Transitioning from the NFL to the squared circle in 1996, less than two years later he was atop the industry thanks to an unprecedented fire that gainfully masked a host of traditional limitations.

That innate charisma was the character's drive, and buoyed by a visually impressive and physically dominant presentation, his undefeated rise to glory was a sight to behold.

It's a trait he maintains to present day, as evidenced in his absorbing clashes with Brock Lesnar at 50-years-old. Punctuated and powerful, Goldberg's contests are best kept brief, but in doing so highlight the explosive energy he emits in his displays.

Sadly, his best matches weren't the only things short and sharp in his illustrious career. A typically chaotic December 1999 edition of WCW Monday Nitro concluded with Big Bill smashing up a limousine using just his right arm.

Apparently furious following a backstage incident with Scott Hall from earlier that day, Goldberg took his rage out on the the limo's windows, but the glass fought back. Splintering violently, huge shards gashed his forearm.

Nitro went off the air to the sight of the car's white bonnet sprayed crimson, whilst the man himself had to be immediately rushed to hospital having lost upwards of two pints of blood.

The severity of the wound forced him to miss several months of action, and he later confirmed he was within a centimetre of losing full use of his arm.