10 Wrestling Moves More Dangerous Than You Realise

10. Reverse Frankensteiner

The Frankensteiner has seen countless variants since its 1980s origination and popularisation. Scott Steiner himself popularised the top-rope take on the move, itself already a safer version of the original incarnation; folk were hardly going to take spiked head-drops off the top turnbuckle from a man with tree trunks for legs.

Indeed the most prevalent variation is the reverse Frankensteiner. The move is safe in the hands of every stylistic user; naturally, it'll look miles more impressive if the wrestler-in-question is of a shorter stature, as Mark Andrews is. He leaps at his opponent's rear with grace and agility, snappily taking them to the mat with such force to create a believable match-ender out of a now-standard drop.

It's pro wrestling, though. Risk is never out of the question.

Wrestling Noam Dar to a no contest on the 27 March 2019 NXT UK, Andrews attempted the reverse Frankensteiner as he normally would. With Dar unable to grasp Andrews' ankles fully, he slipped, falling to the mat and, on his way down, pushing Noam's knee forward. The torque on which Dar's knee was moved allegedly caused a near-explosion of the knee's insides, which would've required his entire leg to be amputated. He was millimetres away from losing a leg and instead, his diagnosis was just a "wee bone bruise"!

Pro wrestling is absurd.