10 Craziest Wrestling Moments That Ever Happened Live

4. Keeping An Eye On The Competition

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xl2u6d_stan-hansen-vs-big-van-vader_sport Big Van Vader may have been halfway responsible for Mick Foley losing an ear, but he was no stranger himself to horrifying in-ring injuries. Before his time in WCW, he made his name as a monster gaijin in Japan, running roughshod over anyone stupid enough to get in his way. In February 1990, at a All Japan Pro Wrestling vs. New Japan Pro Wrestling supercard show broadcast live on television, Vader would face the legendary Stan Hansen, a man famous for working just as stiff as Vader himself. Hansen could barely see three feet in front of his face without his glasses, and when he saw Vader about to enter the ring, Hansen clocked him in the face with the bullrope that the cowboy carried around with him. Unfortunately, the rope came attached to a cowbell, which broke Vader€™s nose and cracked his orbital bone. The two were scheduled to work a thirty-minute broadway (a time limit draw), and before the first bell, Vader had been accidentally injured. One thing Big Van Vader does is never show intimidation or fear. Vader started the match as planned, but lay a few punches into Hansen hard, tuning him up to let him know he wasn€™t happy. Two minutes in, Hansen had had enough of Vader Time, and came back out of the corner with a rake to the eye that veered more towards a straightforward gouge. Unfortunately, Vader€™s orbital bone was a mess, and his eye popped out to hang on his cheek. At this point, even Hansen could see that something had gone rather badly wrong. Vader was forced to call a swift halt and pull off the lucha libre style mask that he was wearing at the time, to push his eye back in€ and then the match resumed as planned, and Vader wrestled at least another twenty minutes with an eye so swollen that he couldn€™t open it properly.