10 Most Courageous WWE Moments

4. Steve Austin Walks Out With A Broken Neck

Steve Austin SummerSlam 1997
WWE.com

When the aforementioned Jim Ross referred to 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin as the "toughest son of a bitch" around, he wasn't making up a character in his head that'd get fans excited. Austin, as shown at SummerSlam 1997, was made of stern stuff.

Keep in mind that he had a broken neck when he hauled himself up off the canvas, held his Intercontinental Title aloft and then walked to the back. A broken neck. Much like Triple H's case, such an injury would leave most screaming, and it would certainly be the end of most careers.

Not Austin, he endured searing pain caused by Owen Hart's flunked Piledriver to prove his hardiness and (admittedly indirectly) allay fan fears that he was done.

Austin even finished the match, but it was more extraordinary that he was able to put one foot in front of the other and hold his body up to stroll out of the arena. In a moment of pure suffering, one of WWE's toughest showed serious balls.

Advertisement
In this post: 
Roman Reigns
 
Posted On: 
Contributor

Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.