10 Most Death-Defying Matches In Wrestling History
8. Shane McMahon Vs. Steve Blackman (Hardcore Match, WWE SummerSlam 2000)
For a well-educated billionaire’s son, Shane McMahon sure is insane. The current SmackDown Commissioner can’t really wrestle, but he’s pulled-off more death-dying stunts than all but a handful of WWE wrestlers. He flew from Hell In A Cell earlier this year, and almost broke his neck when Kurt Angle suplexed him through plate glass at King Of The Ring 2001, but at SummerSlam 2000, Shane pulled-off one of the most spectacular falls in WWE history.
The McMahon family’s resident lunatic was embroiled in a Hardcore Championship feud with Steve Blackman at the time, and Steve spent much of this match taking lumps out of Shane. McMahon eventually found an escape route, and decided that instead of fighting Blackman, he’d climb up the Titantron and pray the challenger didn’t follow him.
Blackman did, however, and he took a Singapore Cane with him. Steve eventually caught-up with Shane, and after striking McMahon in the back, the champion lost his grip, and was soon tumbling 40ft to the floor. He fell through the stage, and the crowd lost their mind.
Blackman wasn’t finished, though. He followed-up with a diving elbow drop from the same height, then pinned Shane for the win. They landed on moveable padding, sure, but the margin for error was very small, and watching people hurl themselves from such a height is always terrifying.