10 Ways Wrestlers' Bodies Changed Forever Because Of Wrestling
1. Mick Foley's... Everything
With thanks to Gamespot user Jackov (lol) for compiling the info, here's a quick list of some of the worst ways that professional wrestling has changed Mick Foley's body:-
- 1986: Broken jaw.
- 1989 to 1998: Four front teeth, gone.
- 1993: Two broken noses. Had two-thirds of his ear torn off when his head got caught in the ropes while wrestling Vader.
- 1995: Second-degree shoulder and arm burns.
- 1998: Suffered a concussion, dislocated his jaw, bruised a kidney, and put a hole in his mouth after falling from Hell in a Cell.
- Over 300 stitches to his arms, head, eyebrows, hands, ears, shin, cheek, and lip throughout his career.
... and that's just the iceberg's tip. Foley suffered many, many more injuries throughout his lengthy wrestling career and it's hard to imagine the sport has ravaged many bodies quite like his. The man's physical form is a roadmap of battle scars, and even watching him limp to the ring whenever he returns is painful these days.
Few performers have ever suffered for their art and our entertainment the way Foley did. He's the most selfless wrestler of all time.