In the world of professional wrestling, weapons are commonplace. If youve been a fan for longer than, oh, five minutes or so, youll be familiar with the old favourites like steel chairs, title belts, leather straps, chains, stop signs, trashcan lids, beer bottles and, of course, baking trays (apparently, there is a lot of baking going on at wrestling events). ...But those are by no means the only weapons ever used in this strange sport that, for some reason, we all seem to take extremely seriously from time to time. When wrestling wants to be silly, silly weapons are required and these that you are about to see, dear reader, are among the silliest. Dont get us wrong, pretty much every weapon on this list could potentially hurt if employed in a real fight (with one or two exceptions). However, almost none of them would ever be considered by a sane person as any kind of actual weapon, even in the most desperate of situations. Still, that doesnt stop our favourite spandex clad superstars from smacking the ever loving sh!t out of each other with tennis rackets, vinyl records, frying pans, fork-life trucks, fire extinguishers, hammers, animal bones, laptop computers, hairdryers, crutches, canes, kendo sticks and fresh vegetables (none of which made this list, by the way). So, from the barbarism of ECW and CZW, to the flagrant stupidity and adolescent toilet humour of yesterdays WWE, we present the 10 weirdest weapons in wrestling.
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