Youd actually be surprised just how many times prosthetic limbs have been used in wrestling matches. The most famous WWE example, of course, occurred when Maurice Vachons limb was used in a 1996 Shawn Michaels Vs. Diesel main event, but that was far from being the only time... Another famous incident occurred when a fan implored hardcore wrestling icon Tommy Dreamer to use my leg! at an ECW show. The ECW faithful then began chanting, Use his leg! Use his leg! Use his leg! until a bewildered Dreamer complied. This famous incident was memorably referenced in the 2008 movie The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke and Marissa Tomei.
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This famous incident was memorably referenced in the 2008 movie The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke and Marissa Tomei.