Pro wrestlers live and work with the constant threat of severe physical damage. It's sobering and depressing to think about the horrific, life-altering injuries - and deaths - that have occurred due to accidents between the ropes. Fans never forget what can go wrong, and it's part of why we respect our heroes so much. Still, we've all seen and heard about tragedies we'd rather forget, and we hope that nothing catastrophic ever happens in the ring again. Thankfully, this list isn't about wrestlers who suffered that sort of injury. The wrestlers on this list were in pain, but they all eventually returned to the ring and the quality of life they had prior to their injuries, though some with adjustments. Unfortunately for them - whether they were carrying an entire company on their shoulders or at the beginning or middle of the biggest pushes of their lives - the timing on their injuries couldn't possibly have been worse. Some of these men missed out on potentially making millions of dollars, and others can only imagine how things would have turned out differently for them. It's never a good day to get hurt, but these 10 wrestlers got injured at the worst possible time...
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
*Best Crowd of the Year, 2013
