10 Wrestlers Who Risked Absolutely Everything
3. Darby Allin
A cover star of this and several articles like it, Darby Allin's in-ring risks are something of a throwback to a less-learned time.
Much has changed about the attitude towards dangerous high spots at the highest level in wrestling, mostly down to the injuries sustained by the practitioners when such a thing was at its peak in WWE. From the literal heights of the first Hell In A Cell and Tables, Ladders and Chairs matches to the heightened gambles taken in Money In The Bank contests, the bumps have been equaled or better by All Elite Wrestling's least risk-averse "pillar".
Fearless (and now peerless) in the act of self-destruction thanks to risks he's only too happy to take on a skate ramp as well as an AEW canvas, Allin's a billboard for his own brutality and gleefully wears the marks and scars of a life on the edge. Along with an immensely strong grasp of how to weave his big bumps into matches from the indies through to his prominent position on TNT, he's become a go-to for eclectic stunt shows at the highest level.
And all of this was in-part inspired by the work of...