10 Wrestling Moves More Dangerous Than You Realise

'Suicide dive' is a general term. The traditional suicide dive is a vertical leap through the middle and top ropes, but it's not uncommon for a commentator to phrase any dive in and out of the ring as a suicide dive. It's an apt term - leaving your feet as your body wails through the air without control could feasibly result in mortality in a legitimate, real-life situation - but, luckily, a suicide dive hasn't resulted in complete paralysis, let alone the conclusion of one's life.

Suicide dives remain a mind-blowing exposition of pro wrestling theatre. Their very nature provides connotations of danger, but they're largely safer for those actually flying than for those standing, awaiting the collision.

Careers have ended - or at the very least become limited - upon the completion of a suicide dive. Jorge Estrada, Jr. retired shortly after suffering a botched somersault dive from Edge, taking the full blunt force trauma of Edge's leg to his scalp. He was able to return to action shortly thereafter.

For Rick Rude, however, it was instantly career-ending. Taking a more standard suicide dive from Sting - albeit with 'The Icon' flying over the ropes, rather than between them - Rude staggered backwards, falling off an elevated ringside platform that all but folded his back in half. He never wrestled again, cashed in on an insurance policy, and stayed away from wrestling altogether for the next three years.