10 WWE Superstars Who Overcame Career Threatening Injuries
8. CM Punk
At June 2002's Jersey J-Cup independent wrestling tournament, CM Punk wrestled Reckless Youth, and during the match, fractured his skull. The result of a neck-breaker gone wrong, Punk was advised to not even exercise for a year, but he returned to wrestling two months later. Even a year and a half following the injury, Punk suffered from vertigo, loss of balance and spinal fluid leaking from his ear. Think Punk's WWE tenure-ending staph infection was the first time he's been down the road of working hurt? Think again.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
