7 Horrific Injuries Wrestlers Suffered Outside The Ring

7. Colt Cabana's Infected Finger

Colt Cabana Finger
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Or, if you dare, fire up your Google machine and take a look at the hole that appeared in Colt Cabana's finger around six years ago.

In 2012, Cabana went to the hospital complaining about intense pain in one of his fingers. After trying to solve the issue himself by waiting it out to see if the appendage would heal, Colt was horrified to see his finger swell to three times the usual size. The poor guy probably looked like Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore.

A small cut had worsened by infection, and Cabana must have been terrified when doctors warned him the injury may lead to him losing his entire arm. Further, a hole had appeared just below the nail, causing Colt's finger to look 100% zombified.

Seeing the funny side (for some reason), Cabana encouraged fans to tweet out support by using the hashtag #SaveColtsFinger. He'd later recover from the nasty infection and return to the ring, but he almost did so as a one-armed man. Thank God he went to the hospital when he did, otherwise he'd have been in even more trouble.

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