The Complete A-Z Of WrestleMania

18. I - Insane Bumps

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Apart from a period between 1998-2000 where performers were prone to risking anything and everything for the sheer thrill during the industry's hottest ever period, wrestlers generally save some of their biggest and most dangerous flights of fancy for WrestleMania.

Shane McMahon's dive from the Hell in a Cell structure at WrestleMania 32 was frankly anticipated upon the announcement of the match and his participation. It seemed unlikely McMahon and The Undertaker wouldn't resort to that in order to help their match over the line.

However, if there is ever a show where such an act is not only justified but encouraged, it's WrestleMania.

With the eyes of the wrestling world and beyond almost certain to be on you for one night of the year, if there's ever a show to risk it all, it's the 'Grandaddy of them All'.

This was never more evident than in 2000 and 2001, when Edge and Christian, The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz cemented their collective legacies with a host of suicidal bumps in their tables, ladders and chairs classics.

Even The Undertaker has gotten in on the act, saving his vaunted tope con hilo for 'the Show of Shows', including a frightening botched attempt during his out-of-this-world WrestleMania 25 match with Shawn Michaels that could easily have paralysed 'The Deadman'.

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