9 Wrestling Moves That Shortened WWE Wrestlers' Careers 

The Vince McMahon “Let’s push him/her to the moon only to stop it suddenly because I decided I don’t like the person after all and then release them.” move has destroyed numerous careers.

As much as we like it, the RKO has also a big toll on the wrestler and this was actually said by randy Orton himself

Spiral Tap is one of the coolest looking moves in all of wrestling

Race has said in interviews that he regrets inventing the diving headbutt and making it popular. He's fully aware of the number of wrestlers that have had neck injuries and concussions because of the move and feels entirely responsible. Also, to me, the leg drop is one of those moves that just makes me cringe. You ever slip on ice and fall on your butt? It hurts really bad, feels sore for days. Why anyone would ever purposefully do that themselves is beyond me.

Honestly watching Benoit diving headbutts now knowing what they caused and did to his brain is BRUTAL

The leg drop also shortened Hogan's bod. He went from 6'8" to 6'4".

Drew McIntyre will soon be on this list. The claymore while it looks beautiful and impactful, it seems like it does more damage to Drew as he lands on his head/back. He should switch to the future shock DDT or even the Kimora lock

Diving headbutt doesn't even hurt the opponent, it hurts the performer doing it R.i.p Harley race and chris benoit

You forgot to add santino’s corba strike😂

I've never heard anything of it but I gotta imagine Ember Moon's Eclipse would definitely take a toll on her spine eventually

Mic Foley talks about banning suplex moves, what about jumping off the ropes onto thumb-tacks.

"I had scoliosis, brother" 🤣

Hogan landed on his butt so many times that he actually compressed his spine and lost inches from his height. Benoit would have been alive right now if it wasn't for the flying headbutt. Pretty sure that's what gave him CTE.

I don't understand why the bella twins are praised so much. They may have gotten more TV time but their matches were still awful. I think we can all agree that Brie Mode actually means Botch Mode

WWE hall of famer Nikki Bella one of the weirdest statements ever

Man when Harley Race says a move is super dangerous, that is saying something. Honestly if the diving headbutt is never used again by anyone, I’d be fine with it.

I absolutely love and respect Mick Foley. If anyone is an example of Career ending moves it’s him. Foley is fortunate to still be alive but after some of the crazy bumps he’s took, it also took many years off of his career and his body will never be the same because of it!

It's funny that Hogan said that he wishes he had another finisher since he already did. The Ax Bomber Lariat. He used it in Japan, but I don't think he used in either WWE or WCW. That's quite a shame since it really did look far more formidable as a finisher.

Matt Hardy's moves are rare

The Flying Headbutt should be *BANNED PERMANENTLY!!!*

Hulk Hogan should've used the Axe Bomber finisher he used in Japan, its basically a clothesline, but he could've made it like the clothesline from hell

I was lucky enough to be at the Unforgiven 05 pay per view and the Edge/Matt Hardy match was the best I've ever seen live! When Matt want to the top of the cage then looked down at Edge we all knew what was coming next, but it was still amazing to actually watch him hit the leg drop so perfect. Unreal respect to both Hardy for jumping of the cage, and to Edge for trusting Matt enough that even though there was 100% real heat between after the Lita /Amy affair, he hit it as safe as possible. ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ at the Tokyo Dome.

Mick Foley should be the absolute last guy talking about German suplexes like he ain't let HHH slam his face into thumbtacks countless times lmao

Undertaker was definetely old & was past in his prime that why his tombstone piledriver move is slowly become brutal

I think it's not the moves problem. It's about contact sport at all. If you are going to make career in sport like wrestling, boxing, MMA. etc., it will have consequences. But of course, some of the moves are more dangerous than others at that point, where you can't improve it without serious danger on your/enemy body and they should be banned (like diving headbutt).

The rack attack looked devastating. Great powerhouse move

Why didn't Hogan just use the fingerpoke of Doom instead of the Atomic Leg Drop. That move damn near murdered Kevin Nash 😂

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I always wondered how Hulk Hogan was able to do the leg drop so many times without hurting his backside.

Anyone who got a clean pin on Hulk Hogan: instant career shortener, brother

Nikki Bella her finisher move rack attack and rack attack 2.0 I wish has never injured her neck by her moves and she was still wrestling to this day

Why didn't Hulk finish with the ax bomber instead? He certainly used it in the WWF, but never made it look like the awesome finisher it was in NJPW.

The forearm smash was not Nikki's return finisher, she used that as a signature while she was still utilizing the Rack Attack. When Nikki returned in 2016, she came back with the Rack Attack 2.0 and a modified STF as her finishers.

I haven't watched the video yet but Goldberg's super kick should be on here because not only did it end Bret Hart's career but according to him it also caused him to have a stroke

"I had scoliosis, BROTHER!" 🤣🤣

As someone with near fusion in my lower back (I’m 19 btw) I completely understand Matt’s pain. That along with any wrestler doing moves that compress the spine. I know wrestling take’s sacrifice but being someone that has a herniated disk and lower back issues I’d rather see safety over barbarism

Chad Gable recently did the diving head-butt on Raw and it was downright UGLY. The move should be banned if it cannot be performed safely.

Before any comments remotely try to argue otherwise: No. Your entertainment is not worth more than a wrestler's health. Grow up.

Bam Bam Bigelow is looking down with contempt from the top rope of the ring in the sky, launching his own diving headbutt.

What about the Pedigree? It does the same damage to the knees as the Tombstone. Just look at Triple H's history of tearing quads, I'm sure that's not a coincidence

3:42 I just came across Nikki vs Emma's match on Peacock (The match is the same one in the thumbnail).

619 is the deadliest move on this list

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The diving headbutt actually took the lives of Chris Benoit, and his family members

Well Hogan did the Axe Bomber Lariat/Clothesline in Japan, the move that made stars as Stan Hansen and JBL. A perfect finisher for a big handed brute like 80s Hogan

AJ Styles have plenty of moves that he used in indies & other promotion elsewhere . He stopped this moves & never want to bring back when he joined WWE

The Rack Attack is literally one of the best moves EVER! Literally ever! She did it with so much class yet again with so freakin much power! But I wish she never did it cuz it costed her her career… however she got into the HOF and she is the Longest Reigning Divas Champ! 💕💋

Some of the finishers that I guessed were on the list including the tombstone piledriver. What made this video more interesting was that it spoke more about the moves that the wrestlers gave rather than took. This reminded of when I met the late Davey Boy Smith in 1995 after Summer Slam. We were talking and then I asked him how he responded when people asked him about wrestling being fake. He said, “I tell them, ‘Get in the ring with me and I’ll show you how fake it is.’” This video definitely confirms what he said. It also does the same for what Mick Foley said regarding his thoughts about banning the German suplex.

The only truth hogan ever told

Diving Headbutt was one of the main reason Chris Benoit's brain was damaged

Let's say 300 times a year maybe more than once a match or given how big the pop 35 years that's more than 1900 times throughout his career landing right on his tailbone it fused his spine

AJ Style shouldn't be on here. He said he couldn't do it anymore properly due to age. Not cause it risked health problems

Am I the only person that notice that Wheeler Yuta's name was butchered💀

please bring a video about 2009 - 2016 all former wwe superstars and there's careers.

what about Shane's Coast to coast?

Just looking at ya'lls visuals, I think we can comfortably call Mr Socko a safe move

Tyler bate now uses the spiral tap as a finisher when he's facing guys too big to do the Tyler driver 97

Awesome

A lariat would had been perfect for hogan instead of the leg drop

I’m here before 4K views

I've been a pro wrestler for 15 years and I have had a total knee replacement because of the moves I used in my career

The O54 is dope!

It is a shame what it did to Rey's Knees because I really liked the west coast pop.

0:12 The Famouser.

When I was younger, I loved certain moves. Now I’m older I cringe whenever I see the diving headbutt and the piledriver.

I dont think the tombstone shortened the undertaker long wrestling career. Damaged knees yes. Many knees get damaged on jobs outside of wrestling. Its the most common type of long term damage.

When I saw Chad gabel using diving head butt on couple a weeks ago I was like why is it allowed by HHH

"The 619 has hurt Rey Mysterio's knees" ..... 👀 And ya know...the move killed a guy, which definitely shortened the guys career and life...

Chris Hammerick basicly has no tailbone because of his leg drop and Hammerick bump. I saw him at an indy show he said how stupid it was having the leg drop as a finish and his famous bump only made it worse.

I agree with the German suplex

A while back I wanted to a full season mode playthrough with each male character in Smackdown Here Comes The Pain and when I got to Benoit's run I made sure to change the diving headbutt. I don't even want to watch it in video game form knowing what it does to the user.

I feel like what no one is bringing up is that a lot of these moves are "career shorting"because of WWE's schedule. Yes all these moves on this list are dangerous but so is it kick to the face if done wrong (Look what happened to CM Punk).They're on the road 300+ days a year with no brakes in between of course the body is going to get destroyed.Look at MLW for example they're touring schedule is really short, they have a season finale which leads to improvement and most importantly their wrestlers get rest to heal injuries regardless if their major or minor. If WWE were to do that I guarantee you a lot of these injuries would not be happening.

Old school is another move taker revealed people shouldn’t do

Crazy I'm shocked 😲 😯 😮

Ive always said that the "winner" of the match took more damage than the "loser"

I remember Rey Mysterio in his 1st with wwe had to miss 2 to 3 wrestlemanias because he always had injuries to his knees and had so many surgeries

Didn’t you make a video on the safest moves and hulk hogans leg drop was one of them

No safe move? I give you SWEET SHIN MUSIC or the FINGER POKE OF DOOM

In all of these cases the grueling schedule is as much or more of a problem than the move itself. You won't cause irreparable damage if you fall on your knees or endure an impact to the neck one, two, five, ten times. But when you have to do it 3 times a week, 200 times a month, 1000 times a year, it's inevitable. So either they are allowed more reasonable schedules and they can offer their best in each occasion, or they accept that with this schedule the wrestlers will have to limit what they do and use many moves very sparingly if at all.

The number 10 should have been Stonecold Stunner imagine dropping on your but for years and the fact he still did it after facing Owen hart

Number 6 and 1 should have just been combined into the leg drop in general Bobby Eaton, as well as Hogan and Hardy all famously suffer from using it, I don't think anyone uses it for any length of time and stays healthy

why would u not mention kane almost completely dropping the tombstone from his arsenal following knee injuries?

I loved the West Coast Pop! Always wondered why Rey stopped doing it (now I know). As much history that every promotion has about how devastating it is to the performer to do the diving head butt, companies still do it; even with Wrestlamia calling out the WWE about it (a few weeks ago). Despicable.

the issue with the wear and tear argument isn't really against the move in my opinion if we look at it objectively. let's say I took about three to five German suplexes in a match now if you repeat that 5 to 6 days a week and do it for years much like a leg drop or knee drop then naturally it's gonna add up let's put it this way if you take five Germans in a match five days a week that's 1260 German suplexes a year and not including the wear of other moves that specifically impact the shoulder like a German suplex does(that's how it is done mostly as the safest option with an arch for the pin to add flair). it all adds up. the issue is wwe's touring schedule as they need breaks and rest. that's why you see much more riskier moves in new Japan as they're touring schedules and pay per views(or is it all network nowadays like a streaming service) isn't as numerous although the matches ate much much more physical and demanding. AEW hits the middle ground with touring and pay per views without being as demanding usually

Almost positive that there are more moves than just those 9 that shorten careers.

*Brock and Sock!!!*

I have been watching AJ for awhile(not really in TNA once they switched to the BS 6 sided ring). I have never seen him do the spiral tap. He also is starting get flack the style clash calling it unsafe.

even late into his impact career, AJ hardly if ever used the Spiral Tap, that announcers never referenced the move.

Unfortunately

The thing Hogan regrets about his life is his wrestling finisher...

Well if you do the leg drop as many times in one year as Hogan did you know there would be problems

Jumping off a 12 foot drop and landing face first is bad for you? *Shock!*

Nikki needs more credit and respect on this alone. She literally returned still after breaking her neck and having surgery, That's BADDASS!

I think 🤔 "the Moonsault" is #1? Sometimes, the performer doesn't see where he's landing & might end up on an empty canvas. I used to believe this stuff was fake, but now I know it's real. Stay safe guys/gals!!!

Rack attack shocked me

Should talk about AEW reckless wrestlers, Markalamia.

Hogan should have been doing his Axe Bomber lariat that he did in Japan

Jeff is wwe superstar

You mention Hardy but Not the GOAT HuLk Hogan ? Com on dude

THE 619 IS CALLED TIGER FEINT!!!