Line #51 NightmareFuel/ProfessionalWrestling


1	[[quoteright:311:[[Wrestling/MickFoley https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mick_foley_blood_3147.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:311: We should probably note that he has bled '''''EVEN MORE''''' than this at times!]]
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4	Yes, even the so-called "soap opera for men" is capable of scaring the living daylights out of fans, as evidenced by these examples:
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6	* NightmareFuel/AleisterBlack
7	* NightmareFuel/SamiCallihan
8	* NightmareFuel/TommasoCiampa
9	* NightmareFuel/MickFoley
10	* NightmareFuel/JimmyHavoc
11	* NightmareFuel/RomanReigns
12	* NightmareFuel/SethRollins
13	* NightmareFuel/TheUndertaker
14	* NightmareFuel/TheWyattFamily
15	** NightmareFuel/BrayWyatt
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17	* NightmareFuel/{{CZW}}
18	* NightmareFuel/{{ECW}}
19	* NightmareFuel/LuchaUnderground
20	* NightmareFuel/TheNexus
21	* NightmareFuel/{{WWE}}
22	** ''NightmareFuel/HellInACell''
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25	* The 1989 match in CSP between Manny Fernandez and Invader #3. The Invaders of Puerto Rico were some of the most hardcore of wrestlers, pretty much defining the barbwire match before FMW got the idea to replace the ropes with it, but this was far more disturbing than any {{gimmick match\|es}}, just Manny Fernandez trying to crush 3's stomach and chest with knee drops, which resulted in him sputtering out blood. Fernandez said he was trying to kill 3 in revenge to avenge the death of Wrestling/BruiserBrody, but if that is true this was a case of MistakenIdentity, as 3 had nothing to with that incident.
26	* [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWE's Elimination Chamber]] and [[Wrestling/{{TNA}} TNA's Steel Asylum]], both of which add more opponents, more steel and chain, and more opportunity for [[BloodierAndGorier bloodshed]] and [[GameBreakingInjury injury.]] Remember, kids, ProfessionalWrestling is fake, but the odds of getting hurt are real. Just ask Wrestling/MickFoley.
27	** A few other dangerous match types are [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_match_types listed here]].
28	* A non-wrestling fan's first thought on seeing a hardcore match is something like "Oh my God, that guy's got tacks in his arm, how the hell are they faking this?". Then you realise they aren't.
29	* [=Se7en=], the gimmick that never was. When Dustin Rhodes came back to Wrestling/{{WCW}} after his run as Wrestling/{{Goldust}}, he was presented as a mysterious white-faced figure who lurked outside a child's window, [[ParanoiaFuel watching him]]. The suits at Turner [[ExecutiveMeddling immediately nixed the gimmick]], finding him too scary, and finding him uncomfortably similar to a child abductor. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWtXAtGJ4JQ Can't say anyone blames 'em.]]
30	* In early 2014, TNA had a feud between [[Wrestling/KenAnderson Mr. Anderson]] and Bully Ray. At the time, Bully Ray was being portrayed as completely [[TheUnfettered unhinged]] with an arsonist vibe after Anderson caused the Wrestling/{{Aces And Eights\|Wrestlers}} to be disbanded. The two had a confrontation promo that took place in a funeral parlor. The camera work was a very strange (for wrestling) cinematic style with multiple cuts but was nonetheless effective. Bully threatened to burn down everything that Anderson cared about and directed his attention to an open coffin. Mr. Anderson reached inside and pulled out... a set of children's pajamas. Anderson turned around but Bully had [[StealthHiBye vanished without a trace]]. It's one thing to beat up an opponent in the ring, or jump them in the back, or ram their car with a semi, but this is the first time a wrestler has threatened to burn down an opponent's home with his children still inside.
31	* Wrestling/RingOfHonor had the debut of The Age Of The Fall: Wrestling/JimmyJacobs recruits [[Wrestling/SethRollins Tyler Black]], Lacey and Wrestling/NecroButcher to his cause, and then after the Briscoe Brothers conclude a ladder match, the four of them proceed to beat the shit out of the Briscoe Brothers... and then they ''suspend Jay Briscoe by his legs from the rafters.'' And it got better: Jimmy proceeded to stand directly under Jay (who barely moved and actually did look like he was dead or unconscious) and started giving a speech about how he, Tyler and Necro were done with being shunned and had decided to start making their own way up the ranks instead of waiting for invitations that would never come... while Jay's blood was falling on him. ROH deemed it to be too disturbing to show, until the fans managed to convince them to show it. Hell, the crowd were even chanting 'You sick fuck!' at the beginning.
32	* From the unscripted side of things: ''any time at all'' that someone suffers a horrible injury in an event ''not'' catered around it. Yes, you expect to see such things in matches with names like "Wrestling/HellInACell" or "No ropes barb-wire match", but even plain-Jane bouts have gruesome consequences sometimes. Some of the more famous "highlights" through the years include:
33	** Wrestling/BobHolly getting suplexed through a table and ending up with a SIXTEEN INCH gash across his back.
34	** Wrestling/OwenHart visibly crushing Steve Austin's neck at [=SummerSlam=] 1997 with a botched piledriver[[note]]Austin later said he was legitimately worried the moment permanently paralyzed him and the event is the genesis of his premature retirement in 2003[[/note]]
35	** Any time Wrestling/{{Sabu}} pulls a botch more severe than a flat crash landing...
36	** Most infamous was the horrific, ''horrific'' injury [[Wrestling/SidEudy Sid Vicious]] suffered at Wrestling/{{WCW}} ''Sin'' in 2001. He attempted a flying dropkick on Wrestling/ScottSteiner, but Sid botching the move lead to him landing right on one foot, which unsurprisingly couldn't withstand his entire 300lb+ weight, resulting in ''his ankle snapping in half and bending at a 90 degree angle!'' The injury was so gruesome his leg almost had to be amputated. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJHYGu669w here.]] '''WARNING''': Graphic.
37	* You've been trading wrestling tapes, were convinced this series revolving around some "[=ChickFight=]" of Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa was worth something you parted with despite your doubts of it being something silly in the vein of Wrestling/{{GLOW}}. Sure enough there is ''some'' of that but not as much as feared, then you get to a Real Quality bit where Melissa renders an opponent unable to continue [[MoodWhiplash by severing one of the ligaments in her leg with a pop can]]...ouch.
38	* Jana's assault on the five foot nothing Luscious Latasha at Wrestling/{{WSU}} included several splashes after Latasha stated she couldn't afford to get in the ring because she was pregnant. Less so later, when it was revealed Latasha was mistaken and Jana, (who by now wasn't just sick of Latasha's [[TheLoad constant blunders]] but also [[AxCrazy violently insane]]) was giving her a "good" reason to go the hospital but was to many who saw the event before the reveal.
39	* Wrestling/VedaScott's match with Cherry Bomb[[note]]Now known as Allie or The Bunny and currently working for AEW[[/note]] at ''Absolute Intense Wrestling: Girls Night Out 4'', which proceeded normally until the end, when Cherry Bomb set Scott up for a dropkick into the turnbuckle... and Scott's head went straight over the turnbuckle and into the ring post, knocking her unconscious.
40	* In the Feb. 22, 2015 edition of World Wonder Ring Stardom in Kōrakuen Hall, Yoshiko inexplicably broke from the script and attacked Act Yasukawa for real, beating her to a bloody pulp, complete with broken orbital bone, broken nose, and concussion. She also repeatedly attacked her eyes, even though Yasukawa had been struggling with Graves' disease which weakens the eyes and threatens blindness. As the security guards drag her away and Yasukawa is taken to the hospital, Yoshiko gives a smug smile.
41	* Leva Bates' promos from SHINE 25 onwards have her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_08hz5MXWPE murdering]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMulJpRljzM unknown]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdofHqDPRJs people]] with the camera having the viewpoint of the victim, juxtaposed with [[SoundtrackDissonance dreamy love songs]] and Leva's passionate words about [[HeWhoFightsMonsters how she's fighting evil.]] It's like a horror movie.
42	* Wrestling/LuchaUnderground has Matanza, an unseen monster who wiped out [[Wrestling/AngelaFong Black Lotus]]' village, has committed God knows how many other atrocities, and ''straight up murdered Bael by eating his fucking head''. The poor bastard didn't even get time to scream.
43	* That time one of Wrestling/TheYoungBucks gave Wrestling/CandiceLeRae a superkick while he was wearing a shoe with thumbtacks glued to the sole. There was blood '''everywhere'''. In the same match, the Young Bucks shoved thumbtacks into Wrestling/JoeyRyan's mouth and then kicked him in the face. Not to be outdone, Candice at one point ballsplexed one of the Bucks into the turnbuckle, dropped a handful of thumbtacks down his pants, and then ballsplexed him again…into the remaining thumbtacks.
44	* The July 20th 2019 edition of ''WWC Superestrellas'' capped off with a contract signing between "The Precious One" Gilbert and Orlando Colon. It's been done to the point of cliche. A wrestling promotion tries to convince fans the big show match they've been hyping for three months+ is in fact going to happen by having the competitors publicly state they will show up in writing. Words may be exchanged to give one an idea of what tone this will match have, there may even be a quickly broken up physical exchange to give one a preview of the action. That Gilbert had El Gran Armando and Pedro Portillo III with him was a sign things may be a little different and sure enough Gilbert jumped to the physical part early and beat down Orlando with their help. The fans called for Orlando's cousin Eddie to save him but Comandante and Doom Patrol standing in preparation for any baby faces that might interfere suggested more would be needed. Eddie did get past the "guards" but his next opponent on the Aniversario tour, "El Rebelde" Noriega, came out [[YankTheDogsChain and handcuffed Eddie Colon's wrist to the bottom ring rope]] so he could only watch as Armando and Pedro held Orlando still while Gilbert [[ShamefulStrip stripped of his clothing]] and then [[GrievousBottleyHarm broke a wine bottle]] over Orlando's head. Gilbert proceeded to beat Orlando from head to toe with the broken bottle until he had nothing but a shard of glass in his hand and Orlando was wearing a suit of his own blood.

Context NightmareFuel / ProfessionalWrestling