Seth Rollins
There seems to be a surprising trend in which a fair few attempted murders are fairly recent occurrences, as much as you would think this is a trope of a bygone era.
Rollins too has arguably tried to kill “The Fiend”, whacking him with a sledgehammer. A move so brutal it ended a No DQ match with a DQ, which is some WCW-level non-sensical booking.
Rollins also, perhaps more forgettable due to it taking place only on an episode of Raw, has tried to kill Dean Ambrose.
On Raw in 2014, The Authority beat down “The Lunatic Fringe”, with some cinder blocks at ringside. As Corporate Kane held Ambrose in position over the concrete blocks, Rollins hit the already-pretty deadly Curb Stomp.
WWE reported Ambrose suffered “head and spine trauma”, a kayfabe move that took Ambrose off TV for just over a month.
King Corbin
A sure-fire way to ensure that a wrestler cannot climb a ladder, why not just throw them off a building, it so far has been 100% successful in WWE history.
Indeed, in the 2020 installation of Money In The Bank, the format was completely reimagined with the Covid-19 lockdown altering how and what WWE could do with the concept. In the new form, the ring was positioned on top of the building with the combatants fighting to first reach the briefcase.
When atop the building, King Corbin eliminated some of the competition when deciding to throw both Rey Mysterio and Aleister Black off the top of WWE Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Titan Towers is 85 feet high (25 meters) so a fall is obviously going to kill the unlucky recipient.
The next night on Raw, probably not thinking ahead they needed the stars back, WWE went with the baffling explanation of there being a smaller roof underneath. Even if that were the case, the roof is likely made of concrete or similar building material, which is still going to lead to injury which would rule someone inactive for some time.
For all of this, the King Of The Ring did not even win despite going to murder to try to do so. Otis actually won that match, which is admittedly such a strange move as much as I love Mr. Dozovic.
Talking of wrestlers thrown off buildings…
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