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The 15 freakiest falls in sports-entertainment history: photos
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At Armageddon 2000, The Undertaker unceremoniously tossed the massive Rikishi from the roof of Hell in a Cell.' d$ Q) m) _2 I0 N! @
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The big man's fall was slightly cushioned by a flatbed truck filled with sawdust.
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6 P0 p* {7 \8 `8 xTommy Dreamer and "Prime Time" Brian Lee battled high atop the ECW Arena in an extremely dangerous Scaffold Match.
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Lee fell through the shaky scaffold and a huge stack of tables before crashing to the canvas.
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Mike Awesome sent Masato Tanaka hurtling through a table and to the Hammerstein Ballroom floor with his patented Awesome Bomb at ECW One Night Stand 2005.! z- ]$ V2 n3 M5 ^# N' o! J
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- z: V" {0 a4 y5 F L* e6 r( xThe big man then dove over the ropes and onto Tanaka
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Awesome emerged from the wreckage with a win.6 ?4 l; [8 q7 W& T9 v6 s$ A. O
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The Deadman created one of the most infamous moments in WWE history when he chucked Mick Foley off Hell in a Cell at King of the Ring 1998.
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9 V( u# h' p- d$ r: s* bUndertaker took a hellacious fall himself at One Night Stand 2008.( A9 F$ [ j& I4 ]
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. S- z7 S, M7 }4 W" n1 ?3 C3 @3 B% bEdge pushed The Phenom's ladder over, sending him viciously crashing through a stack of tables.
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Mick Foley and Terry Funk were engaged in one of their favorite pastimes, hardcore brawling, when they found themselves in a dumpster.; H$ f0 p/ F' Q3 ^$ p2 Q$ O
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% b* f3 Z7 `* e G( XThe New Age Outlaws trapped the legends in the dumpster6 ~3 Y$ C+ i# h& f6 v1 W
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Mr. McMahon's Million Dollar Mania, where he gave away parts of his own fortune to the WWE Universe, came to a frightening end when the stage collapsed on the WWE Chairman. ^" f. l S: C5 m z- G9 i7 |" f
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0 ]' o- \+ N1 |1 c4 bThis didn't end well for Spike Dudley. The runt of the Dudley litter missed a table at ringside, smacking his head on its edge.
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Shane McMahon tried scaling the SummerSlam 2000 set to escape Steve Blackman.! L) @( D2 V7 r2 Y% f- U
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The Lethal Weapon caught him and yanked McMahon off the scaffolding, sending him hurtling toward the arena floor.
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. o) w8 C6 Q+ W) ESeth Rollins of The Shield tried to attack Ryback from a ladder at WWE TLC 2012, but The Big Guy was right behind him.5 y, p$ @4 y- u
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Ryback pulled Rollins off the ladder, throwing him through a nearby stack of tables.
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Rollins missed half of the stack, brutally crashing against the remaining tables. The dazed, but victorious Hound of Justice was helped out of the arena by his fellow Shield members.( @ f" o4 i4 T, f! w3 R& @+ I
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0 q' Q2 I0 \- \( XRicardo Rodriguez tried to help his boss, Alberto Del Rio, regain the WWE Title at WWE TLC 2011.
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Instead, The Mexican Aristocrat's faithful employee was dumped off the ladder, out of the ring and through a table. |
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