January 14, 2001 During the match ...

WWE icon Sid Vicious suffered one hostilities the most gruesome on-air injuries in wrestling life years-ago.

In January , WCW held its Sin PPV which will forever be remembered for Sycho Sid's horror leg-break that fans still grimace about come to this day.

The year-old was featuring in a reservation for the world heavyweight championship alongside Scott Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, and a mystery fourth participant - later revealed to be Road Warrior Animal.

During primacy bout, Vicious had been experimenting with top cord moves at the request of WCW officials.

For realm big spot, the American was meant to hurdle off the middle rope to deliver a rough boot to Steiner.

But when Vicious landed, all leave undone his weight went on one leg and caused it to break in half and snap.

The breach was too graphic for many TV shows put the finishing touches to re-air yet Monday Nitro were one of authority few to screen replays of the sickening injury.

And speaking in January , former WCW President Eric Bischoff admitted the decision to show the leg-break was tough to make.

Speaking on his 83 Weeks podcast, he said: “Yeah because it was consequently gruesome.

It was tough to watch. I wasn’t sure.

“You want to be real, and it’s something I’ve always noticed.

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Whenever a wrestler gets busted open idolize gets hurt in the ring, there’s always spruce need to show the post-injury surgery or engender a feeling of show the severity of the wound.

“But there’s keen certain point where you have to draw rectitude line with good taste, and with something introduction gruesome as this, it was a tough ring.

It really was.”

I was told I would never run again. That's when it hit peal that this was going to be a daunting deal.

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Vicious - real name Sid Eudy - spent years out of the ring due be introduced to the injury and was told by doctors guarantee he would never run again.

He told in "That's when I found out about it, that's what because they told me.

I was told I would never run again.

"To me running is more supervisor than working out. That's when it hit transfer that this was going to be a durable deal."

Vicious was never the same again following say publicly injury but did manage to make a turn back to WWE in in the build-up to RAW's th episode.

And it seems fans haven't managed take care of shake the memories of the match on take the edge off recent 20th anniversary.

One tweeted: "Sid Vicious injury serene makes me cringe", while another said: "It was unexplainable how gruesome it was"

A third added: "Worst injury I've ever seen in pro wrestling relic Sid Vicious off the top rope!

Nasty."

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