That's Sid damn fault. I think I remember reading he wasn't even suppose to do that spot. Or it wasn't planned. Either way...his big azzz shouldn't have climbed up the turnbuckle.
At least that's what I remembered. Has he gone on interviews and explained what happened?
On January 14, 2001, at the
Sin pay-per-view in Indianapolis at Conseco Fieldhouse (now Gainbridge Fieldhouse), Sid faced Steiner, Jeff Jarrett and
Road Warrior Animal in a
Four Corners match for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. During the match, however, he suffered a near career-ending injury. Members of WCW management allegedly felt that Eudy needed to broaden his arsenal of wrestling moves and suggested that he try an aerial maneuver, despite his "unwillingness". Eudy felt it unnecessary for a wrestler of his size and type to do high spots and did not feel comfortable doing them. During the match, Eudy suffered a
leg fracture following his leap from the second turnbuckle in an attempted
big boot on Steiner. This had him awkwardly landing with all his weight on one foot while kicking with the other, severely fracturing the leg he landed on. Eudy broke his left leg in half, snapping both the
tibia and
fibula, with at least one of the bones breaking through the skin and rotating his foot without his input at 90 degrees anti-clockwise. The fracture was too graphic for many television stations to re-air, although it was shown on the following
Nitro.