Chono/Austin
 

Came across this while searching YouTube:

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Never knew this happened. What's the story here? Did Austin break Chono's neck (it does look pretty bad)? Was there ever a follow up? How did it affect Chono?

Pretty much what I'm asking is if the description is true:

On September 23rd, 1992, "Stunning" Steve Austin challenged Masahiro Chono for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at New Japan Pro Wrestling's "Battle Hold Arena" event. Towards the end of the match, Chono was going to deliver a tombstone piledriver on Austin, but Austin reversed it and spiked Chono right on his head. Chono was never the same, and the injury is primarily why he adopted a more brawling-based style of wrestling and became the "Black Charisma" heel we all remember and love today.

If that description is true, that means the two most pivotal moments in the development of the Steve Austin character into the biggest draw of alltime, were broken necks. This guys, and his own.

God I love me some Chono


No idea how legit this was, though

Owen must have been a Chono mark.

I've seen two sit down tombstones and they both fucked up necks....gee, i wonder why usually they fall to their knees.

What's the botch rate of Piledrivers?