Good find Montague, I remembered hearing about this back in '86 but I always wondered how it happened.
Glad you guys liked it.
Last night was the first I’ve ever seen it myself – I didn’t even know that footage existed.
Yes, little things can lead to big injuries, although there is usually a lot more underlying factors leading up to it.
Remember that Dyno was big time into steroids, cocaine, speed, pain pills, uppers, downers, etc.
He was injecting cortisone into his shoulder several times per week at one point!
And, most of all, he was taking some MAJOR bumps.
He was the first to do the superplex off the top rope, and his matches with Sayama a few years before this incident were brutal – lots of wear and tear on the body.
And don’t forget that he usually took the brunt of the big impact moves for his team, while Davey often came in to make the save at the end of the match.
In his book, Tom goes into great detail about the circumstances leading up to, during, and immediately after this accident:
How he didn’t want to give Vince the tag belt while injured, the job the Bulldogs did to the Heart Foundation, how he was planning to really mess up Brutus Beefcake in an upcoming cage match, the infamous Jacques Rougeau incident(s), and the downslide of his ring career following all of this.
You can also find some of that info in various interviews he’s done since retiring.