Indie Wrestling Goes Way Harder Than the WWE

Wrestling may be fake, but its injuries are all too real. While storylines may be scripted, and aspects of the fight are carefully planned, at the end of the day, you’re two people throwing chairs at each other — eventually, one of you is going to get hurt.

This is amplified in the minor leagues, where amateur fighters must pull off bigger, flashier stunts to get attention and acclaim in order to, hopefully, make it up to the big leagues. These daring moves make smaller promotions pretty fun to watch — and a heck of a lot more dangerous.