When they said ” Don’t Try This At Home”, they were also talking about the referees…
WWE referee Tom Castor suffered a rather gruesome leg break during an NXT live event in Omaha, Nebraska this week – but still managed to make the one-two-three count at the end of the match.
Wrestlers often suffer in-ring injuries, but it happening to the officials is much less common.
Castor was refereeing a match between The Velveteen Dream and Tyler Breeze when the accident happened, though it is unclear what actually caused it.
Fellow WWE referee Drake Wuertz confirmed the injury on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/WWEDrakeWuertz/status/1121623807817469954
Below is a video of Castor making the count – the first ref we see, though, is Wuertz, who most likely rushed in to cover for him, but at the end, Castor reappears to confirm the pin.
That moment you realize your town is cursed. 2 leg injuries in 1 night #NXTOmaha pic.twitter.com/jz1RB8Ymyk
— TheRealMikeD23 (@TheRealMikeD23) April 26, 2019
Several other photos have popped up online from fans in attendance at the un-televised event.
https://twitter.com/nardawg360/status/1121612003922018305
***WARNING*** This one is a bit graphic, in an Aaron Ramsey leg break kind of way.
Scary news out of #NXT live event.
At tonight's #NXTlive event in #Omaha, referee #TomCastor suffered a broken leg during the main event between #VelveteenDream and #TylerBreeze.
Broke his leg and still went on with the show and counted out Tyler Breeze #NXTOmaha pic.twitter.com/Lx1YFLZVLp— pwguru (@pwguru65) April 26, 2019
NXT is WWE’s developmental brand, where graduates from their Performance Centre and new recruits wrestle before moving up to Raw or Smackdown.
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