Ex-WWE Star Al Snow Names Most Painful Career Injuries, Reveals When He'll Retire

Al Snow's pro wrestling career began in 1982, before later making a name for himself in ECW, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and WWE during the "Attitude Era." At 63, Snow is still an active wrestler, and still occasionally gets in the ring in Ohio Valley Wrestling, which he purchased in 2018.

During an interview with Maven Huffman, Snow looked back at his career and shared when he plans to retire. "When the day comes that I'm an embarrassment," he stated.

Snow also reflected on some of the less comfortable parts of his career, revealing which injury he recalls as the most painful. "One night, working in Lafayette, and this was years ago, I go to drop an elbow on a guy," he recalled, noting that the general rule is to tuck your hands in when you're laying on your back to avoid someone stepping on them. "So he's out like this with his fist, and I go and as I'm going down, he ain't moving his hand. So I land with my tailbone directly on his fist, break all the bones in his hand, and I cracked my tailbone." 

The veteran expressed that he was miserable because he had to keep wrestling every day after, and had to use pillows while driving to lessen the pain. Snow then recalled another night, where he was put into a small package, and the back of his head rolled over on a mat that didn't have much padding, pinching the nerve in the back of his neck. "I couldn't see; I went blind," he recalled. "It burned and hurt so bad that I had to roll underneath the ring and I threw up three times."

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