Over the years fans have seen many title matches take place at pay-per-views and at Backlash 2000 Dean Malenko and Scott Garland (formerly known as Scotty 2 Hotty) battled for the Light Heavyweight Championship.
Dean Malenko picked up the win when he hit Scott Garland with a DDT from the top rope, and Garland recently reflected on the dangerous finish during an appearance on the Wrestling With Johners podcast.
“It was very dangerous and I could’ve easily broken my neck. It looks like I broke my neck on it. It was Dean’s idea. He told me had done it with (Chris) Jericho; I recently just saw it with Jericho taking it a month ago for the first time and I was like ‘oh, that’s what I was supposed to do.’ I was supposed to jump out further so I would land more on my stomach and I didn’t jump out. I just kind of spiked myself right into the mat from the top-rope.”
According to Garland, Linda McMahon pulled him aside after the match and said, “don’t ever do that again!” The former WWE star responded by telling McMahon she didn’t have to worry about him trying the move again.
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