Australia’s Bronson Reed knows his job as a WWE superstar is to create moments that fans will always remember. But after leaping off the top of a cage while attempting his signature “Tsunami” move in November, he suffered an injury that he’ll never forget.

Standing on top of the cage several metres from the ground, the 145kg Reed prepared to jump belly first onto his opponent. He took a deep breath and visualised something spectacular, but landed horribly and destroyed the talus bone in his ankle.

The South Australian had spent years working his way up and had just been added to one of the WWE’s biggest storylines. Now he needed major surgery, and six months in rehab with screws holding his ankle together and bone marrow from his hip used to heal his foot.

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