PRO WRESTLING fans were left watching in absolute horror after a grappler electrocuted his own DAD in a gruesome death match.
Death matches are highly controversial bouts that are mainly reserved for small independent promotions and involve extreme levels of violence.
Competitors often use all sorts of lethal weapons, such as steel chairs, wooden tables, barbed-wire-wrapped bats, thumb tucks and even FIRE.
But there was an event in Sheffield that made all of the above look like child's play.
Jack Harrop, 27, fought his father Isaac ‘Iceman' Harrop, 49, – who is considered to be the founder of death matches in the UK.
The two competed in a different kind of bout that saw the ring surrounded by chains instead of ropes as part of a weekend-long event jointly hosted by the ICW No Holds Barred and Leeds-based Rise England promotions.
And the climax found both wrestlers covered in blood from head to toe with Harrop Sr trapped in the middle chain, while his son was getting ready to finish him.
And Harrop Jr made sure their fight went viral when he introduced a a pair of jump leads and a car battery in the ring.
The son proceeded to connect the leads on his dad's arms in front of an absolutely shocked audience.
That was when Iceman got electrocuted in front of a packed audience in the Peddler Events Warehouse.
The referee had seen enough and after reluctantly kicking the leads out of the father's arms he immediately called for the bell.
This is not the first time a death match in the UK makes the rounds as three years ago two blood-soaked wrestlers bashed each other with a garden strimmer and glass in front of CHILDREN.
According to The Mail, the brutal clash between Ronnie Thatcher and Blizzard at Seaham Conservative Club in County Durham went so overboard that it was investigated by police.
The Colliery Championship Wrestling show was promoted as a Pits of Punishment fight and offered a family discount for parents wanting to bring their children.
The event was widely condemned and that led to promoters announcing “there will not be a repeat” of what unfolded.
Thatcher also issued an expletive-laden apology stating he is “f****** sick of apologising”.
But the most famous death match took place in 2018 when arguably the controversial bout's biggest star Nick Gage took on Hollywood icon David Arquette, who nearly died in the ring.
Arquette forged a wrestling career looking to prove himself to fans after his controversial WCW World Heavyweight Championship win back in 2000.
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The actor, who was handed the world title by WCW – much to the fans' dismay – as part of an effort to promote the movie Ready to Rumble that featured the legendary promotion, got absolutely brutalised by Gage.
Even though Arquette held his own very well, the climax saw his neck getting sliced by a broken lightbulb.
The Scream star initially walked out of the ring and approached his late friend Luke Perry in the front row to make sure the wound wasn't too bad.
Arquette showed tremendous grit as he returned to the ring to finish that match, which is when Gage took him down with a Judo throw and won the match after telling his opponent to “stay down or I'm gonna f****** hurt you”.
The brother of academy-award-winning actress Patricia Arquette was then rushed to the emergency room where he was thankfully treated for his injuries.
In later interviews, Arquette revealed he thought he was going to diee after his neck was cut open.
Gage also admitted he thought he killed his opponent after the stunt went horribly wrong.
