Ouch I'm Dead. When 'Slams' go wrong...
(and a better alternative)
No one actually dies in today's stuff. But man... this looks like it hurts.
Wrestlers can be some of the toughest people to face in a fight. They've inadvertently spent multiple years training to snatch people off of their feet, and slam them into the floor... which could easily be pavement... or perhaps a fine shag rug, or perhaps a bear skin rug, if you think abstract flooring suggestions are randomly amusing.
Wrestlers, whenever possible, like to SLAM people... it's like a slam dunk from the foul line for them. It's the most gloriously violent action that they have.
BUT...
They wrestle on squishy padded floors, where slams don't typically cost you much if they go slightly wrong. If you slam someone and you're out of control, you might end up like this guy: (some NSFW language)
The point of a takedown (in my opinion) should be to secure top position... where it's way easier to win.
You don't have to destroy someone to get there.
Statistically, you might end 1/100 fights with a big slam... but you could win 9/10 fights just by having a good 'top game' in the world of ground fighting.
One of the original kings of taking people down and smashing them was Mark "The Smashing Machine" Kerr... appropriately named.
Hey! Here's a great video of him, smashing himself into unconsciousness with an out of control takedown.
You certainly can't be throwing reckless takedowns on concrete... so perhaps you might want to stick with takedowns that don't involve knee impact with the street, and also leave you in a standing position (I like single leg takedowns myself).
Now, if you want to see some successful smashing..
That second video above was amazingly interesting for me to watch, not because of the knockout... but because of the post knockout interview with Mark Kerr.
Here we meet Mark Kerr after his steroid fueled, yet prescription soothed, roller coaster of a fighting career. There was some serious smashing... thus the name.