10 Pointless Acts Of Wrestling Bravery That Were Totally Forgotten
9. Bloody Hell
Well-documented in present day WWE is the insistence on closing hardway cuts on performers the second they appear, regardless of the potential damage done to the in-ring narrative flow.
However, if there was ever a case for a legitimate blood-stoppage, it was during Eddie Guerrero's 2004 Judgment Day WWE Title clash with John 'Bradshaw' Layfield.
Despite the claret (and the utterly vile chair strike to Guerrero's face that preceded it) adding a layer of story to a contest not facilitated by its rather tepid build-up, it was a gross leap in the wrong direction in terms of preserving the wellbeing of one of the company's top stars.
Furthermore, 'Latino Heat's precipitous blood-letting is unlikely to ever get a second of airtime whilst WWE operates under the existing PG model, instead remaining an unnecessarily risky act of protecting the industry rather than your own health.
In fact, many of WWE's sweeping changes regarding steel chair shots to the head and blood in the last decade were indirectly triggered by the deaths of Guerrero and his friend Chris Benoit, and it's that legacy that warrants greater tribute than this impetuous bloodbath.