10 Biggest Wrestling Scandals Of The 2020s So Far

10. Matt Hardy’s Fall

At Fyter Fest 2019, AEW's second-ever show, Shawn Spears hit Cody Rhodes in the head with a chair. The subsequent injury resulted in one of the first major scandals in the company's history. The following year, there would be another case of head trauma that blew this moment out of the water.

All Out 2020 saw Matt Hardy take on Sammy Guevara in a 'Broken Rules' match. A spot occurred where both men plunged off the top of a scissor lift and through some tables. Something went wrong, however. Hardy overshot the tables and hit his head hard on the concrete floor. 

Astonishingly, AEW officials decreed that Hardy was fit enough to continue, despite the fact that he had turned purple and was obviously groggy on his feet. The match ended with the Attitude Era icon climbing atop some scaffolding, which he was lucky not to fall from in his bleary state. 

Somehow, Hardy escaped this incident. Still, it was deeply uncomfortable to watch him staggering around after such a horrendous accident. AEW were criticised for not stopping the match, and rightly so.