10 Things You Can Get Fined For In WWE

10. Blading

Blading, the totally normal act of using a tiny razor to slice open your own forehead, was once common practice in WWE. That all changed with the advent of the PG era in the mid-to-late 2000s when it became an offence that would be punished with a fine—as Batista learned the hard way back in 2008.

During a cage match with Chris Jericho on the 3 November 3 Raw, Batista allowed his “old school” frame of mind to get the better of him after being bashed over the head with a pipe for the finish. Naturally, a pipe to the head should be expected to cause some damage, and so Batista saw it fit to draw a little blood despite the recently-implemented ban.

Safe to say Vince McMahon wasn’t pleased. After an 18-second, expletive-riddled phone call, McMahon met with the guilty parties and dished out a $100,000 fine for Batista, as well as $5,000 penalties for Jericho, plus Dean Malenko and Mike Chioda—the match’s agent and referee.

Perhaps McMahon was still a little bitter about being stung with nine violations of Kentucky state law and having to pay around $50,000 in fines for blood-related misdemeanours at Backlash 2006.

Lesson learned, apparently.