10 Wrestlers That Bled The Hard Way

10. Roman Reigns (WWE WrestleMania 34)

It feels right to get this (and the next) entry out of the way first if only to speak to WWE's bizarre thirst for this particular device in the absence of the blade that had seemed relatively safe in the past.

Barbaric as it may sound to those outside the industry, the cutting of the forehead was the closest thing to working a wound as possible without causing significant injury. Some would and could go deeper into the skull, figuratively and literally going too far for the good of the game, but it fundamentally felt safer than having somebody forcing the point of their elbow into somebody's skull.

Lesnar's been given this duty several times after successfully carving open John Cena during his stirring return match at Extreme Rules 2012, but his match-ending assault on Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 34 was legitimately depressing.

Playing out to a bored crowd that seemed certain of a 'Big Dog' big win, the humming misery of the New Orleans locals wasn't exactly the awe WWE were shooting for - particularly when they planned to have Brock go over at the end. The idea had worked marginally better two years earlier...