10 Wrestlers Who Took Kayfabe WAY Too Seriously

10. Chris Jericho

Chris Jericho's 2012 run in the WWE saw him portraying what essentially amounted to a heel troll character. From making light of CM Punk's familial issues to encouraging audiences to cheer for him only to bail before wrestling or cutting a promo, Y2J was on especially irritating form.

One crowd that did not appreciate the future Demo God's heat-seeking behaviour was the fans in attendance for a São Paulo house show in May of that year. In a bid to rile the fans up, Jericho snatched up a Brazilian flag and kicked it, almost prompting a riot in the process. The police in attendance then gave the rambunctious veteran two options: either apologise on the spot, or spend the night in jail.

In a desperate bid to cool the escalating tension, Jericho quickly broke character and kayfabe mid-match to apologise to the crowd. Desecrating the flag is an imprisonable crime in Brazil, and Jericho's commitment to playing a disrespectful villain almost cost him dearly.

While the show went on without any further issue, Jericho was slapped with a 30-day suspension for his antics, ruining a potentially hot feud with Randy Orton that was on the cards at the time.