10 Wrestlers Who Were Released For Breaking Kayfabe

10. The Iron Sheik

Fans today know The Iron Sheik as a constant source of social media amusement, but the man wasn't a walking meme in 1987. Back then, Sheiky baby was a serious, anti-American heel who was in the middle of a heated blood feud with patriotic good guy Jim Duggan.

Police pulled Sheik and Jimbo over in May '87 and found that both were under the influence. Cops also found more drugs when they searched the car. That would've been troublesome enough for the WWF, but it isn't what Vince McMahon was most worried about.

He was more concerned that the pair's red-hot TV angle would be ruined when fans found out they were real-life friends.

McMahon fired Sheik and dismissed 'Hacksaw' - according to Bruce Prichard, Duggan was barely gone before the WWF brought him back. Sheik wasn't so lucky. He'd never reach the same heights in the company again (at least as an in-ring worker), and was only brought back for peripheral roles years later.