10 WWE Matches That Made Wrestlers Quit

10. Batista - Vs Chris Jericho, Raw 2008

After battling against John Cena at WrestleMania XXVI and continuing their feud over the next few PPVs, fans all around the world were left stunned by Batista's decision to dramatically call it quits in May 2010.

In truth, however, The Animal had been thinking about calling it a day for nearly two years.

Coming during the 800th episode of Monday Night Raw in November 2008, Batista met Chris Jericho in a steel cage. As the pair went to war, the former Evolution man decided that a little bit of colour would take things up a dramatic notch. It was in this moment where Batista bladed himself, an act he knew would land himself in hot water with Vince McMahon during the then-PG era.

Sure enough, the two were called into the boss' office afterwards, but instead of being given a reasonable fine for his actions, big Dave was slapped with a $100,000 gut punch. After being hit so hard for his mid-match call, the star knew he was done in this current WWE landscape, later confessing on the Talk is Jericho podcast, "I think that's the day that I knew things were never going to be the same."