10 Astonishing Times Wrestlers Swore On Live TV

1. Hardcore Holly

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Punching down and kicking the cat isn't funny, or it shouldn't be, but the cat in this case was Michael Cole, and so it is fine.

This was tremendous meltdown teeming with organic bile. The finish of Hardcore Holly's big WrestleMania moment had been botched, and Holly was genuinely pissed. Holly's resting state was "pissed". He was a miserable prick in the funniest way imaginable. And so, when Michael Cole poked the bear, the bear chewed him out like he was salmon in a stream, hopelessly unaware of his proximity to death.

"The reason I'm hardcore is because I'm hardcore," he said, flustered. "I eat, breathe and I sleep hardcore."

Not quite sure what "breathe hardcore" means, though Shane McMahon existing after wrestling a match is quite close to it.

Holly went on, claiming his superiority over his cousin Crash. If Crash defended the Hardcore Title 24/7, Hardcore was gonna defend it 48/14. It was then that a demented flash of inspiration appeared in front of him.

"How about I start with you, Michael Cole?" Holly asked, before, in the quintessential no-f*cks-given Hardcore Holly moment, swearing at WrestleMania.

"It doesn't matter to me Michael Cole because I will break your ass in half, ya little sh*thead!"

Outstanding. Just imagine Holly actually snapping Cole's ass apart, with his bare hands.

Outstanding.

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