10 Best Times Wrestlers Responded To Fans During Matches

by Andrew Pollard

1. Sami Zayn Confronts Homophobic Asshat

Sami Zayn
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Boo whichever wrestlers you want, tell them they suck, scream at them to get their ass kicked. But seriously, there are lines that it's baffling to see crossed when it comes to wrestling fandom at times.

Regardless of his douchey on-screen persona, Sami Zayn is a good, good dude. Away from the squared circle, amongst the various causes he champions, he also has his own Sami For Syria work which has raised over $7.5 million to provide life-saving medical care to those in northwest Syria.

Never one to let d**khead behaviour slide, Zayn found himself confronted by an idiot fan during a Daytona Beach house show back in December 2019. There, Sami wasn't actually competing in a match when this incident took place. Instead, he was in and around the ringside area while Shinsuke Nakamura took on 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt in a steel cage contest.

After a fan was shouting homophobic abuse towards those in action, Sami wasn't playing that sh*t.

The former NXT Champion confronted the fan, dared him to say his disgusting comments again, called him a "homophobic d**k" and had security come over to have the jackass ejected from the building.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer and Presenter, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund and Eli Roth to Kevin Smith and the Russo Brothers, to Kevin Conroy and Frank Miller, to Bret Hart and Sting, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, and Brian Flynn, to many, many more. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is a long-standing season ticket holder and an FSA Award-winner for his time co-hosting the Fearless in Devotion podcast.