8. Firing Alberto Del Rio
Thankfully all has been forgotten as Berti returned to WWE to win the United States Championship twice on the night of his comeback in October. But there was a time when Vince McMahon over-reacted in repost to the League of Nation member's actions. Back in August 2014, Del Rio was released from WWE after he slapped a colleague in the face backstage. That sounds just about right, right? Physical harm in the workplace is a sackable offence. But there's more than meets the eye here. Del Rio slapped the WWE employee in repost to what was allegedly a racist joke. Here's what Del Rio said of his release to Fighting Spirit Magazine:
That guy, the social media guy , made a racist jokesaying that it was my job to clean his table. Of course, I got really upset, and I asked him for an apology, but he didnt do it; instead of giving me an apology, he smiled, giving me this big fk you smirk, and I slapped him. That was it."
Del Rio was justified in handing out a slap, tit for tat and all that. Vince over-reacted.