10 Bizarre Backstage Rules WWE Forced On Wrestlers
3. The Infamous Wrestler's Court
In a typical workplace, employees often seek out their immediate managers or the human resources department in case of internal disputes. However, that's not how things worked in WWE back in the day, as the infamous Wrestler's Court was the go-to place. Like a real-life courtroom, the wrestler's court had a judge, prosecutors, and defendants, but the punishments given to the wrongdoers were quite unorthodox.
The Undertaker often served as the judge, while JBL was one of the regular names who came in as the prosecutor. The court provided a platform for wrestlers to resolve issues among themselves and teach a lesson or two about respect to the offenders.
Many wrestlers have endured the wrath of the wrestler's court and paid the price, and the most infamous stories include The Miz getting banished from the locker room for eating chicken over another wrestler's bag, Teddy Long getting ordered to buy buckets of chicken, and cases of beers for the locker room for being cheap and selling viagra backstage, and Shawn Daivari getting forced to do 1000 squats for disrespecting the locker room veterans.
As times changed, the backstage traditions evolved, and the wrestler's court became outdated. Seth Rollins confirmed during an interview in 2016 that this system no longer exists.