10 Craziest On-Screen Arrests In WWE History
3. Stone Cold Steve Austin (2000)
Two wrongs don’t necessarily make a right, but clearly nobody
told that to Stone Cold Steve Austin. After finding out he was run over by Rikishi at the
1999 Survivor Series, Austin was looking to repay the favour by inflicting the
same fate on his one-time assailant.
He’d get his opportunity at No Mercy 2000, when the two would meet in a No Holds Barred match that eventually ended as a no contest. Having soon got that pesky business of a wrestling match out of the way, Austin would set about exacting his real plan, dumping Rikishi in the back of his pick-up and driving out to the arena parking lot.
There, he’d position Rikishi against a wall, and look to smash his pick-up truck into his prone opponent. Unfortunately for Austin, but rather handily for Rikishi, a police car would cut the Rattlesnake off, taking the hit and thus nullifying the danger.
Of course, that meant Austin had instigated a car crash, plus he’d also been drinking at the wheel, not to mention the fact that he’d attempted to murder Rikishi in the first place.
Naturally, he’d soon be detained, in what was one of the more over-the-top, dramatic examples of an on-screen arrest we’d seen.