10 Examples Of WWE Punishment Booking

Legend has it that Bart Gunn upset management by having the temerity to win its inaugural Brawl For All - a legitimate shoot-fighting competition - in 1998.

They wanted 'Dr Death' Steve Williams to win, so it is said, and apparently took great offence at another of their employees eliminating him in the quarter final stage.

His alleged punishment was facing professional boxer Eric Esch - aka Butterbean - in another shoot-fight at WrestleMania XV, a match that lasted all of 30 seconds before Gunn was knocked out following a heavy right hand.

If this is all true, the lessons to be learned are WWE's rather than Gunn's, the most obvious of them being: keep pro-wrestling scripted - that's the best way to ensure the wrong guy doesn't upset the apple cart.