10 MORE Times Wrestling Fans Jumped The Barricade Into The Ring

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkQtbWbYjM&feature=youtu.be&t=6s

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Event: Monday Night Raw

Date: 2002

Jericho actually talked about this instance in his podcast with Seth Rollins. It was the final match on Raw, a star-studded Rock/Austin vs. Jericho/Taker tag match, and while Jericho was waiting outside the ring, a fan jumped the barricade and punched him in the face. 

Then, the arena went dark for The Undertaker's entrance and by the time the lights came back on, the fan was long gone.

So what happened? Jericho says that after the arena went dark he started delivering nut punches to the fan. It was Austin who eventually intervened, and told Jericho that it wasn't worth it. And if Austin was telling him to calm down, Jericho noted wryly, then he was definitely out of control.

 
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