10 Most Expensive Wrestling Moves Ever

Taking place in November 2008, the 800th episode of WWE Raw had a steel cage contest where Batista defended the World Heavyweight Title against Chris Jericho.

The villainous Jericho would actually get the better of the Animal on this night, and part of the drama of the match was Batista kayfabe getting busted open with a pipe shot to the head. Unfortunately for Big Dave, the reality was this blood was caused by Batista deciding that a blade job was necessary for the bout.

One has to remember, this was at a time with WWE was operating under a 'no blood' policy where blading was strictly off limits. Going against this mandate, Batista took a blade to his forehead and paid a hefty price for doing so.

Following this cage match, Dave was met by a furious Vince McMahon who a week later chose to hit Batista with a hefty $100,000 fine to set an example. Not just that, McMahon handed additional $5,000 fines to Jericho, referee Mike Chioda and producer Dean Malenko.

Taking sole responsibility for this, Batista paid all of these fines - meaning that one pipe shot/blade job set the six-time World Champion back a cool $115,000.