10 Shocking WWE House Show Moments You Haven't Seen

1. Fans Read The Riot Act

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What happens when an entire live crowd rebels on WWE?

Anyone there for the fiery 15 December 1997 card in Little Rock, Arkansas has a clue. Fans rocked up to the venue expecting an episode of Raw Is War to start shooting before their very eyes, but it was never going to happen. Instead, the company had pre-taped that Monday's Raw the week before somewhere else.

Little Rock was getting a standard house show card then, and they weren't happy about it. People in the bleachers and at ringside booed the ever-living sh*te out of everything that happened in front of them (including, regrettably, an award being handed out in-ring to old-time hard man Danny Hodge).

Feeling ripped off, fans also pelted the ring with garbage during matches. That led Shawn Michaels to throw his own hissy fit, take the mic and tell Arkansas that they could stick the planned main event where the sun don't shine before storming off.

Yeah, that'll calm 'em down.

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