10 Stories That Prove Wrestling Is The Wildest Industry EVER

5. New Jack's In-Ring Assaults, Various

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In Hollywood, fascinating tales of conflict arise from the sets of certain movies.

Christian Bale's furious, foul-mouthed rant on the set of Terminator Salvation is a famous example for its meme-friendly charisma. "What don't you f*cking understand?" he roared at the director of photography. "Do you want me to trash your lights? Do you want me to f*ckin' trash 'em?!"

It was actually a pretty great heel promo, but that's all it was: a heel promo. He didn't actually fulfil his threat to kick the guy's "f*cking ass". Several actors are great promos. "I cannot sanction your buffoonery," is what Tommy Lee Jones once said to Jim Carrey, and it belongs on a t-shirt. But again, it was just a promo. Your average Hollywood stars just throw petulance at one another from their trailers as they sip goat's blood or whatever the f*ck it is these lunatics do.

When accusations of unprofessionalism arise in the wrestling ring, certain independent contractors instead opt for violent assault.

The late New Jack infamously battered and effectively knifed Mass Transit for pretending he knew how to work and dictating the terms of their match. New Jack also actually stabbed Hunter Red in retaliation for throwing a few potatoes at him. New Jack, and the veracity of this one is more debatable, attempted to throw Vic Grimes to his death by over-shooting his trajectory.

"Do you want me to f*ckin' trash 'em?" in wrestling's case means arteries.

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