10 Things We Learned From Austin Aries On Talk Is Jericho

5. He Deliberately Pulled Out A Testicle In TNA

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The banana story led Aries to tell Jericho another about his time in TNA. When called upon to film a quick 'walking to the ring' segment backstage, Austin asked cameramen not to shoot anything below the waist; not properly dressed, he didn't actually have his gear on, and the skit had to be filmed quickly.

Knowing the ineptness of the Impact crew, Aries slyly popped one of his testicles out before walking. He knew full well that officials would study the tape, realise the wardrobe malfunction and would thus be unable to use the footage. That is actually brilliant, and had Y2J in stitches.

Austin didn't reveal whether or not he filmed another take for TNA or if they cancelled plans to use it full stop, but he did remark that it's fun to mess around with staff that way when bored. We wonder if he ever tried anything of the sort in the much more strict world of WWE.

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