10 Times Wrestlers Bled The Hard Way In The PG-Era

1. Batista Blades, Gets CRUSHED For It

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7b72b_batista-vs-chris-jericho-cage-match_sport A few months after the change to PG, Chris Jericho and Batista were battling in a steel cage match for the title. The Animal felt, as a lot of superstars felt at the time, that if the stakes were high, and the stipulation was intense, blood had to be an option: "We were PG and that didn't make any sense to me," remarked Batista to Y2J on his appearance on the Talk Is Jericho podcast. "I can't believe we had to deal with grief over that." Though claims were made that Batista bled the hard way, both he and Jericho, one week later, were shown video footage evidence from several recorded angles of Batista intentionally blading. Though Vince was tempted to fire The Animal, he instead started handing out fines. Jericho, amongst others, was given a fine of $5,000. Batista was handed one of $100,000. Ouch. He resents the incident to this day and believes that the PG-Era is damaging to the business. "My heart dropped," he said, during the same interview. "I thought it would be like $25,000€When he said $100,000, I was just heartbroken. I literally think that he sucked the life out of me that day. I think that's the day that I knew things were never going to be the same."