10 Times Wrestlers Couldn’t Hide What They Were Doing
6. Ric Flair Blades - WrestleMania VIII
Wrestling's old "red equals green" idiom was turned in on Ric Flair when the 'Nature Boy' was forced to pay through his considerable hooter after bleeding at WrestleMania VIII.
And it wasn't just that he broke one of the company's golden rules by dragging the blade across his forehead in clear view of Vince McMahon (and everybody else in the Indianapolis Hoosier Dome) - it was that he did it an hour after Bret Hart managed to obscure the very same act.
Blood had been as good as invisible from WWE's family-friendly product ahead of the 1992 'Show Of Shows'. One year earlier, only Hulk Hogan himself had been permitted to juice in his own headliner against Sgt Slaughter, but little claret had been seen on screen ever since.
Leaning on his NWA instincts, Flair felt like his clash with Randy Savage needed the famous staining of his blonde mane, but Hart and Roddy Piper's own use of the gimmick earlier in the night had been as much as The Chairman was willing to tolerate. The two went unpunished (Hart claimed McMahon believed that it had been a legitimate gash), but Flair ate a hefty fine.