10 Times Wrestlers Got Into Real Life Bar Fights
Relive the moments when wrestlers unleashed their fury in real-life bar fights
Managing a locker room full of larger-than-life personalities is no easy task, and while it's hard to control the chaos inside the ring and behind the scenes, imagine the level of mayhem the WWE wrestlers would cause at a bar in a fully drunken state.
Fans have witnessed several staged bar-fight segments on wrestling shows over the years, but none compares to the chaos the wrestlers can cause when things get real.
Grabbing some drinks after events is the most common avenue for the wrestlers to let off some steam and cool down, at present or back in the day. However, the wrestlers draw attention to themselves wherever they go due to their star power and immense physical traits, and in the process, can attract some not-so-pleasant people.
Some of them thought they could make a name for themselves at the expense of the wrestlers, thinking that they were mere performers play-fighting in the ring, but ended up realising how tough they can get when things get real. These ten tales look back at the times when wrestlers, in their drunken fervour, found themselves in a scuffle among themselves or with random outsiders who chose to mess with the wrong people.
10. The Big Show Broke A Fan's Jaw For Telling He Was Not That Big
There's a reason The Big Show is known as The World's Largest Athlete. Standing 7 feet tall and weighing over 400 lbs, no eye looked down on him, and no one of sound mind would dare to start trouble with him. One unlucky fan thought otherwise and paid the price.
The incident happened during The Big Show's early days in WWE. He reportedly returned to his hotel after competing in an event at the Nassau Coliseum in New York and then went to the bar to get a drink. The fan, who was already in the bar, went over to The Big Show, tapped him on the shoulder, and started making crude remarks and goading him to a fight, and at one point, told him that he wasn't that big.
The Big Show tried to de-escalate the situation, but when the fan pushed him in the chest, the giant unleashed a hard right hook that knocked the fan out cold and broke his jaw. He faced assault charges but convinced the court that he acted in self-defense and got the verdict in his favor.