10 Times Wrestling Fans F***ed Around & Found Out

6. CM Punk

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Or one time a wrestling fan f***ed around and somebody else found out.

In 2013, CM Punk paused midway through a babyface promo to challenge a booing fan to fight right there live on Monday Night Raw. It was awkward and not really in keeping with the sombre tone before he located a narrative thread and tethered everything back together. Not ideal, but not a disaster A year or so earlier and as WWE Champion, he started and finished one without a word being uttered on either side of the barrier.

Running scared from Vince McMahon (!) during an angle masquerading as a match on a 2012 Monday Night Raw, Punk was booked to scarper into the crowd as the former Chairman dished out various verbal threats. As various video evidence shows, he's getting hassled by fans behind him, but not the one he just happens to see before he snaps and throws a wild backhand. Bad judgment and bad luck coincide, and a fan hits the deck live on WWE's flagship show.

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