10 Wrestlers That Bled The Hard Way
7. Randy Orton (WWE Money In The Bank 2014)
Money In The Bank has become a stipulation working in reverse in the modern era - the once dramatic cash-in has itself become something of a played-out act, made worse by the fact that the brutal match endured by the participants is almost immediately forgotten once somebody's in possession of a brightly-coloured briefcase.
It's why its so easy to forget when a wrestler legitimately hurts themself within the body of the battle, especially if it's not a spot WWE deem worthy of placement within a video package promoting the event the following year. In this case, the match was for the title itself and somehow felt reduced in status as a result.
Busted wide open in an encounter won by John Cena following Daniel Bryan's forced relinquishing of the dual straps, Randy Orton's bloodsoaked head in 2014 was for less than nought. It barely made air - Orton was caught in the head by a ladder bouncing off the ropes as he safely dismounted it. It was blink-and-you-miss-it, but you'd wince if you didn't.
The cut atop his was ostensibly closed, but it burst wide again in the final moments. John Cena's biceps and belly were stained red following an Attitude Adjustment on 'The Apex Predator', but the cut didn't remotely help enhance the drama.
At least a year earlier, it was marginally more valuable...