10 Wrestlers Who Walked Out On Live TV

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Shawn Michaels (9 June 1997 - Raw)

Shawn Michaels 1997
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By mid-1997, former friends Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels were anything but.

Their fractured relationship came to a head when Bret literally ripped clumps of Shawn's hair out before the 9 June 1997 episode of Raw. As Bruce Prichard tells it, he and Vince McMahon were in a meeting when an emotional Michaels kicked the door in and ranted about unsafe working conditions.

He then told McMahon that he'd be back when the boss could get a handle on Bret and stop him from being attacked backstage. Nobody present at the meeting knew what to do once HBK charged off, grabbed his bags and asked Peter 'Justin Credible' Polaco to give him a ride back to his hotel.

Michaels wouldn't make a comeback until July. Bret later explained his autobiography that he'd been enraged by comments Shawn made on live TV about Hart having "some Sunny days" (alleging that he was sleeping with her behind his wife's back).

What other wrestlers walked out on live TV? For more like this, check out 10 WWE Angles Ripped Straight From The Movies and 10 WORST Matches From WWE’s Biggest Gimmick Bouts!

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.