10 WWE Wrestlers That Were Thrown Off By The Crowd

9. CM Punk

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From one rattled WWE Champion to another CM Punk had a couple of rather regrettable exchanges with audience members in the latter days of his tumultuous WWE career.

A less-than-ideal exchange with a fan at an Australian house show did the rounds in April 2011, in which Punk was overheard using a slur and repeatedly yelling at an audience member that he "had a vagina".

The verbals escalated to physical or year or so later when 'The Voice Of The Voiceless' had taken more than he was prepared to from an over-zealous fan in the crowd. After being forcefully shoved, Punk spun round with a backhand and followed up with a pie-face. Unfortunately for all involved, Punk's lashing out came at the wrong person's expense.

Both are fairly unpleasant to rewatch, and though nothing came of either, here's hoping neither audiences nor the wrestler himself feel the need to act out like this when the 'Straight Edge Superstar' makes his seemingly inevitable return.

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