Who Started Simon Gotch & Sin Cara Fight At WWE SmackDown?
Gotch gets a pop in the chops...
Prior to last week's inaugural episode of Smackdown Live (and the official WWE draft), Simon Gotch and Sin Cara reportedly got into a fistfight in the catering area of the arena. Now, more details have emerged regarding the physical altercation.
According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, an exchange between the two former NXT Tag Team Champions led Sin Cara to throw an unopened soda can at Gotch's face. The Vaudevillain went down hard, and was pulled from events over the weekend (and was sporting a black eye upon his return). The reports shouldn't be taken as gospel, though, as still other onlookers claim that it was a punch from Sin Cara that sent Gotch reeling.
Gotch has a reputation backstage as a star who speaks too freely, earning a lot of heat in the process. According to reports, there was already bad blood between him and Sin Cara, dating back to both men's days in NXT.
As for Sin Cara, the second man to don the mask is widely considered to be a tough customer, stemming from a quick dispatching of Sheamus during an altercation instigated by the former WWE Champion a couple of years ago.