Punches and water bottles were thrown, Buff was busted open, and was gone from WWE the next week. The Ultimate Warrior was a powerhouse, but he wasn't the most graceful of wrestlers.
Booker T, being a locker room leader, put him in his place for his transgressions, coming out victorious in a brawl. I grabbed him and held him so he couldn’t move. As soon as they stopped Smothers jumped out of the back of the car and made a beeline for Prichard, snarling, "I'll kill you m**********r, I'll kick your f*****g ass.
So we’re chit chatting and I’d known that he was in Japan with Dad, so I asked him what happened. With that in mind, here are some of the biggest upsets in real-life brawls between wrestlers.
The wrestling locker room isn't as rowdy as it used to be. Wonderful taking down Vader and laying in a good amount of kicks before they were pulled apart.
Numerous reports indicate that the two had words with Bill insulting Chris.
Today I look back at 10 of some of the more interesting and fun outside of the ring shoots and fights between pro wrestlers. Who would be bold enough to get into a real-life fight with The Mastodon? But back in the day, it wasn't a rare occurrence to have some bruised egos throw some fists and kicks at each other.
The fight was broken up fast according to JBL.
Both wrestlers were supposedly play-fighting, when Matt accidentally gave Eve a black eye. The fact of the matter is that the competitive matches and fights between superstars are not real, as the matches have pre-determined outcomes. Remember Sheamus and his bad luck in real-life fights? Sheamus told the luchador to leave so he could take his place, claiming he was more important than him anyway. After Bill Goldberg, Who’s Next in the WWE Hall of Fame? The chairshots are real. He pulled out a sleeper hold, and choked out the rowdy Englishman. It's fairly common wrestling knowledge that JBL was a backstage bully.
For those unaware, the current AEW announcer was a wrestler on the indie scene. Not that Booker T was a small guy in the slightest, but conventional wisdom suggests that the bodybuilding behemoth that was Batista could take down Booker if he needed to. The athleticism part is real. The bump and the flippy flappy parts are real. But as you know over the years stories get exaggerated… Reputations are usually made by people who have never been on the mat, or in astreet fight. Prichard wanted to smooth things over with Smothers, so had Lee pull over so he could talk to Tracy. Orndorff approached Vader after a photo shoot and started yelling at him, I have heard a story about him calling Vader “fat a$$”.
Dated wrestling references aside, Peter Sotiriou is good with words (except when he speaks).
The fight ended with Bret holding a clump of Shawn’s hair.
Seen on Sky News; featured in The Guardian, NY Times, The Independent and more. The most recent entry on our list, the reason behind this scrap isn't clear, but it most definitely had a surprising outcome. RELATED: 10 Strange Wrestling Fights That Took Place Outside Of The Ring. 20 Most Infamous Real Life Wrestling Fights Of All Time. In a world of plots, rivalries and strange storylines, real altercations backstage are usually underplayed or utilised as part of the story. Shawn reportedly almost quit over it citing an unsafe workplace yet at the end I think it is pretty clear that Shawn got the final word on this one.
Smothers apologised too and they shook hand, putting the incident behind them.
We were in the south of Japan and in an area where not too many people spoke English. He got into a fight with an Olympic gold medalist. Jacques blamed Dynamite and in his book Dynamite says he never liked the Rougeaus. New, Report: WWE To Start Taking Over Wrestlers' Twitch Accounts, New Details On NXT's Tegan Nox's Injury The next day, Prichard found Smothers in the dressing room and apologised, admitting that he had said things about him and meant them, but he was sorry for saying them. 10 WWE Wrestlers Who Are Dating The Competition, Revealed: The INSANE Gimmick WWE Wanted To "Kill" Miro With, Who Had Their "Favourite Match In Years" At WWE Clash Of Champions 2020?
And he was hot at me and George.”.
and Kurt quickly handled Eddie. “C’mon Spivey, let’s see how tough you are.” Dory describes it as happening very quickly. On the way back to the hotel Peter for some reason wanted to fight me and started throwing punches.
He then tried to bite me in the neck, so I pulled my jaw down so he couldn’t do any real damage, but he bit through cheek. George’s story was then interrupted by my dad, who rudely took the phone from me, because George had called to talk to him.
New, Which WWE Stars Does AEW's Kenny Omega 'Want To Work With Again'? Vader later went to finish it and got Orndorff on the ground and said he would have done worse if Meng didn’t break it up. Sin Cara wasn't a fan, so he took the big Irishman down and fists started flying, with Cara coming out on top. As the story goes, Adonis came looking for a fight and challenged Spivey’s toughness. Were just kinda out on the side of the road doing some wrestling stuff.
Chris Jericho was a tremendous up-and-coming talent who had pitched a storyline with Goldberg, who was a bonafide star at that point.
RELATED: 10 Times Wrestlers Got Into Real Fights On Twitter. I am not taking anything from anybody.”.
Both wrestlers were supposedly play-fighting, when Matt accidentally gave Eve a black eye.
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One of the most popular blogs in the history of the Camel Clutch Blog was my piece on in-ring shoots or wrestling screw-jobs.
Unbeknownst to him, Tatsu had been trained to fight in the New Japan dojo in his early days. He continued the trend during one of their Tribute to the Troops tours in Iraq, where he picked on announcers Joey Styles and Lillian Garcia. Billy Robinson vs. Peter Maivia – Two of the toughest men in pro wrestling history once got into it outside of the ring in one of the most famous real pro wrestler fight stories ever. It is always interesting to me to hear or read about the old shoots but some of the better ones went down outside of the ring. Ric Flair related a story on his podcast about how Rick Rude approached the Warrior and asked him to take it a little more easy in the ring. George said that Dad threw Billy threw the restaurant window, glass was everywhere, blood was everywhere, especially all over Billy’s face.
Bruce Prichard has come home. The true stories behind wrestling's most notorious backstage altercations. “Adrian took the wrestler’s position and lunged forward for Spivey’s legs. Jacques got his revenge at a later television taping. The Camel Clutch Blog is proud to have featured over 50 guest bloggers and contributors since its inception.
The story goes that Styles had enough and knocked JBL to the ground with one haymaker. It is difficult for wrestling fans to always know when a match turns into a legitimate fight. Goldberg refused because Jericho was a Cruiserweight, and wouldn't look credible. Top 25 WWE Survivor Series Elimination Matches, Looking Up at The Lights: WCW Bash at The Beach 1995, PW Radio Classics: History of ECW with Scott Williams, Pro Wrestling Radio: WWE HOF Bob Backlund Interview, Pro Wrestling Radio: WWE Superstar Roman Reigns Interview, Pro Wrestling Radio Classics – WWE WrestleMania 22 Recap, Pro Wrestling Radio Classics – Killer Kowalski, Carmella’s WWE Title End and Other WWE Thoughts, Top 5 Potential Shawn Michaels WWE WrestleMania 35 Matches. Paul got a little too close to Vader's face while calling him out, so the big man threw the first punch. Locked in a stalemate, blue lights pulled up behind Lee's car. I had to go to hospital to get a shot for the bacteria.