Backstage Fights

Here's the list of what we have so far. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated. Please contact us with any information you have on any fight not yet listed here.

Disclaimer: Take these stories with a grain of salt. Most of these are hearsay, and their veracity cannot always be confirmed. We are certain some stories here are either untrue or greatly exaggerated. Do not trust any of them as true. Nonetheless, backstage fights do happen, and there is at least some degree of truth to most of the stories here. Plus, they’re fun to read.

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Harley Race & Nick Bockwinkel vs. Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody

Taken from www.thesmartmarks.com: "Tagging with Nick Bockwinkel against Hansen and Bruiser Brody- Nick started out one match against them and got the absolute dogpiss beaten out of them. Harley tagged in to face Brody, sidestepped a kick, twisted Brody's ankle, then put his foot near Brody's nose and told him that if he wanted to get serious, he was up for it. Brody tagged out to Hansen, who was uncooperative with Harley in a suplex spot and just sat down. Harley just dragged Hansen to the ropes and Hansen got up because he figured that the referee would call for a rope break. As soon as he stood up, Harley suplexed him." (thanks to Big M and www.thesmartmarks.com)

Dynamite Kid vs. Danny Spivey

One of our readers remembers reading in Dynamite Kid's book that after ribbing Danny Spivey on a tour bus, Spivey went for him. A few wrestlers got in between, but Dynamite noted that with his long reach, Spivey was able to reach around and crack Dynamite in the ribs really good. Realizing that Spivey was no pushover, Dynamite quickly befriended him. (thanks to PHender864)

Kevin Von Erich vs. The Great Kabuki

From www.thesmartmarks.com: "Great Kabuki- Kabuki insisted on wrestling him and Kevin insisted on giving him a rough time because he didn't think Kabuki was ready because of how his body looked. During the match, Kabuki turned his back on him, which is ALWAYS a no-no but, when Kevin attempted to blindside him, Kabuki kicked him with blinding speed and broke his cheek and nose. He had a new respect for him after that and made sure to get on the mic and challenge him to a match the next week." (thanks to Big M)

Gino Hernandez vs. A fan

From www.thesmartmarks.com: "Gino Hernandez- He bitched a lot but could only kick the ass of one person in the business. Ox Baker. Because of that, Gino would always find an excuse to kick Ox's ass whenever he ran across him. He also remembers one show where Gino made an open challenge to the crowd and a huge cowboy answered it. Gino's plan was to kick the guy in the head while he was coming through the ropes but didn't land it in the right part of the head because all it did was piss the guy off. Gino then went to the all-purpose Plan B. running to the back and cowering in the locker room. He then stuck with Killer Brooks for the rest of the night and, when the cowboy ran into them at the hotel, Brooks knocked the guy out then Gino started kicking the shit out of him while he was down." (thanks to Big M)

Sabu vs. the Yakuza

From www.thesmartmarks.com: "One time, when Sabu was wrestling, the Yakuza were sitting at ringside. The promoter had told everyone that they were there and what section they were sitting in, but Sabu didn't care. One of the guys ended up taking a swing at Tiger Jeet Singh , and Sabu ended up kicking the shit out of him. It turns out there were 50 of them there, including a boss. They started a near-riot. He (Awesome) was in the locker room at the time and heard some commotion outside, thinking the match had ended up there, and came out to see Sabu on the floor, several guys kicking the shit out of him, and someone about to hit him with a chair. He ran out and started clearing house long enough to get Sabu back to the dressing room. All the foreigners ended up stuck in the locker room for about 2 hours until Onita could get things calmed down." (thanks to Big M)

Jim Cornette vs. Fans

From www.thesmartmarks.com: "Tulsa, OK- The fans from Hell. Every time they went to Tulsa, Cornette seriously considered quitting. It was quite a contrast from Oklahoma City, where they'd work a morning show before going to Tulsa that night and which had the nicest arena in the whole territory and clean-cut fans. The fans in Tulsa tended to be of the redneck variety, even moreso than other Mid-South cities, and tended to be drunk off their asses and looking for a fight. Without fail, there was a riot whenever the Midnight Express wrestled there, whether it be against Magnum TA and Mr. Wrestling II, the Rock and Roll Express, Bill Watts and Stagger Lee (Junkyard Dog under a mask), etc. The show before their match with Watts and JYD, there had been a HUGE riot because one moron had tried to get in the ring and got his face split open by a Condrey kick. "Nature Boy" Buddy Landell would come halfway to the ring to help them fight their way back to the dressing room each week. Buddy had the guy in a front facelock with his legs spread, so Cornette kicked a field goal on the guy and sprained his leg in the process. Right before they got back to the locker room, someone jumped from the archway of the general admission seating to try and get the Midnights. Buddy punched the guy while he was still in midair but slipped on spilled beer and they both took flat back bumps. The police already had the guy who had started the whole thing pulled aside in the back and he was passed out, so Cornette started "kicking the FUCK OUT OF HIM, I don't give a fuck if he's unconscious." The only cop who hadn't been involved in the riot pulled Cornette off of him, then Dennis went behind the cop's back and started beating up on the guy even more with Cornette's belt wrapped around his fist. Cornette thought was hilarious because it was a spot right out of one of their matches." (thanks to Big M)

Jim Cornette vs. Fans

From www.thesmartmarks.com: "Another night, the cops pulled the guys who started the fight into the back and Watts stood on their heads. Fortunately for them, he was only in tennis shoes because Watts later said "SHIT, I should of worn my cowboy boots!" Watts then picked the guy up, told Grizzly to hold him against the wall, then punched him and let the cops take him away." (thanks to Big M)

Jim Cornette vs. fans

From www.thesmartmarks.com: "The bad riot in Tulsa- Because one of the people who got the shit kicked out of him was a Highway Patrolman's son, Internal Affairs got involved and the Tulsa PD was no longer allowed to work security at the matches. They ended up with the county sheriff's department deputies, which was bad enough. It got worse when the next show was at the Tulsa Fairgrounds instead of the city arena, as it was a big rodeo barn with absolutely no seating pattern. Watts drove to the match in his Rolls Royce and pulled it into the archway of the door that night. Before the Midnight's match, someone had tried to clobber Nikolai Volkoff with a chair on the way to the ring and missed, breaking the chair over a deputy's head. The stipulation of the Midnight Express vs. Junkyard Dog and Watts match that night was that, when the Midnights lost, Cornette would get put in his mother's pink dress. Things went downhill when Watts decided he was going to put on a clinic for the boys in the back of how to sell for the Midnight Express, which scared the Midnights shitless because you DON'T put that kind of a beating on the hometown hero. There was so much heat that night that "If we'd won, they wouldn't have been able to get us out of there with a helicopter." It was so bad that guys were jumping into the ring while Watts was making his comeback just so they could help out. Watts beat up the Midnights, stripped Cornette down and put the dress on him. At that point, Cornette was wearing a pink dress, dress shoes, and carrying a tennis racket when he sees four deputies who look at him and say "RUN!" He starts running back to the dressing room and he's losing cops as he goes along because the fans are tripping them. Eventually, he started windmilling the tennis racket and ran as fast as he could. Once he broke free of the crowd, Jim Ross was trying to stop him from getting near Watts' Rolls Royce because the crowd had started throwing beer bottles at him. Cornette just kept running and all kinds of stuff landed on the car. As far as Cornette's concerned, the two shows that day did $194,000 in business and, since those were 1984 dollars, Watts could have afforded another few Rolls Royces after that kind of business." (thanks to Big M)

Batista vs. Randy Orton

This happened sometime after Randy Orton turned face, apparently Randy Orton had made some joke about Batista. The two got into a minor scuffle with no punches thrown. The two made up soon after. (thanks to Daniel Simpson)

Ron Simmons vs. Big Show

Big Show was making a point about something when Simmons basically told him to sit down and shut up. The two men faced off and had to be separated. Ron Simmons was released from contract about 2 weeks later. (thanks to Daniel Simpson)

Edge vs. Eddie Guerrero

Apart from the usual matches, some fans saw something 'extra' which involved a fight between Eddie Guerrero and Edge. The location of the seat was located near the entrance way which was easy to sneak around backstage. Guerrero apparently was mad at something that Edge did and told him, "Don't you ever f*cking do that again" to which Edge responded with a huge shove almost knocking Guerrero to the floor. Officials stepped in instantly and broke up the fight as well as shutting the curtains after spotting the fans watching what was happening backstage. (thanks to Daniel Simpson)

Johnny "Laurinaitais" Ace vs. Gary Allbright

Sent in from a reader: "I was friends with Gary Albright, who was a sweet, genuine human being who worked his ass off. After Giant Baba died and Ms. Baba was in charge, Johnny went to her a couple of times and told her that Gary was injured and couldn't work the next tour and he had someone else to fill the spot. And it was complete bullsh*t! Gary wasn't hurt but Johnny used his stroke with Ms. Baba to f*ck Gary over and get his friends a booking. Johnny Ace is a complete waste of flesh and a scumbag."

Chris Benoit vs. Maxx Payne vs. Samu/Fatu

Sent in from a reader: "This comes straight from the horse's mouth. Maxx Payne told me while training in the New Japan Dojo that Chris Benoit and himself went out with Samu and Fatu, who were over on a tour. Massive drinking followed with Benoit getting tore up and passing out at the table. As they started to leave, Samu and Maxx got into a verbal fight outside the bar and it got rough. Samu would charge Maxx, who had to fireman's carry Chris. Maxx would set Chris down, take Samu down and hold him until he'd say it was over. So they'd walk a while more and Samu would attack Maxx (still carrying Benoit) again and they repeated this by Maxx's estimate for over a mile and a half every few blocks. At one point Samu hit Maxx from behind on a bridge and almost dropped Chris into the empty seabed at low tide. Finally they arrived at the hotel and after putting Chris in his room, Maxx was in the hallway going into his room when he heard Samu's battle roar again coming down the hallway and turned planted his feet and threw a charging Samu so hard Samu broke his ankle on the ceiling, ending his tour with New Japan on the spot."

Earl Hebner vs. a fan

Back in May of 2002 on Raw, Edge and RVD were having a ladder match for the IC title in Edmonton. Eddie was climbing the ladder for the belt, when a fan hopped into the ring and shoved over the ladder. Eddie was lucky to land safely and Earl Hebner caught the fan with a chokehold and wrestled him out of the ring. Security finally stepped in (I read they were actually a sports team, rugby I believe and were more interested in watching the show) and Eddie landed in a few shots as the fan was escorted from the arena. (thanks to Jimmy Jett)

Jericho vs. a fan

Not sure of the date, but during either Jericho's WCW title reign or his Undisputed one (I'm believing it was the previous) a fan attempted to steal the "big gold belt". I believe Jericho tagged the fan (but he might've just pulled the title away) and security took care of it from there. (thanks to Jimmy Jett)

Virgil vs. a fan

I caught this on Wrestling's Greatest Steel Cage Matches Ever. DiBiase and Savage were having a cage match in the late 80's in one of the Gardens, I believe, when a fan (wearing a Hulkamania do-rag) hopped over the railing and began quickly scaling the cage. His mother appeared to be yelling at him from ringside as the wrestlers looked confused. Virgil scaled up for the kid and grabbed his leg, but it appeared as if he realized the kid could easily get hurt. Security quickly appeared afterwards and a member climbed up and tossed the fan down to other members. (thanks to Jimmy Jett)

Security vs. fans

Nothing major, but at the first RAW show I attended (the June 30th, 1998 taping) Edge was early in his career and appearing in the crowd. Anyway, he was hanging above my section and immediately, a few fans nearby got up and went to surround him, I remember one saying something along the lines of "Man, now's a good time for to go to the bathroom" when a woman looking in her forties stepped down from the gate and simply folded her arms. The fans mumbled and sat down, Edge left shortly afterwards and my friends and I laughed, since the woman wasn't that big. (I'd guess under 5'6" and 200 lbs.) (thanks to Jimmy Jett)

Randy Orton vs. Rochelle (WWE Diva)

Apparently news has spread about the backstage incident of Randy Orton's outburst at Rochelle. Rochelle was doing an interview backstage or something and Randy Orton was trying to hit on her or something and Rochelle said, "Aren't you from Canada?" Then Orton went ballistic and shouted at her "I hate Canada and I hate you!" Then later on Rochelle found out that her purse was smeared with baby oil lotion in which the rumor online said that her bag was smeared with feces which in fact was just lotion. (thanks to Patrick)

Billy Kidman vs. Brock Lesnar

Kidman was ticked off about Lesnar trying the shooting star press on Angle. Kidmansaid he could do the F5, but chooses not to. Later on they were seen shouting at each other but nothing physical. Does Kidman realize he stole that move from Jushin Liger in the first place? (thanks to ChrisJericho911)

Perry Saturn vs. Minion

A reader sent this in: "Everyone knows Perry Saturn, and most people think he blew a great opportunity. Perry Saturn works many shows in the Midwest now, and recently he had an altercation with no-name Iowa worker Syphin. Syphin is a horrible worker, but the crowd digs him, and the fourteen to fifteen year old demographic loves him. Anyway, he was involved in a match, Syphin and his partner Minion taking on Saturn and Brutus. Saturn wasn't selling anything, as he usually doesn't at these shows, and this lead to him posing to the crowd after a suplex. Syphin got pissed and bum rushed Saturn from behind and started raining blows on him, and they were stiff. Perry covered up for a minute, and then when Syphin had backed off, jumped up like nothing, and gave him a sick punch to the face, that knocked Syphin stupid. Saturn then left the ring, got his things and left. Two weeks later, working for the same no name promotion, Saturn and Minion got into it after the show. Saturn had shown up as the "surprise" entrant in a battle royal, which he won. After the show while some of the wrestlers were taking pictures and signing autographs, yelling was coming from the back hallway of this dingy auditorium. It was Saturn and Minion throwing down, and I have to tell you that Saturn won again."

Tracy Smothers vs. JBL

Word has it that after Smothers got word that JBL stiffed on Blue Meanie at ECW One Night Stand ‘05, he gave it right back to JBL. According to the Observer, JBL's eyes were swelled up after the show. Later on the internet, Smothers issued a challenge to JBL to have a shoot, putting up his entire life savings.

Dave Meltzer vs. Tracy Smothers

Meltzer posted in the WrestlingClassics message boards in 2005 that Smothers was probably not as tough as JBL. Smothers then issued a statement ripping into Meltzer, telling him he's never done anything athletic in his life. Nothing could be further from the truth, by the way. Meltzer did write in the Observer that Smothers was a crazy fighter who has been in his share of backstage scuffles.

Dave Meltzer vs. Terry Gordy

In the aforementioned rant by Smothers, he told of a story of how Meltzer introduced himself to Gordy in Japan at a bar. Gordy got pissed and grabbed the Observer from him, threw it down, stomped on it, and dared Meltzer to report that in his "sheet." This is insane, because Meltzer has always written nothing but nice things about Gordy.

Francine vs. Dawn Marie

Before the ECW One-Night Stand ’05 show, Dawn and Francince greeted each other backstage. Apparently Francine smirked or something, because Dawn went and complained to Laurinaitais about it. It didn't do either one of them any favors in the eyes of WWE management.

Blue Meanie vs. JBL

Meanie had written on the internet that JBL took liberties in the ring, and called him a "bully" on his website. At ECW One Night Stand, JBL took a huge liberty by stiff-punching Meanie in the face, opening up a fresh wound and giving him a black eye. A handheld video of the incident surfaced later. Meanie is clearly taunting JBL before the brawl, although that was part of the show. JBL then punches him in the head from behind and they lock up. JBL lost his balance and got back up. They lock up again, and JBL nails him with face shots while all Meanie can get in is some weak body shots. JBL puts Meanie down and staggers away, looking back one last time to make sure he's down for good. After Meanie gets up, you can see him tell Al Snow what happened, and Snow looks concerned. Backstage, Meanie and JBL had to be separated, with JBL complaining about what Meanie had said about him on the internet and in a previous court case, testifying against him in a totally separate case involving ex-referee Billy Silverman. WWE never punished JBL for this. Meanie was hired by WWE shortly thereafter, and JBL put him over on SmackDown. Many feel that WWE did this to avoid a lawsuit that they clearly should’ve lost. (thanks to The Lone Wolf)

Jamie Noble vs. a fan

At an ROH show, a fan accused Noble of only having his job because he performed a certain sexual act. Noble later got on the house mic and dared the fan to get in the ring and fight (he didn't, of course). Noble apologized for his actions and there was no further incident. (reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

Axl Rotten vs. a bar patron

This fight was mentioned on the IWA King of the Deathmatches 2003 tape. Before Axl's match against Corporal Robinson, Corp got on the mic and put over how tough Axl is, saying he got in a bar fight and broke his left hand and a few fingers in the other. Axl then got on the mic and said he beat the crap out of him. (thanks to Tim)

Buh Buh Ray Dudley vs. a fan

First hand account from Tim Winers: "It was the night of HHH's return from his quad injury. Not the televised one on RAW but the house show in Binghamton NY. This guy I was with was ripping on the Dudley Boys, especially Buh Buh. He was saying things like "you suck" and you're a piece of sh#t." Buh Buh spat on him and that was that. Then as we left the arena, my friend yelled out "Buh Bub Ray Sucks, whooo". Well, Buh Buh was just getting in his car and he heard my friend. Buh Buh jumped out of the car ran towards my friend (I sidestepped out of the way) and my friend starts to back pedal faster then I've ever seen anyone before. Buh Buh kept chasing him saying "I guess I don't suck now do I?" and "Get back here you little sh*t" and "Who's the piece of sh*t now?” D-Von got out of the car laughing and holding Buh Buh back. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen and my friend deserved it. You can enjoy the show without being a putz and taking it too far."

JBL vs. Steve Blackman

WWF was in between shows at the local airport, and the wrestlers were waiting by the baggage collection bay and Bradshaw decided to dick about trying to push Blackman onto the moving luggage belt. Blackman turned around unflustered and planted a crescent kick flush on Bradshaw's jaw, knocking him clean out, picked up his bag and walked on. Both shook hands when it was done. UPDATE: a reader saw an interview with the Blue Meanie which says Bradshaw was pissing Blackman off, calling him all sorts of stuff. Blackman just turned around and hit him in the face and body a dozen times then went to finish him off with a kick but got his foot caught in a luggage bag. This gave the guys watching a chance to separate the two. Bradshaw apologized right after. If only other legit tough guys would do the same to Mr Layfield. (thanks to Steven, Chris, and John)

Big John Studd and the Road Warriors vs. Rochester, NY

This is from the autobiography of former MLB umpire Ken Kaiser. Kaiser was hosting a charity banquet in Rochester, and among the guests were Big John Studd and the Road Warriors, who apparently had a little too much to drink, as they decided to throw chairs off of their balcony and see who could hit the most cars. It was zero-all when security ran in, looked at the three, and ran off. (thanks to Ryan)

New Jack vs. Gypsie Joe

Sent in by Tim: "I've seen this fight before. New Jack was at a show and was taking on the 80-year old Gypsie Joe (I'm serious). Apparently earlier, Joe was bragging that he was hardcore before hardcore was even considered. This, for some reason, angered Jack and he took his frustrations out on Joe in the match. Here's the sick part. On the outside, Jack started throwing chairs at Joe and whipping Joe with a chain, which was all real. Jack had Joe down, and then pulled out an aluminum baseball bat wrapped in barbedwire. Jack just kills Joe with the bat, smashing it over his upper-back. Jack finally stops and throws Joe into a row of chairs. Jack then walks away and threatens people in the crowd. Funny thing is, Joe just walked it off, not even resembling being hurt. WINNER: New Jack and anybody who's seen the fight. That's for sure." (thanks to Tim)

The Great Malenko vs. a fan

Malenko and Dale Lewis were in a match in Orlando when a fan jumped in and attacked Malenko. He ripped his shirt off and Malenko kicked him in the ass until security got him. (thanks to John)

The Samoans vs. a fan

Long before The Samoans of WWF there was a tag team managed by Dandy Jack in Florida with that name. A fan attacked one of them and was chopped across the chest twice. Who in his right mind would mess with the Samoans?? (thanks to John)

Nishimura vs. a photographer

This was sent in by John, a former photographer from the territorial days of wrestling: "I was taking photos in Clearwater of a match featuring Nishimura vs. Tiger Mask? I was laughing at things like The Spoiler taking photos with his point and shoot. Jimmy Suzuki, a photographer, was shouting up instructions to the wrestlers like abdominal stretch. I laughed again. Nishimura went outside to the apron and I stepped back thinking he was going to the top rope. To my surprise he jumped down and got in my face. I was saying "What did I do?" I was backing up from him he said "You have smiling face." I tried telling him I wasn't laughing at him. He got back in the ring and I finished shooting the match. I heard he was still mad after the match." (thanks to John)

Bubba Ray Dudley vs. Donna D'errico

Not a fight but this was during the days of MTV's Beachhouse and Donna went in to a house to wake up guys and put them on TV. Bubba was asleep and Donna just kind of taps him, waking him up in the process. Bubba happened to rollover and knocked the mic right back into her nose. Donna, of course, is the ex-wife of our hero, Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue. This story came from Bubba himself when the WWF then had their thing with MTV for Sunday Night Heat some kind of preview thing that MTV does. (thanks to Andrew Betts)

Bubba Ray Dudley vs. Sylvan Grenier

This occurred during the feud between La Resistance and the Dudley Boyz in ‘03, although it was either before Rob Conway's debut or he was somehow mysteriously not involved. There was a RAW house show in which the Dudley Boyz and La Resistance (Rene Dupree/Sylvan Grenier) had a match, and Grenier botched a spot by failing to get involved: Dupree took a 3-D, but the match wasn't supposed to end yet, and La Resistance being Tag-Team Champions meant they probably weren't even supposed to lose. Thus, the idea was for Grenier to rush into the ring and kick whichever Dudley was covering in order to break up the three-count. He didn't. Grenier completely missed his cue, forcing Dupree to kick out to keep the match going. Bubba Ray Dudley was reportedly furious--after all, can you imagine what it looks like to have Rene Dupree kick out of your finisher?--and laid into Grenier backstage after the match. Words were definitely exchanged and there may have been one or two "minor scuffle" style moves before it got broken up, though the violence didn't escalate *too* terribly high. (thanks to Kjorteo)

New Jack vs. Larry Sweeny

Sent in by Shane: "Not a big deal, but I heard that Larry Sweeney and New Jack got into a verbal fight backstage at IWA-MS, believe it or not. It was in January in Highland. New Jack was drunk when he showed up. At some point, he asked Sweeney to untie his boots, and Sweeney hesitated. New Jack then flipped out on him, saying that Sweeney thought he was a big deal and that he (New Jack) didn't know any better because he'd only been in the business 6 months. One of the other wrestlers (I think Chris Hero) diffused the situation by untying New Jack's boots. Sweeney quickly left the locker room, saying he had calls to make." (thanks to Shane)

JBL vs. Stevie Richards

On the night Blue Meanie was asked to show up at SmackDown to go over JBL (as a way to prevent Meanie from filing a lawsuit), Meanie's buddy Stevie Richard stiffed JBL with an incredibly brutal chairshot that opened him up hardway. In an interview later, Stevie admitted JBL will probably kick his ass eventually for it. Stevie said that JNL had it coming to him and that it was the right thing to do. Amazingly, JBL never returned the favor. (name not given by sender)

Big Show & a cookie vs. a random drunk

As told by Big Show himself on an episode of "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" this was back before Big Show was a wrestler and he was a bouncer at a bar. Some random drunk mouthed off and said something like "F-You Lurch" so Big Show was very mad and all he had was a cookie so, being a pitcher back in high school, he threw the cookie and hit guy right in the back of the head. The guy ran and hid in a cab but the cab driver was inside. Big Show got to the cab and never got to the guy but the guy pissed himself.

Andre The Giant vs. 4 drunks

As seen on the documentary The Unreal Story o Pro Wrestling. In the mid '70's, four guys were hassling Andre at a bar and he got pissed and decided to so something about so he chased the guys out of the bar. They got in their car and thought they were safe. They were wrong. Andre proceeded to roll the car on to its roof and then left. However, like all Andre stories, this is probably embellished. (thanks to Andrew Betts)

Jim Cornette vs. Anthony Carelli (Santino Marella)

This is the slap that got Jim Cornette fired from WWE in 2005. Carelli was an indie guy who was brought to the OVW tapings to be a plant in the crowd and act scared of the Boogey Man gimmick, played by Marty "Liar" Wright. Instead of acting scared, Carelli laughed and screwed up the whole angle. Cornette was naturally pissed and went backstage and ordered Carelli to come in. He cut a promo on Carelli and started slapping him over a dozen times. Carelli did nothing, smartly knowing that if he retaliated, his WWE career would be history. He did complain to WWE, and Cornette was then fired. We love Cornette, but I would've fired him too if he had done that. Luckily for Cornette, Carelli (who has a shooter background) didn't demolish him like he could have.

Anthony Carelli (Santino Marella) vs. fans

The aforementioned Carelli wrestled in Canada, and ended up in a scuffle with 7 or 8 fans in the parking lot along with wrestler George Terzis. According to the promoter that broke up the fight, Carelli had already beaten 2 of the guys up himself. Imagine what he would've done to Cornette. (thanks to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter)