10 Pro Wrestlers Who Got Punished For Breaking Kayfabe

With the rise of social media and companies opening the forbidden doors, kayfabe is slowly starting to lose its credibility. However, in the past, breaking kayfabe was considered a deadly sin throughout the pro wrestling industry. Let's take a look at some of the wrestlers who got punished for this. 

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Robbie McAllister

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Impact Wrestling showed McAllister on camera under his real name and as a WWE superstar, which didn't go well with management. A WWE official called him and ordered him to leave immediately, and since the event took place a few days before WrestleMania 24, McAllister lost a hefty $5000 WrestleMania paycheck for his deed.

Daniel Puder

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During the bout between Kurt Angle and Puder, Puder got carried away and locked Kurt Angle in a legitimate kimura lock which was off-script. WWE, at the 2005 Royal Rumble match, decided that Puder will get chopped continuously by Chris Benoit, Hardcore Holly, and Eddie Guerrero before getting eliminated.

Paul London

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2007 was a crazy year for WWE as someone in the creative team came up with the idea of the infamous, 'Who Killed Vince McMahon?' storyline. McMahon didn't forget the fact that Paul London had a wide smile during the segment while the other superstars were looking pretty serious. As a result, London found himself out of the company by the next year. 

Titus O'Neil

At Daniel Bryan's retirement celebration, Titus O'Neil playfully pulled Vince McMahon's arm as he walked past him. McMahon ended up giving O'Neil a 90-day suspension on the grounds of unprofessional conduct the next day, which was later reduced to 60 days.

Serena

Serena joined Punk's stable by pledging her allegiance to the Straight Edge lifestyle and shaved her head as a sign of her commitment. But WWE wanted her to abstain from any non-Straight Edge activities outside WWE too. Since she couldn't honor that commitment, WWE had to release her from her contract on August 2010.

Rusev

In 2015, Rusev entered a love-triangle storyline with Lana and Summer Rae, and the latter proposed to Rusev on live television. Rusev and Lana got engaged during that time, and instead of keeping it a secret, they chose to confirm a report by TMZ on their engagement, which infuriated the WWE officials. Rusev got dumped by Summer Rae in an embarrassing segment.

Rob Van Dam

RVD couldn't keep his personal life clean and got arrested for possession of drugs along with Sabu. He lost his push after the incident and lost the WWE and ECW Championship one after the other, and also got served with a 30-day suspension.

Matt Hardy

Back in 2004, Hardy removed all pictures of his then-girlfriend Lita from his website. Matt Hardy soon posted a detail story of how Lita was having an affair with fellow WWE superstar Edge. WWE considered it unprofessional conduct and released Hardy from his contract in April 2005.

Triple H

The incident took place on May 19, 1996, at Madison Square Garden. Since Triple H and Kevin Nash were heels at the time, them sharing a moment with babyfaces Michaels and Hall became the talk of the town. WWE had to punish Triple H for his actions by killing his intended push and had him job to The Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania 12.

Batista

WWE didn't allow the superstars to blade themselves after turning PG, but Batista ended up blading himself during a match against Chris Jericho in 2008 and got fined a hefty $100,000. McMahon also fined Chris Jericho, referee Mike Chioda, and Dean Malenko, who produced the match, $5,000. However, Batista did the right thing and paid everyone's fine.

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