10 Wrestlers Who Got Into A Fight With Fans

The professional wrestling business has gained a multitude of fan following across the globe over the years. The fans always love to watch the high-intensity action going on inside the ring and also love to interact with the wrestlers during the shows, in person, or through social media.

Such interactions go on smoothly on most occasions, but there are instances when it went pretty nasty, resulting in some heated exchange of words or blows between the wrestlers and the fans.

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With that said, let's take a look at ten instances when wrestlers got into nasty fights with the fans.

10 Sami Zayn Meets A Homophobic Fan

Despite his annoying on-screen character, Sami Zayn is one of the nicest guys in the pro wrestling business. But even he had his limits tested while working a live event in Daytona Beach, Florida, back in December 2019.

A fan in attendance reportedly used a homophobic slur on multiple occasions, and while Sami Zayn tried to ignore the fan's rant, he couldn't hold his frustrations after a certain point.

Zayn confronted the fan for his slur and had a tense back and forth argument, and called him a homophobic moron. Security had to pull Zayn away from the fan and rightfully kicked the latter out of the show.

9 Fan Steals Sabu's Headgear

Sabu is one of the legendary performers in ECW history and is well-known for his ruthless style of wrestling. His in-ring attire includes the headgear he usually wears to the ring while making his entrance.

The same headgear caught the eye of an overzealous fan who snatched it from Sabu's head as the wrestler was making his entrance from the crowd. The hardcore wrestler didn't take the act too lightly and went on to jump the barricade to land stiff kicks and punches on the fan and proceeded to walk back to the ring as if nothing happened.

8 Cash Wheeler Punches Bret Hart's Attacker

Bret Hart got inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame for the second time in the class of 2019 when he received the honor as part of The Hart Foundation. During the ceremony, as Hart was giving his speech, a fan surpassed the security guards and tackled the Hall of Famer inside the ring.

Several wrestlers, including Bret Hart's nephew David Hart Smith, Braun Strowman, Drew McIntyre, The Big Show, and FTR's Cash Wheeler, who was working under the name Dash Wilder, stepped up to restrain the over-exuberant fan.

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Cash Wheeler took some extra measures to restrain the fan and landed a stiff punch on his face, which visibly knocked him out cold.

7 Kevin Owens Puts A Fan In His Place

Kevin Owens always brings his A-Game every time he portrays a heel character and delivers some scathing promos. He received tons of admiration for his incredible mic work and his excellent way with words. That ability came quite handy when he had to deal with a rowdy fan at a live event where he was in the middle of a match against Roman Reigns.

While still having Reigns locked in a headlock, Kevin Owens gave the fan a reality check and boasted about his financial success. Owens went on to say that he makes more money in a week than the fan makes in an entire year and hilariously listed all the income he made the previous week, which even made his opponent Roman Reigns laugh despite being in a headlock.

6 Never Cross The Rails

Independent wrestler Joe Black was the next wrestler to encounter a rowdy fan. The incident took place at an Intense Wrestling Entertainment event on May 14, 2022, where Joe Black took on Anthony Henry in a title unification match.

During the event, Joe Black got into a tussle with a fan who ended up landing a rough headbutt on the wrestler. Black then retaliated with some stiff blows of his own, but the fan continued to go after the wrestler until security intervened and separated them.

5 Never Get Too Close To Jacob Fatu

Former MLW Heavyweight Champion and member of the decorated Anoa'i family Jacob Fatu is next on the list. Fatu has competed across several independent promotions, and this incident took place at a PCW Ultra event in June 2019.

Fans are safe at wrestling events when they are behind the barricades, but one fan found it the hard way when he got too close to Jacob Fatu. The wrestler took the fan down with a clothesline, which literally knocked him out.

The fan tried to get up but fortunately couldn't make it back to his feet, and security had to save the poor guy from further damage.

4 Bully Ray Can Be Quite Intimidating

Fans can be quite vocal during the events, and that's one of the best aspects of pro wrestling. But one fan chose the wrong day to mess with Velvet Sky at a Ring of Honor event in June 2019.

He reportedly continued to boo Velvet Sky and the other members of the Allure faction during the event and went a bit overboard by berating Sky's relationship with Bully Ray.

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Security took him backstage, where Bully Ray confronted him and sternly told him to treat the women with respect before letting him go back to his seat. The fan took to Twitter to say that Bully Ray intimidated him backstage, for which Ring of Honor had to send out an apology statement.

3 A Fan Spits On Taya Valkyrie

Taya Valkyrie defended the Impact Knockouts Championship against Jordynne Grace at a combined event by Impact Wrestling and House of Hardcore on June 8, 2019.

During the event, a certain fan turned out to be very problematic throughout the show and went on to verbally attack Taya Valkyrie. She confronted the fan up close, but he took it ever far by spitting on her face.

He got kicked out of the event as the other fans gave him a proper send-off by singing, "Hey hey hey, goodbye!"

2 Jon Moxley Drops An F-Bomb On A Heckler

After Jon Moxley had to take some time off from in-ring competition to enter rehab, he made his return to AEW on the January 19, 2022, episode of Dynamite.

He addressed the fans at the event and looked much healthier, and the crowd was happy to welcome him back to AEW. However, one fan thought differently and tried to heckle Moxley while he was delivering his promo.

Moxley didn't hesitate for a moment before dropping an F-Bomb on live television and got the heckler kicked out of the venue for good measure.

1 CM Punk Attacks The Wrong Fan

Wrestlers making entrances or retreating through the crowd section is one of the common scenes in the pro wrestling business. Unless the fans know to behave themselves, the wrestlers might have some trouble navigating their way through the crowd.

CM Punk found himself in such a situation on the October 8, 2012, episode of Raw. The closing moments of the show saw Punk retreating to the crowd section to escape from Ryback, but unfortunately for Punk, the security guards were not in the right position.

A fan took advantage of the situation and struck Punk on his back, which prompted the Straight Edge Superstar to retaliate. However, Punk wasn't sure who hit him and went on to attack the closest person, who was really an innocent bystander.