Nine moments, fans caused a fuss at a wrestling event

Professional wrestling fans are some of the most passionate fans in the sport and know their opinions not only on social media and other spaces online, but also while sitting in the arena while the show is taking place. The passion of the fans, the noise they bring, and the energy they bring, can often create and destroy events, even those who watch at home. Because vibrancy brings a better viewing experience for everyone involved when exaggerating the ring wrestlers to better performances.

However, when it comes to showing how much they love their favorites, they can take a step forward. Fans are known to cause fuss in quite a few examples throughout the history of wrestling, from the backs of Madison Square Garden in the 1950s to modern WWE Summerslam and postmaster events. Not only did fans threaten the riots, they actually have when signs appeared in the crowds at ECW One Night Stand and hinted at dissent if John Cena wins a match against the original in the promotion.

If the riots weren’t dangerous enough, fans pushed the envelope further and tried to fight wrestlers both in and out of the ring when they felt like they were being treated unfairly. Others attacked the wrestlers from the blue, and arena security had to be involved. Despite the horrifying instances of fan insanity, the fuss of fans at wrestling events is interesting and even works on the storyline.

Wrestling fans like to enjoy themselves on shows, but sometimes they cross the line in a rather annoying way, both for everyone else in the crowd and for the ring performers. One wrestler actually took matters into his own hands and stopped the fuss when he decided that throwing a beach ball into the crowd like fans were at a concert was more fun than watching the wrestlers in the ring play. Cesaro stopped what he called “Beach Ball Mania” at Summer Slam in 2017.

“Swiss Cyborg” defended the tag team championship alongside Sheamus at the “Big Party of the Summer” held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn. As fans began to get more interested in the beach ball bouncing, Cesaro jumped into the crowd and tore the inflatable. The crowd ate a heel-like movement, but Cesaro didn’t laugh.

Despite Chesaro chasing the beach ball, more fans took them to “WWE Raw” the next night and began to throw them during a match against Samoa Joe and Miz for John Cena and Rome’s reign. Following the episode of “Raw” the father-son duo were kicked out of the event after introducing the beach ball to the audience, and a total of 7-10 beach balls were floating around the crowd that night, according to Dave Meltzer.

Cena found it interesting, but WWE officials finally had enough. And beach balls and all other forms of pool toys were banned from WWE events the following day. Beachball was missing that week’s “WWE Smackdown”, but has yet to find a way back to the WWE event.

Bret Hart’s match against WrestleMania 13’s “Stone Cold” Steve Austin has entered the new wing of WWE Hall of Fame this year. The 26-year-old, who WWE initially called a “excessive fan,” was initially revealed to have suffered from mental health issues, but it was revealed that he was able to overcome WWE’s security and work on Heart as an arena fan and temporarily put what he was watching from his home, looking in shock.

The attackers were taken out by A Stars Ducks Harwood and Cash Wheeler, Tyson Kidd and Davy Boy Smith Jr. by Ronda Rousey’s husband, former MMA fighter Travis Brown and former WWE talent. Hart was upset and suffered minor injuries, but did not need immediate medical consultation. He visited the hospital to check out after the ceremony due to hip discomfort.

It has been revealed that the attacker is an amateur MMA fighter with strange social media. He sent strange public posts to Vince McMahon, Triple H and others in WWE for several months before attacking Hart. The man was charged with two counts of third-degree assault, one criminal trespass and one violation of local law.

Extreme Championship Wrestling was known and loved by fans for that. In one incident in 1994, fans themselves relied on the Ring’s extreme actions, trying to help the Star, causing confusion instead of actually supporting them. Mick Foley and Terry Funk went one-on-one in the main event of ECW Hardcore Heaven, but the match was dumped when public enemies intervened. Funk and Foley fight back with the intervention, seeking the help of the crowd and signaling them to throw some chairs. However, the Pennsylvania’s enthusiastic Philadelphia crowd went beyond that for their beloved hardcore stars.

A few or more fans in attendance helped, and soon Foley, Funk and Public Ainna were buried in chairs. They ultimately had to leave the ring for safety, S and the fan had to be asked to stop throwing things into the ring. In some clips living online for the event, you can see half of the enemies throwing chairs back into the crowd. No performer or fan reportedly was injured in a chair throwing incident.

Foley recalled the incident on his Instagram account when the match was featured on Peacock’s “Best of ECW.” He said the night was one of the more surreal times in ECW, “it was saying something.” Foley finished his post with “Don’t try this at home.”

Another confusing incident took place in November 2021 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, when fans attacked Seth Rollins on an episode of “WWE Raw.” Fans attacked the “Foresight” after Rollins ambushed Finn Balor before the planned match. When the trainer checked Valor on the storyline, Rollins walked the ramp with the judge to reach the back, but was caught by fans who left their mid-level seats and jumped the barricades to tackle Rollins. Rollins and the judge were defeated by a man and security and WWE producer Michael PS Hayes ran as the cameras were cut down. Rollins holds the man in the headlock until security quickly pulls him away, and the camera returns to him on stage, where he is shown laughing at Valor before the segment ends and telling the crowd the garbage. Rollins told TMZ the next day that he was not injured by the man.

Rollins later revealed and explained the attack on the episode of “Impulse” and further explained. He says the man was “catfished” online by someone pretending to be Rollins, and the man reportedly sent fake Rollins money. He explained that it’s something online that usually happens with female WWE stars, including his wife, Becky Lynch. Rollins gave a bit of sympathy and said the man had reached his breaking point.

The man was accused of attempting to violate arts and cultural issues against the attacks and attempting to violate arts and cultural issues. Rollins said he asked police to find a way to help the man when he asked if the NYPD wanted to urge him to file a charge.

Wrestling in the 1950s was a serious business not only for the ring competitors but also for fans who loved them. That was the case on a chaotic night at Madison Square Garden in November 1957. At the time, matches were often “photographing” rules, meaning, real battles, competing to decide who was tougher and who would become champions. At the time, the “Garden” match was booked by Capitol Wrestling (later WWE, and then led by Vince J. McMahon), and the match became increasingly wild over the years. On a riot night, crowd favorites Eduardo Carpentier and Antonino Rocca were planning to dick Bruiser and Dr. Jerry Graham in front of almost 13,000 fans in the arena.

Graham and Rocca bleed each other in the ring until five minutes before the 11pm wrestling curfew in New York. The referee called out for the match in favor of the heel. However, Bruiser and Graham continued to beat Rocca, and the Puerto Rican fans who attended were furious enough to protect their heroes. Hundreds of fans surged towards the ring, and some armed themselves with broken chairs in uniform bottles to protect the Rocka from heels that continue to cause real harm to the stars. The NYPD has arrived to help MSG security and even staff, including the ushers and ticket takers, calm the crowd. However, only Rokka calmed his fans down and asked them to stop while the other wrestlers were escorted to the back by the police.

According to an article released after the riots in Life Magazine, two police officers were injured, hundreds of chairs were damaged by a surge in crowds, and Graham’s $500 ring robe was stolen. It was estimated that about 500 people were involved in the riot.

However, the early days of professional wrestling were not the only era with riots. In December 1997, Arkansas believed the Little Rock crowd was taking part in an episode of “Life on a Monday Night” during an era of iconic attitudes. The fans were unaware, they were upset from the start, and started throwing things in the ring and even spitting at the wrestlers on their way out to the match. Fans were warned that if the main event continues it will be cancelled.

Despite not being televised, many top “raw” stars appeared on the show, with Gen DX set up to be involved in the main event. However, when Shawn Michaels hits something on his way to the ring, he grabs the microphone and announces that the show is over, and also confirms the ring announcer.

At that time, various battles broke out and the riot began. Fans fought security, and, according to history, only about 20 security guards had around 6,000 fans on hand. Police were called and used tear gas to disband the riot, and about 12 fans were arrested. Despite the same situation, including a cancelled main event, WWF at the time, which took place the night before in Memphis, Tennessee, did not increase Little Rock’s security measures.

One of the most memorable and recent threats of riots among the wrestling crowd came at ECW One Night Stand in 2006, when WWE was working to reinvigorate WWE to introduce it as a new show under the WWE umbrella. The main event of the show at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will face WWE champion John Cena, the Golden Boy of WWE. RVD won money on a banking agreement for WrestleMania 22 and chose to challenge Cena for the title in a pay-per-view in Philadelphia. It all led to one of the most iconic images in the history of wrestling. Fans have a simple phrase sign that is clearly visible on WWE cameras from Hammerstein’s balcony: “If Cena wins, we started a riot.”

The “Leader of the Senation” encountered a boo and when he did his usual entrance routine of throwing a shirt at the fans, they threw it back into the ring. ECW fans also threw a toilet paper roll at him. The chants during the match directed at Cena were vicious, including “F *** You Cena”, “Same Old S ***”, and “You Can’t Wrestle.” The bull was mercilessly laughed out loud throughout the 20-minute match. The RVD won the match and became the WWE champion so fans didn’t really need to riot, but the threat from the passionate ECW fans certainly lie there.

The Roman ruler was not the first man to defeat the Undertaker at WrestleMania, but after WrestleMania 33 fans of the crowd of “WWE Low” are sure it was the ruler who ended the streak. The “Big Dog’s” victory in “Immortals Showcase” came when WWE was pushing down the throats of fans who didn’t necessarily want to support their former Shield members. WWE made an interesting choice that year when he put up his reign in front of his fans with the infamous “mania” infamous “mania” infamous “mania” that year.

Reigns’ music was hit to open the show after the video package aired a match with “Taker.” When the ruler entered the ring and his music stopped, the crowd invaded the loud chant for the Undertaker. The chant was followed by many others, including “Roman Sax,” “Close f*** up,” and even “Delete,” a “broken” sturdy universe.

That night, the crowd fans at the Amway Centre were merciless and didn’t let the ruler say a word. The ruler stood in the ring with his eyes on the crowd for what he felt forever, only a few minutes. When the crowd finally became quiet enough for him to speak, he declared it “now his yard,” dropped the microphone and left the ring in another loud chorus.

It was one of the most iconic heel turns in professional wrestling history when Hulk Hogan’s heel turns when he lined up with Scott Hall and Kevin Nash as “The Third Man” at WCW’s Beach Bash in 1996. Fans in the crowd were furious and began to throw garbage into the ring in the New World Order, but there is a little-known incident that really caused chaos that summer night.

One fan was so mad at Hogan that he plunged into the ring past security and then jumped over the ring barricade. Hall explained what happened next in an interview with “Inside The Ropes Radio” in April 2013. Hall said “Kef knocked out this cat,” and he also said “put his boots on the man.” He said that if he and Nash hadn’t noticed the fans, it would have been funny, but it could have been dangerous.

There is a video between the already confusing “third man” segments, and once the camera is cut from Hogan, you can send Sting, Rex Ruger and Randy Savage Packing and see the man enter the ring and immediately take a punch from Nash. The man then falls onto the canvas, with Nash and Hole stomping him and using the rope for leverage. An outsider quickly kicks him out of the ring as a fierce crowd continues to throw garbage.