10 WWE Punishments That Didn’t Fit The Crime

[@reanimated0]

It should be noted that it wasn't just Batista who got fined, Jericho, Malenko (the agent of the match), and the referee were all fined. And Batista paid for everyone's fines.

[@samuelconnors2071]

reanimated0 Someone’s been watching Jericho’s podcasts hahaha

[@gwayne4362]

Man, Batista seems like such h a cool dude,paying everyone's fines, that is classy

[@BmanTheChamp]

Samuel Connors It was also in one of Jericho's books.

[@Jamooson_]

J- Wayne let me tell you what isn't classy, cheating on your sick wife. Which he did btw ;D

[@lockardthegoat5157]

I've heard this story before but never knew the referee got fined. How was he to blame?

[@Ibmyselfman]

Video starts at 1:57

[@amidsummernightssharpshoot860]

Every WC video could do with a time stamp lol, because even the ones without sponsors, take about 1 minute to start.

[@Somefrickface]

Thank you

[@keenanmccarty9925]

Troy Winkelman arigato gozaimasu

[@liono6391]

You the real MVP

[@Randybutternubz]

You want a cape? Because ill buy you a cape. #hero

[@tinotica]

Honorable mentions: -Baron Corbin for staying in character on Twitter -Matt Hardy for being cheated on by Lita -Daniel Bryan for being too realistic on his Raw debut -Rusev and Lana for getting engaged

[@tinotica]

-Mohammad Hassan for being on TV during the London bombings.

[@gator9339]

-Rusev for getting a haircut -Morrison for ignoring Trish during WM 27 match

[@SNOWQueen87-v1g]

Ethan Herzig You mean JBL

[@SNOWQueen87-v1g]

Ethan Herzig when was this?

[@SNOWQueen87-v1g]

Ethan Herzig I didn't know about the Justin Roberts and Michael Cole incident.

[@kvm33]

Paul London deserved much better things than what he had in WWE

[@ayerish86]

He’s a vanilla midget

[@williaml3546]

He is a classic example of a wrong place wrong time guy,

[@MatoBateman]

He was very, very bitter afterwards. Look up his Powerslam magazine interview.

[@notmegaming9038]

*****Skip to **1:58** to avoid product shilling*****

[@DavidBaillie1986]

How about how we've been punished the past 10 years with the horrendous state of the product

[@Kamesuko]

Punk was right. WWE would be better if Vince was dead.

[@lovelywaz]

Once again, the ONLY reason they say "medical facility" rather than nearby hospital / clinic is to avoid those hospitals getting phone calls from fans. And pretty sure its being a TV show, they probably need permission from any hospital to mention its name and most likely have to do some extra paper work.

[@AngelicusImmortus]

lovelywaz they could just say hospital - that doesn’t signal anything. They could refer to the ‘wrestler’ receiving medical care. They don’t say hospital because Vince doesn’t want anyone to know just how badly some wrestlers can get hurt. It’s the same as going off on a wrestler for bleeding if they get a ‘real’ cut. It’s not like the ring is made out of tissue.

[@violetlee1063]

I miss when Wrestlers say title shot

[@dewaynedarmanie2375]

Brian Gomez lol me too I forgot it's a dirty word just like belt

[@namegoeshere5220]

Brian Gomez I miss the word 'wrestlers', not superstars.

[@violetlee1063]

William Bussey me too

[@tahlilkadir6409]

I honestly think Vince should've retired at least 7 years ago. How can a 70+ years old man with a strange brain run the biggest wrestling company in the world ? Its true that WWE woudl've never been what it is today without him but still.........Vince is getting old and his mind is getting more and more twisted

[@samuelconnors2071]

Tahlil kadir Argh! I hate it when a “starnge man” owns a “wretling” company!

[@ayerish86]

Tahlil kadir lol he’s more twisted now? Have you seen the attitude era?

[@DanganYankee]

Agreed, he’s getting older and senile and losing his touch but no, all these wwe fanbois keep defending this senior citizen.

[@DanganYankee]

ayerish86 that was more than 10 years ago.

[@namebn]

Vince will retire when he's dead.

[@samuelconnors2071]

“VINCE MCMAHON ISNT OUT OF TOUCH CUZ...CUZ... STROWMAN!” If this video doesn’t convince you that Vince needs to leave and has been out of touch from (at least) as early as 06/07, you need to go back to your cradle because you’re too young to be watching WWE/KZbin.

[@reillymcwriting]

Samuel Connors I think he’s been out of shape since Benoit died. He’s been back a very small bit since WM 30

[@Pabig93]

1:57 - List starts there.

[@juliooquendo220]

That thumbnail is still funny in my mind when Paul London was smiling when vince walk towards them

[@KenDelloSandro7565]

WWE is the only wrestling territory that never uses and hates the word " wrestling " smfh.

[@bullet2852]

Paul London smiling during that segment wasn’t the greatest of ideas was it. Smile and you’ll be gone for a long while.

[@p1nazza]

I've heard London was trying to get fired

[@kingslowbrafas292]

Its also extremely petty to fire someone over it. Vince is a petty child.

[@rohgenextfan]

He was told to stand there and emote. He wasn't told what was planned, just to stand and have a facial expression so he did his job.

[@ernesthicks8385]

Meanwhile 2018 Finn balor - smiling bobbly lashley smiling

[@ernesthicks8385]

Bobby rhode smiling this company sucks

[@PlagueInjected]

2K apparently was very happy with the event that JR was fired for. It was just Vince wanting him gone.

[@crowley5217]

Please never compare HBK to Melina again.....in any manner...

[@RoyalFusilier]

So what I'm getting is 'literally never work in professional wrestling ever'.

[@j.3.d335]

Wait .... hold it now. They fired Jim Ross because they miss took his bells paulze for being drunk and that decision was brought up by sponsors but the sponsors didn't say anything when Vince was humiliating JR because he had bells paulze why didn't they step in and say we don't want that on tv

[@jesselopez9929]

No did u not watch they let him go because the sponsors where not happy with him

[@Puppetsinmyhead]

Starts at 1:58. Common!!

[@RaspiRoope]

Mesogreat rare

[@kasperdomagala4544]

Uncommon

[@arlopear7136]

6:36 Miz should consider himself lucky all Benoit did was drag him to wrestler's court

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

Titus O'Neil took that suspension like a champ, didn't bitch or complain, just did his time. Some people would've trashed Vince McMahon online and end up losing their job.

[@Billsybub]

I believe with the Punk incident he was told to start wearing a suit in public because he was the champ, to which he refused and said to Taker something like "Cena doesn't have to wear a suit everywhere so why should I?" which prompted the title loss and borderline burial

[@ceulgai2817]

The issue with "shot" is it implies legitimacy, and as we all know, Vince hates the image of legitimacy in WWE.

[@willowproxy4346]

Hold on there needs to be some clarification here. I like Paul London, but smiling during that one segment wasn't the only issue. He apparently acted very immature backstage which pissed a lot of people off and towards the end of his run, he broke Gregory Helms's nose at a house show due to pure carelessness. That incident was the last straw.

[@tahlilkadir6409]

dollar shave club just ruined themselves

[@j.3.d335]

Tahlil kadir first Simon opened the video and we had a bloody add

[@Lostzilla847]

Chase Wood But there's absolutely no reason why the ad can't be at the end. Video ends, you close it before the annoying ad starts. Now I have to fast forward? It's dumb. The advertiser just cares that the ad is in the video. Shouldn't matter when it plays.

[@jaredbrickles9691]

Chase Wood Lately for me whenever I try and skip over ads it's starting to not let me. It's rather annoying and making me not want to watch KZbin anymore.

[@champgreen9985]

I bet they will get a bunch of business through whatculture seeing as their demographic is people who would shave

[@PaulRizzo]

We are very spoilt if this is what we are complaining about. First world problems people. Just fast forward.

[@kevinnashiscool1]

Can’t wait until people are yelled at for saying Title match instead of Title opportunity.

[@FliskFLask]

LoL true. With a match you could set a wrestling ring on fire (Vince's logic)

[@Acerthorn]

Paul London wasn't fired for smiling. He was fired for breaking kayfabe. Everyone was told to treat the situation as a serious situation, and Paul London made light of the situation. Yes, he did that by smiling in particular, but it could have been anything that wasn't exactly what he was supposed to be doing. Backstage is one thing. But when the cameras are rolling, you need to stay in character.

[@McGovP]

1:57. Seriously fuck new WhatCulture apart from Simon. He is fucking carrying this channel.

[@PtolemyJones]

O'Neil was stopping Vince from knocking into Steph...

[@TheVoicz]

And number 1... Hiring Simon "Little Shirt" from WhatCulture... Oh wait, working with him in a ring is punishment enough. 🤣

[@VinnieBartilucci]

The other half of the Miz story has a sad turn. Traditionally, when you're thrown out of the locker room, the wrestler who gets you thrown out has to be the one to ask you back. Mix was thrown out by Chris Benoit, and Chris...was not around to rescind the punishment. So Miz KEPT changing in the restroom for far longer than the proscribed period, out of respect for the tradition. Undertaker found out about it, appreciated the note of respect, and personally invited Miz back to the locker room. It gave more than a few folks a sign that Miz was way more serious about the business than he'd previously been given credit for.

[@myacrafone4670]

I remember reading shortly after it happened, that Brooke Adams (Miss Tessmacher in TNA) was fired from WWE after a Diva Costume Battle Royal for wearing furry boots, which were seen as Melina's gimmick.

[@jarrodedwards08]

Never understood why Vince has problems with certain terms nowadays. One of my favorite quotes from Stone Cold Steve Austin was from the press conference before Wrestlemania 14 - "That damn belt is comin' with Stone Cold, rather you like it or not, I really don't care".

[@jb888888888]

The thing about "title shot" vs "title match" reminnds me of WCW where they were accidentally forced by corporate to refer to foreign objects as "international objects."

[@j.3.d335]

They shouldn't have fired Paul London. He would be a great fit for 205 live and I would love to see London and Kendrick reunite

[@ryanjohansson8950]

Titus basically got suspended for trying to tell Vince "Ladies First" and let Stephanie walk back before Vince.

[@ER1CK12]

Paul London didn’t get fired for that. He actually won the World Tag Team Championship with Brian Kendrick AFTER the smiling incident. He got injured, returned, Kendrick turned on him then he got released.

[@imnobody1906]

Nobody should talk about dollar shave club except Conrad Thompson bloody voice of a drunk angel

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Daniel Bryan fired for choking Justin Roberts; Matt Hardy fired for exposing Edge and Lita's affair. If being rich makes you a jerk like Vince then I don't want the money.

[@heavyrain5949]

Without dollarshaveclub, I wouldn't know what to do with my life. Thanks Whatculture for introducing such an invaluable piece to my life.

[@Irraptured]

Meanwhile the last PPV I watched months ago, someone bled EVERY single match

[@TheRealAMG]

Fun fact: The miz continued to dress in the public restroom after Benoit died out of respect he felt it was only right that the person who punished him is allowed to let him back in. After persuasion from the undertaker and with his locker room status amongst the company the undertaker told him he could go back to the locker room.

[@shoeshi8303]

Simon is clearly the best What Culture employee

[@WatchTheMic]

Not trying to suck up here, but as someone who also makes a living through (specifically) commercials, that was well done WhatCulture

[@alansmith6376]

Simon is the only reason I watch this channel anymore, at least ever since Adam left. Don’t ever leave Simon, because you’ll lose a subscriber in me.

[@chrisgreene3381]

Such a petty business

[@RDSArcade]

chris greene Such a petty company.

[@TheProteanGeek]

JR was the best commentator ever and things aren't quite the same without him.

[@qadashchaayah144]

An honorable mention is the constant jobbing of MVP after he mouthed off to the doctors during a wellness test. His punishment? Him jobbing on air for about a month or 2 straight, and he jobbed to Funaki.........TWICE! SMDH...

[@theaccountant1522]

The 60 day suspension really isn’t that bad. Bryan was retiring, that was an absolutely devastating day for him and Titus was trying to mess around and have fun. It’s fine if you’re good buddies with your boss but you don’t mess around with him when people outside the company are watching.

[@HavenComicsShin]

Whatculture pushes that made no sense. #1 Simon Miller

[@jazztom86]

you don't fire someone for something he's done one YEAR after he's done it. Don't be ridiculous.

[@toytem1873]

Not gonna like that was the best sponsorship ad I’ve seen on KZbin

[@bloring1222]

You know that KZbin is bad atm when a corporate company is using their faces to promote advertisements like dollar shave club... sucks...

[@zane_wiley]

You do realize we can just skip over the dollar shave club ad

[@xATown23xGaming]

Honestly if any other person said you need to wear a suit I'd do what Punk did but the Undertaker....You better fall in line son

[@barrychuckle55555555]

If you watch London and Kendrick’s shoot interview, you’ll see that they were forced by other wrestlers to take bets on when Melina would cry (London won) it wasn’t their idea, they weren’t hurling the insults

[@artsunknwn]

London wasn't fired for smiling. He was fire for drug use.

[@achimsinn7782]

Upsetting the sponsors is likely one of the worst thing one could do while being in WWE. Vince REALLY wants to make more of that precious money and upset sponsors mean the opposit of that.

[@TravJam317]

Re: Jim Ross. The spokesman for 2K Sports has gone on record in saying that they had no problem with the panel and the entertaining conference gave the game more buzz because of it. I point my finger solely at Vince here.

[@Rayquaza911]

The one with the Miz as soon as Benoit died, Taker brought him back.

[@javishogun4478]

That was the best ad I've ever seen tbh 10/10

[@Adam-lw9xp]

That fired for smiling, if I recall correctly, that Mr. McMahon's Appreciation Night. So, you think McMahon would forgive a little appreciation.

[@dawnunited6946]

Bro kayfabe is real stay in character and never disrespect the boss

[@jonathancampbell5231]

CM Punk actually did comment on the suit incident. He said he basically told the Undertaker off and was confused since Undertaker himself almost never wore a suit, nor did most wrestling champions. He suspects there was some ulterior motive (as in, someone like Triple H or Vince putting 'Taker up to it), though imo it could also have been a rib that got out of hand when Undertaker disliked Punks reaction. Whether that alone is the reason he lost the belt is anyones guess I think however.

[@brettwilson359]

The Batista situation was a little different than how you told it. Jericho interviewed him on his podcast. Batista was not the only one fined. Jericho and the ref, Earl Hebner I believe, we're also fined. The animal actually payed all of the fines because he didn't think it was right to punish Jericho and especially the ref, who was fined relatively heavily considering they don't make near what the superstars do. All three fines totaled over $200k, I think he said $220k to be exact. Also, I thought he said he bled hard way, letting Jericho actually hit him with a section of lead pipe.

[@bigdawgj6742]

Well, that's one way to bypass ad blockers.

[@kkr2122]

Simon should grow a beard out..

[@malfaroangel3896]

Why so he can become more generic?

[@DrDrOpOfFsKi]

Simon should grow a beard on his head...

[@TheBVEsteban]

Booted out immediately...a year later? So, what you're saying is that London continued to be ignored by WWE before eventually being released as a cost cutting measure? That's not getting fired for smiling, that's WWE continuing to have no idea what to do with The Intrepid One.

[@zacharyjackson3104]

I'm a simple man. I see that cheeky redhead, I fast forward.

[@dbone3356]

#6) From what I heard it wasn't a year, and it wasn't even taken to wrestlers court. Benoit just grabbed his (The Miz) bag and threw it in the hall. Cut to after Benoit was dead. Miz didn't know what to do, cause the person who bans you has to invite you back, so he kept changing elsewhere. Someone (can't remember who, maybe 'Taker) was like "Hey, how come you're not changing with us?" Pretty sure they forgot by then...

[@cameronthomson9912]

Do a list off the most important matchs from the wwe

[@madre7451]

We should make a petition so Simon can be signed by WWE😂

[@dezzymond]

The HOF was in April. Punk didn't drop the title until Oct. That's not a punishment - that's booking.

[@caesarisared1320]

I think The Mizz got off lightly when Benoit got mad at him, considering what Benoit went on to do...

[@TimeENO]

Great videos Simon Keep it up

[@seanmccormack9776]

Not impressed with the built in ad guys. I know you've got to get revenue but a forced scripted promo about an overpriced pile of rubbish razors isn't the way.

[@xaviersantini8176]

The fans for having to sit for a 3 hour raw episode and still milk Roman

[@MuaadElSharif]

Who is that stock image girl, it's getting very old very fast.

[@djgulston]

Robin Higgins.

[@kuljitsingh0]

can't believe that the fucking dollar shave club is here too

[@davidfeaman4587]

Great video! I remember watching the Paul London thing in real time. I was a London fan. It seemed like overnight (which in retrospect it WAS) he was jobbing out pretty shamelessly to everyone. Also, is Dollar Shave Club Simon's new day job??? Pretty epic shill! If Simon's head is any indication of Shave Club's efficacy though those razors must be SHARP!!!

[@speedy932key4]

I remember when I was a kid I wanted nothing more than to work for wwe, but then I saw their treatment of the women in the early 2000's and their treatment of Jim Ross, and I realized that Vince McMahon was a sick and twisted individual that I would never want to come across

[@3fekt273]

Actually that was a 4000 dollar bar tab according to your Wrestler's Court video...WHICH YOU SHOULD MAKE ANOTHER ONE OF

[@Jiggyx42]

Eddie didn't take offense to Hassan, Benoit did

[@garrettsears8437]

Absolutely Paul London deserved to be punished. He's not stupid. He did it to hijack or sabotage the segment. It's funny and was a stupid segment, but he clearly displayed some blatant insubordinance for the sake of it. I don't know what he was thinking. Even in the segment he's the only one with an unnatural, exaggerated smile. Clearly intentional and clearly just a middle finger. I wouldn't be shocked if he admits this even.

[@Juunanagou777]

I think theyre rehashing video to phase out the original whatculture cast....

[@dazzaMusic]

When Vince tried to fine Stone cold half a million for no-showing an event

[@thedarkgate817]

vince is so petty

[@morrisonozzy]

So you can get fired for smiling but Finn Balor Bobby Roode and Jason Jordan don’t WWE Logic

[@odudi]

It's a shame that when there was still other wrestling companies out there that someone didn't put a hit out on Vince. Vince's ego is so big his head could be used as a float at a parade.

[@gamempire96]

Still sad how overwhelming the WWE locker room used to be, it’s so dumb really

[@boogatygafrench6659]

That dollar shave club ad was wild lol.

[@noname75996]

Simon is the best, Simon nuber one! *clap clap*

[@syverence8686]

Jakubels why? Here's why!

[@nycd4766]

Vince seems like an absolute nightmare to work for. Really disheartening for anyone who wants to become a wrestler

[@josh2Sides2]

Proof Whatculture is going down hill fast now we have Ad shilling.

[@bloring1222]

Hey that Bautista incident with Jericho, Bautista was accidentally busted open. He admitted it on the Talk is Jericho Podcast.

[@guyzombie]

i thought i felt bad for enzo for how he got fired from wwe but paul london got fired for smiling at his boss.. just think about that getting fired for smiling at you boss.

[@Lightman741]

What culture has officially sold out

[@Neville133]

Lightman116 where have you been? they sold out a long time ago.

[@crashpal]

who bought them?

[@olduser2235]

Jim Ross is a legend I hate he was let go for something so stupid .

[@jonathonevans1883]

Miz's punishment should've been: have a match with Chris Benoit!