7 Superstars who were busted open the hard way

As wrestling fans of this generation, we are made no strangers to the fact that the Attitude Era was the greatest period in WWE history. There was extreme violence, adult storylines, wild gimmicks and everything that would immediately attract the viewer. However, following that and then the Ruthless Aggression era, it is quite clear that PG-13 has prohibited the WWE from pulling such angles.And along that line, one other thing that we saw a lot of back then was blood. How many times have we seen a bloodied up Austin or Mick Foley? Following the rise of the ECW, hardcore wrestling found its way into WWE as well. The performers in ring were more concerned on telling a story over pure in-ring wrestling and this led to some of the best matches. However, in most cases, the involvement of blood was fully intentional as wrestlers did blade jobs during the match.But then, there were times when blood wasn’t by design. The high-energy wrestling resulted in blood as wrestlers were busted open due to the impact of blows. Let’s take a look at ten times when wrestlers were busted open the hard way:

#7 Daniel Bryan

This incident wasn’t very long ago and not on the big stage. In the first SmackDown post-WrestleMania XXXI, Sheamus took on Daniel Bryan in his new heel outlook. Moreover, Bryan had recently won the Intercontinental title at WrestleMania and was riding off that momentum. As you’d expect in a Bryan match with a new heel on the scene, Sheamus was dominating the early exchanges and concentrating on Bryan’s damaged neck.

Bryan was set up for his comeback that would rev up the crowd, but Sheamus prevented it just yet. And with a few hard blows and then a fall from the ring, Bryan was suddenly up with blood on his face.

And eventually, Sheamus would win the match with help from Barrett. Unlike many occasions, this furthered the storyline and gave a lot of credibility to Sheamus in his new role. And the WWE even acknowledged, rather than choosing to ignore it, by posting a segment of Bryan getting stitched from that. Now, that was being busted open for good reason.