History BerserkButton / ProfessionalWrestling

* In a July 11, 2011 promo, Wrestling/JohnCena claimed that he was an underdog to Wrestling/CMPunk... but then Punk retaliated that ''he'' was the underdog, while Cena was the face of the company. And then rubbed salt into the wound when he compared him to his "hometown" (West Newbury, MA, but the show was in Boston so that's what got named) - going over its underdog history as insinuators of the American Revolution and the [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams Boston Red Sox]] - but saying that now they were a dynasty, [[YouAreWhatYouHate they'd become the New York Yankees]]. Cena promptly punched him in the face.

* [[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFtLNLBhqW8 faced]][[Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie "The Punk Princess" Christina Von Eerie]] in the semi-final of the Woman's Tournament at ''QPW Trouble With Angels'' on September 13, 2014. Christina questioned Heidi calling herself "The Punk-Rock Ragdoll" and called her a [[PretenderDiss poseur]]. The fans picked up on it and Heidi said, [[SeriousBusiness "That is the worst thing that you can say to anyone"]], leading to Heidi FlippingTheBird to Christina.

* Typically, when fans jump the rail or even flinch in a threatening manner toward a wrestler, the wrestler's first act is to beat the holy hell out of the fan. Even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzr6-Z1_wnw referees]] are not to be messed with.

** Even implying that pro wrestling is fake is this to the majority of wrestlers, especially to those who were around in the old territory days. Matt Borne himself has stated in an interview that to him, using the word "fake" is fighting words.

* Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, normally a GentleGiant, was taunted about his size by some mooks outside a bar in Europe; they then got into their car to drive away, but Andre ''grabbed the car and tipped it over,'' with all four of them inside it.

** Making fun of his bald spot.\\

** And now, the "New" Daniel Bryan is back to that being his Button, along with...well, pretty much anything the crowd does...and anything any Superstar does to entertain them.

* When Cactus Jack (Wrestling/MickFoley) was a heel in ECW, he got crowd heat by portraying himself as a Wrestling/{{WCW}} shill and referring to Wrestling/EricBischoff as "Uncle Eric". When he walked away from a match, Wrestling/TommyDreamer tried to get him to come back out by insulting his wife and his kids. When Dreamer said, "Bischoff's a homo", that got him.

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And the WWF pressed all three of them in their preposterous "Nacho Man" skits in the mid-90s. It's speculated by Lanny to be part of the reason why Randy and WWE seemed to be at odds until the former's death in 2011.

** In Main/{{Kayfabe}}, during his feud with [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]], you dare not say the word "snake" because he'd go after you. Didn't matter if you were Wrestling/BobbyHeenan (whom Andre grabbed at least once, this during a live-arena podium interview when they were talking about how they were planning to literally kill Roberts) ... you were going to get it if you said the dreaded s-word.

** In Main/{{Kayfabe}}, during his feud with Wrestling/JakeRoberts, you dare not say the word "snake" because he'd go after you. Didn't matter if you were Wrestling/BobbyHeenan (whom Andre grabbed at least once, this during a live-arena podium interview when they were talking about how they were planning to literally kill Roberts) ... you were going to get it if you said the dreaded s-word.

** In Wrestling/{{Kayfabe}}, during his feud with Wrestling/JakeRoberts, you dare not say the word "snake" because he'd go after you. Didn't matter if you were Wrestling/BobbyHeenan (whom Andre grabbed at least once, this during a live-arena podium interview when they were talking about how they were planning to literally kill Roberts) ... you were going to get it if you said the dreaded s-word.

* According to Lanny Poffo and various others who have worked with him, Wrestling/RandySavage had at least three RealLife ones:
** Making a pass at Elizabeth (or at least he thought you were), he was infamously overprotective of her in-and-out of Kayfabe, often locking her away from other wrestlers and approaching strangers telling them to stop staring at her.

And the WWF pressed all three of them in their preposterous "Nacho Man" skits in the mid-90s. It's speculated by Lanny to be part of the reason why Randy and WWE seemed to be at odds until the former's death in 2011.

* Don't make bald jokes about Wrestling/HulkHogan.

** Another time, in the waning years of his career (his gigantism had made even standing too long painful), Andre became so disgusted with The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior constantly hitting him too hard with a sloppy clothesline night after night, he simply ''put up his fist'' and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Warrior ran right into it, knocking himself out]]. The next night, Warrior was gentle as a lamb with Andre. Back in the locker room, Wrestling/BobbyHeenan said Andre told him "He'll learn."

* When Cactus Jack (Mick Foley) was a heel in ECW, he got crowd heat by portraying himself as a WCW shill and referring to Eric Bischoff as "Uncle Eric". When he walked away from a match, Tommy Dreamer tried to get him to come back out by insulting his wife and his kids. When Dreamer said, "Bischoff's a homo", that got him.

* Tipping or spilling the APA ([[Wrestling/RonSimmons Faarooq]] and [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield Bradshaw]])'s beer is just asking for them to beat your ass.

* A sure way to bring out a certain wrestler to interrupt a promo is to say something that plays on his CatchPhrase. For example, the time Wrestling/BookerT said his own CatchPhrase, "Don't hate the playah, hate the game" to Wrestling/TripleH, who is also nicknamed 'The Game'.
* Don't ever call Homicide your "nizzle" unless you're in the mood to drink Drano.

** Telling him he's too old to wrestle. (which is why he left for WCW at the end of 1994).

** It was also the date of the infamous [[Wrestling/{{TheKliq}} Clique]] farewell, where Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, [[Wrestling/ScottHall Razor Ramon]], [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]] and [[Wrestling/TripleH Hunter Hearst Helmsley]] broke {{Kayfabe}} by engaging in a group hug at Madison Square Garden on what was Diesel's and Razor's last appearance before going off to Wrestling/{{WCW}}. Shawn was the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE Champion]] at the time, so he was untouchable and Diesel and Razor were leaving. This left Hunter to take the fall, losing his push to King of the Ring and getting saddled with months of jobbing for [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]] and "Wildman" Marc Mero.

** This has now become a button for TheMiz, who would hate for anyone to mess up his "money maker".

** Telling him he's too old to wrestle.

# Making a pass at Elizabeth (or at least he thought you were), he was infamously overprotective of her in-and-out of Kayfabe, often locking her away from other wrestlers and approaching strangers telling them to stop staring at her.
# Telling him he's too old to wrestle.
# Making fun of his bald spot.\\

* According to Lanny Poffo, Wrestling/RandySavage had at least three RealLife ones:
# Making a pass at Elizabeth (or at least he thought you were), he was infamously overprotective of her in-and-out of Kayfabe, often locking her away from other wrestlers.
# Telling him he's too old to wrestle

And WWF pressed all of them in there infamous "Nacho Man" skits. It's rumored to be part of the reason why he and WWE seemed to be at odds until Savage's death in 2011.

* Typically, when fans jump the rail or even flinch in a threatening manner toward a wrestler, the wrestler's first act is to beat the holy hell out of the fan. Even [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fzr6-Z1_wnw referees]] are not to be messed with.

** And it worked in reverse, too; when the bell rang again, usually after a victory, Festus visibly reverted to his gentle self. GenreSavvy opponents took advantage by ringing the bell themselves, forcing his tag team partner Jesse to ring it ''again'' to re-trigger him.

* Wrestling/AJStyles in the PWG Bola 2005 after his match with Chris Bosh, Bosh cut a promo similar to Stone Cold Steve Austin's Austin 3:16 and when he got to the John 3:16 bit of the promo, AJ Styles took offense since he was a christian and snatched the microphone off Chris' hand and said "You can drop me on my head all you want, but don't you EVER quote my jesus or I will break, your, neck!

* Wrestling/AJStyles in the PWG Bola 2005 after his match with Chris Bosh, Bosh cut a promo similar to Stone Cold Steve Austin's Austin 3:16 and when he got to the John 3:16 bit of the promo, AJ Styles took offense since he was a christian and snatched the microphone off Chris' hand and said "You can drop me on my head all you want, but don't you <b>EVER</b> quote my jesus or I will break, your, neck!