10 Wrestling moments that freaked fans out

#7 Brian Pillman and Austin-- The 'gun' angle

Brian Pillman

This may be the exact moment WWE came into the crosshairs of the Parent's Television Council--an American non-profit group that ruined Saturday mornings for a whole generation of young wrestling fans. The PTC would cause so create a lot of ruckus regarding WWE' content that they were parodied in the RTC, Right to Censor stable.

Brian Pillman and Steve Austin--who had been tag team partners in WCW, and were close friends in real life--were engaged in a red-hot feud that was one of the biggest draws of the day. In order to ramp up the heat even more, WWE creative pitched the idea that Austin should attack Pillman and his wife in their own home.

This would have been controversial enough, but then Brian Pillman said "that would never work. If that happened for real I would just shoot him."

It may have been the wrong thing to say because apparently, the creative team loved the idea. Enter one of the most shocking moments in wrestling history. Keep in mind this was pre-internet 'smart' fans, so many of the wrestling fans at home did not know if someone had actually been murdered or not.