Wrestlers are usually seen as larger than life character by the wrestling fans and rightfully so. They are built up like heroes in the movies thanks to the theatrics that are involved in the wrestling business. For instance, John Cena is one of those guys that most parents look up to as everyone wants their children to grow up like him.
This is why whenever a wrestler ends up becoming a hero in real-life, the story becomes so inspiring. We’ve had a lot of instances where a wrestler ended up preventing crimes in real-life and in this list, we are going to take a look at them.
#5 Chris Masters
Chris Masters will be remembered by the WWE fans for his trademark master lock. But in real life, Chris Masters is a hero that saved his mother from getting murdered. A crazy neighbor of Masters decided to lock out Masters’ mother in their house and when the wrestler approached, the psycho set the house on fire.
Masters had to act fast to save his mother, decided to uproot a tree, break the glass with it and save his mother. It was clearly a heroic stuff from Masters and the police managed to capture the psycho man later to complete the story.
#4 Harry ‘David Hart’ Smith
The Hart family has a long list of talented names to showcase and Harry is one of them. He has a good stay in WWE and is enjoying great success in the independent circuit and Japan these days. The reason for his inclusion in this list is because of the time when he stopped a thief in Amsterdam.
The thief was trying to steal a woman’s purse and had three security guards pursuing him. Smith, however, ended up being the hero when he took the thief down and went on to choke him out. The security then did their task of taking him away and the funny part is that the thief actually started to tap when Harry applied the choke.
#3 Daivari
Remember him? The guy who used to come up with Muhammad Hassan initially and then showed up with The Great Khali for some time before embarking on a wrestling career for himself? Of course, you do, how can we forget someone like him? Well, here is another reason to remember him. Daivari once choked out a criminal who threatened to kill everyone.
The Incident took place in a train and Daivari claims that the criminal was already drunk when he got in. The former WWE superstar went on to perform a rear-naked choke and made sure that the criminal was not posing a threat to anyone.
#4 Perry Saturn
Perry Saturn will mostly be remembered for his time with the Radicalz and the weird relationship that he had with the mop. Before he joined the wrestling business, Saturn spent time in the US Army. He used all these skills to good use when he stopped two men from raping a woman in 2004. In the process, Saturn received a gunshot to his neck as well, but thanks to his toughness, he thought that it was merely a punch.
The gunshot wound apparently worked against him and he became addicted to meth. He took a big drop due to the same but managed to recover later and come back strongly in his life.
#5 Daniel Bryan
The story involving Daniel Bryan was something that gained a lot of mainstream attention. This is because it happened just months after his career peaked. Bryan, along with his wife, Brie Bella, was returning to his house in Phoenix when he saw a few burglars leaving his home. Though the burglars decided to drop the stolen items and run, Bryan decided to pursuit them and even managed to catch one.
He nailed down one of the burglars with a rear-naked choke and pinned him down till the police arrived and made the arrest. The police department also captured the remaining burglars according to the information that was given by Bryan and Brie.
