5 WWE backstage pranks that went too far

When one delves deep into the history of WWE, or pro-wrestling in general, they will find that backstage pranks have been quite common for a long time at this point. WWE Superstars spend the better part of their year on the road, away from their families.

WWE Superstars tend to get bored while traveling from one show to another, bringing out the prankster in some of those. It's well documented that the late Owen Hart was a great prankster whose light-hearted pranks always got a chuckle out of the WWE locker room. Over the years, WWE fans have heard and read about countless pranks that Superstars pulled on each other while on the road, on in a backstage area during an event.

In the following list, we will be taking a look at five WWE backstage pranks that were in bad taste and went too far.

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#5 Vince McMahon gets Jonathan Coachman 'arrested'

Jonathan Coachman

Bruce Prichard recalled the following incident on his podcast. It all began with a football pool, with Jonathan Coachman being in charge of raising money for the same. Bruce Prichard, Jerry Brisco, and Vince McMahon decided to play a prank on an unsuspecting Coach and had him mock arrested for gambling.

"They take him into Vince's office, he's in a meeting. He's like, 'YEAH? What's going on here?' The police do their thing and Vince was like, 'Go**ammit it, I'm trying to produce a television show here, and in the middle of the go**amn doing it, I got you doing, you doing, you're doing what? A f***ing football pool?' He just went off on Coach and Coach is just shaking, almost in tears. They start to take him out and Vince goes 'Wait a minute, go**amit you can't take him out like that.' He throws a napkin, a lemon napkin at him, to put over the cuffs, so people don't see that he's cuffed in front."

Coach worked for WWE for around a decade, back in the 2000s

It must have been a sight to behold when Coach realized that instead of helping him, the WWE Chairman was putting a napkin over his cuffs in order to make sure no one sees him in that position. Prichard further stated that the cops took Coach away in their car, as part of the prank, until they were called back.

#4 Mark Henry has had enough of Shawn Michaels

Mark Henry

It isn't exactly a secret that WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels was one of the most difficult wrestlers to work with back in the 90s. He used his backstage pull on more than one occasion and had issues with several fellow wrestlers at the time. Michaels didn't spare WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry either, who was a newbie at the time. He and others went too far when they hid Henry's crutches after he broke his ankle.

"Well, it took me getting banished to Canada, because I threatened to kill Shawn Michaels. Like, they hid my crutches when I broke my ankle, and I just was like, ‘Okay this is it. Like, It’s over. I don’t want to do this.’ Aw, man, so I was like, ‘Man, you 180 pounds, man. I’d kill you man. It’d be unfair for me to whip you.’ And he was like ‘You threatening me?’ I was like, ‘I don’t think it’s really a threat. I’m just telling you like it is. Y’all need to leave me alone,'," recalled Mark Henry.

Shawn Michaels went straight to the WWE Chairman

Michaels told about Henry's threat to WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, who wasn't happy with how Henry handled things with Shawn. He made it clear to Henry that he was in the wrong here, and he "can’t just be beating people up". Henry was then sent to train with the Harts in Stu Hart's infamous dungeon.

#3 Randy Orton shoots fireworks at fellow WWE Superstars

Randy Orton

Randy Orton will go down as one of the most controversial Superstars in the history of WWE. His early days in WWE were marred with backstage incidents that showed he had serious attitude issues. In a shoot interview, former WWE Superstar Maria Kanellis recalled an incident that saw Orton shooting fireworks at her, Carlito, and Umaga. Kanellis stated that it was one of the scariest moments of her life and that she was scared that something bad would happen.

“I was in the car with Umaga and Carlito and all of a sudden Randy decides to start shooting fireworks at us and let me just say, that was one of the scariest moments of my life because I was sure, something’s going to happen, there’s going to be a little thing of gas somewhere and the whole [car] is going to blow up,” Maria Kanellis recalled.

Randy Orton is still a mainstay in WWE, all these years later

Randy Orton has done it all in WWE and is a 14-time World Champion. He has openly acknowledged his questionable behavior when he was a young gun, and it's safe to say that he rubbed a lot of people the wrong way back then. Orton is a sure-fire future WWE Hall of Famer but certainly wasn't the most ideal guy in the locker room at one time.

#2 Randy Savage and Jake Roberts cross the line while pranking an official

Randy Savage

WWE Hall of Famer Jake Roberts spent the majority of his career carrying a snake to the ring. The following incident saw him and fellow WWE Superstar Randy Savage playing a prank with a WWE official on his birthday, with the help of Roberts' snake.

The referee was afraid of snakes, and Roberts told him that he would cure him of his fear on that night. The referee didn't want any of that but was forced into it when Savage came from behind and grabbed him.

“So I grab that snake and come at him and all of a sudden I hear ‘oh he bit me!’”

“’Oh my god he bit me in the eye’ and when the guy moves his hand there’s two fang marks on his eye and two on his cheek. And I’m just thinking ‘holy s**t,’,” said Roberts.

The WWE Hall of Famer later convinced the official that he was at fault

The WWE official later apologized for Roberts and explained that he didn't mean to "mess the snake's psyche up". The official was afraid that Vince McMahon wouldn't be happy at the idea of getting another snake trained to not bite folks.

#1 Dynamite Kid injects milk into Davey Boy Smith

Davey Boy Smith

The British Bulldogs were a popular duo in WWE back in the day. Dynamite Kid and Davey Boy Smith were Tag Team partners on WWE TV but weren't exactly fond of each other in real life. Dynamite Kid loved playing pranks and ribbing fellow WWE Superstars and didn't miss the chance to play a cruel one on his partner as well. At the time, Smith was taking steroids, but there was an issue that he faced every single time -- he couldn't inject the same into himself.

The WWE legend didn't know what was brewing in Kid's mind

Smith urged Dynamite Kid to inject the steroids into him, who didn't have a problem with it. On many occasions, Kid injected Smith with actual milk instead of steroids. Eventually, Dynamite Kid admitted that he had been putting milk into his partner, which prompted Smith to learn a way to inject himself. Injecting milk into your Tag Team partner's behind isn't something a sane person would ever do, and people often bring up this incident whenever they talk about Dynamite Kid's real-life persona.