10 Bizarre Ways Wrestlers Have Been Written Off TV

9. Filleted by 'Janice'

When it comes to wacky ways to write wrestlers off TV, perhaps no company quite compares to TNA.

Right near the top of the list is the logic-defying way that Rob Van Dam was excused from duty in the Summer of 2010. 

The Whole F’N Show was feuding with the deranged Abyss who, at that time, had taken to carrying around a massive plank covered in nails, which he affectionately named ‘Janice’. It was a ludicrous weapon that really should never have been near television, but TNA creative put the thing to use by having The Monster actually use it on RVD on the August 12, 2010, edition of IMPACT. 

Abyss dragged Van Dam backstage during the show-closing brawl and, when the camera cut back to them shortly after, the champ was lying (singlet torn) in a pool of his own blood while Abyss stood over him cradling his toy. 

This grotesque angle was deemed necessary, since RVD’s contract called for a bunch more money if TNA exceeded his set number of yearly dates and they were close to reaching that figure. 

He was stripped of the TNA Title while he took a six-week vacation, with TNA claiming he had suffered spinal trauma and possible brain damage during the attack.