10 Bizarre Ways Wrestlers Have Been Written Off TV

2. Suspended for insulting Big Boss Man's mother

We’ve seen some gosh-darned lowdown tactics employed by WWE heels over the years, from mocking genuine tragedies to good old-fashioned attempted murders and everything in between. 

But insulting a man’s mother?!?!? That was taking things too far for WWE. Former on-screen WWE President Jack Tunney ‘indefinitely suspended’ Rick Rude (and further punished his manager Bobby Heenan) after they incessantly took shots at the Big Boss Man’s big momma. 

Coming abruptly in the middle of their feud, Ravishing Rick’s ‘suspension’ was done because the former Intercontinental Champion had, in fact, up and quit the promotion. Tired with his position and pay, Rude handed in his notice. 

WWE fully intended to hold him to the terms of his contract, however, thus the ‘indefinite suspension’, which could have easily been lifted if/when he returned. 

Rude didn’t return, though, and so Tunney’s statement basically wrote him off until he returned as a member of DX almost seven years later.