#7 Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho – the Great American Bash 2008
This is the match that caused intentional blading to be banned from WWE. Shawn Michaels did such a good blade job (or bad, depending on your interpretation) that his face was covered in blood within mere seconds.
Not only was Michaels’ face a deep shade of crimson towards the match’s conclusion, but Chris Jericho’s knuckles were likewise turning a dark shade of red from battering HBK’s bloodied head so many times.
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While the blood in this match made complete sense from a storytelling and dramatic perspective – Jericho and Michaels were embroiled in an incredible personal rivalry at the time – it was apparently enough for Vince McMahon to make a critical decision and ban intentional blading in all subsequent WWE matches.
Even if it was a small cut above the eye, if anyone tried this blade job in today’s WWE, they’d be fired as soon as they reached the backstage area.
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