5 WWE Superstar pranks that didn't go down too well with their victims

WWE Superstars are on the road 300 days a year and things can get pretty stuffy if there isn't a good dose of laughter going about. A few wrestlers have taken up the mantle of being professional pranksters, playing jokes on their colleagues.

Guys like Owen Hart and Curt Hennig were experts at this and most of their ribs were treated with good humour by the rest of the wrestlers.

However, there are a few pranks that crossed the line — either the victim was needlessly harrassed more than he should have been or the victim got so angry that he wanted to engage in a physical confrontation with the prankster.

So, with that being said, here are five instances of pranks which weren't by the victim.

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#1 Al Snow gives out Val Venis' Phone number on TV

1999 saw an angle involving Al Snow, The Big Bossman and Snow's dog, Pepper, on WWE TV. The Bossman had kayfabe kidnapped Pepper and Snow was frantically searching for the pooch.

Snow appealed on national TV for anyone who had knowledge of Pepper's whereabouts to contact him and displayed a flier on RAW with a phone number, which coincidentally belonged to Val Venis.

Venis had no idea of the prank but he suspected that something was off when he began to receive a lot of missed calls and messages on his mobile. Venis attended a few calls and all of them seemed to have information about a dog named Pepper.

Venis was mad at Snow and confronted him but eventually decided to get a new phone number.

#2 Curt Hennig's prank leads to the Dynamite Kid losing his teeth

Rougeaus vs Bulldogs all due to one Curt Hennig

Curt Hennig was a notorious prankster during his time in the WWE. One prank he played led to nuclear heat developing between the Dynamite Kid and Jacques Rougeau.

The Rougeaus — Jacques and Raymond — and the Bulldogs — Dynamite and Davey Boy Smith — were wrestling in different matches on the card on a WWE show. When the Rougeaus reached the locker room after their match, they found their clothes shredded using scissors.

Curt Hennig — who had orchestrated the whole thing — acted dumbfounded and the suspicion fell on the Dynamite Kid, who had heat with the brothers. When Jacques moaned about complaining to Vince, Dynamite decked him with a punch to the ear.

He even attacked Raymond even though the latter had a bad leg. Feeling disrespected, the Rougeaus planned revenge. A few weeks later, Jacques put a roll of quarters inside his arm, made a fist and clocked Dynamite right in the face while Raymond watched his back.

Dynamite instantly lost four teeth from his mouth and was taken to the hospital for dental work amounting to $1800, which was later paid for by the Rougeaus.

#3 Lex Luger gets busted by the cops

Lex Luger and the Bulldog — Lex Luger has had his share of run-ins with the law

The British Bulldog and Owen Hart combined their brains to pull off the ultimate prank on poor Lex Luger. It all started with the Bulldog shooting water at a police officer's car and claiming that it was Luger who did it.

The police started chasing Luger's — which also happened to have Owen Hart as a passenger. When Luger realised that he was being tailed by a car, Owen told him that it was Shawn Michaels and that he was trying to race him.

This led Luger to drive faster while being followed by a cop car. The cops soon caught up to them and ordered Luger out of the car, confiscating his license.

They searched the car and lo and behold — there was a gun inside the car: a water gun planted by Davey Boy Smith.

#4 The Coach gets arrested for betting

In 2001, Vince McMahon's righthand man, Jerry Briscoe, tempted company newbie Jonathan Coachman to enter a $10 football pool. Many other wrestlers got involved and everybody seemed to be having some fun — until the cops showed up.

The police went straight to the Coach and accused him of running a gambling pool and proceeded to cuff him. Vince McMahon rushed to the scene and the police filled him in and told that a $1500 would get the Coach off the hook.

The chairman refused to pay the amount and proceeded to roast the Coach for 45 minutes before the cops took him away.

On the way to the station — with the Coach thinking about the implications of losing his job and landing jail — the cops took a U-turn and returned the Coach to the arena, letting the Coach know that it was a rib orchestrated by Vince McMahon himself.

Needless to say, the future ESPN employee wasn't too pleased with the situation.

#5 Harley Race gets back at Owen Hart

Owen Hart was the undisputed clown prince of the WWE with successful pranks on the likes of Jim Duggan, Davey Boy Smith, Lex Luger and even his brother, Bret, and father, Stu. However, when he decided to rib wrestling legend and legitimate bad ass Harly Race, he was certain to face the consequences.

During a barbecue at Race's house, Owen dumped three bottles of red-hot sauce into Race's famous chili con carne. Race, as well as the other wrestlers at the party who tasted the dish, felt the full effect of the sauce, but Race was able to notice Owen standing there unaffected.

The next night, Race walked up to Owen, congratulated him on a prank well done and extended his arm. A gleeful Owen took it only to get stung by a taser Race had hidden in his palm.

The shock left Owen unconscious on the floor while Race erupted with laughter.

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