5 WWE Superstars who had to wear an eye patch (and the reasons why)

#2 WWE SmackDown Superstar Cesaro

Cesaro wore an eye patch on WWE Main Event

Cesaro was originally supposed to face Dolph Ziggler on an episode of WWE Main Event in July 2014, but “The King of Swing” suffered an eye injury during a match against Kofi Kingston on the previous night’s episode of RAW.

WWE physician Chris Amann told WWE’s official website that the Swiss Superstar had been cleared to compete but he had to wear an eye patch for his match on Main Event.

“We did some specialized testing and staining of the eye which showed he did have a scratch on the right side of the eye, which is called the sclera and not on the cornea, which is the clear part of the eye. We’re going to keep his eye patched for the next 24-48 hours, use some artificial tears and re-evaluate him tomorrow prior to his match.”

As it turned out, WWE’s decision-makers opted to turn Cesaro vs. Ziggler into a six-man tag team match, with Ziggler teaming with Big E and RVD to defeat Cesaro, Curtis Axel and Ryback.

Ziggler tore the patch off Cesaro's eye in the early stages of the match, meaning he did not wear the patch for the majority of the 12-minute encounter.