5 WWE scandals that you probably didn't know about

4. Stone Cold Steve Austin’s domestic abuse

A domestic abuser?

This one is a real sore spot for WWE because it involves one of their biggest ever stars. On June 15, 2002, police responded to a call to the couple's residence and found Debra with bruises and a bloody nose. Austin was arrested within a month and charged with misdemeanour assault, to which he pleaded no contest.

In an interview with Sean Hannity in 2007, Debra claimed that not only did WWE employees know about the abuse, but they were actively complicit in covering it up. They didn’t want anyone to know that their top money-making star was a wife beater in case it tarnished his image.

Shockingly some of the measures that were allegedly taking, ranged from concealing the bruises on her face to placing a gag order on her so that she couldn’t talk about what happened.