Blading (professional wrestling)

[3] Prior to the advent of blading, most storyline blood in wrestling came from one wrestler deliberately splitting the flesh over their opponent's eyebrow bone with a hard well placed and forceful punch.

[4] In his third autobiography, The Hardcore Diaries, Mick Foley cites Terry Funk as one of the few remaining active wrestlers who knows how to "bust an eyebrow open" in this way.

[6] A cut in this location will allow the blood to mix in with the sweat on the wrestler's face, giving them a "crimson mask" effect.

[1] In 2004, Eddie Guerrero accidentally did this during his match with JBL at Judgment Day, resulting in a rush of blood pouring from the bladed area.

[8] Some wrestlers like Abdullah the Butcher,[9] Dusty Rhodes, New Jack, Bruiser Brody, King Curtis Iaukea, Carlos Colón Sr., Perro Aguayo, Devon Hughes (Brother Devon/D-Von Dudley), Steve Corino, Tarzan Goto, Balls Mahoney, Kintaro Kanemura, Jun Kasai, Masashi Takeda, Corporal Robinson, Villano III, Ian Rotten, Sabu, The Sheik, and Manny Fernandez, have disfiguring scars on their heads from frequently blading throughout their careers.

According to Mick Foley, the scars in Abdullah's forehead are so deep that he enjoys holding coins or gambling chips in them as a macabre party trick.

[12][13][14] In the past several years, however, All Elite Wrestling has used blading semi-frequently by way of specific wrestlers like Jon Moxley and Adam Page.

Rourke agreed to gig at the initial request of director Darren Aronofsky in hopes that he would revoke the demand come production time.

In 1989, Chile national team goalkeeper Roberto Rojas bladed himself to prevent a loss, by blaming the injury on fireworks thrown by opposing fans.

[21] During their King of the Road match at Uncensored 1995, Dustin Rhodes and The Blacktop Bully bladed, which was against the policy of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) at the time, and they were both fired as a result.