"When someone crosses those rails, when someone comes between those ropes, you're considered fair game." -- Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Fans should never interfere in a wrestling match. Ninety-nine out of 100 times, fans get their asses kicked when they come into the ring or get too aggressive with a performer out in the crowd.

Back in the Attitude Era, a fan made the poor decision to get in the ring with Steve Austin and Triple H. As a babyface, Stone Cold couldn't put hands on the fan, but as a heel, Triple H was free to wallop the dude.

"Triple H is a stand up cat," Austin later recalled. "He picked that dude up, slammed him and started punching his lights out. He's yelling to the security guard, 'Get your ass in here!' And the security guard didn't know where to shit or wind his watch. Triple H was watching my back and he beat the snot out of that guy."

One instance where a fan actually beat up a wrestler happened at an indie show. Wrestler Devin Danger spat gum at a fan's daughter, which set her father off. Watch him jump from his seat and attack Danger in the compilation below.

11 Most Shocking + Violent Moments in AEW History

"I am unapologetic about my love of... whatever you want to call it... the deathmatch style, hardcore. I love that stuff," Jon Moxley famously told Chris Van Vliet. "I understand most people are gonna think that's crap and they're not gonna want to watch that. Although I make no apologies that I like that stuff, I would never foist it upon everybody else. It's not like I walked into AEW and was like 'Look, all my matches are going to be crazy.' I never imagined we'd be able to do stuff like that."

Since its official formation in 2019, AEW has become wrestling's premiere destination for extreme acts of violence. With an entire locker room influenced by Atsushi Onita's FMW and Paul Heyman's ECW, both the men and women of AEW have created gruesome and iconic moments that rival any era of pro wrestling.

Tables, ladders, chairs, garbage cans and even kendo sticks have become commonplace in hardcore matches. But a bat full of a nails? A hypodermic needle? A champagne bucket filled with broken glass? These instruments of pain remain sickening to the core.

Check out the most shocking and violent moments from AEW below.

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