4. The Blood Was Real
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Today, blood isn’t used quite as much in matches; in fact, the WWE will actually stop matches to clean up the mess. Back in the day, blood happened much more regularly, and for younger fans, that was real! Not to say the actual blood wasn’t real, but ninety-nine percent of the time you saw blood, it was planned, with the help of a small metal razor to the forehead.
Blood has always been a useful prop to make a match feel excessively brutal, or to get fans to really hate a heel for busting up their hero. Guys like Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, and Mick Foley were legendary bleeders, and freaked kids out on the regular with their crimson masks.
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