WWE Pyro Incident Led To Immediate Firing

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A pyrotechnics incident that took place at WWE Elimination Chamber in 2010 resulted in a crew member being immediately fired.

The incident took place during The Undertaker’s entrance at the February 21 event in the main event.

The Undertaker was defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a match that also featured John Morrison, Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio, CM Punk and R-Truth.

During The Undertaker’s entrance, pyrotechnics went off, briefly engulfing the champion in flames and seeing his jacket catch fire.

It would later be reported that The Undertaker suffered “first and second degree burns” according to a report at the time (via Wayback Machine),

The AOL News report noted that a spokesman said the accident was “a mistiming” with The Undertaker suffering “a chest injury that looked like a bad sunburn”, continuing to douse himself with water throughout the match.

During a recent episode of Something To Wrestle, JBL reflected on the incident at the WWE PPV, saying:

“It could have killed him. It’s insane how stupid, stupid this was.

“You can’t make that mistake. You can’t put live pyro on the one place that anybody, much less your star of the company, is gonna be.”

JBL would go on to reveal the fate of the pyro technician, going on to state:

“I mean, this guy, what a freaking bozo. So, it happened.

“Needless to say, when ‘Taker came back, that guy had been fired already and never was seen again.”

The Undertaker previously commented on the incident on his own Six Feet Under podcast, saying:

“I told the guy [during rehearsals], I said, ‘The pyro is too close to me.’

“He came back with, ‘No, I think it was just a draft in the building.’

“The person that was responsible was not in the arena by the time that match was over, we’ll put it that way, nor have I seen that person since.”

Jericho would go on to win the Elimination Chamber match becoming WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

Transcript from Sportskeeda.

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