WWE: Brock Lesnar did not blade at WrestleMania 31

With rumors swirling, WWE issued a statement on Tuesday that notes Brock Lesnar did not blade to make himself bleed

Sunday night at WrestleMania 31 we saw one of the more brutal main events that we have seen in quite some time in WWE between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns. These two went out there and literally beat the holy hell out of one another, with Brock even busting his head open at one point.

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Since Sunday, with Brock donning the crimson mask, there has been a lot of speculation as to whether or not Lesnar was able to blade, the traditional practice in the wrestling business in which a wrestler will slice his forehead open just enough with a tiny razor blade to make the blood start coming. In the PG-era of WWE, this is not something that WWE has allowed for a while.

Furthermore, on Tuesday there was this GIF that was making the rounds, which people tried to pass off as the referee handing the blade to Reigns on the outside of the ring so he can pass it off to Brock to do the blade job.

Well the speculation was so rampant, that WWE felt the need to issue the following statement on Tuesday evening, denying that Lesnar was allowed to do a blade job.

"“WWE programming is TV-PG and we don’t permit intentional bleeding. The communication or contact between our performers and referees is part of our safety protocol. That said, unintentional blood sometimes occurs, and we do our best to minimize.”"

Now as for that GIF above, here’s the deal about that: It’s common practice in the professional wrestling business for the referee to legitimately check on a performer by having him squeeze his hand. It’s a lot better, at the time, than going out there and getting caught on camera asking someone if they’re OK in real life. By a simple squeeze of the finger tips, the referee knows that all is well and the show can go on.

So, in the end, there was no blade being passed around.

As for Brock opening up his skull, all you have to do it watch the main event back and you can see that he was opened up hard way. When his head hit that ring post on the outside, he immediately starts gushing, meaning that he was opened up by the post and not a blade.

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