It’s probably best for WWE Superstars to avoid finding any kind of trouble in a bar (or anywhere else) entirely these days, but if the s*** hits the fan and things are gonna go down, they may want to make sure they don’t come out on the wrong end of the fight. Whether kayfabe is dead or not, it’s best to uphold the element of toughness. After all, you wouldn’t want an average Joe going home after a night on the town able to brag about beating up a WWE champion.

But it’s happened. Shawn Michaels, during a time in which he was struggling with alcohol and drug addiction, bit off more than he could chew in 1995, reportedly beaten to a pulp by six Marines in a bar fight. The altercation landed Michaels in the hospital, and he said it wasn’t the only time either.

“Unfortunately, I was in that position a lot of times,” Michaels said on Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast. “I would wake up in an emergency room, go get three or four more hours of sleep, go to the gym, go wrestle. I was very functioning.” Again, it’s probably best to avoid the situation altogether, but if push comes to shove and a WWE Superstar can’t avoid extracurricular physicality, they may want to channel their inner APA, rather than having to tell a “you should see the other guy” story.