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* While in [[Professional Wrestling]] cheating to win a match usually makes you a [[Heel|bad guy]], several noted wrestlers have gotten famous as nontraditional [[Face|babyfaces]] who beat the heels through all manner of dirty tricks. The two most famous examples would probably be [[Eddie Guerrero]], who would win matches by (among other things) throwing a chair to an opponent and flopping to the mat as though he had been hit and was one of the most beloved men in the industry despite having "I lie, I cheat, I steal" as his personal slogan, and the legendary [[Ric Flair]], world renowned as "The Dirtiest Player in the Game" who would beat the opposition with eye gouges and the dreaded "[[Groin Attack|testicular claw]]".
** You can call this a gutless rationalization if you like, but technically Eddie's chair trick wasn't illegal because it didn't require him to touch his opponent. The only three actions that can get a wrestler disqualified are 1) hitting your opponent in the groin or using another dirty strike, or using a dirty grapple and not releasing it in five seconds; 2) hitting the referee; or 3) hitting someone not involved in the match, in which case you essentially get disqualified for being a dick. You can also get disqualified if ''another person'' hits your opponent or the referee, which isn't really fair.
** Finlay, in his current{{when}} [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] run, is a more recent example. To Finlay, every part of the ring is a weapon, including the ''apron'' (which he utilizes as a net to trap wrestlers trying daring-leap-to-the-outside or baseball-slide maneuvers). And, just in case things start really going south and he needs a real weapon, he always has his shillelagh waiting for him in the corner. And did we mention he's a [[Face]]?
** And then there's Money in the Bank, a [[Gimmick Matches|Gimmick Match]] whose winner can claim a title shot any time within the next year. It usually gets cashed in right after the current champ has gotten thoroughly beat up by someone else.
* An episode of ''[[Seinfeld]]'' has Jerry and George ask Elaine which of the two would win in a fight. Elaine says George, on the basis that he would fight dirty. George happily admits it, and Jerry happily accepts it. This is confirmed in a later episode where the three of them fight, and George does win.
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