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19 Insane Wedding Brawls

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Weddings are great, but they can get stale. Two people fall in love, share it with friends, and feed them. However, barring a massive wedding fail, one wedding is much like the next. A good wedding brawl can spice things up. With everyone in uncomfortable clothes, drunk, and possibly regretting a huge life decision, wedding fights are bound to happen - maybe one in every three receptions. The following wedding horror stories feature old-fashioned punch-ups between brides, grooms, and the entire wedding party. Fights are more likely at certain weddings, like when the bride's ex-boyfriend attends or the groom hates the bride's mother. The wedding fails that follow are not just scuffles, but knock-down, drag-out brawls that people were lucky to survive. Before putting on your tux or bridesmaid dress, read this to know what not to do during wedding season.

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    For weddings in the coming months and years, the buffet always has enough food. In 2013, at a Norfolk, England wedding, a family brawl erupted over chicken at the buffet. The fight began when the best man pushed into the buffet line for his son's food, which pushed everyone to the limit. Groom Ben Smethurst, 26, said the trouble started at the buffet when his brother reached for chicken, and name-calling began. He stated, "Curt thought he was cutting in line and called him "A fat c*nt." My brother told him he did not need that kind of language. The fight escalated; the bride's sister, Krystel Coleman, 29, ended up with a broken nose and two black eyes.

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    In 2014, a wedding in Yorkshire, England turned into total chaos. Drunken party guests started spraying each other with water guns and throwing pork pies. Chris Sowden, who runs the Harold Club where the wedding took place, toldThe Telegraph."The people had been drinking since 2pm.. Tension built for about an hour before the fight. It started with a water pistol, then a pork pie was thrown. I worked here for 14 years; I never saw anything like it. We closed the bar at 7pm, even though it was scheduled to stay open until 11.

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    If you marry, you must like your in-laws. If you do not, you will face one of the strangest wedding brawls. A couple from Manhattan, New York, dating for three years, fought hard when their in-laws clashed during the almostHalf-a-million-dollar.During the pre-wedding party, the fight occurred. The wedding canceled after the bride-to-be, Amy Bzura, told Bradley Moss he had to choose between her and his mother, and he chose his mom.

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    In 2016, a major fight broke out at a wedding reception in the Dilovasi district of Kocaeli Province, north-western Turkey. After the fighters were kicked out, the fight continued. A man named "O.K." got into his car and drove toward the men he was fighting at the wedding. Most men left the incident unharmed, but one man reportedly suffered "Permanent damage." to his face.

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    A wedding in Gloucestershire, England became a frat party. About 20 people started smashing into each other at a post-wedding reception at The Swan in Bibury. Gloucestershire Police stated, “[we] were told that one person had been knocked unconscious, furniture was being hurled, and someone had beenThrown in the river.." They also reported that guests received treatment for head injuries and broken teeth.

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    In 2016, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, wedding reception kept its reputation solid. Thirty-four-year-old Joseph Mooney and a seventeen-year-old boy assaulted a police officer at the Hilton Garden Inn wedding.Twenty or thirty wedding attendees were present.Attendees were already fighting hard when police arrived and tried to stop the brawl. Authorities reported one officer got caught in the fight and nearly died after falling.

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    If you have a photo of your ex in a compromising sexual position before they get married, delete it. Go back in time and do not take the photo; everyone involved will regret it. A case is this: at a wedding reception in Toronto, Ontario,A giant brawl broke out.The bride's ex-boyfriend placed photos of her midblowjob on all the tables. Someone on Twitter said the bride's brother thought it was a groomsman, and things started escalating.

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    At a 2015 wedding in Ontelaunee Township, Pennsylvania, police reported a royal rumble after a 14-year-old got drunk at the reception. This sparked fights between three groups. The groom faced the worst because he challenged an officer responding to the scene to a fight. Police showed up, and they allegedly used a stun gun on a guest. Another got theThe fight ended with a police baton use., but no one suffered serious injuries.

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    Australians are crazy. The street fight outside a December 2016 wedding around 12 am proved this point many times.Twenty-five to thirty people started beating each other.At a wedding reception at the Conca Do'Oro function centre outside Sydney, Australia, a 22-year-old man was knocked unconscious and received serious mouth and nasal injuries. Crikey.

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    Russia handles wedding party brawls. In 2016, a bride-to-be named "Lena" made a strange choice: she gave her in-laws the finger during the reception. This set off events she foresaw. Her father-in-law called her a "freaking cow" and a "witch" and threatened to cut her finger off. On a recording, he said, "[what] the heck is this? Put your middle finger on the plate and"I cut it with a knife.." The father-in-law and bride then slapped each other before she was dragged away to hopefully sober up.

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    After a 2016 wedding at the Formby Hall Golf Resort and Spa in Merseyside, England, police locked down the entire estate because a 48-year-old man from Liverpool startedBashing people in the face.. A 21-year-old woman broke her nose. A guy punched another woman. He kicked many others in the ribs and face. Police detained him and put him on a mental health watch.

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    This happened after half-animal, half-party machines got into a room. Someone had to die for Philly to defend its reputation in 2012.Seventy-five to one hundred people attended.Seven hundred fifty to one hundred people broke into a full-on death match in the Sheraton Society Hill lobby. Witnessing this madness is unbelievable. The uncle of one bride, Vincent Sannuti, 57, had a heart attack and died soon after leaving the scene. He was celebrating his niece's birthday.

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    This 2015 wedding went wrong when the groom seized up at the altar. The bride kept the wedding going by marrying an attendee. The cool guy she married wore a leather jacket and bad idea jeans. After Groom 1.0 got medical help and returned, he started a huge fight. The two families used whatever dishes they had to beat down their enemies.They used whatever dishes they had to beat down their enemies.They used whatever dishes they had to beat down their enemies.

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    A wedding party in Bridgeview, Illinois, fights the police if they try to stop things. On June 26, 2016, a fight broke out at a wedding party. When officers arrived, the crowd watching and fighting turned their anger toward the cops. When one officer fell, the crowd started...Punching and kicking the officer while he was down.Three men faced charges for aggravated battery against a peace officer.

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    Boston, Massachusetts, fight capital of America needs a story. At the Danversport Yacht Club on Boston's North Shore, the groom and other guys were arrested when the groom panicked because two underage guests couldn't get alcohol. Attendees said the groom yelled at an employee and then...He destroyed the coat room.He punched the bride's brother after a family member told him to calm down.

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    People start fights at weddings for free booze. In 2016, 23-year-old Taylor Schellinger argued with Jake Ehley after he found a picture of Schellinger's girlfriend having sex with Ehley on his phone. Schellinger yelled and hit Ehley hard, leaving him unconscious for three to five minutes. The bride's father tried to stop the fight but got hit in the face and tore his pants.

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    Australia sends people who think they know how to brawl at weddings. In 2014, police in Sydney arrived at Lily's restaurant bar and function center after a fight erupted between wedding guests and five random men in a parking lot. The bride joined the fight and reportedly ran around taking swings at people.. A bystander said another wedding guest used the fight to rip up fence posts. Another man got hit in the head with a glass bottle, which someone later used to stab him in the neck.Most weddings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, end with the two families smashing together. However, at a June 2016 wedding at the Yards Brewing Co., a fight started in a classic way. A police report states a man at the wedding was asked "

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    Most Philadelphia, Pennsylvania weddings end with families fighting hard. At a June 2016 wedding at Yards Brewing Co., a fight erupted a classic way. A police report shows a guy at the wedding was asked ""What are you staring at"?" before being punched in the face. A fight started, and one combatant lost consciousness while the other suffered a fractured jaw. Philly fights happen.

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    In August 2017,Kate Prichardand James Burton said "I do" in Tennessee. The newlyweds' happiness ended quickly. The 25-year-old Prichard yelled at her husband at a motel after the ceremony. She pulled a 9 mm pistol from under her wedding dress and fired. The gun was unloaded at first, but Prichard loaded it a few minutes later and shot into the air.

    Neighbors at the motel called the police. They jailed Prichard for aggravated domestic assault. She posted her $15,000 bond and was released.

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