10 BOTCHED WWE Match Finishes
These are 10 WWE botched match finishes
There’s an old maxim in wrestling that the only thing that really matters and the thing fans will mostly remember is a match’s finish. That’s rubbish, of course, but there is a grain of truth to the statement during certain matches.
One thing is for sure and that is that you definitely don’t want to go to the trouble of wrestling a match and putting the time and effort in, only for things to go awry right at its conclusion.
It’s happened to plenty of wrestlers before, even some of WWE’s biggest superstars on the grandest of stages.
These are 10 botched WWE match finishes.
10. Natalya & Great Khali vs. AJ Lee & Big E - Raw, August 12, 2013
I know what you’re thinking looking at that lineup of talent: just how did the Great Khali manage to screw this up and how bad was the damage?
Well, it might shock you to hear that the Punjabi Playboy was an innocent bystander as this intergender tag match fell apart in its dying seconds. It might shock you even more to hear that a wet-behind-the-ears Big E, not long on the main roster by this point, also wasn’t to blame.
Rather it was Natalya and AJ Lee who managed to get their wires crossed and end the match on a confusing note. The Queen of Harts had the then-Divas Champion in the Sharpshooter, causing Lee to tap out. However, AJ began pounding the mat after Natalya had, curiously, let go of the hold.
When Natalya asked the referee to raise her hand, he informed her that she had not yet won and instructed her to reapply the hold, which she did.
Afterwards, commentator JBL noted that the contest had gone ‘off the rails’, with his broadcast partner Michael Cole clarifying that Natalya and Khali had in fact won.
