Losing via pin-fall can be embarrassing. Losing by tapping out, however, is the ultimate form of humiliation for a superstar in WWE.
Never giving up is a quality that every superstar who has made it big in the WWE possesses. So, when a superstar taps out he automatically shows his incapability to bear the pain both physically and mentally. But there have been times when even the toughest superstars gave up.
In this article, we take a look at 5 WWE legends who tapped out, proving that they can be made to cry ‘uncle’.
#5 The Undertaker
The Undertaker is arguably the greatest WWE Superstar of all time. His streak was one of the main selling points of Wrestlemania for years.
So, no one can even imagine, ‘The Phenom’ tapping out to any mortal man. Nonetheless, he has tapped out and not once but twice in his career. He tapped out to Kurt Angle on a Smackdown match , when the latter trapped him in a triangle choke.
Kurt Angle did not win the match as The Undertaker pinned him at the same time, thus resulting in a draw.
Undertaker tapped out for a second time in his career when he Brock Lesnar trapped him with a ‘Kimura’ lock in the main event of Summerslam 2015. The Undertaker did not lose the match as the referee never saw him tapping.
#4 Brock Lesnar
‘The Beast Incarnate’ Brock Lesnar may be the toughest superstar in WWE right now, but he has not always been the unstoppable monster that we know him to be. When Brock Lesnar debuted in WWE in 2002, he took the industry by storm defeating the likes of The Rock and Hulk Hogan. He was unstoppable until he went toe to toe with the Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle.
At Summerslam 2003, Brock Lesnar fell short against Kurt Angle as he was forced to submit after being trapped in the ‘Ankle Lock’. Lesnar also tapped out to Chris Benoit on survivor series 2003 and a week after that on Smackdown, when he was caught in the Crossface.
#3 Stone Cold Steve Austin
Stone Cold calls himself the toughest SOB in the world. He proved that when he refused to give up even when he was locked in the Sharpshooter and bleeding profusely at Wrestlemania 13. That day, the world saw the resiliency of Austin and he became an overnight sensation.
It is ironic though that his decline started after he turned heel and tapped out, after being trapped in the Walls of Jericho and Crossface simultaneously on the Raw before King of The Ring PPV.
Austin again tapped out, this time to Kurt Angle when the latter applied the Ankle Lock on him at Unforgiven 2001 pay per view.
#2 The Rock
The Rock has been a testimony of never giving up. Whether be it Wrestlemania 17, where he refused to give up even after all the odds stacked against him or against Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania 18 in one of the most hostile crowds in Wrestlemania history.
Fans refused to accept him when he made his debut. Yet The Rock did not give up, instead, he transformed his persona, won the hearts of people and became the People’s Champ.
Despite all of this he reached his breaking point when he faced Chris Benoit. Chris Benoit is the only superstar who has made The Rock to tap out in a televised match. The Brahma Bull tapped out on a Smackdown match when Benoit caught him in the Crossface.
#1 John Cena
One of the main reason kids love and smarks hate John Cena is the fact that he never gives up. It is one of his main selling points.
Regardless of how tough the challenge is, he never backs down and always finds a way to overcome it. But there have been times when it was too much for John Cena to take.
John Cena tapped out to Chris Jericho on a Smackdown match after Jericho caught him in the Walls of Jericho.
His second loss came when he tapped out to Benoit in 2002 on a Smackdown match after getting caught in the Crippler Crossface. His only PPV loss via tapping out came at No Mercy 2003 when Kurt Angle made him tap out by applying an Ankle Lock.
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