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The driving force behind almost every WWE Superstar is competition, beating the other stars on the roster and being able to call themselves champions of their respective divisions.
However, whilst we've seen countless examples of teammates, brothers and partners turning on each other to get one step closer to the top of the company, there are often times when WWE Superstars choose to do something for someone other than themselves in the ring.
These moments of selflessness are often part of an emotional story with a huge pay-off or they can be a great way to further the bond between stable-mates or tag teams. Usually, they lead to the Superstar who is wrestling on behalf of another winning that other wrestler an opportunity of some kind.
Let's take a look at five examples of WWE Superstars who have selflessly wrestled on behalf of someone else to help them.
#5. Riddle wrestled twice to try and earn Randy Orton a spot in WWE Money in The Bank
This week's RAW saw Riddle try to earn an opportunity for his RK-Bro partner Randy Orton after he had secured a spot in the Money in the Bank match last week, but inadvertently distracted The Viper to cost him a chance at his spot.
Randy Orton was supposed to face AJ Styles and Drew McIntyre to earn his own second chance spot in the Money in the Bank match, but for reasons outside of WWE's control he was unable to do so, and a battle royale was announced to determine Orton's replacement.
This led to Riddle pleading with WWE officials Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville to allow him in the Battle Royale to help earn Orton's place in the match, and they accepted. The Battle Royale came down to Damien Priest and Riddle and the King of Bros managed to pick up the win to face McIntyre and Styles later in the evening.
Riddle would've won the Triple Threat match too, after hitting Styles with an RKO, had Omos not pulled the other half of the RAW Tag Team Champions out of the ring to save him. This then allowed McIntyre to hit Riddle with a Claymore to win the final RAW spot in WWE's MITB.
This ultimately meant that Riddle failed to earn his best friend in the entire world a spot in the Money in the Bank, which is a shame!
#4. Doudrop debuts on WWE RAW and wrestles in place of Eva Marie
Eva Marie's re-debut with WWE had become a thing of interest to the WWE Universe, given that she wasn't the most popular star in the company before her departure.
However, it all made sense when Eva Marie was supposed to debut against Naomi, but instead of wrestling herself, she indicated that WWE NXT UK's Piper Niven would be wrestling on her behalf instead.
Whilst WWE pretended they had no idea who Piper Niven was at the time, the dominant NXT UK star was able to defeat Naomi, which led to Eva Marie proudly claiming that she had won the match.
On the subsequent RAW, Eva Marie would dub Piper Niven 'Doudrop' causing her enforcer to walk out on her during a tag team match to qualify for the Women's Money In The Bank Match.
However, the pair got back onto winning terms again on this week's Monday Night RAW when Piper Niven, sorry, Doudrop managed to single-handedly defeat Asuka and Naomi after Marie tried to return the favor by walking out on her. Which Marie, of course, claimed was a win for her.
#3. Randy Orton wins Booker T the WWE US Title by finishing a best of seven series against Chris Benoit for him
Booker T and Chris Benoit were in the middle of their second best-of-seven series in WWE, competing over the vacant United States title, when Booker T was injured during a house show and unable to finish.
SmackDown General Manager Teddy Long allowed Booker T to choose a replacement and he chose Randy Orton. Orton squandered a 3-0 lead that Booker had created, leading to a seventh rubber match between himself and Benoit.
Orton would go on to defeat Chris Benoit, ultimately winning the best-of-seven series and crowning Booker T as the new United States Champion. Naturally this was a lot of effort for The Viper to go through without getting anything out of it himself.
Randy Orton was obviously on the receiving end of the same thing on this week's RAW with Riddle trying to get him that Money In The Bank spot, but while Orton was successful in winning Booker T the title. Riddle failed!
#2. The Miz faced Kofi Kingston to enter John Morrison into WWE's Elimination Chamber
This year WWE announced Drew McIntyre would be defending his WWE Title inside the Elimination Chamber against Sheamus, Jeff Hardy, Randy Orton, The Miz and AJ Styles.
However, Mr Money in The Bank, The Miz, would later withdraw himself from the match, suggesting that his tag team partner John Morrison take his place instead. This ultimately led to a match between Kofi Kingston and The Miz.
If Miz won, Morrison would get the Elimination Chamber spot, if Kingston won, he'd take it instead.
The Miz was sadly beaten by Kofi Kingston, meaning that his 'selfless' act to try and get his partner in the world title match had failed.
In reality, of course, it was all a plan to try and increase his chances of a successful cash-in and the tactic paid off as The Miz would pin Drew McIntyre later that night, cashing in his briefcase, and winning the WWE Title.
#1. Xavier Woods and Big E run the gauntlet to get Kofi Kingston his WWE WrestleMania moment
Perhaps the best and most thrilling example of a WWE Superstar, or should I say WWE Superstars, wrestling on behalf of someone else was when The New Day offered to run a tag-team gauntlet to earn Kofi Kingston a last-gasp world title match at WrestleMania.
Kingston had run the gauntlet the previous week, but was defeated by Daniel Bryan who was added in at the last minute by Vince McMahon. This led to Xavier Woods and Big E begging to run a gauntlet themselves, and if they won, Kingston would get his match.
Woods and Big E had to face and defeat Gallows and Anderson, Shinsuke Nakamura and Rusev, The Usos, The Bar and the team of Daniel Bryan and Rowan in order to earn Kingston his moment and they did it!
Kingston would go on to wrestle against Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania, where he would win a world championship for the first time in his lengthy WWE career, culminating in one of the best moments in 'Mania's History.
