5 Big Matches That Didn't Happen The Way WWE Planned

Many times matches went off script in the WWE. Sometimes, this happened intentionally but in some cases, this happened as a mistake. Going against the script is not what we often see in the WWE but sometimes this could change a match completely.

Botches do happen and it happens often in the WWE. But it is something that a wrestler cannot hide with the fans. However, sometimes they try to end a match in a different way than how it was initially planned.

This has happened several times in the WWE. Some of these incidents are new but some of them happened a couple of years before. Let’s dive in.

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#5 AJ Styles’ embarrassing moment (TLC 2016, WWE Championship match)

Styles split his trousers

AJ Styles, the former WWE Champion, faced Dean Ambrose at the main event of TLC 2016. This match was for the WWE Title and while both wrestlers put out a great match, Styles’ pants accidentally got split which definitely embarrassed him in front of thousands of fans.

WWE could not do anything cover this incident as the cameras were everywhere and it was impossible for them to hide this from the television.

Even though it was an embarrassing moment for Styles, the WWE brought this incident on live television when Styles joked about it but since then, they never mentioned it again. There’s no doubt that this match was great in terms of wrestling but this incident changed the way this match was supposed to end.

Styles defeated Ambrose in the match and retained the WWE Championship but still, fans were talking about the incident instead of his victory. I personally don’t think it was an issue for the WWE as Styles is a great wrestler and fans don’t care about these embarrassing botches because all they want is a great match, which he provided.

#4 Gail Kim eliminated herself from the battle royal (2011)

Gail Kim

In the previous slide, we talked about how AJ Styles embarrassed himself by accident but this incident is different. Gail Kim is one of the most talented female wrestlers in the WWE but the company didn’t pay attention to her (or any other females) at the time of this incident. This happened way before the Women’s Revolution and it’s obvious that some females were angry about how they were treated by the company.

Something similar to this in 2011 when Gail Kim intentionally eliminated herself in a battle royal. She was one of the female wrestlers who was not getting the treatment they deserve from the WWE. Most of the time, women matches were squash matches and this shows how less the company actually cares about this division.

She was frustrated at her position in the company and then in 2011, she eliminated herself from the battle royal without getting eliminated by another wrestler. This was not supposed to happen and according to Kim, no one even questioned her about this incident.

#3 Double winners, double botches (Royal Rumble 2005)

The infamous botch

This is one of the famous botches in the WWE. At Royal Rumble 2005, Batista was initially planned to win the match by eliminating Cena and later defeat Triple H for the World Title at that Wrestlemania. However, things got messed up when both Cena and Batista simultaneously won the battle royal. They weren’t supposed to do this but it happened and indeed shocked everybody in the arena.

Things became more complicated when Raw’s referee said that Batista won the match whereas SmackDown’s referee said that Cena won it. Things were getting out of control and then Vince McMahon came to the ring.

However, another botch happened when Vince injured himself while entering the ring but at least he restarted the match with the final two competitors. This time things happened as they were planned and Batista eliminated Cena from the match.

#2 Brock Lesnar vs Randy Orton (SummerSlam 2016)

Lesnar busted Orton’s head

At SummerSlam 2016, we saw a match between Randy Orton and Brock Lesnar. The match wasn’t really good because of what happened in the end. We all know that WWE is a PG company and blood is strictly prohibited in the promotion.

However, in the match, Lesnar busted Orton’s head with some stiff elbows and it shocked everyone. Orton was continuously bleeding, so much so, that the referee had to end the match.

Everyone at the arena was shocked to see this but backstage, Jericho got really angry with Lesnar’s action. According to reports, Jericho confronted The Beast at the Gorilla Pod at almost got into a fight. Both wrestlers were not stopping and even Vince failed to calm them.

Finally, the matter was solved when Orton, himself, calmed Jericho and told him that it was in the script. But the way Lesnar attacked him was really looking like a wild attack instead of a scripted match.

#1 The dream match between two champions (Survivor Series 2018)

Last year’s Survivor Series was special for the WWE Universe. Many big matches were booked for the show and this made the fans curious about the event.

Ronda Rousey vs Becky Lynch was also going to happen at the show but unfortunately, the match was cancelled at the very last moment. WWE did a really great job in hyping the match prior to the show and at the final Raw before Survivor Series, Lynch invaded the show with the entire SmackDown women’s division.

Lynch nearly broke Rousey’s arm and then she came to the ring to attack the other females. The brawl was happening but Nia made a mistake and accidentally punched Becky so hard that it busted her face. She had a concussion there but still, continued to do the work according to the script.

According to a rumor, Rousey vs Lynch was going to end with Charlotte saving The Man from the opposite brand’s champion. However, nothing like this ever happened.

Jax’s attack led to the cancellation of this match. Fans were really angry on her and the WWE couldn’t do anything but cancel the match. This is a recent example of a match that didn’t exactly happened the way, WWE expected.

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