Number 5 – HBK Oversells All Of Hulk Hogan’s Moves
This was a masterclass of comedy and if you somehow have not seen this match then I urge
you to go watch it at some point. Hogan convinced Vince McMahon that Shawn Michaels should be
the heel in the match, which Michaels disapproved of. Not only this but Hogan turned down any
possible rematches between the two claiming that he was ‘injured’ which would have
seen him get put over by Michaels. As a result, this angered Michaels who decided to purposely
embarrass The Hulkster by overselling all of his moves in a ridiculous fashion. The
match was comedy gold and some of the funniest moments were when Michaels performed a front
flip after his head bounced off the turnbuckle and when Hulk Hogan delivered a big boot to
Michaels who responded by falling to the mat, getting up and falling back down again. It’s
just hilarious, I think I might just go and watch it again.
Number 4 – Shane McMahon Cannot Break Through Glass
At the 2001 King of the Ring pay-per-view, Kurt Angle and Shane McMahon squared off in
a street fight and what a match that was. During the match, Angle attempted to perform
a belly-to-belly suplex on Shane McMahon through a plate glass window, however, the glass did
not break first time causing Shane to land head first on the concrete. Angle then tried
again and succeeded sending Shane flying through the glass. That was not all as Angle attempted
to belly-to-belly suplex Shane through a second plate glass window. After two failed attempts,
Angle then decided to just simply throw Shane with such force through the pane of glass
which worked. Third time lucky I guess! According to Angle, the wrong type of glass was ordered
so whoever was responsible for ordering the glass was a “stupid idiot” as Jericho
would say.
Number 3 – CM Punk’s Pipebomb Promo
A lot of questions are still raised to this day to whether CM Punk’s pipebomb was a
promo or a shoot but to put it simply, it was combination of both which is why I have
included it in this list. Although Punk went a little off script with this, you cannot
deny that this was one of his best works and one of the most memorable promos in WWE history.
During the promo, Punk voiced some of his frustrations about the company including his
position in the company and the fact that he is not on the cover of the program. Furthermore,
he made references to other wrestling promotions which is very rare in the WWE and made some
sour comments about the McMahon family. There is no denying that Punk went a little too
far delivering this promo, however, it was one of the best promos in the history of Sports
Entertainment.
Number 2 – Jericho Knocks Out HBK’s Wife
Needless to say, the outcome of this segment was not supposed to happen in the way that
it did. At SummerSlam 2008, Michaels was set to announce his retirement due to an eye injury
brought on by Jericho and had his wife accompanied with him for moral support. Jericho interrupted
the Heart Break Kid and Michaels cut a promo telling Jericho to tell his kids that he will
never be Shawn Michaels. As Michaels turned to walk away, Jericho grabbed the arm of Michaels
and threw a punch, however, Michaels ducked in time causing Jericho to deliver the “Gift
of Jericho” or in other words, punching Rebecca right in the kisser. The expression
on Jericho’s face after delivering the punch was that of genuine shock and he was very
apologetic backstage, as you can imagine. Fortunately for Rebecca, she only ended up
with a swollen lip as opposed to something worse and was very jokey about the situation,
even saying to Jericho, “Is that the best you got!?”
Number 1 – SummerSlam 2016 Ending
For the most part, the bloody ending to SummerSlam 2016 went accordingly, however, the finish
was not supposed to happen the way it did. It was reported that the match was supposed
to be one-sided in Brock’s favour in order to make The Beast look dominant and the finish
would see Orton lying in the ring busted open leading to the referee having to stop the
match. According to the Wrestling Observer, Orton was told that Lesnar knew how to graze
him with unprotected elbow strikes to make him bleed without causing any major harm.
However, on the night Lesnar unleashed a vicious fury of elbow strikes that left Orton with
a gaping wound across his head that required 10 staples.