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00:00I personally do not like the term botch.
00:02The only person who gets how to use that is Matthew from Botchamania,
00:05and of course you can always laugh at mistakes in the ring as long as everybody is okay.
00:09But to act like these things can't happen or now all the wrestlers involved suck?
00:13I mean, come on bro, that is not fair.
00:14It is always going to happen as well because that's just a way of things,
00:17and even the best of us have off nights.
00:19Do you know who's more aware of this as well?
00:21The people in the damn ring.
00:22They've experienced it.
00:24It's like when you make a mistake at work, all of a sudden you want to cry.
00:27So I am Simon of the Board A-Hole, and let's go through some of the more famous one of these right now
00:31and try and figure it out.
00:33Number 9, The Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 33.
00:37Now this one did irk me a little bit at the time because the world title is not on the line,
00:41so why did it main event?
00:42Even if The Undertaker was planning on retiring,
00:44it kind of felt like we should have shouted about that more in the build,
00:47and he carried on wrestling anyways.
00:49It just felt like it would have been better served in the middle of the card.
00:52Roman Reigns and The Undertaker are huge stars.
00:54You don't even need me to tell you directly because the dead man has spoken about this a lot.
00:59He hates this match.
01:00Feels like he didn't do right by Reigns because he was so beaten up,
01:04so it didn't go the way he would have liked it to.
01:06He's not wrong either because yeah.
01:08And numerous times throughout this they both slip or a move doesn't go to plan.
01:12There's then a lot of resetting as they try to get it going again.
01:15It's not that fun to see.
01:16The tombstone spot goes totally awry,
01:19and it didn't really live up to expectations or what you'd want from a WrestleMania main event.
01:23This isn't something to be ridiculed however,
01:25in fact it's just a shame.
01:27I think if it happened today too,
01:29Roman would actually be able to save this with the added experience,
01:32but in 2017 it just wasn't going to happen.
01:34The real disappointment for me anyway was the next night on Raw,
01:37the big dog got booed out of the place,
01:39and that should have been the catalyst for the start of the Tribal Chief character.
01:43Nope.
01:44Whatever reason we carried on with the failed babyface push regardless,
01:48that was really weird.
01:49Number 8, Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 34.
01:52You know, something has gone bad when the man who just won the WrestleMania main event
01:55gets backstage and hurls his world title at Vince McMahon.
02:00Now it is wrestling, so maybe it was pre-planned,
02:02but you can see footage of Brock Lesnar doing this and he is pissed.
02:06I don't think Lesnar could fake that.
02:07That is not his lane.
02:09I'm not surprised either because this Roman match was ridiculous.
02:12It actually has nothing to do with the performers,
02:14and more this insistence that Reigns had to be kept babyfaced
02:17despite being booed in every single building.
02:19Most fans just accepted he finally would win the WWE Championship
02:23back at this mania, and fine.
02:25If that's what management wanted to do, stop delaying it,
02:28make the damn switch and we can see what happens.
02:31Furthermore, Brock doesn't really turn up to work,
02:33so at least Reigns will...
02:34when somebody got cold feet.
02:36It was so silly because if McMahon really didn't believe in this project,
02:39then just change things.
02:41Instead, we had Lesnar win with one F5,
02:43and we held off the change for another month.
02:45I can only assume it's because Vince didn't want any backlash at the biggest show of the year.
02:50Well, he got it anyway.
02:51It just felt so disjointed.
02:53The match also struggles because the crowd just do not buy in because of all the above.
02:57So in that sense, it did fall apart.
02:59The disparity between what fans wanted and what the creative team were going to give them was huge.
03:04It also sort of felt like no man was going anywhere.
03:07There was no set direction.
03:08And it kind of goes back to what we just talked about.
03:10This was Tribal Chief time, the TCT.
03:14And we didn't do that until the world literally stopped.
03:17Sometimes stubbornness is not the answer.
03:19Number 7, Hulk Hogan vs. Sid Justice at WrestleMania 7.
03:22This was much like our first entry as there was a selection of fans that felt slightly annoyed
03:26that Hulk Hogan was in the main event of WrestleMania just because he was Hulk Hogan.
03:31The world title had already been defended earlier in the night.
03:34If you switch those two matches around, this actually wouldn't have been that bad.
03:37Hogan himself had also taken a public relations kicking so was about to take some time off
03:41and it all tied in.
03:43It was just a catalogue of bad news when the WWF turned Sid Justice heel so Hulk could work
03:47with a monster.
03:48Now look, I love Sid.
03:49The man was crazy.
03:51But this was not the right last bout for WrestleMania 7.
03:54It fell apart.
03:55It was the ending where this was most evident because after the leg drop of Doom,
03:59Papa Shango was meant to run to the ring and break up the pin.
04:02Charles Wright for whatever reason then didn't get his time cue though.
04:05So he was late, meaning Sid just had to kick out.
04:09So that's bad news number one.
04:10People did not just kick out of Hulk Hogan's finish.
04:13You also see Shango freeze in real time because what does he do now?
04:16He is super late.
04:18Well, he just whacked Hogan in the penis and the beatdown was on.
04:21Do make sure you watch the clip of this because you can see Papa slow down when running to
04:24the ring as he realizes what's happened.
04:26We've all been there.
04:27I know that feeling.
04:28Should be in the dictionary as oh no.
04:30Of course, it was sort of saved by the return of the Ultimate Warrior, but poor Bobby Heenan
04:35and Gorilla Monsoon.
04:36They had to ignore all of this because they knew what the proper finish was and they didn't
04:40want to draw attention to it.
04:42I don't want to be horrible, but at least parts of this are quite funny.
04:45Number six, Cody Rhodes versus John Cena at WrestleMania 42.
04:48Let us throw a more recent match in there for your brain and I blame this on one human,
04:53one human alone, Travis Scott.
04:55Because before he'd take 68,678 years to walk to the ring, John Cena versus Cody Rhodes
05:01is fun.
05:02Seeing John go full heel with punches and kicks is just a treat and they seem to be having
05:06a ball in there.
05:07I don't think the crowd was necessarily into Cena's heel turn, but they still made a lot
05:11of noise.
05:12The atmosphere was great.
05:13When you do get Scott Son blaring over the speakers though, it just goes sideways, mostly
05:18because the crowd mistook this for The Rock.
05:20I think that is what pops the bubble too because Las Vegas soon realized they were getting Travis
05:24and not Dwayne Johnson and well, that's not what they wanted.
05:28It affected the match because at this point on, it's all over the place and by the time
05:32Cena had cheated to win his 17th world title, the vibe was weird.
05:36I think people were trying to catch up.
05:38I still don't get why Travis Scott took so long either because that disturbed the flow
05:41of the thing.
05:42Cody knew he had to thump him, so he was just hanging out playing Nintendo.
05:46Rhodes also sort of hinted at this recently saying he sees the Mania and SummerSlam matches
05:50as a part one and part two, so I would assume he is aware.
05:53If you do go back to back with him, it's way better and just fast forward past the
05:57interference during match one and then hit stop after Cena and Cody embrace a SummerSlam.
06:03You know what I'm talking about.
06:04You do not need it.
06:05Number five, Triple H versus Scott Steiner at the 2003 Royal Rumble.
06:09I find it hard to take too many shots at this because it all comes down to age.
06:13I was a fetus watching this and because it was two massive dudes crashing into each other,
06:18well, I thought it was awesome.
06:19Scott Steiner had also come from WCW, which I thought was cool.
06:23Sometimes you do have to watch things with a kid brain.
06:25Your innocence does vanish eventually though, and yeah, if you watch this today, it ain't
06:30great.
06:30Mostly because poor Scott can't walk.
06:32I've no idea what WW was thinking, but Steiner had a serious case of drop foot during his
06:37last run of the company, and yet they sort of ignored it.
06:40Maybe that was his choice, but don't put a guy with that sort of ailment in long matches.
06:45Keep them short and intense.
06:46Push the strengths, hide the weaknesses.
06:48Instead, this went 18 minutes, and really, I don't think Triple H and Scott Steiner liked
06:53each other.
06:54Neither gives an inch, and you can almost hear them saying, I'm going to outflex you
06:58during this.
06:59There was a definite case of wanting to literally be the big man.
07:02Steiner also runs out of gas due to his size and this injury, and WW knows it too.
07:07Soon after this, he was moved down the card, but the damage had already been done.
07:11It was a massive shame because in 2003, you did need matches like this.
07:14It felt fresh, but it just didn't click.
07:18In fact, it went the other way.
07:19You don't even need to see it now.
07:21You're just going to be a little bit upset.
07:23Number four, Charlotte Flair vs. Nia Jax on the 30th of August 2021 Raw.
07:27To this day, I want to know what happened here.
07:30The feeling was good in WWE in the summer of 2021, because fans were finally allowed back
07:35into the building, and shows didn't feel like a funeral.
07:37It also meant the audience was pretty forgiving, and it was just nice to be back.
07:41It was the same as Charlotte Flair and Nia Jax on this episode of Raw, when it just stopped.
07:46And I mean that literally.
07:47One day, I hope we get a book on this, because there was some sort of communication breakdown
07:51when they paused and looked at each other.
07:54That's right, the fighting ended, and stare.
07:57It was like a T-Rex had turned up.
07:58They then started sandbagging and seemingly punching each other in the face for real,
08:02which created even more confusion.
08:04This is fascinating to watch.
08:05It's like they forgot thousands of people were looking on.
08:08Because it's not collaborative at all, it looks mad.
08:11And how wrestling would be if it was legit, I suppose.
08:14Nia's face at 1.2.
08:16She looks genuinely aghast Flair has done whatever she thinks she's done.
08:20I don't have more information, so I can't tell you.
08:22Now there is something fun to it, because you rarely see two pros fall apart to this degree
08:26on Raw.
08:27And I would guess that a few hard shots just pissed one of them off.
08:30To sum up in a headline though, this was totally mad.
08:33Number 3, Goldust vs The Ultimate Warrior at In Your House 7.
08:37Right, let's go the other way.
08:39Something that's totally lost to the passages of time.
08:41Now we do need some caveats.
08:43Goldust was the Intercontinental Champion, but did this match basically in pieces.
08:48He had a serious injury.
08:49And in 1996, the Warrior's mere presence in the company was weird.
08:53He'd fallen out with Vince McMahon so many damn times.
08:56Due to all the above though, they knew they needed to stall for time.
08:59So they did.
09:01Warrior went and smoked Marlena's cigar, because that'll be up some minutes.
09:04And he then kind of wore their wardrobe, which sent the heels crazy, when they ran around
09:08the place literally for minutes.
09:10Goldust then got the cigar and burned Warrior's hand, which set him off.
09:14And the bad guys were so scared, they got counted out.
09:17Also meant Dust was still the icy champ.
09:19The belt can't change hands on a countout.
09:22It also means there's basically zero wrestling in this, and I mean none.
09:26Begs the question why the WWF didn't cancel it, or do a replacement contest.
09:30Even if some fans had been disappointed, it would have made them feel way better than
09:34this did.
09:34If you put the Benny Hill music over the top, well, that's the vibe.
09:37Vince McMahon took it hard publicly too, as he had been promoting this show as the new
09:41era and the new generation.
09:43It was meant to be a fresh beginning.
09:45And if this was the plan going forward, then my gosh, let's get off the wagon now.
09:49I would say you should go check this out after listening to me, because you will laugh
09:52your ass off.
09:53It's such nonsense.
09:55Maybe that's the beauty of wrestling.
09:57You can actually do whatever the flub you want.
09:59Number 2, Chris Jericho vs Neville at the 14th 2016 Raw.
10:02So I wanted to include this one to show you how a true pro can handle things.
10:06It didn't go exactly according to the new plan, but honestly, if you are an up-and-coming
10:10wrestler and need a blueprint on how to balance mistakes, Chris Jericho smashed it.
10:15Now, people forget this match with Neville is also really good, as Jericho was having
10:18a great 2016.
10:20Neville was Neville.
10:21The man didn't know how to have a bad match.
10:23They were rocking and rolling when Neville went to dive through Chris' legs, though,
10:26and rolled his ankle.
10:27You could tell it was bad as he just stopped moving, and Jericho realized instantly, too,
10:32he went into ring general mode.
10:34He instantly rolled up his opponent and held the tights to be an asshole while telling referee
10:38Charles Robinson to ignore the original plan, as we gotta go home.
10:42I don't think Charles heard him.
10:44He counts the one-two-oo, and man, Chris went nuts.
10:47Got in his face and screamed, he's hurt.
10:49He even gave him a shove.
10:51This was most definitely a real reaction.
10:53This is where Robinson's brain kicked in, too, though, because he got the message,
10:56and disqualified Jericho for laying his hands on an official.
10:59So, sure, seeing it get real for a second ain't ideal, but they do hide it well, and
11:03there's no lost time.
11:04Nobody freezes in the moment, and they carry on regardless.
11:07If Robinson had heard Jericho the first time, this would have been on every single training
11:11synopsis.
11:12Protect your opponent.
11:13Get the match done.
11:15It is still very well pulled off, though, even with the slight miscommunication.
11:19I mean, compare and contrast it with other entries on this list.
11:22That's not even close.
11:23Number one, Tiffany Stratton vs. Jay Cargill vs. Nia Jax for the 26th of September 2025
11:27SmackDown.
11:28So, we will throw the one in there that happened recently that everybody wanted to talk about,
11:32and if you've watched any of my content, you know my opinion on this.
11:35Sometimes bad things happen in the ring.
11:38I suppose this goes back to the intro.
11:40I don't put any blame on anybody's shoulders.
11:42We all go to our jobs and sometimes make a mistake, and that's what happened here.
11:46Now, things have actually already taken a turn before this, when poor Jay Cargill was
11:50thrown into Simba the Still Steps by Nia Jax, and good grief the cut that she suffered.
11:54She had to have that thing stitched up.
11:56You can go on her social media now to see the damage.
11:59It will make your stomach turn.
12:01I just hope she's alright.
12:02This also could have been the reason they went straight to the finish, but essentially
12:05after Jay Cargill had slammed Nia Jax to the floor, she went to get the
12:08one, two, three, when Tiffany Stratton was meant to run in and boot Jade and try and
12:12steal the pin herself.
12:13The issue was Tiffany was a little bit late, meaning Jax had to kick out, so when Stratton
12:17went to get the pin, well, I think the referee assumed, well, Nia's going to have to kick
12:21out again.
12:22She's not suffered any more damage, so why would she lay down for the uno dos tres?
12:26As far as Nia Jax was concerned, though, she had been told it was time to go home, so
12:30she didn't kick out at all, meaning the referee did the one, did the two, and well, the three
12:35should have come, but instead, nope, we just got silence, and what really makes this somewhat
12:40amusing is that Nia Jax looks at the official like, what are you doing, dude, before she
12:44realises, oh, I better kick out, and she does.
12:46Now, of course, WWE was just trying to pull off their favourite finish, which was, somebody
12:50is about to win in a triple threat when somebody else steals the pin, and look, Tiffany Stratton
12:54does go up to the top rope, she hits the PME, she gets the one, two, three, and that
12:58rhymes, so it must be true.
12:59I really wouldn't put the blame on anybody, though, and especially not referee Daphne LaShawn.
13:03I think she was just trying to do what was right in the moment, and given that there
13:07was a lot of miscommunication, nobody actually knew what that was.
13:11Doesn't mean that it was fun to watch from a professional wrestling standpoint, but as
13:14we've talked about, Tiffany, Jade, and Nia will know this, and I bet they got to the
13:18back and face palmed, whereas today they're probably laughing about it, because yeah, it
13:22all fell to pieces, but that can happen.
13:25It still wasn't great, though, and nobody would pretend otherwise, but listen, my friends,
13:29it won't be the first time you see it, and it absolutely won't be the last, because
13:32this is what makes sports entertainment so damn good to begin with.
13:35You are flying by the seat of your pants, and there's absolutely no safety net, and
13:39with great risk comes great reward.
13:42I've run out of Instagram quotes now, let's just end the video.
13:45Because you can certainly throw in more of these that may be in your brain in the comments
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13:55Otherwise, I just appreciate having you for the last 15 minutes or so, and hope you have a
13:59terrific day, here's Bald A-Hole, we'll talk to you soon.
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