Anger is defined in the dictionary as a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong. In all our years of enjoying any sort of entertainment, be it watching a movie, reading a book or playing a video game, there are moments that just piss us off so much that steam almost blows out of our ears like in cartoons. In honour of Super Cena’s 10th WWE Championship win this past Sunday at Night of Champions, this writer is going to look at his personal list of the top moments in wrestling that pissed him off a lot.
10. King Booker vs. Batista on Smackdown
All the way back in 2006, this writer had only watched wrestling for two full years and was a little naïve. Naïve enough to believe anything the WWE promoted as being great. He cheered for all the faces and booed all the heels no matter what. So when WWE pushed this Summerslam rematch between Batista and King Booker as the biggest match ever on Smackdown, he believed it. To his dismay, the match floundered to point it was hard to watch. Batista was pushed to the point that it seemed like Booker had no chance, so when the King pulled out the cheap victory it sucked the life out of the match and pissed this writer off to no extent.
9. 3/3/11
TNA has had a tendency to rip-off the WWE quite a bit. So this act might not have surprised most people. But when TNA promotes it as “The Most Shocking Surprise of the Year” (TNA’s words not mine), no one expected TNA to blatantly copy a big angle from the WWE. Yes, people speculated that Sting was involved the WWE’s 2/21/11, so TNA probably wanted to capitalize on the extra publicity Sting was getting. The video was very similar to the WWE’s initial 2/21/11 video, but with horrible TNA production values. Instead of hyping people, such as this writer, for Sting’s return (which actually was spoiled before the Impact broadcast was over), it ticked a lot of them off that TNA would sink so low to blatantly copy the WWE’s original idea rather than giving their fans an actual surprise.
8. Ric Flair Wrestles on Impact
Back in March of 2008, the WWE gave one of the greatest wrestlers in the business Ric Flair a beautiful retirement. When Shawn Michaels beat Flair to end the Nature Boy’s wrestling career, Flair said that he would never wrestle again. As a fan of wrestling, you figure out quickly that there really is no retirement in professional wrestling, but when a wrestler says he will never wrestle again, some people like yours truly believe that. Personally I believe Shawn Michaels will never wrestle again, but that is another story. So the fact that Flair would go to TNA and wrestle not one, but a good number of matches felt like a slap in the face to all those who believed what the Nature Boy said those few years ago. Retirement in pro wrestling may not be final, but a man even the Dirtiest Player in the Game should stick by whatever he says no matter when or where he said it.
7. The Great Khali Wins the World Heavyweight Championship
Here we get to the good stuff. Back in the summer of 2007 when Edge went down with an injury, the WWE thought of the ingenious idea to put the World Heavyweight Championship on this lumbering idiot. Smackdown was not in the best shape. Many of the big superstars on Smackdown like Rey Mysterio, Mark Henry and Undertaker were all out with an injury. So you might think to yourself that they did not have much of choice, but in reality they actually did. The WWE could and SHOULD have put the title on either Batista or Kane. No, the WWE decided to put one of their major titles on a giant who had zero charisma and would not know how to put on a good match even if it bit him on the ass. This title change was one of the many reasons why the summer of 2007 will go down as one of the worst summers in wrestling history.
6. Sheamus Wins 1st WWE Championship
Timing, it is such a huge thing in professional wrestling. It can make or break any storyline, push or even wrestling match. So who in the hell thought that Sheamus was even ready to hold the WWE Championship after less than a year in the WWE?! Sheamus was supposed to be built as a monster yet all he did was beat up guys like Jamie Noble and Santino Marella. So WWE tell me why should the fans even believe this green rookie could beat or even deserved facing the Face of the WWE for the WWE Championship?! To make things worse, Sheamus beat John Cena for the WWE Title by shoving him off the top rope causing Cena to fall through a table. What an awesome way to put over a supposed monster, WWE. Yes, now Sheamus is an excellent superstar and deserves the main event status he has earned. But back in 2009, we wrestling fans did not like seeing the Celtic Warrior shoved down our collective throats the way the WWE did.
5. Undertaker vs. Kane in Hell in a Cell
This match is a prime example that the ending of a match can make or break it. In the Hell in a Cell’s bloody history, there have been some horrible matches, but this one takes the cake and it was all thanks to its craptacular ending. So let me explain it to you in detail, so you can feel the same anger that I felt after watching this crap. Undertaker went for the Tombstone Piledriver on Kane and as Taker went for the move the lights dimmed and pyro started going off on the stage. If you think that was stupid, just wait it got worse. Kane fought out of Taker’s Tombstone, which was followed by Paul Bearer opening Taker’s urn and seemingly “blinding” the Undertaker. After that Kane and the Undertaker stood in the ring dumbfounded as Bearer made his painfully slow trek to hand Kane the urn, in order for Kane to use the urn to bash Taker over the head with it and get the win. Who in their right mind thought this would be a good ending!? This ending was unacceptable as a finish to a match and this match was unacceptable to be a main event of a PPV. The ending for this match was not even close to believable and it left a sour taste in my mouth that I probably will never get over.
4. WWE Releases Daniel Bryan
The WWE has released many great superstars that have made many wrestling fans pissed off. The fact that The Great Khali is still employed by the WWE and wrestlers like Low Ki, MVP and Gail Kim are not, really ticks this writer off. Out of all the releases, there is only one that reigns as the dumbest release the WWE has done, so dumb in fact that the WWE rehired that wrestler two months after being released. That wrestler was the “American Dragon” Bryan Danielson or otherwise known as Daniel Bryan in the WWE. Supposedly somebody at Mattel, who works on WWE’s action figures, got angry at Bryan choking WWE ring announcer Justin Roberts with his own tie during the Nexus invasion on Raw, so to avoid Mattel from ceasing production on the WWE’s “beloved” action figures, the WWE fired Daniel Bryan. The uproar this release caused was nothing short of legendary with fans chanting Daniel Bryan’s name at WWE events across the US. A Daniel Bryan chant can be heard crystal clear at the very end of the WWE’s Fatal 4 Way PPV during the June of last year. So hopefully the WWE has learned from this incident and will listen to us Daniel Bryan fans. So WWE, you should start letting him win before we get vocal again.
3. John Cena Wins 10th WWE Championship
Well here we are. The very moment that inspired this very article. John Cena’s win over Alberto Del Rio this past Sunday for his record setting 10th WWE Championship win and 12th World Championship win in total. This one moment sent yours truly into a complete fit to the point that I took to Facebook, Twitter and Google+ to stress my complete and utter anger. In the last month, John Cena along with WWE Creative made Del Rio look pathetic. He was buried week after week to the point that Alberto had to beat Cena or risk being buried to the point his career might never recover from. Guess WWE did not think about that because they gave the WWE Title to Cena anyway. The WWE and Super Cena crushed the credibility of Del Rio and the credibility of the WWE Championship. Now how can any fan consider Alberto Del Rio as a worthy main eventer? How can any fan care about the WWE Championship after it has been devalued this much? John Cena as WWE Champion may help ratings, but thanks for alienating some of your most devoted fans yet again.
2. Christian Drops the World Heavyweight Championship Two Days after Winning It
Many hardcore wrestling fans and Canadians have waited what seems like ages for Christian to get what he rightful has deserved for years. That moment came at Extreme Rule this past May when Captiain Charisma beat Alberto Del Rio in a Ladder Match for the WWE Championship. It was a beautiful and glorious moment for all wrestling fans, but as a Canadian it was a little more special to see a countryman win the Big One. Two days later, the Cinderella Story came to its tragic end as Randy Orton beat Christian for the World Heavyweight Championship. It felt much worse than a slap in the face to Christian and his Peeps, it felt like the WWE punted us right in the family jewels with steel-toe boots. So after we all recovered from the shock, we made our voices heard and complained about the WWE’s stupid decision to put the title right on Orton without giving Christian a chance to run with it. Even after the excellent feud that resulted from this one event, personally I am still angry at the WWE for giving Christian not one, but two short abysmal reigns as World Heavyweight Champion.
1. TNA Victory Road 2011
PPVs like this one kill promotions; they incredibly decrease the fan base and stain a promotion’s reputation. There is no doubt that TNA’s Victory Road PPV event this last March will never be forgotten, but for all the wrong reasons. If Christian dropping the World Title to Randy Orton two days after winning it felt like a kick in the manhood, it felt like TNA stabbed us all right in the heart and left us for dead. Even if the product has been on a steady decline, people trusted TNA to put on a good to decent show, but they betrayed their fans trust and put on a show that was a defeat in every sense of the word. The backlash to this PPV has been huge even to the point that TNA gave anybody who bought Victory Road three free months of TNA on Demand. A noble effort, but TNA should have done more for the crap they put their fans through. If Victory Road was not the final nail in TNA’s coffin, it will sure be start of the eventual collapse of this wrestling promotion.
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