10 Wrestlers Who Accidentally Won Their Matches

7. Daniel Bryan – SmackDown (June 17, 2011) 

A match that has since become a bit famous for a) being the worst match that Cody Rhodes was ever a part of, and b) the phrase, “that referee tried to f**k on me”, which is now in the Wrebster’s Wrestling Dictionary where it belongs.

On a random SmackDown in June 2011, Rhodes teamed up with Wade Barrett and Ted DiBiase Jr. to take on Ezekiel Jackson, Sin Cara and Daniel Bryan.

Apparently, the point of the match was to get over Jackson’s strength and power with a wild, memorable hot tag, which makes it even funnier that he only got 30 seconds in the ring right at the start and never got to be tagged back in.

Instead, Daniel Bryan hit his running dropkick on DiBiase, covered him, 1-2-3, with Ted Jr. kicking out too late, before storming backstage claiming the referee was trying to f**k on him, so in case anyone was unclear what a ref f**king on someone looks like, uh… I guess this. This is.

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6. Kaitlyn – Raw (August 20, 2012)

As we move up the list, the screwups are becoming gently more severe, in this case Kaitlyn accidentally becoming #1 Contender to the Divas Title, which she definitely wasn’t supposed to be.

In August 2012 a Battle Royal was held to determine who’d wrestle Layla for her awful butterfly belt, with the final two being Kaitlyn and Eve. Eve was supposed to win.

Instead, Kaitlyn uses the power of incredibly dark roots under dyed blonde hair which is a superpower we both share, clotheslining her over the top rope, with the plan being Eve landing on the apron. That did not happen.

Look at Kaitlyn, that’s not the reaction of someone who just won a title shot. Even funnier, look at Layla. Siri, what’s the opposite of a poker face? “Well that was a shocker,” said Michael Cole. Sure was!

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4. Too Cool – Judgment Day 2000

What’s better than a balls up on live TV? Why a balls-up on pay-per-view of course!

Judgement Day 2000, that’s the pay-per-view with Chopper Mark returning during the Iron Man match and immediately screwing over The Rock with a DQ loss, great memories, but the opening match didn’t end much better with Too Cool taking on Team ECK, (Edge, Christian and Kurt Angle).

The ending of the match sees Edge cover Rikishi, before Mr. Sexay hits him with the hip hop drop.

Rikishi rolls into the pin, which Kurt Angle was supposed to break up, but evidently he was still discombobulated from having Rikishi’s entire a**hole rubbed into his face as he arrives just a fraction too late and the three is counted.

The crowd are happy, but no music plays for a noticeably long time, JR says ‘uh, we got winners’, Scotty climbs into the ring looking utterly perplexed and despite winning the match, Rikishi looks ROYALLY pissed about.

Still, nothing a quick dance can’t fix.

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4. Billy Kidman – Souled Out 2000

Oh man. This is funny, but it’s also sad, but it’s also really funny.

So at Souled Out 2000, the first pay-per-view of easily the worst year in WCW’s wacky existence, Billy Kidman was scheduled to wrestle not once, not twice, but thrice.

His first match, and indeed the first match on the card was Kidman vs. Dean Malenko in a Catch as Catch Can style match, the rules of which were, you must win by pinfall or submission, and if you leave the ring and feet touch the floor, you’re disqualified.

Well, either no one told Malenko that last part, or he forgot, because two minutes into the match he rolls out of the ring, the announcers immediately say “well, I mean, the match is over then?”

The ref tells Dean to get back in the ring so the match can continue, but when he does, then the bell rings, and the ref says, “oh I guess Dean’s disqualified then”.

Weird confusing nonsense, and considering WCW in 2000 there’s like a 30% chance that was the actual booking.

Know what makes it ready sad though, that was Dean Malenko’s last match in WCW. Leave the memories alone.

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