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*** For the next year or so afterward, fans going to WWF events would hoist signs saying "[[Mick Foley]] put my butt in this seat".
**** The really painful part for WCW was that at the time Nitro lasted until 11:10 or so in order to fit in with the Turner networks' scheduling, while RAW ended at 11PM. Nitro's last, unopposed segment drew huge ratings...which means that most viewers who switched to RAW switched back to Nitro afterwards and were at least somewhat interested in seeing Nitro's main event; had they not known about Foley's title win, they would have been content to watch Nitro. Well, content until the Fingerpoke happened at least.
* [[Edge]], on two separate occasions, used the Money in the Bank Briefcase (a prize earned in a match that allows the victor to challenge a champion to a title match at any time the briefcase holder desires) to blindside and defeat a champion after they'd just taken an asskicking from someone else. So lo and behold, on the 6/30/08 edition of ''Raw,'' he showed up as World Heavyweight Champion to boast that Raw had no world champion and never would, due to his screwing [[Batista]] over the prior night. These boasts were interrupted by Batista, who came out and beat him senseless... and then [[CM Punk]], who was at that point the present owner of the briefcase, proceeded to run out with a referee and use his title shot then and there in what has to be the [[CM Punk
* [[CM Punk]] was the victim of a double-barrelled one as the result of his feud with [[Wrestler/Raven|Raven]] in [[Ring of Honor]]. Punk cut promos talking about how his Straight Edge revolution would destroy the revolution that Raven was a part of (i.e. [[ECW]]), and ragging on the "debauched" ECW fans, as well as Raven's history of drug and alcohol problems. After beating Raven in a dog-collar match, Punk decided to sink the boot in by tying Raven to the ropes and forcing beer down his throat... only to be jumped by ECW icon Tommy Dreamer, who proceeded to do just that to Punk. As an epilogue, when Punk make his WWE debut, it was in the revived ECW.
* [[The Undertaker]] has a tendency to lose [[Gimmick Matches|casket or buried alive matches]], which are supposed to be his specialty, being a [[Wrestling Doesn't Pay|wrestling gravedigger]] and all. Typically, after a loss he disappears for a while and comes back with a new gimmick.
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* The WWE RAW Supplemental Draft of 2011: [[John Cena]] has been sent to Smackdown and [[The Miz]] is happy since Cena won't be fighting him for the WWE Championship anymore if he beats him at Extreme Rules 2011, especially since [[John Cena]] was determined to get the title and hold it until Wrestlemania 28 next year in his match against [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]. But at the final pick of the night (where it was Smackdown's Mark Henry, [[Christian]], and Cena against RAW's Miz, [[CM Punk]], and [[Alberto Del Rio]]), Henry turned heel and beat up Cena and Miz pinned him....leaving RAW to be the one who picked up the win. Who did they get? The same man Miz pinned!
* [[Vince McMahon]] tried to screw [[CM Punk]] at ''Money In The Bank'' when [[John Cena]] locked him in an STF by having the bell rung and declaring Cena the winner. This causes Cena to release the hold and punch out the man Vince sent to have the bell rung, telling Vince he doesn't want to win that way. Cena ends up losing because of this, giving Punk the victory. What's worse is ''Cena was '''winning''''' at the time and might have got a legit victory if Vince hadn't done this, leaving Vince with no one to blame except himself.
* A more minor example: In the 2007 [[Royal Rumble]], Sabu from ECW had set up a table outside the ring just before entering. A while after [[Kane (
* RAW, 2/10/14: Billy Gunn suffered this after [[Betty White]] switch the cups that was offered to her by the New Age Outlaws. White knew Road Dog added from laxatives in the drink and used the excuse for lemons as a distraction to make the switch. During the match featuring [[Curtis Axel]] / [[Ryback]] and the Usos, The New Age Outlaws were at the commentary table when Gunn felt ill. After the match, Billy Gunn tried to [[Getting Crap Past the Radar| run to the bathroom]] and The Usos finding themselves laughing at the situation.
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