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** Blame Ric Flair (well... his pre-TNA self) being simply one of a kind; it's essentially reviving WCW's "Lil' Naitch," except wasting one of the young TNA 'legends' instead of a ref.
* The 9-16-10 episode of Impact was host to perhaps Abyss' most ludicrous moment of narm to date, in which he abducted someone, presumably TNA backstage personnel, and proceeded to bring them to a torture chamber for the purpose of conducting various non-PG activities. In a scene more akin to something you'd expect to see in a ''Saw'' flick rather than professional wrestling, Abyss branded the date 10-10-10 onto the exposed abdomen of his captive. That this was filmed by a cameraman, who did nothing to intervene, and furthermore, shown on TV, to announcers who had little to no reaction whatsoever, not only makes suspension of disbelief impossible, but is also hilarious.
* [[Samoa Joe]] was kidnapped by ninjas in front of a TV crew. Nobody did anything to stop this, nobody seemed to care. He cut one promo from apparent captivity, and came back within a month, the [[
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHAnESNhwd8 Except by] [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]].
* From the recent "THEY are coming" storyline rehash, there's the scene of Crimson "murdering" Abyss by hitting him in the back with Janice, followed by Abyss falling over after stumbling onto the ramp, with Crimson standing behind him, grinning like a horror movie villain. Sadly, the grin, Crimson's ridiculous faux-spiky hairdo, and his odd head-tilt ruined any attempt to take the scene seriously.
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** At least if you watch it with the English audio track. The chants are retained on the Spanish audio track.
* There was a match in 2002 featuring the [[WWE]] version of the [[New World Order]] (which naturally, they did "right"). It was special because it was the big return of core member [[Kevin Nash]] to action after taking several months out due to injury. Approximately one minute after he is tagged in, he got seriously injured ''again'' from simply [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9vipPQwMq8&feature=player_detailpage#t=301s walking across the ring]. At the end of the match, nWo member [[Shawn Michaels]] cut a promo about how the nWo was unstoppable and was going to destroy [[WWE]]... all while poor Kevin was lying in a painful, powerless heap right behind him. Next week, [[Vince McMahon]] appeared and [[Hand Wave|handwaved]] the group out of existence.
** But the really fun bit was the video that circulated among [[Smart Mark
*** In all fairness to Kev, you can see him grasping his leg as he enters the ring so chances were it was already in bad shape before the tear... though why with a bad leg you would go for a ''big boot'' as your first offense is beyond this troper.
**** In fact, he looks to be in pain from the moment he stepped over the top rope(raising the leg tugs on that muscle). This is then exacerbated by the torquing he did after the Big Boot. After which, he mis-stepped a little, and all 300+ pounds went crushing down on the muscle. Narm, if only because Shawn's speech included: [[Hilarious in Hindsight|"Triple H! What you see here is your future!"]] (It was in the past that he tore his left quad in 2001, but in the future that he tore his right one in 2007). Credit to the rest for breaking the match into a brawl to cover.
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* [[Hulk Hogan]] vs. [[Shawn Michaels]]. You just have to feel sorry for HBK on this one. Hogan played [[Executive Meddling|a creative control equivalent of a royal flush]], meaning he was to win their match. The only thing Michaels could do was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyN5sAShqOA ridiculously oversell] every bit of offense Hogan put up. The hilarity is unbound.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wfE7GKNDUs This] promo by Finnish wrestler Ludvig Borga.
* Take your pick with Bobby
** Much of Lashley's Narm stems from one
*** Lashley soon realized this and went into MMA, where he doesn't have to talk and can actually kick ass.
**** And then he went to [[TNA]], where he's had promo time every week and only one actual match.
**** And in MMA, he (or his management) instead gets a reputation for dodging anyone who would be an actual challenge/threat and ''isn't'' the champion (i.e. Alistair Overeem, Strikeforce heavyweight champion) or Fedor Emelianenko.
* The Great Khali once won the World Heavyweight Championship. That itself is not Narm, though. The following night on SmackDown, there was a big celebration in the ring for him, with many native Indian folk dancing, singing and celebrating with the big man. And there were a good number of shots of his face, in which he looked ''legitimately happy''. This still isn't the Narm, though. The Narm came when Dave Batista stormed out to the ring, scared away all the dancers and attacked Khali. Nothing says [[Hero Ball|heroic]] [[Designated Hero|face]] like trashing another guy's victory celebration. [[Moral Dissonance|Batista's a jerk!]]
** The thing is... the Great Khali's a [[Face]] in India to the point that in the ''[[WWE Smackdown]]'' broadcasts in India, he's the Face while his opponents are the [[Heel
** In the same vein, the segment where the Great Khali brings Big Show out and gives him various "peace offerings," including a ''goat,'' and basically doesn't do a single heelish thing despite being the heel. Big Show, conversely, abruptly ends the segment by punching Khali in the face and walking off.
*** Perfectly consistent with the above, making him the gigantic homeland [[Face]] and Batista and Big Show (and I figure any of Khali's enemies) to be the [[Eagle Land|arrogant, big and rude (whathaveyou) American]] [[Jerkass|bullies]]. If anything, it sounds like Khali's face turn on RAW was supposed to finally synchronize the two versions of him.
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* WWE babyface Dave Batista is pretty much a Narm Fuel Station Attendant. From the "That's my title, and come Sunday, I'm taking it back" line that became hilarious through repetition (and Batista's constant failure to back up the threat) to his infamous "[[Professional Wrestling/Memes|Basketballs don't hold grudges]]" comeback, the big man is a great source of unintentional hilarity.
** As of mid-March 2010 turning heel cured him of the Narm...
*** Or so we thought. The last time Batista was on ''Raw'', he was confined to a wheelchair, screaming for someone in the back to "GIMME MAH DAYUMN SPOTLIGHT!!!" It's safe to say that, [[Face]] or [[Heel]], [[Batista]] cannot resist being [[Narm
* The 9/18/09 episode of ''SmackDown!'' contained a moment of Narm so perfectly emblematic of the trope that it's hard to believe it wasn't actually intentional. In response to general manager Teddy Long's nefarious actions in cheating [[The Undertaker]] out of the world title at the Breaking Point PPV prior to the episode, the Undertaker impersonated a limo driver and abducted Teddy Long in a jaw-droppingly stupid scene. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qesTV_U8zg8 See it here.] From the Undertaker's hilarious one liner, [http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y94/SGTenshinhan/T-LoSurprise.jpg to T-Lo's ridiculously exaggerated expression of surprise], to the incredibly cheesy special effects that kick in as Teddy struggles to free himself, I dare you not to laugh.
** [[Fleeting Demographic Rule|A very similar incident ten years earlier]] was another instance of narm. During [[The Undertaker]]'s [[Ministry of Darkness]] days when he was stalking [[Stephanie McMahon]], he impersonated a limo driver as Stephanie was chased into the limo by members of his Ministry. When she told him to go, he turned around, revealing who he was, and saying "Where to Stephanie!? Ahahahaha!!" as Stephanie screamed.
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