What an Idiot!/Professional Wrestling

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  • Michelle McCool's heel-turn angle with Maria on Smackdown in 2008/2009.
    • You'd Expect: After McCool losing two matches and taking it out on Maria both times, Maria would show some caution around McCool, and so would Eve after Maria gets the snot kicked out of her when McCool finally loses the title.
    • Instead: Apparently girlfriends do this all the time in wrestling land? That's what she told them, and that was enough to gain their forgiveness. And they totally didn't see the asskicking they would get coming.
  • The last Total Nonstop Action Wrestling show before 10.10.10. has Dixie Carter, finally fed up with Abyss' actions after he basically tried to "abduct" her, orders Eric Bischoff to fire him. Bischoff then brings her the legal documents to make said firing official.
    • You'd Expect: Dixie to read the contract carefully before signing.
    • Instead: She immediately signs it without even looking at it, letting her anger with Abyss' actions earlier [1] overcome her common sense. The contract she signed really was to turn over the majority of shares to Hulk Hogan, thus screwing herself out of the company.
    • You'd Expect: Her to then fight the contract somehow, having been defrauded with a clear trail of what happened. (On national TV no less.)
    • Instead: She just disappears.
  • Kaval lasts five minutes in a grueling match against The Big Show to earn a spot on Team Smackdown at the 2010 Bragging Rights. Then Tyler Reks comes out to challenge him for his spot. Teddy Long comes out to stop him.
    • You'd Expect: Kaval, obviously in no condition to compete after his match, to request it be postponed in order to give time for his body to heal.
    • Instead: He, being The Determinator that he is, throws out all logic and accepts Reks' challenge. Only for him to be beaten quickly, thus losing his spot.
  • Wade Barrett has two of these moments in a triple-threat cage match, both in the same match:
    • Wade's on top of the cage with both Randy Orton and Sheamus on the floor.
      • You'd Expect: Barrett to exit the cage, knowing that his place (let alone leadership) in The Nexus is on the line.
      • Instead: He goes for an elbow drop on Sheamus, which he counters with his knees. But that's nothing [2] compared to...
    • Wade's climbing up the cage with both of his opponents down. CM Punk runs out and climbs the cage, seemingly to help him.
      • You'd Expect: Barrett to either drop down and walk out the door, or at least knock Punk away, knowing that he's been the one who has been trying to usurp control of Nexus from him.
      • Instead: He takes Punk's hand, which he uses as an opportunity to strip him of his Nexus armband before knocking him back down the cage.
  • Following the successful completion of his Xanatos Roulette against The Undertaker, Kane has the World Heavyweight Championship and his brother is buried alive for the fifth time. His next challenger, is one-time rival Edge. Who, in a move full of Moral Dissonance in and of itself, promptly decides to kidnap his father to try to get in his head, and after one title shot failed, to get another one.
    • You'd Expect: Kane to immediately go straight to General Manager Teddy Long and threaten to walk out with the belt if Teddy doesn't force Edge to give Paul Bearer back, especially since kidnapping non-wrestlers isn't something Long is supposed to condone anyway. If Teddy refused to give Paul back, he could easily make good on his threat until Teddy finally caves or gets kicked out for someone else with some sense who will do the right thing. In other words, what CM Punk did in 2011, except more specific to a brand (Smackdown), less "Voice of the Voiceless", and more "GIVE ME BACK MY DAD!".
    • Instead: Kane keeps scrambling around and running after wherever Edge showed his face last like a blubbering idiot, and is driven to the point of pleading humanity in desperation. He ends up with Teddy right in front of him at least twice, yet can only ask "Where's Paul!?" or "Where's Edge!?".
    • The result: Daddy Paul gets Put on a Bus again, Kane gets trapped in a four-way TLC match at the end of the year and loses the World Heavyweight Title to Edge, promptly becoming a midcard human-like face AGAIN shortly thereafter.
  • On the 12/5/11 airing of Monday Night Raw, Randy Orton is in a match with the Miz. They're both out of the ring and Randy slams Miz. Wade Barrett comes out and watches the match and both the Miz and Randy are close to being counted out. Randy pushes the Miz into the ring.
    • You'd Expect: Randy to ignore Wade and continue the match.
    • Instead: Randy chases Wade and gets counted out as a result.
  • On Aug. 4, 2014 episode of RAW, Seth Rollins was given a change of an opponent, Heath Slater rather than Rob Van Dam, in order to increase his chances of choosing a match if he could beat Slater in under 15 minutes. The move was done by the Authority, but Dean Ambrose shows up to bother Rollins.
    • You'd Expect: The Authority to remove Ambrose from the area, or Rollins to ignore him in order to beat Slater.
    • Instead: The distraction was too much for Rollins, leading to Slater to beat Rollins allowing Ambrose to choose a lumberjack match for Summer Slam.
  • On Aug. 11, 2014 episode of RAW, Stephanie McMahon claims that Megan Miller, a physical therapist, was having an affair with Daniel Bryan, Brie’s husband. Brie shows up to confront Miller.
    • You'd Expect: Brie was come to her senses and wonder if this was nothing more than a trap.
    • Instead: Brie slaps Miller and attacks Stephanie. Brie was later “arrested” for assaulting Miller.
    • To be fair: Brie had to know something was up, resulting in her attacking Stephanie.
  • On the Labor Day episode of 2014, Brie knocks out Nikki, which happened to be in front of Paige… knocking her out too. As Brie leaves, AJ Lee sees the Diva Champion title on the ground and decides to touch it, with a certain someone also in the ring. The problem, AJ wasn’t the Champion at the time, which was Paige.
    • You’d Expect: AJ to just get out of the ring with the title in hand, that wasn’t hers, and slip out of the arena before anyone as sees her.
    • Instead: She skips out the ring! Take a guess on who catches her.
  • On Nov. 20, 2014 episode, during the Battle Royal for the United State Championship, The Miz got eliminated by Goldust and Stardust, leaving his "stunt double" Damien Mizdow in the ring.
    • You’d Expect: Damien just to continue on with the match.
    • Instead: He eliminates himself. This caught Goldust and Stardust off-guard, leading to Jack Swagger to sneak up behind them.
  • During Wrestlemania 31, Triple H is taken out by Ronda Rousey, leaving Stephanie McMahon stunned.
    • You’d Expect: Stephanie to leave it be afterward, since Triple H deserve it.
    • Instead: McMahon confronts Rousey, only to discover that messing with an Olympic judoka who’s been in the UFC was a bad idea. It would result in a arm lock, which McMahon quickly found out the hard way.


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  1. ↑ (he had kidnapped her earlier and brought her out to the ring, then implied to have threatened to hurt her)
  2. ↑ (especially since wrestlers give up certain victory to injure their opponents in cage matches all the time)
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