10 Weirdest WWE SmackDown Main Events Ever
The blue show has ended with some strange matches over the years.
After a successful pilot episode in April, WWE SmackDown made its triumphant debut in August of 1999 and has been a fixture of wrestling television ever since.
The show, which takes its name from one of The Rock's many, many, many catchphrases, is now second only to Raw as WWE's longest-running and most important weekly broadcast. It gained a stellar reputation as "the wrestling show" during the early 2000s, thanks in part to the likes of Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, and the SmackDown Six, and was home to The Bloodline Saga's formative years, when it was ruled over by Roman Reigns' mammoth Universal title run.
Sadly, not everything in wrestling can be The Bloodline or Angle vs. Lesnar, and for every stellar main event in the blue brand's history, there has been one that stands out like a sore thumb.
For the purposes of this list, a "main event" is the final match on the card, regardless of whether or not they were the final segment of the show.
Get ready for massive handicap matches, wrestling commentators, and so much intergender violence from this potted history of SmackDown's strangest moments.
10. La Familia vs Batista, Nunzio, Funaki & Colin Delaney - June 6th 2008
After winning the World Heavyweight Championship at One Night Stand 2008, Edge and his on-screen squeeze Vickie Guerrero, along with their La Familia stable, were celebrating on SmackDown when that big nasty Batista came out to spoil the fun.
The Animal was placed into an eight-man tag team match against the faction for the night's main event, but with one condition - Vickie got to pick his partners.
Uh oh.
This led to the multi-time world champion and future box office topper teaming up with three of the biggest jobbers to have ever jobbed, Nunzio, Funaki, and Colin Delaney.
Even with a group of partners with about three televised wins between them, Batista still held his own against Edge, Chavo Guerrero, Zack Ryder, and Curt Hawkins. After a few brushes with defeat, Big Dave crushed poor Ryder with a Spear and a Batista Bomb, giving him the win in what was essentially a 4-on-1 handicap match.
So, not only did the three lower card lads get to close out the show, but they actually got to win a match as well. Dreams do come true.