5 WWE Moments You Only Saw If You Watched Live

Cut that out.

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Ask any wrestling fan to recall their favourite WWE memories, and they're likely to offer up a list of five-star matches and awesome, near-the-knuckle promos.

But, as the company continually remind us every WrestleMania, "moments" can be every bit as important. Stuff like John Cena proposing to Nikki Bella - that's what you really paid your money to see, and you're happy for a few minutes to be shaved off another match in order to accommodate it.

However, not all "moments" fall under the category of things that WWE is going to be replaying for years to come. A handful of the really explicit or embarrassing ones, in fact, have been cut - or at least heavily edited - in subsequent DVD and Network versions of the events.

This practice is probably best understood through the lens of the company's boardroom, who are probably (and quite understandably) fearful that leaving in stuff like this will ultimately put off sponsors from lending their name to what is already an inherently controversial brand.

And then there are also the times when they are simply trying to cover for one of their own putting their foot in it...

5. Swagger's Struggle

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Ladder matches can be a nightmare for wrestlers, no more so than when they have to unhook the belt in front of an arena full of unforgiving fans, with their hands absolutely dripping in sweat.

This was a lesson that Jack Swagger learned the hard way at WrestleMania XXVI. He had been penciled in to win Money in the Bank, so beginning his ascent up the SmackDown card, but he couldn't for the life of him figure out how to free the briefcase.

The All-American American eventually managed to get it down, ending what - next to the ear-bashing he presumably received from Vince McMahon after returning to the back - must have been the most nerve-wracking 10 or 15 seconds of his life.

Owing to the fact that modern-day WWE now has more camera angles than ever, subsequent versions of the event would show a much smoother ending, with Swagger simply climbing the ladder and snatching the briefcase the moment he reached its peak.

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