Lou Thesz probably screwed up the Thesz Press once. Maybe, during a match with Pat O'Connor, he slipped on the jump and fell, smacking his face on the mat in front of the New Zealander's feet. Or maybe just maybe he jumped too high on the attempt and his crotch caught the chin of "Whipper" Billy Watson. All wrestlers just like all people screw up, no matter how good they are. Luckily for Thesz, though, back when he competed, YouTube was a distant dream. As such, any mistakes he made are lost to the annals of history. Today, when a wrestler botches a maneuver, it lasts forever recordings and screen-grabs immediately make their way online, and the virtual chants of "you f**ked up" can proceed at the viewer's leisure and last for all eternity, if they so choose. With that in mind, it's more important than ever to catalog these bloopers to let future generations know the best of what the internet has to offer. After all, we wouldn't want web-surfers to waste their time, would we? Here are the 18 most famous, cringe-worthy, or simply hilarious big-league move blunders on the internet. Additions? Comments? Leave 'em below!
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
*Best Crowd of the Year, 2013
