10 Awesome Wrestling Spots That Were Totally Improvised

10. He Hurt Kurt

As awkward as it was (literally) gripping, the shoot showdown between Tough Enough competitor and Mixed Martial Arts amateur Daniel Puder and Kurt Angle almost ended in disaster for the Olympian when the trainee very nearly broke his arm in an open challenge.

The storyline called for Angle the bully heel to roughhouse the candidates, but Puder's unexpected skillset left the Hall Of Famer in all sorts of bother before the two rolled into enough of a pinning combination for the referees to count three.

Angle looked incensed as he squared up to Puder in the aftermath, with few fans fortunately catching how close he was to capitulation. It was barely his improvisation - he moved just enough for the officials to count the fall and save his skin. SmackDown was taped, but losing face (and an arm) in this manner would have required a total axing of the segment.

Puder's cared were marked from this point, despite what were clearly just his best efforts.