10 Best Ever Excuses For Losing A Wrestling Match

10. "I Wasn't Ready"

A wonderful bit of Santino Marella comedy from his period peaking in the gimmick, his charge towards the ring during the 2009 Royal Rumble had all the vim and vigor of his premature celebrations when he thought he'd won the thing two years later.

For a man often cautious or cowardly, this was the one time he was only too happy to steam headlong into war instead of delicately placing one foot in front of the other for a battle. Tragically, there was to be no 'Milan Miracle' in Michigan. Rather, the total opposite of Marella's plan occured.

Breaking the record for the least time ever spent in the match, Santino's one-second wonder etched him into Rumble history, despite his hilarious protestations that he "wasn't ready" when he'd never looked more determined in his entire career.

The exact type of gag that should be attached to his bizarrely illustrious career, it was also a far more palatable use of his gimmick than what they all came up with for his involvement in WrestleMania Battle Royal later that year.