10 Memorably Punishing WWE Matches

10. The Acolytes Vs. The Public Enemy (Sunday Night Heat, 7 March 1999)

Thanks to the booking prowess of Paul Heyman in ECW, tag team The Public Enemy were a huge deal when they became free agents in 1999. WWE acquired them, but the locker room were not immediately enamoured by two men who had previously chosen competitors over WWE and acted like a bigger deal than they arguably were.

In the face of such provocation, the vengeful roster of 1999 had only one recourse. Send in The Acolytes.

Farooq and Bradshaw got their crack at The Public Enemy on an episode of Sunday Night Heat and didn't let the chance go to waste. The unofficial executioners of the company's disgruntled wrestlers launched a full-out assault on the unsuspecting newcomers.

Bradshaw's murderous chair shots to their backs and shoulders and Farooq's criminal stomps to a downed opponent left no doubt as to the purpose of the match. A final unprotected chair to the head head added an exclamation point.

It was a punishment beating and because it was in front of a live audience, The Public Enemy were obliged to sit and take it.