10 Most Berserk WWE Matches Ever

10. 41-Man Battle Royal - SmackDown (14 October 2011)

Alan Partridge: I've probably got more friends than you've got cows.

Peter Baxendale-Thomas: I've got 100 cows.

Alan Partridge: I've got 104 friends.

This ironic joke of pathetic oneupmanship was parroted, unironically, by WWE in 2011 - who in a fit of "FIRST!" booked a 41-Man Battle Royal purely to eclipse that year's 40-Man Royal Rumble as the biggest match in the history of the company. The mass of bodies was indistinguishable enough before the realisation hit that so many of them were FCW CAWs. The lunatic commentary of Michael Cole, Booker T and Josh Matthews added to the sensory assault. Cole was in full dialled-up heel mode; Booker T discovered alliteration; Josh Matthews added to the widespread confusion by getting nigh-on every wrestler's name wrong. There were so many bodies in there that Dolph Ziggler almost suffered a concussion when Primo bounced on his head en route to the floor.

The words "It's the largest battle royal in WWE history!" were uttered at least twice per minute. There were almost as many stupidly overblown eliminations, as one low card outlier after another attempted to steal the limelight. Drew McIntyre in particular almost broke his ankles attempting a sort of cartwheel bump.

As desperate as it was furious as it was a meaningless blur, a more apt visual metaphor for WWE in 2011 you will not find.