10 "Shocking" WWE Moments Ruined By The Internet
3. Jeff Jarrett In The Hall Of Fame
TNA founder and well-known Vince McMahon adversary Jeff Jarrett being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame was an enormous shock. It just wasn't an enormous shock at the time that WWE decided to announce it.
Reports had already leaked online suggesting that the company was preparing to throw its old employee a bone, and though you couldn't entirely take them seriously it did unfortunately mean that the moment itself was less a case of "no way" than it was "of course".
You have to assume this one got out by mistake. Unless it's a marquee, headline-grabbing name, the company doesn't really stand to gain anything from leaking the Hall of Fame line-up (although it could perhaps have come from the inductee's side instead).
In many ways, Jarrett's induction has also removed the element of surprise from any and all future HOF announcements too. If he's been given the WWE seal of approval, then just about anyone else in wrestling could probably get it as well.