10 Amazing (But Forgotten) WWE Pre-Show Matches You Need To See
3. El Torito Vs Hornswoggle (Extreme Rules 2014)
Rightfully lauded more out of shock than deep-seated love for the match, the short-statured combatants were far from undermined by the mocking tones attributed to their 'WeeLC' match at April 2014's Extreme Rules pay-per-view.
Featuring commentary from little people dressed as Michael Cole, JBL and Jerry 'The King' Lawler (Micro Cole, Jerry Smaller and JBelf) sat at a tiny ringside announce table with a referee and ring announcer matching the heights of the combatants, El Torito and Hornswoggle were comedic sidekicks for Los Matadores and the 3-Man Band respectively, but refused to succumb to the jokes themselves, engaging in a genuinely thrilling brawl.
After a festival of highspots from Torito with the use of a miniature steel chair, Hornswoggle took control with a similarly diminutive ladder before missing a tadpole splash that had previously won him the Cruiserweight Title seven years earlier. After hitting rolling thunder, he attempted the splash again, this time connecting with his opponent as the mini-Bull crashed through the scaled-down announce table.
Genuinely entertained, the crowd afforded the pair a 'this is awesome' chant that was more deserving than half the TNA X Division matches that received it at the time, shortly before Hornswoggle inadvertantly put Heath Slater through another table with an errant chairshot.
The babyface battled back, and after Los Matadores helped him put Jinder Mahal through a pile of plunder (with Drew McIntyre equally subdued), Torito put Hornswoggle through two chairs with a springboard flipping senton for the win.