10 Best Ever Excuses For Losing A Wrestling Match
1. "The Suits"
Diesel's difficult year as WWE Champion in 1995 came to an end in storylines because of Bret Hart's incredible rope-a-dope game. The 'Excellence Of Execution' had - at the third attempt, mind - figured out a way to beat 'Big Daddy Cool', trapping him in a tight small package when he showed him a moment of mercy.
Raging with himself, he snapped, knocking out referees and hitting the Jackknife on Hart multiple times before exiting under a cloud of fury. He'd been beaten fair and square, but he appeared on Raw the following night armed with the excuse of all excuses - every single moment he'd spent as WWE Champion.
Weaving legitimate criticisms and concerns over a flagging gimmick into a powerful promo that interrupted a match and was mostly directed at a Vince McMahon then only considered commentator rather than company boss, Diesel clearly believed every word he was saying, and delivered it with all the requisite gusto.
As an excuse, it was brilliant - corporate America (or, in this case, the "Titan Suits") had seen something in him as a killer, then robbed him of all his murder weapons. The post-loss Diesel - perhaps North American wrestling's first true tweener - had plenty of people to blame and even more to take out his rage on.