10 Best Wrestling Matches NOBODY Watched
1. Christian Vs. Randy Orton (WWE Over The Limit 2011)
Their Over The Limit 2011 collision wasn't the best Randy Orton vs. Christian match from their 2011 series; that accolade goes to their SummerSlam classic in which Christian was truly elevated to the next level upon suffering one of Orton's most unhinged RKOs, being caught mid-flight and landing atop the steel stairs.
Their Over The Limit clash was, however, a tremendously worked match. Attracting a mediocre 142,000 pay-per-view buys and being best remembered for one of several matches disguised as bullying towards Michael Cole (here, he was force-fed Jerry Lawler's barbeque sauce-doused foot), Orton and Christian's World Heavyweight Championship battle was a special, counter-focused piece of storytelling that set the tale for Christian's first great heel run. The rationale behind his turn was simplistic, too; his foot was underneath the bottom rope during the finishing fall of their Capitol Punishment rematch.
He needn't be erroneously Superkicked and sent through a barbershop's window, or be struck in the back with a metal folding chair - instead, something so simple, so commonplace in modernistic sports entertainment, sent him over the edge in a heel run that brought him to the level of Edge.
The match wasn't necessarily the greatest wrestling contest you'll ever see but for what it was, this was a hidden gem tucked away on one of WWE's worst-booked pay-per-views.