10 Craziest WWE Live TV Moments

4. Rough Enough - July 8, 2002

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3wGawvW7iM During the brand split, it was common practice for less-polished members of the roster to be placed on Smackdown. That way, their matches would air on a taped show, and WWE had the benefit of editing or re-shooting certain segments, just to make sure that the final product was TV-worthy. This match might've been what gave them the idea. On a Monday Night Raw shortly after the brand split, the veteran team of Bradshaw and Trish Stratus came together to take on angry Tough Enough runners-up Christopher Nowinski and Jackie Gayda. What followed was a match that, 12 years later, is still recognized as the nadir of WWE's in-ring action. The rookies (mostly Gayda) were exposed as having no place whatsoever on TV, as they (mostly Gayda) botched a variety of moves in painfully awkward fashion. When the match finally ended after a (botched) bulldog, a mortified Bradshaw and Trish got the hell out of dodge ASAP. The fans, meanwhile, were left to helplessly ponder that which they couldn't unsee.
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