10 Dumbest Match Finishes In Modern Wrestling History
4. Asuka Vs. Sasha Banks - WWE The Horror Show At Extreme Rules 2020
WWE's pandemic output was horrific, even by the standards of Vince McMahon's decline years.
Surreal, bleak, inscrutable, wacky, nonsensical: when the world just wanted a mere hint of certainty, Vince thought it would be a capital idea to make his product even more confounding.
Surely, though, he couldn't mess up Asuka Vs. Sasha Banks: a great match at the best of times, Asuka was a scenery-chewing delight when all felt lost while Banks was on incredible form in the heel role. The match was excellent, not that it f*cking matters: a furious warp speed technical struggle overflowing with drama, the momentum ping-ponged so rapidly that it was one of few WWE matches that made the absence of fans easier to forget.
And then Bayley put on a referee t-shirt and the match magically ended when she counted the three on Sasha's behalf.
It was sold as a cunning plan, as if it were just that easy. As if it were allowed!
The dumbest Dusty finish ever conceived, it was sold by the commentary team as a result that couldn't possibly stand, and it didn't, but you had to wait for the TV to confirm that. The match wasn't restarted. The implication is that any match could end at any time, if a wrestler put on a referee's shirt, and an authority figure would only intervene when the show needed a ratings bump.