10 Dumbest WWE Match Finishes This Decade

9. Big Match Jon Costs Cena The Gold (SummerSlam 2015)

Jon Stewart, John Cena
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Jon Stewart, as he would announce twenty four hours later on RAW, brained John Cena with a steel chair at SummerSlam because, as a huge Ric Flair fan, he couldn't bear to see Cena equal the Nature Boy's record of World title reigns.

He probably should've checked his maths, and spared us a sh*tty finish to a huge match on the second biggest show of the year.

While Cena did eventually drill Stewart with the Attitude Adjustment, he initially took the news in his usual carefree stride. Thinking much too carefully about kayfabe, why was Stewart allowed out there in the first place? His hosting duties were over. He had a known grudge, too, with Seth Rollins - shouldn't this have been taken into account when he was casually standing by the gorilla position?

He took an age to decide what he was going to do - why wasn't he manhandled out of the building by security? We've seen them work quicker. Isn't there also a liability risk to consider? Stewart is a bonafide celeb - what if Cena had just lost it there and then, and pummelled him into a damaging and publicised lawsuit?

Given how many times matches are interfered with, shouldn't there be an unbreakable blockade of security guards manning the entrance ramp?

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