10 Forgotten WWE Matches Followed By Something Infamously Terrible
6. Ken Shamrock Vs. The Big Boss Man (Followed By Hawk's Suicide Attempt)
The infamous scene that saw Hawk's very real struggles with drug and alcohol dependence reach a near-fatal kayfabe conclusion was - as was the style at the time - used to get out of providing a finish in a match. A reliance on "realism" saw many bouts abandoned in this manner in order to apparently get across that what you were seeing wasn't on a format sheet, or however the announcers were instructed to couch the predetermined nature of the show/
What you're seeing right now is real but what you've already watched wasn't fake, basically. Make sense? Of course not, but the philosophy briefly aided quarter hour ratings victories so on it went. As it did with Hawk, and as it did in the very match that took place before it.
The Big Boss Man and Ken Shamrock had a right old scrap in their singles match before Vince McMahon's money brought them together. The heels were considered better together than apart by the Corporation, with handshakes replacing fisticuffs so the show could get to the suicide stuff.