10 Genius Wrestling Decisions Made Up On The Fly

A lot was riding on the outcome of the ‘Straight Edge Society Pledge vs. Hair match’ between CM Punk and Rey Mysterio at Over the Limit 2010.

Early on Mysterio hit a headscissors takedown on Punk, which sent him crashing face-first to the ringside barrier, which caused Punk to be busted open hardway. Under WWE’s strict rules and regulations, the match had to be stopped for nearly three minutes as the referee and medical official tried to stop the blood flow, which felt so much longer for the performers and fans in attendance that night. Especially Punk, who visibly started growing agitated throughout the process, with the crowd turning on the match and boos raining down on the ring.

As soon as Punk got the all clear, he made the decision right there and then he was gonna get the crowd back into the match no matter what. He sprinted at Mysterio and hit a baseball slide on him, sending him hurling to the ringside floor. He then spent the next few minutes beating the holy hell out of Mysterio and taunting the crowd.

When most wrestlers would have found the pause in the match as a negative, Punk turned it into a positive; tactically waiting to attack Mysterio.

Blood continued flowing from Punk’s forehead afterwards, but he refused further medical attention, not caring about the consequences and wanting to deliver a worthwhile match, that ended with Punk losing and having to have his head shaved.