10 Great Wrestling Matches You Didn’t Know You Wanted

4. Randy Orton Vs. David Otunga - Miracle On 34th Street Fight, WWE SmackDown, December 2, 2011

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David Otunga possessed all the tools to appear on WWE television i.e., a fabulous physique and an association with a celebrity. Had he not been utterly irredeemable as a performer, in a harrowing alternate timeline, he may have raced towards the WWE Championship quicker than Jinder Mahal did.

But utterly irredeemable he was.

The ‘Miracle On 34th Street Fight’ is essentially WWE’s way of rattling off a pun, and a fun gimmick match in the meaningless pre-Christmas cycle—but on this magical night, Otunga’s selling ability grew three sizes bigger, and a genuine miracle took place.

Randy Orton was in prime prick form here; so unfazed was he by the threat of Otunga that, after sending him spilling over the top rope and through a Christmas tree, he slithered over to the commentary desk and ate a cookie. This was more Massacre than Miracle, in truth, but Otunga played the role of victim pretty damn well, hilariously selling an empty cardboard box as if it were a chair.Altering the adage very slightly, this match proved that a broken clock is right once a day.

His female equivalent proved that adage true, too…

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