10 Insane WWE Stunts That Were Totally Pointless
3. The San Antonio Screwjob
Jeff Hardy spoke ahead of Hell in a Cell of still having ideas in his head of what he'd do if he was permitted to perform within the structure, but he perhaps never assumed the eventual showcase would involve Randy Orton attempting to open up his brain to find them.
The screwdriver-through-the-ear moment wasn't completely without purpose during the match, but the fact that the duo deployed it as the way of going up the gears in the show's opener rather than as a final march to a frightening finish was a little peculiar. Orton had infamously travelled through the flesh tunnel before, but it had been long enough that fans had allowed themselves to forget the gruesome original to be shocked all over again by 'The Viper's grisly Ikea moment.
As fans wiped away their vomit, Jeff and Randy continued in earnest with a brutal war over Hardy's studded belt and the high-risk table spot that concluded the contest. The ear spot was unquestionably the biggest talking point of the match, but WWE insisted that 'The Charismatic Enigma's wellbeing as a result of something entirely different was the real takeaway.