10 Memorably Punishing WWE Matches
6. Daniel Puder Vs. The Locker Room - Royal Rumble 2005
When wrestlers decide to show off, or even worse show up someone else on the roster, there are consequences. Daniel Puder did this to Kurt Angle, when during a wrestling demonstration the young rookie put Angle into a legitimate armbar and forced the referee to call a pin before Angle's arm was broken.
Whether he knew what was awaiting him when he walked out for the Royal Rumble match in 2005, only Puder himself knows.
The trio of Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, and notoriously haze-happy thug Bob Holly proceeded to batter Puder until he regretted he had ever laced his wrasslin' boots. The chops to his chest were heavy, meaty, sternum-shuddering impacts. Benoit's back suplex almost brained the cocky young Puder.
Holly weighed in with his Alabama Slam, a move he employed precisely because it could be delivered to be legitimately painful. By the time Puder was bundled out of the ring, WWE's old guard had established their superiority once more.