10 MORE Wrestling Matches That Became Inadvertently Infamous
8. Team Lakers Vs Team Nuggets (WWE Raw, 25 May 2009)
Already rooted in infamy thanks to the predictable pettiness achieved by Vince McMahon thanks to the enforced 2009 Monday Night Raw venue-switch, a main event featuring a ten-man tag team match between heels in Denver Nuggets jerseys against babyfaces sporting LA Lakers gear saw Mr Kennedy permanently dunked on by all-stars John Cena and Randy Orton.
His posterisation was partially of his own doing - Kennedy was sloppy in his execution of a suplex on a then-porcelain Orton, but the dislike towards him had grown enough that high profile complaints ultimately fed into his low profile exit.
The Nuggets required their home arena for Game Four of the NBA play-offs that year - something they weren't expected to even be competing in. McMahon tried to force the game elsewhere, but lost that battle and had to scramble to find a replacement venue for the flagship show at short notice. Raw's Staples Center switch caused little fus, but it didn't stop Vince from airing his grievances about the whole situation with a typical lack of tact and diplomacy.
Taking an angelic babyface role, McMahon pandered to his live audience for Nuggets' owner Stan Kroenke's apparent misgivings, suggesting that 'When you push the WWE Universe, they push back!' In Kennedy's case, he was pushed completely out.