10 Most Absurd Forgotten Matches In WWE History

1. The Street Profits & The Viking Raiders Vs Akira Tozawa, Ninja #1, Ninja #2, Ninja #3

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Full disclosure - your writer forgot about this one hopefully as much as you did.

The idea of a list like this is to plunge the brain for cells wasted on recalling contests that have long been left behind by most-or-all other wrestling fans, but "The Street Profits & The Viking Raiders Vs Akira Tozawa, Ninja #1, Ninja #2, Ninja #3" wasn't one that immediately leapt to the front of the Rolodex when compiling the ten.

In reality, it was found as a result of a completely random selection of an episode of Raw from 2020. Specifically the Performance Center period during WWE's attempt to navigate the earliest wave of the horrendous and still-present COVID-19 pandemic.

"Ninja #1, Ninja #2, Ninja #3" were merely even more cartoonish versions of the cartoonify-ed ninja Akira Tozawa following the preposterous events of Extreme Rules where the useless gimmick was birthed. The finish - pictured above - is quite nice. Montez Ford gets height and The Viking Raiders get over, a bit. But you don't remember it and shouldn't - it remains the worst of times for a reason.

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