10 Most Awkward "Didn't Get All Of It" Wrestling Moments
Those times when even WWE commentators can be forgiven - featuring The Rock, Jinder Mahal and more!
"Didn't get all of it" is wrestling's funniest euphemism.
The WWE commentator is absolutely useless, not that it's their fault. Things are actually better than they've been in years. Jimmy Smith is astonishingly not really annoying, and is very much underrated in a thankless role. Michael Cole is Michael Cole - a robot set to "banshee" - but some people quite like Pat McAfee's enthusiasm. Look, it's still bad, but at least Matt Striker isn't pestering his colleague for insight in a whiny voice. "How does the action make you feel?" Striker was prone to asking, as if he was a therapist and not the guy you go to therapy to get away from.
The WWE commentator can be criticised for many a thing - chiefly, talking inane, soulless marketing b*llocks constantly - but they can't do much when an independent contractor completely botches a spot. What else are they supposed to say, when a wrestler sells for nothing?
"Didn't get all of it" is WWE code for "That looked as fake as a KSA endorsement tweet, but we can't say that". It's an attempt to cover up an immersion-breaking spot by claiming the psychological effect of nearly being hit is just as bad as being hit, when you think about it.
It's a very awkward moment - the very worst of which are collected here for your snide amusement...
10. The Creeper Who Couldn't Punch
Christ, remember the "creepers"?
Goobers in lycra presented to show that the Dark Order had "strength in numbers" - despite never interfering in matches (!) - they looked like sh*t. In a half-decent twist, they were eventually revealed to be actual incel types; loser fringe figures drawn to a cult for some sort of purpose in life. This answered the question Why do the heaters look like shindie rejects? without answering the more pressing question: What the f*ck is this act doing on national television?
The Scientology swerve acted as temporary copium when AEW went to sh*t before the great Revolution comeback, but the core issue remained. The creepers were irredeemably lame, and then, on December 18, they kicked the sh*t out of the Elite. They weren't meant to do this; they were meant to subdue the Elite long enough so that Evil Uno and Stu Grayson could kick the sh*t out of them. This didn't end up happening because the creepers were local bullsh*tters who didn't have a clue what they were doing.
Tony Khan didn't have an excuse. He put complete no-mark chancers in there, one of whom infamously missed the head of Dustin Rhodes by a good foot when attempting to throw punches. That creeper just got fired by WWE for trying to make the Royal Rumble all about him.
Feel old yet?
The creeper had an excuse. He was a barely-trained chancer who wanted to get on telly.
The following wrestlers (with one unintentionally hilarious exception) have no excuse whatsoever...