10 Most Awkward "Didn't Get All Of It" Wrestling Moments

9. Lars Sullivan Gets Lost

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A from-scratch product of the WWE Performance Center, Lars Sullivan was a poor wrestler then and a terrifying premonition of the future now in an NXT 2.0 world.

He had certain strong attributes, yes. He looked striking, with his rock of a head and distinct old-timey physique, and he could get about a bit. His facials, while cartoonish, were a perfect fit for his promotion. But he never put it all together, and was bang-average at best when he didn't have plunder shortcuts to work with or Oney Lorcan basically wrestling like a wayward missile to put over his freakish strength better than Lars himself did.

At TakeOver: Chicago II, Sullivan failed a not exactly arduous test.

Prime TakeOver matches were rehearsed to death one way or the other, in the PC or on the Largo loop, and Sullivan still botched himself into infamy because the WWE curriculum does not encourage its trainees to work out the hardest skill for themselves. Following a careful layout to the letter, Sullivan wasn't trained to improvise. He was out of position when Aleister Black attempted the Black Mass, and, exposing the match and WWE's very system as a sham, he sold for it anyway.

Perhaps he felt bad and was just selling the "pity party" humiliation?

Or perhaps he was just sh*te.

 
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