10 Most Controversial Wrestling Shows Of All Time
7. TNA Victory Road 2011
Jeff Hardy's sozzled surrender of his TNA World Heavyweight Title main event match against Sting was a dark low for the 'Charismatic Enigma' but reflected the individual errors of several that all knew much, much better.
"No condition to perform" used to be a barely-cloaked colloquialism for a wrestler too strung out on drugs or alcohol to be anywhere near the squared circle, but Hardy's literal state as such didn't stop the company's highest-ranked staff sending him out under the ludicrous pretence of something resembling their advertised pay-per-view main event.
Finding his personal rock bottom on an awkwardly public platforms, Hardy was in shambolic form. He stumbled repeatedly to the ring, appeared to forget that he was teasing throwing his t-shirt to the crowd as he was doing it, and seemed wholly nonplussed by the panicked instructions dished out by an interfering Eric Bischoff as he awkwardly rushed the ring to smarten up Sting about an unenviable task ahead.
Understandably infuriated by a broken trust with both Hardy and TNA that such a sh*tshow was even occurring, World Champion Sting vociferously agreed with the audience's disdain as the show raced off the air in shame.