10 Most Paused WWE Moments

6. Rey Mysterio Loses An Eye At Extreme Rules 2020

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Seth Rollins criticised fans for criticising this, incredibly. Well, not so incredible. He's delivered more bad takes than good matches since 2019.

Speaking to the Gorilla Position podcast, he claimed that, were his Extreme Rules 2020 Eye For An Eye match against Rey Mysterio held during the Attitude Era, nobody would have scoffed at it. Yes, because those endless rows of fans wore t-shirts emblazoned with Mae Young's iconic 'Mae Young 3:16 says 'I just birthed a hand' catchphrase.

The idea that wrestling fans are just now starting to complain is an absolutely sh*te and inaccurate take. People weren't watching Godfather Vs. Mideon in a state of euphoria, for f*ck's sake.

The Horror Show stipulation was a hook, you have to give them that. You weren't not interested. A hook incidentally might have acted as a more convincing extraction device, as opposed to a blunt metal edge. After a match comprised of very exciting and creative action that did not matter at all, Seth somehow removed Rey's eye and didn't squish it into ooze.

"It's out," Samoa Joe said. "It" was a deeply unconvincing eye prop, which is never mentioned by these carnies as the source of complaints. Doing horror movie bullsh*t is only bullsh*t to some. If it looked halfway realistic, then maybe the conversation would be different. But it looked as fake as balls, so it was buried. Mercilessly. This sh*t isn't hard.

"Did it really look that sh*tty?" fans asked, pausing the scene to see if they'd actually painted a half a cue ball pink and passed it off as a prop.

They had.

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