10 Times WWE Had A BLACKOUT
9. WrestleMania XXIV's Makeshift Set-Up Claps Out
A beloved 'Show Of Shows' for all the right reasons, WrestleMania XXIV was celebrated for its diverse range of fabulous matches, star attractions and luxurious staging.
The Playboy BunnyMania Lumberjill match had almost none of the above, right down to the shoddy emergency lighting most of the match took place.
An extremely of-the-time contest pitted Maria and Ashley against Beth Phoenix and Melina, with Santino Marella and Snoop Dogg and the rest of a diminished Divas division all f*cking around on the arena floor. It was - as Bruce Prichard would be keen to add when he can stay awake on the Conrad podcasts - a "let-me-up" in between Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair's epic retirement battle and the triple threat WWE Championship match between Randy Orton, John Cena and Triple H. Somebody probably should have told the tech team.
It was a miracle (and an expensive one at that) that the show looked as good as it did due to WWE's fantastic production, and even this outage did little to kill the buzz. With respect to everybody involved, if any match on the card could absorb such an unfortunate fate, it was the one WWE intentionally designated as filler.