10 Times WWE Purposefully Lied To Sell A PPV

9. Survivor Series '91 - WWE Speak With A Forked Tongue

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Jake Roberts was always quick to point out that you should never trust a snake, but it's the wrestling promoters in the grass you should watch out for.

WWE's resident Ophite was set to appear as a Survivor Series captain opposite Randy Savage, and events were given added bite when Roberts set his serpent on a prone 'Macho Man' during an episode of Superstars. If people weren't already eager to see the pair go at it on the Thanksgiving Special, Damien's toothy temporary tattoo was enough to convince them to take the apple.

Anyone's who's read a Bible - or seen Snow White - knows what happens next. The ever stony WWE custodian Jack Tunney appeared at the start of the show - always a bad sign - to announce that Savage would sit the night out due to the poisonous effects of the attack. In the meantime, Roberts was suspended. As luck would have it, both would be available to compete again in six days times on another PPV, This Tuesday in Texas. All that Survivor Series revenue must have been spent researching an anti-venom.

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