10 Times WWE Purposefully Lied To Sell A PPV

4. Survivor Series 2010 - All Smokescreen, No Fired

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If fresh-faced Nexus leader Wade Barret failed to beat Randy Orton for his WWE title at Survivor Series 2010, then the invading faction's chief irritant John Cena would be fired!!

Fast-forward seven years, and only one of the interloping belligerent bumblebees is with the company, whilst John Cena continues to salute and throw daft little flannels into the crowd. That tells you how that one went.

So congratulations to Barrett on his victory all those years back, and on his maiden world title win, all the more impressive given Cena himself was the special guest ref. But wait, what's this? Orton was the actual victor?

That's right. Good ol' Randy ended the night with his arm raised, and the 'Face that no longer ran the Place' was asked to clear his desk. So with him being in WWE in 2017, presumably he returned seven years later?

Well, that's partly right. The Champ was gone for a whole seven days before he waltzed back onto TV, fully reinstated and ready to hawk merch. It's almost as if these PPV stipulations are a complete rip-off.

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