10 Totally Embarrassing WWE On-Air Production Botches

WWE pride themselves on their exceptional production values, and for all the company's problems, their shows generally look, sound, and feel spectacular. They're the best in the business in this department, and do a great job of bringing first class presentation to world's most watched wrestling product.

Their perceived flaws are almost entirely stylistic. The constantly switching camera cuts and zooms can be irritating, but they're an aesthetic choice made to fit the company's "we make movies, not wrestling" philosophy. They're a human flaw, not a technical one, and entirely subjective.

But despite generally doing a good job of coating WWE's shows in a thick layer of sheen and polish, Kevin Dunn and his team aren't infallible. Producing live television is an inherently difficult job. There's no way for the producers to correct their mistakes, and while certain things can be edited for the archives, their blunders can't be hidden from the live audience.

Nothing kills wrestling's suspension of disbelief like the reminder that you're watching a scripted TV show, and noticeable production botches tend to do that.

Some examples are funny, while others are legitimately dangerous, but each left the producers red-faced regardless.

Widely regarded as one of the strongest pay-per-views of WWE's New Generation era, WrestleMania X was a monster card highlighted by two excellent matches. Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon contested one of the company's most iconic ladder matches towards the end of the night, and in the opener, Bret Hart fought his brother Owen in a technical classic.

While Owen's victory provided one of the night's best moments, his name was also at the heart of its biggest slip-up, which came ahead of the Women's Title match. The challenger, Leilani Kai, was already in the ring as Alundra Blayze made her entrance. After walking the short distance down the Madison Square Garden aisle, Blayze ran through her pyro routine, handed her belt to the referee, and started warming up.

So far, so good - but the producers dropped the ball moments later. Blayze's name appeared momentarily at the bottom of the screen, but it was quickly replaced by Owen Hart's a split-second later. A minor screw-up, but one that almost certainly left WWE's production team red-faced.

Surprisingly, WWE have never edited it out of the footage and the botch is still present on the Network.