10 Weapon Fails That Totally Ruined Wrestling Matches
4. WWE: A Tonal (And Near-Total) Disaster
![Hardyz Table Fail](https://d2thvodm3xyo6j.cloudfront.net/media/2020/06/cadc64812783f3b4-600x338.png)
The comedy plunder match can be done well, as long as the tone is pitched correctly.
It is not the time for deranged head drops through a pane of glass. It is not a grudge match; it's a dumb, irreverent spectacle that should pop the crowd with moments of slapstick. Stadium Stampede is probably the exception - the fun and violence were complementary, and the action had to be physically committed since it was the headline attraction of a premium pay-per-view - but as a general rule of thumb, it's probably not a good idea to unleash concussive brutality in a dumb TV undercard match named after a Megadeth song.
Another general rule of thumb in wrestling is "actually gimmick the weapons because that way it is significantly more safe".
These people don't bump on oak tables. That would be stupid. That would really, really hurt. The tables are made of compressed sawdust for the express purpose of protecting the wrestlers from serious injury.
In the Braun Strowman & Elias Vs. Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura Symphony of Destruction match, held in February 2020, WWE barely gimmicked a piano. The thing didn't even budge when Shinsuke Nakamura was smashed on top of it via Strowman body slam. It was difficult to remember it as the silly fun it almost was when Nakamura had to hold his bleeding head together.
Hey, maybe next time WWE will erect an actual brick wall around ringside and get Roman Reigns to spear somebody through it.
This facetious scenario really isn't too dissimilar.