10 Wrestlers Whose Careers Were Destroyed By A Single Mistake

In late 2014 on an episode of SmackDown, Daniel Puder became infamous. Kurt Angle was taking that year's Tough Enough contestants through their paces. Angle started with Chris Nawrocki, taking the youngster down with amateur grappling. The Olympic gold medallist broke the rookie's ribs. Unwilling to suffer a similar fate and more than capable, Puder shot on Angle, locking him in a kimura. Puder had a background in MMA and if not for a quick roll up counter and a fast three-count he may have broken Angle's arm.

Angle and his colleagues were furious backstage. Had the Olympian tapped out to a Tough Enough contestant, he may himself have been on this list. Puder's career was doomed from then on. He would defeat Mike 'The Miz' Mizanin at Armageddon in his only pay-per-view win.

His final pay-per-view appearance was at the Royal Rumble. Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, and 'Hardcore' Holly would play locker-room police. The three took turns chopping the youngster brutally, finally dumping him out of the match and the WWE in short order. Puder would pay for his shoot-style mistake with his WWE career but remains infamous to this day.