10 Wrestling "Botches" That Were Totally Intentional
5. WWE's Very Very Weird Self-Own
Vince McMahon is a weird man who, every now and then, gets some f*cking mad idea in his head that simply has to happen, whether it makes any sense or not.
At WrestleMania 35, Becky Lynch captured the RAW and SmackDown Women's Titles by countering Ronda Rousey's Piper's Pit with a crucifix pin. Rousey's shoulder was up, but the ref counted the three regardless. This actual botch ended The Man's journey on anticlimactic note, not that they wouldn't have f*cked it all up by putting her in a main event with Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans, but anyway.
At Money In The Bank later in the year, Rey Mysterio captured the United States Title from Samoa Joe in an 01:33 match that you'd never have remembered, had you not been reminded just now. Joe's shoulder was up; again, the ref counted to three regardless.
The commentary team gave what was an incredibly weird game away by repeatedly calling attention to the error and not desperately scrambling to cover it with some frantic bullsh*t explanation.
The idea, just to clarify, was this:
"We didn't botch the 'Mania finish specifically guys, it wasn't an isolated incident, our referees are just incompetent."
This...didn't help make the 'Mania finish any better. It was like a first degree murder defendant saying "No, no, I didn't kill that person. I killed them and somebody else in addition, therefore I plead not guilty".
If that reads as incredibly stupid, remember, it's WWE.