10 Wrestling Matches That Accidentally Filmed Things You Weren't Meant To See

5. Shane McMahon's Bouncy Table

Drew McIntyre
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Inexplicable.

The cursed event was literally built around this moment.

Seriously: when WWE was struck down with a severe, sprawling injury crisis into 2016, a deal was struck with Shane McMahon to save the day. John Cena, Randy Orton and Seth Rollins were all out. WWE faced this crisis ahead of what was, per-head at least, its biggest ever show. And Shane drew that (inflated) crowd. Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that tickets shifted in their tens and thousands upon the announcement of his Hell In A Cell match with the Undertaker.

Said match was a boring and delusional attempt at a worked MMA match for much of its duration, but it didn't matter. The match and indeed the event was built around Shane McMahon's big stunt.

WWE exposed said stunt twice over.

To be clear, it was still brave and well-executed. Shane McMahon is unbearable, but you can't not give him that. But as much as Michael Cole tried to invoke the spirit of King Of The Ring 1998, this wasn't a Mankind bump. Not that it should've have been. But WWE lingered on the shot, revealing the deflating gimmicked table, and Cole was seen reading from the script.

This line was obviously pre-prepared. So prepare the sh*t out of it, f*ck.

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