10 WWE Fates Worse Than Burial
4. The Heartless Screwjob
Well over a decade before the most famous real-life screwjob in wrestling history, Vince McMahon and The Fabulous Moolah jammed a knife in Wendi Richter's back just months after the latter had been integral to the company's Rock N Wrestling/WrestleMania one-two punch.
A monied era for the promotion didn't necessarily make everybody rich. Richter was vocally unhappy about her financial compensation at the time, so McMahon elected to use a forced finish to drive her out of the company in place of further negotiations.
Masked and working as 'The Spider', Moolah rolled up Richter just minutes into their November 1985 Madison Square Garden clash, despite the Champion comfortably kicking out at one. In the bizarre scenes that followed, Wendi unmasked her foe as The Fabulous Moolah as the bell rang to signify that the title had indeed changed hands. Richter - unaware that the fix was in between her opponent and the referee under the orders of McMahon - continued a worked attack on Moolah until the official parted both women and the penny awkwardly dropped.
She never wrestled for the company again, though tensions were seemingly eased following an induction into the company's Hall Of Fame 25 years later.