15 MORE Incredible WWE Ruthless Aggression Era Moments Nobody Ever Talks About
12. Shaniqua Goes Out With A Stinkface
As the intro states, incredible doesn't always equate good.
No Way Out 2004 is best remembered for Eddie Guerrero's WWE Title win over Brock Lesnar and some of the Goldberg shenanigans around ringside. On the undercard, Shaniqua teamed with her boys Doug and Danny Basham in a losing effort vs. Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty. The match existed for one reason and one reason only: To give former Tough Enough winner Linda Miles a stinkface.
This pay-per-view would prove to be the dominatrix character's final appearance too, so she was kayfabe stinkfaced to death. No, not really. Shaniqua didn't go all Al Wilson on everybody by fake snuffing it for the cameras. She did, however, take Rikishi's giant buns to the face before selling unconsciousness like she'd been powerbombed through a table.
That bump might've been preferable, let's be honest.
What a way to go out this was. It certainly qualifies as incredible, because not many workers on the planet can say they took someone's butt to the chops then vanished from screens. Shaniqua can claim it. She might not want to, but she can claim it. Let's just hope big Kish was feeling kind and didn't visit the curry end of the buffet table at catering that day.
Shaniqua/Miles isn't really brought up when fans talk about 'Ruthless Aggression'. She was a bit of a footnote in WWE history, and was forgotten about almost immediately. The Basham Bros-beating dom did carve out a unique slice of company history for herself in 2004 though.