15 Off Air WWE Moments You Weren't Supposed To See

10. The Announce Team Mock CM Punk Chants

Michael Cole JBL Jerry Lawler
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Finding footage of this one is tricky. WWE have pulled several YouTube and Dailymotion videos of it over the years, citing copyright infringement, and it's nigh-on impossible to source now.

Take our word for it though, fans were not supposed to hear Michael Cole, JBL and Jerry Lawler ripping the p*ss out of the live crowd for chanting CM Punk's name in February 2014. Their banter occurred during a commercial break, but the production truck audio did leak online shortly afterwards, and it was fascinating.

Lawler, in particular, seemed annoyed that fans were going against WWE's wishes and ringing out support for the recently-departed Punk. The cadence of Cole's usual TV announcer voice was gone too, and JBL's assessment that there "wasn't much conviction" in the chanting was way off.

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