21 Years Of WWE SmackDown Mistakes

18. 2002 - The Ballad Of Al & Dawn

It didn't seem like watching SmackDown could get as hard as the contents of Al Wilson's y-fronts during his genuinely bizarre underwear wedding to Dawn Marie, but his happy (?) ending a few weeks later managed to bury the angle six feet under the low bar it had already set.

Bereft of charm and charisma, it took Torrie's Father stripping down to his drawers during a salacious wedding to the manipulative Diva for the world to see at least one big reason why he'd be able to offer her a killer time on the honeymoon.

The attraction was fatal. Dawn and Al had such a good time doing the bad thing that he literally went to heaven. Post-wedding, WWE booked Al's death-by-f*cking - presumably just to give Vince McMahon ideas on ways to go himself one day, if he absolutely has to.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett