7 Times Wrestling Promotions Turned Lemons Into Lemonade

Just like in life, in professional wrestling nothing is guaranteed. Plans change more than Big Show switches from face to heel for a number of reasons out of anybody's control, from injuries to contract disputes to world altering viruses. As a result, storylines and advertised matches have to be postponed or cancelled all together. Lemons.

Just like in life, what professional wrestling promotions choose to do with these lemons is entirely up to them. Do they suck on them, give up on what was planned and sweep it under the rug? Or do they work with them and craft these lemons into something new, fresh and often times better than what was originally planned? Lemonade.

Here, we will dive into seven times wrestling promotions have done just that, turning negatives into positives with the resources they have left at their disposal, stepping in the squared circle with these lemons, getting up in their face, crashing them to the mat with a bodyslam and diving off the top rope repetitively until these lemons are nothing but a juicy stain on the mat ready to be made into lemonade!

If you've been watching AEW Dynamite (and if you're not, you should be), you'd know that Lance Archer is the number one contender to the AEW Championship, earning the right after winning the Casino Battle Royale at All Out in September. The match went ahead later than planned due to Lance Archer testing positive for COVID-19, putting short term plans regarding the build up to the title match in jeopardy. Enter Eddie Kingston.

Kingston was the last man eliminated in the battle royale. However, eagle-eyed viewers would have noticed he wasn't actually eliminated as he didn't actually go over the top rope, instead sliding under the bottom rope to get onto the apron, and later being thrown off of the second turnbuckle. This was not mentioned on the night of the battle royale by the commentary team, and was instead first brought up by Kingston in a promo on Dynamite.

At first, it looked as if AEW were going to drag out and build upon Kingston's complaint, as Moxley and Archer were scheduled to continue their rivalry without the involvement of Kingston. However when it was confirmed Archer was to miss tapings, the trigger was pulled on Kingston vs. Moxley, and an entertaining mini rivalry and a competitive match between champion and challenger followed. Although unsuccessful , Kingston looked strong against the champion and solidified himself as one to watch in All Elite Wrestling.