8 Best Excuses For Wrestlers Not Doing A Job

The most famous instance of a wrestler refusing to lose - and, it is perhaps fair to say, the most famous instance of any wrestler doing anything ever - came at Survivor Series 1997.

Here, WWE and Vince McMahon planned to remove the title from WCW-bound Bret Hart and put it around the waist of the up-and-coming Shawn Michaels - but the man who (ostensibly) held all the cards wasn't in the mood to play ball.

His reason for this, so it is said, is that he just didn't fancy losing in Canada, his beloved home country. That, he apparently decided, was simply a humiliation too far, having already had to come to terms with the fact that his conqueror would be a man he absolutely loathed.

You already know the rest: after a frank exchange in the back, The Hitman managed to persuade everyone that it would be best for business if he dropped the title the following night on Raw instead. And they all lived happily ever after.