9 Times WWE Booked Impromptu Matches At WrestleMania

6. Crazy Septuagenarian Embarrasses Self, Entire Industry

Vince McMahon Pat McAfee
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From the infamous to the flat-out insanely embarrassing, cast your memories back a mere three years to WrestleMania 38 and the most clear-cut sign that Vince McMahon had completely lost it (even more so than that ridiculous mustache).

Vince had taken Austin Theory under his wing as a modern-day Chosen One, trying to elevate the brash upstart through a variety of means that included a stolen egg (no, seriously) that was in reality (and storyline) a prop in a movie starring The Rock.

*ahem* Sorry, got sidetracked by the stupidity.

Theory faced Pat McAfee at WrestleMania 38, where the former NFL punter triumphed, thus rendering Austin’s push meaningless. But it got worse – miles worse – when McMahon dragged his 76-year-old carcass into the ring and challenged McAfee to a match right then and there, stripping off his shirt.

Crazy old man Vince managed to actually defeat McAfee (with some help from Theory), negating the announcer’s victory and undercutting his protégé completely by beating the guy who defeated him.

Four months later, McMahon was forced to resign in disgrace (for the first time), kicking off a new era in WWE.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.