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1. Swagger's Soaring Eagle Gets…Eaten? (WWE)
Well done to Rosa Mendes for managing to maintain somewhat of a straight face throughout this bonkers skit from the 26 November 2010 edition of SmackDown. She'd prepared a so-called tasty turkey dinner for Hornswoggle, but the bird was chargrilled and inedible. Thinking on his feet, Swoggle overheard Jack Swagger tearing his mascot a new one for failing to help him win matches.
The Swagger Soaring Eagle was bummed out as it grabbed an item from Hornswoggle's table and moped in the hallway. As Rosa warned Swoggle to think twice about what he had in mind, the little rascal grabbed a bow and arrow (?!) from underneath the dinner table, shot the Soaring Eagle and then licked his lips as it cried in pain.
WWE's announcers them implied that Hornswoggle had killed, plucked, carved up, cooked and eaten the mascot mid-commercial break. That was his Thanksgiving dinner, not the meal Mendes had tried to prep for him. Quite why this skit was included in the show at all is up for debate - Vince McMahon seemed to find Swoggle's antics hilarious during this time period.
He was one of the only ones.
Maybe that's harsh. Lil' Horny was only doing what he was told to do, and he was trying to make the best of being a comedy character for kids. It was silly to picture him shooting/killing the Swagger Soaring Eagle, then preparing a meal only Rosa could dream about. WWE missed a trick by not having Mendes burn the Eagle in the oven too.
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