8. Ropes? Nopes.
Though it may look like fun, running the ropes in a wrestling ring can be dangerous. Despite the fact that a well-trained wrestler can spring off of them, using them for leverage and momentum, they're still thick, hard, and pulled tightly. Many an accident has come from hitting the ropes at an improper angle (even Ric Flair once broke his nose in such a manner) or with poor timing. After Randy Savage won the WWE Championship, he and Hulk Hogan teamed as the Mega-Powers. Eventually, Savage's jealously would lead to his supposition that something was happening with Hogan and Miss Elizabeth, and this distrust made Savage a hated heel. In the very match when Savage turned on Hogan, during a February 1989 edition of Saturday Night's Main Event, the Mega-Powers clashed with The Big Boss Man and Akeem, known collectively as The Twin Towers. Though Boss Man and Akeem were both fundamentally solid (pretty much everyone was back then), it seems like they made the rookie mistake of underestimating those ring ropes. What was supposed to be a stereo rebound and attack was ruined when Boss Man hit the ropes a fraction of a second before his partner, lowering the top rope and sending Akeem out of the ring in one of the more harmless (and humorous) botches on this list.
7. The Amazing Adventures Of Sin Cara, Part III
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Md5MWE4KNM When Sin Cara had returned from injury, his stock was seriously lowered not only did he have a reputation as a prima donna who carried himself as a star (which, to be fair, he was) and didn't care to learn English, he was seen as injury-prone. Still, WWE spent a lot of money to sign the man and he was Triple H's first major acquisition as Executive Vice President of Talent and Live Events. To cut bait on him would be tantamount to admitting major failure, and WWE wasn't ready to do that yet. The solution? Just push him less. WWE formed a mentor-pupil tag team with Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio (despite the fact that both men were only simultaneously healthy every third waxing gibbous moon), and the two took a run at the belts. One can only imagine that part of the hope was that Mysterio's work ethic, if not his durability, would rub off on the former Mistico. During this period, Sin Cara still kept active in singles competition. In September of 2012, he saw action on WWE's child-oriented Saturday Morning Slam, taking on the not-yet-Curtis-Axel Michael McGillicutty. Though the match itself wouldn't go down in history, Sin Cara proved that he was more than just hype even on a low-rated weekend morning broadcast, he could botch with the best of 'em. And if anything, it seemed like he was getting better at covering it up. Yeah, seemed like...