WWE Auctions "Match-Used" Item That Didn't Exist (WWE News)
Fanatics pull errant WWE auction tied to Survivor Series 2022 and the women's WarGames match.
Fanatics have hauled down a WWE auction linked to the first ever women's WarGames match back at the Survivor Series 2022 PLE. The original listing was for a steel chair "used" during the bout. The problem? A chair wasn't actually one of the weapons either team used on that occasion!
Oops.
This is what the listing claimed: "The first women’s WarGames match on WWE’s main roster needed a weapon that looked as unforgiving as the stipulation sounded. Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Mia Yim and the returning Becky Lynch beat Damage CTRL, Nikki Cross and Rhea Ripley at Survivor Series 2022, closing a months-long fight with steel all around them. This authentic match-used steel chair comes from that women’s WarGames match. No autograph has to dress it up. Becky came back, the cage held and the chair took its share of the damage".
Several fans online pointed out that the wrestlers didn't use the lightly dented steel chair that was shown as part of the auction. Realising this, Fanatics and WWE moved to pull the listing offline to spare further embarrassment. If nothing else, at least they didn't just ignore the noise and go through with it.
It's still unclear whether or not the weapon was used in another women's WarGames match and Fanatics/WWE just got the post wrong. That's possible. However, it's definitely for the best that they're not trying to sell something that didn't happen at Survivor Series 2022 whilst using that event as the lure.
Bidding was up to $75 before the listing was removed.