10 Best Whodunnits in Wrestling History

With the WWE SmackDown hacker storyline still going... maybe... we take a look at a selection of wrestling's best whodunnit mysteries from days gone by. From Stone Cold Steve Austin being hit by a car by Rikishi to the Anonymous Raw General Manager, these are the 10 Best Whodunnits in Wrestling History.
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[@mattd832]

What were the best whodunnits in wrestling? Cultaholic: They all sucked

[@nahte123456]

Best=/=good

[@sinanaldulaymi4103]

@@nahte123456 Try again but this time use some common sense

[@Twister-V1]

@@sinanaldulaymi4103 best ≠ good makes perfect sense. Like whats the best way to be murdered tortured for 30 days or shot in the head the better option is being shot in the head but that doesn't mean its good.

[@T2pRulz]

As soon as I saw the DDP Undertaker stalking on the list, I knew the rest were going to be terrible.

[@michaelsingleton5173]

The running over of stone cold was good as a whole though it was hilarious with all the side stories at the time like the HHH Angle rivalry going on

[@JaimeD.]

"Who Attacked Aleister Black?" was a simple and wise storytelling that shares similarity with the "Who Ran Over Stone Cold Steve Austin?". Aleister was given time after a recovery from IRL injury, which was bad, and NXT brought most of the main suspects and the revelation is still satisfying. Nikki Cross played well on her role.

[@user-lp3rp5ok3j]

Nikki was arguably the most over performer in NXT during this storyline.

[@JaimeD.]

@@user-lp3rp5ok3j Yes.

[@souvikdeb808]

It was nxt at their storytelling peak

[@Luminator_maior]

@@user-lp3rp5ok3j "Nikki's got a seeecret!" She was pure gold indeed.

[@rockk9753]

It was Rikishi the one who ran over stone cold

[@Nacho_Fan_Sandy_Ravage]

If we eventually get the reveal of the Smackdown Hacker and we hear 'IT'S ME AUSTIN!' I don't even think I'll be mad

[@aleiterful]

Lmmmfffaaaoooo

[@newageoutlaw]

No it'll be Hornswoggle. Because again "screw you"

[@threearmedonion]

from game theory

[@samuelrussell7003]

Well it was Mustafa Ali but for some reason they just completely dropped the whole thing in typical wwe fashion 😂

[@eldudeico]

I am shocked and appalled that "Who ran over Teddy Long" didn't make the list... For shame!

[@Pootasaur]

Infernikus These guys hate Teddy Long. Ranked him 3rd in GM figures under Bichoff

[@dominickdarpino5584]

@@Pootasaur dont get on teddys bad side, or youll go one on one with the undertaker playa

[@jimrockqc]

@@Pootasaur TF!! Thats where he belong!!! Bischoff was a fantastic heel while Teddy just popped off outta nowhere holla holla 6 man tag!!

[@rogregg29445]

Lmao

[@rsmitty483]

Holla playa

[@TheOnlyTMEOfficial]

Gargano being the guy that attacked Black should of been on here. That was bloody brilliant viewing.

[@svenes2326]

Superkick outtanowhere, omg is the young bucks

[@JagerLange]

I remember during Who Shot Mr Burns being at school one Monday and my mate said that her big brother thought Maggie did it. Imagine our surprise come the next Sunday...

[@charlotteshannon3231]

Lol

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Triple H being the one who beat up Shawn Michaels was the most obvious twist in the world to me, even back then. If Michaels had been found in a coffin that had been set on fire, in the back of a beer truck, with a dirty sock stuffed in his mouth and a pair of $500 shades lying near the crime scene...I would still have blamed Triple H.

[@ryanmeewis9014]

Who trew the pie in the face of Kevin Owens??

[@StinkiiAlt]

@Bry Robinson nah, that pie keeps me up at night. Why Kevin? Why throw a cream pie? Why make a cream pie? Who made the pie? Why make the pie? Who would even eat that shit? Who brought it to the function?

[@charlesberg1234]

@Bry Robinson nice try. Were on to you.

[@StinkiiAlt]

@Bry Robinson Found the cream pie eater.

[@lewislast1603]

Who really is byron Saxton

[@franklingoodwin]

@@charlesberg1234 Unfortunately he deleted his comment. I didn't see it but can guess what it was 😂

[@Tony36271]

A “Who shot JR?” story would’ve been interesting

[@thomasphillips5877]

Michael Cole

[@casualcyberguy1314]

ITS ME ROSS-Nah that's too obvious

[@theinsidecradle3339]

@@thomasphillips5877 Tom Phillips trying to frame Michael Cole huh?

[@kalebstuckey570]

“It’s me JR! It was me all along, JR!”

[@Asuhaa]

It would’ve been micheal cole and after it was revealed it was him he would come out to biggie smalls “who shot ya”

[@MrPajamaShark]

NXT's "Nikki's got a secret!/Who attacked Aleister Black?" arc was top-notch storytelling, in my opinion, and should have been on this list over the anonymous Raw GM I feel.

[@Condud1]

Nikki saying "I know what you did" has been stuck in my head since then

[@james6745]

'Who was the 3rd man of the nWo?' led to an intrigue that set the business on fire. The Hogan reveal led to the biggest boom in wrestling history. Cultaholic decides to put Hornswoggle on the list instead...twice

[@optimus2008]

Honestly, I think he didn't put it there because TV is way more of a global worldwide phenomenon nowadays. WCW did a great job with the Outsiders angle, but they weren't constantly hyping a third man. It didn't seem to carry as much promotion and hype as Vince's son and the Anonymous Raw GM angles cause tv is more heavily promoted in the 21st century.

[@rivahkillah]

Hornswoggle was really the 3rd man of NWO. Hulk was the 4th 😉

[@randallcobb6406]

10 underrated faction members

[@egpmh2891]

Or 10 forgotten faction member i.e. Rick Rude in DX

[@jubomalseeco3117]

WHO THREW THE PIE AT KEVIN OWENS

[@mikepagebrand]

My favorite part of this video is that half the entries in this list are how wwe should have booked videos

[@franklingoodwin]

Hornswoggle was the answer to all the entries on the list (even the one from the 70's) because ...screw you 😆

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

"Who was the bastard behind these horrific acts?" This pretty much describes the bulk of Vince's decisions for quite some time.

[@waluigistan7278]

"IT WAS ME AUSTIN, IT WAS ME ALL ALONG!!!!!!" - Vince McMahon during the ministry of darkness leadership angle

[@gmanrowe]

The best whodunnit in WWE is who ran over Teddy Long

[@Ralphanthonybianscomusic]

It’s actually quite depressing to see how many of these turned out to be shite.

[@glassraven91]

For real, it sucks the energy out of me to think about how often WWE can come up with a good whodunnit and then subsequently fuck it up.

[@Thechezbailey]

This is why real writers work backwards when writing mysteries.

[@quentinkaasa47]

And yet it's still all better than the mystery White Hummer driver in WCW because all of these had a payoff.

[@NiGiff]

Umm...HELLOOOOOO! WHO IS THE THIRD OUTSIDER, 1996?

[@KurtAngle89]

Well, it was a mistery, but NOT a whoddunit...

[@NiGiff]

@@KurtAngle89 Did you watch this video? MOST of these aren't whodunnits.

[@egpmh2891]

Yea who was it brother

[@NiGiff]

@@egpmh2891 We may NEVER know, dude!

[@robbgraves1586]

Random out cold bodies turning up left and right until Killer Kross showed up in impact is definitely worth the honorable mention here

[@overenthusiastichorrorfan2292]

No matter how many times I see it the higher power reveal just gets better every single time.

[@kogie5824]

Who else thought al Perez was Seth Rollins ?

[@markchapman7771]

I was about to say that

[@morbit83]

That was my first thought too

[@Gameingsince87]

Aces and 8s story was great and bully Ray being behind it all was perfect

[@sirekumasutra7022]

Surprised the White Hummer hitting Kevin Nash storyline was not on the list. That was an intriguing storyline.

[@JebeTheGreat]

"The GM would remain anonymous to avoid favouritism" Wait that doesn't even work because he can definitely still practice favouritism and it's actually worse because now you wouldn't be able to detect favouritism since you don't know the GMs connection to said wrestlers?

[@PhoenixRayne88]

Austin saving Steph is still my favorite Austin moment...

[@xavierwatson7252]

Wtf FR

[@optimus2008]

@@xavierwatson7252 it was a sort of feel-good thing I suppose, seeing Austin make peace with Vince.

[@johnvincente1]

Number one should've been who was the 3rd man on the Outsiders team. That changed the landscape of wrestling in the mid 90's.

[@Homerstar]

I have an interesting idea for a list, Top 10 Wrestlers who were called up to early. Basically wrestlers who were moved to the main roster despite being no way near ready.

[@javarianbrewster1856]

Could you imagine Stone cold & The Rock vs Hbk and HHH in a Tag team match?🤔 🔥

[@nicoffee777]

Wondering who'd get betrayed first

[@chrismoore677]

Its happened several times

[@lockdown2341]

I recall reading that the original idea was that the Black Scorpipn was going to be the Ultimate Warrior. WCW thought they could get him signed before the angle finished

[@rivahkillah]

Hornswoggle should've been behind all these mysteries. Leader of the Ministry? HORNSWOGGLE Undertaker's wife's stalker? HORNSWOGGLE Who ran over the Rock? HORNSWOGGLE The Masked Rider? You guessed it, HORNSWOGGLE

[@wawaelias8842]

WHEN JIM CORNETTE THE ROAD WARRIORS WERE GOING OUT THE DOOR, THAT WAS FUNNY!!! I LAUGHED WAY LOUDER AND HARDER THAN I SHOULD HAVE

[@lostNxbox29]

I remember Eric Bischoff revealing the initials of the Great Power on Nitro before the segment on Raw. Must have had the info through the Kliq considering both shows were live that night haha

[@TheDvdral]

Who ran over Stone Cold: It wasn't Triple H It wasn't Triple H It wasn't Steve Blackman It wasn't Triple H It wasn't Triple H It was Rikishi. He did it for the rock. It wasn't Triple H It was Triple H. Shock of the century

[@ryandlodlo790]

this guy's videos always crack me up🤣🤣🤣

[@PhoenixRayne88]

Kurt's son should have been Chad. I truly think that would have went over well. Yes Kurt is a family man.. NOW but college was a long time ago so it wasn't unrealistic. That Styles affair was ridiculous though.

[@fredpompei7324]

Hornswoggle as Mr McMahon’s son was hilarious

[@ryancox6059]

I still laugh at how the "anonymous GM" was put in to prevent favoritism, pretty sure even if noone knew who it was, the gm could pick theyre favourite anyway 😂😂😂

[@miguelnewmexico8641]

i don't think you understand what they meant.

[@trent956]

I wish Aleistar Black’s nxt angle was on here. It was really intriguing the way it was set up and involving nikki cross made it so fun

[@justinkroboth360]

I was gonna say "what was in Taker's lockbox?" but then I remembered it was a whodunnit, not just a general mystery.

[@erikwaterson361]

It was Shane McMahon's lockbox, but I get it. No one could understand that basketcase of a rivalry.

[@Plainswalker-kb5xv]

I think I’ve heard “-insert 90s year here- was hard for WCW” more than any other line on this channel

[@discobiscuits2100]

The Vince McMahon angle where his limo exploded would’ve been so good. It’s a shame that the Benoit tragedy happened at the same time :(

[@InsideAssassin2]

I have never thought about the fact that most wrestling “whodunnits” really fall flat lol

[@garyskadra5236]

I remember Dusty & Magnum TA disguised as The James Boys in NWA.

[@billcary30]

the black scorpion angle was probably my first big interest after starting to watch wreslting earlier in 1990. started around early to mid april so by the time black scorpion was starting i was only then starting to catch on to stuff. al perez i think would have made a great angle finish if they'd handled it right though i don't think him and sting had any past other than maybe brief times togehter in memphis or elsewhere. i also didn't know that ultimate warrior who was wwf champ was stings former partner. Now that could have been great storyline wise but not sure the matches would have been. With all the heat wcw took signing luger away from wwe (or as he tells it i wasn't even under contract anyways just a night to night deal) and the ladys title in the trash can a few weeks later this would have put wcw over the top back then. of course those pesky contracts would have been a problem.

[@joshculver4381]

I'm drunk. Who dunnit? What a mystery?!

[@TheSBleeder]

IT'S ME, JOSH! (Aw, sonofabitch!)

[@PhoenixRayne88]

I LOVED the Taker, Sara and DDP story.

[@LibraSnakeLibraSnake1018]

Advice in this video that would make almost every whodunit storyline better: Sometimes the most obvious answer is the best one

[@tripleparakeetshoes4613]

It is a travesty that the "Who Attacked Aleister Black" story was not included on this list, especially considering the first two entries on this list AREN'T WHODUNITS.

[@seancox1651]

The straight edge society’s mystery man during Rey Mysterio rivalry

[@jazibhussain5735]

Punk as Vince’s son. Reminds me of of those days in [name redacted]

[@MrBeardsley]

Fun fact about the Black Scorpion storyline, it was initially set up because Bill Watts thought the fans were getting sick of seeing Sting wrestle Flair. After Al Perez quit WCW they had Sting work house shows against various lower-tier workers portraying the Scorpion, and eventually it was decided Barry Windham would be revealed as the character at Starrcade ‘90. Flair ultimately wound up volunteering to be the one under the mask ostensibly because he thought the gimmick might hurt Windham’s career.

[@TheSBleeder]

11. Who thought that giving Hogan creative control in WCW was a good idea?

[@childishbambino2024]

Bruh the black scorpion really be like “ IT WAS ME STING IT WAS ME ALL ALONG”

[@kogie5824]

What’s the name of the background song

[@leatherface964]

I didn't watch TNA but that aces and eights whodunit looked like a well put together story

[@erikwaterson361]

It started well, then went total apeshit insane, then never ended.

[@calebray1834]

I remember that storyline dragged on forever.

[@SG5002.]

Smackdown hacker still ongoing lololololol

[@brianwilliams6545]

I think you guys should do a video where yall tell us who you guys would rather be the culprit in these storylines

[@arizonashane]

The Higher Power should have been Ted DiBiase. But that would have made way too much sense.

[@robertclark2253]

Wouldn't have been possible because at the time DiBiase was in WCW another logical choice would've been Jake Roberts but he had too many personal problems .

[@user-fp1vy6vy9w]

great video.

[@GrizzINK]

What happened with the Kurt & Stephanie story at that hotel lol

[@michaelhall736]

I think the Cultaholic guys have already talked about this but I'll say it for people who may not know. Christopher Daniels was originally meant to be the leader of the ministry but Daniels had left WWE and Vince couldn't find anyone else to do it so he just played the leader himself.

[@awildslapnutsappears9536]

I saw all these who done it and they all made sense to me

[@kovulion7777]

What's inside the Turkey Egg? seriously not here XD

[@ahmadzahraniAAZ]

You know what is better than them all? "who ran over teddy long?"

[@iandude1]

I know the video is about Whodunnits, but I would love to finally find out who was behind the mysterious GTV hidden camera bits? I think I'd heard it was supposed to be Goldust, but that was probably just a crazy rumor thrown out by dirt sheets.

[@PhoenixRayne88]

Aces and 8's is what an invasion is meant to be. Legit great shit.

[@JeremyBates777]

WHO THREW THE PIE IN KEVIN OWEN'S FACE!!

[@seangallagher1947]

Vince as the Higher Power BETTER NOT be on the list... that was the worst, biggest letdown literally ever.

[@bxkid199]

I loved who attacked Nikki Bella at survivor series. Really wasn’t expecting Natalya to go off like that

[@jeffreymark475]

Stone cold getting run over was really interesting. Until we actually found out who did it

[@BastardZombieKiller1]

Yeah, to say it was a massive let down doesn't begin to describe it.

[@GrassValleyGreg]

He did it. For da Rock.

[@erickennedy906]

Midnight Rider was a G!! I never knew who it was LOL!! Also who was Black Scorpion, and Mr . American , and also The Machines!!

[@jswalton2009]

Very shocked “Who was the 3rd man” at Bash at the Beach 96 NWO angle didn’t make it

[@Chigen_Atomic]

It would have been more interesting if Cole was revealed to be the Raw GM or that the Raw GM wasn't as biased as Cole made them out to be and he was simply saying what he wanted to see. Daniels or a returning Jake the Snake would have been good, but at the same time, it wouldn't have ended well for either. Jake was in the middle of dealing with his demons, and Daniels small size would have lead to Vince probably making himself the leader anyway after making Daniels look like a putz.

[@50shadesofblue92]

I'm surprised who was the number one entrant in the 2004 Royal Rumble didn't make the list

[@hhtptai]

It infuriates me to this day that WWE broke up American Alpha just to force Jason Jordan into a singles run that he wasn't even ready for.

[@calebray1834]

It should have been Chad Gable.

[@MrBlkthndr]

It was rumored that the higher power was supposed to be Christopher Daniels, but because he was under 6ft., Vince said no and made himself the higher power instead.

[@stephenedwards5107]

I wish the midnight rider could come back. Will always miss you Dusty

[@andrewcantor-wagner2056]

This video would be even better if the answer to every one of these mysteries was HORNSWOGGLE

[@pseudo3452]

you forgot one of the best whodunnit who has attacked Aleister Black at NXT

[@stevegallo8483]

The buildups on some of the Whodunnits were really good, but the reveals left something to be desired. I mean Hornswoggle TWICE? Vince as the higher power?

[@dcap79]

The top 10 whodunits: They're all Hornswaggle.

[@munchmahquchi4050]

The #1 whodunnit is clearly who moved the briefcase at KotR

[@TheGrimmCommoner]

The anonymous General Manager should've been revealed to be John Laurinitis. It made the most sense.

[@briansimerl4014]

Who's in the limo?!!! WHO is in the limo!

[@NotTheQuarterback]

Why does no one remember that Rikishi wasn't even IN THE COMPANY when Stone Cold was run over?!

[@DLKnightstick1989]

Probably because that isn't true... Lol. The incident where Stone Cold was run over happened at Survivor Series on November 14, 1999. Rikishi's first appearance (as Rikishi) was at Sunday Night Heat on October 5, 1999.

[@brianclaudio7385]

Rumor has it that Christopher Daniel's who was wrestling for OVW at the time was supposed to be the higher power but Vince said he was to small

[@enigma_offixial]

Who else was actually excited for the Aces and Eights that could have been the best thing ever

[@akshit318]

2018 story of who attacked black was great... With black giving ultimatum, Regal going full detective, involvement of Nikki, to move sensible reveal

[@ndingo]

Who blew up mr McMahons limo??

[@zionkraze9965]

Wait, who drove the white hummer isn't on here!

[@thenorthstar4647]

Im surprised that neither Millennium countdown or the save us Y2J storylines were on here.

[@Dim4323]

Triple h said YOU NEVER SAW IT COMMING

[@antoniodearry7707]

Who shot jr "not that one"😂

[@RealSasquatchWatch]

Damn are we sure Al Perez is NOT Seth Rollins' daddy?

[@burnthetrolls5971]

Going to have to put Retribution on here soon it starting to run out of steam

[@robertclark2253]

How about this classic Who raised the briefcase at King of The Ring 1999 ? .

[@jerransperarman9411]

good video

[@Zackaveli]

Rikishi being revealed as the one who ran over Stone Cold was the dumbest thing I've seen