10 Wrestlers Who Got Buried For Someone Else Screwing Up

Mistakes that cost wrestlers like Mike Awesome and William Regal spots, pushes and jobs.
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[@tinotica]

Triple H was not punished for the curtain call by getting squashed by the ultimate warrior. The ultimate warrior match came a month before the curtain call ever happened

[@jimbo_1312]

People always overlook this fact.

[@MCRoll09]

It’s WhatCulture, it’s actually insane how wrong they are on things despite being “news”

[@Canrugger]

It happening months after doesnt mean it wasnt a punishment

[@Deltrottersvan]

​@@Canrugger how can he be punished by losing to warrior before the incident even happened?

[@BrndnNZT48]

Yeah they took KOTR from him.

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Honorable mention: Rory McAllister. He and his cousin Robbie were both punished because Robbie was seen at a TNA taping.

[@RobQuincyAdams]

Bart Gunn would be a good example in a way. If you consider Dr. Death losing the Brawl for All a screw up because creative wanted him to win, then Bart was punished for winning it by being fed to Butterbean.

[@skeltonpitts7121]

Sean OHaire had main event written all.over him

[@dlmoney11]

I haven't watched a what culture in almost 4 years, still talking about the curtain call.

[@shaqthetims94]

Pretty much the standard here😅

[@Diamondelle84]

4:06 What a surprise 😯

[@hardykun]

Fast forward and edge and Matt two separate wives away from Lita. If anything the one who got buried was her. I mean Matt did became a TNA world champion. Plus his broken gimmick got him so over

[@47ness5]

didn't help that it was the Ruthless Aggression Era when Vince only knew how to book women as devious two-timing skanks 😈

[@dhenderson1810]

Time some of these people took personal responsibility. You screwed up, not them. Own it!

[@krylesangerbeaver]

5:38 hm, so Roddy was right....

[@rickjames2.0]

Yo whoever did this list probably wasn't even born in 96. The Curtain Call happened after Mania.

[@garrettedwardspears]

This sounds like the bullshit we all went through in school.

[@BrndnNZT48]

They took KOTR from Hunter. That was it, nothing else.

[@tomseville2345]

The Hog Pen and the Warrior squash are always pointed to as punishment for the curtain call; which happened six and two months later respectively...

[@matthewhenningervonada9914]

Except they gave it to him next year.

[@TeirusuReynard]

Vince Logic

[@MrNegativecreep07]

New idea for a topic - Top 100 videos that tell the Mohammed Hassan story

[@BubbaGump2k6]

really f'd up irony that Piper getting fired for talking about wrestlers dying young and O'Haire lost his job for it and then died young

[@dhenderson1810]

O'Haire lacked charisma and was too generic. That is why he was let go.

[@Taalanos]

Was Mike Awesome punished for being related to Terry or was it Horace that ruined the goodwill for the family?

[@dustinsensenig9798]

Andy, please come back

[@OutReachfromZane]

Judgement Day 2002, Rikishi pulled an un-arguaguebly greater feat than Sword on Chest guy. Rikishi won an essentially 1v3 against Billy Gunn and Chuck Palumbo, with their manager Rico as Rikishi's tag partner for the titles. Meanwhile, the other guy has P Dawg Heyman as his tag partner against the Hardyz. It is very curious booking all things considered. I'd love to see more examples like it that I may not know about.

[@davidmcalpine6970]

3:13 dey tooook his jeeeeerb

[@stevegallo8483]

When the Muhammad Hassan character was taken off TV, WWE wanted to send him to developmental to be repackaged, but Marc Copani who played Hassan refused it.

[@m050181]

Are you trying to scare dogs with that high pitch?

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I liked The Knights Of The Lone Wolf

[@criminalmindsgirl2936]

And to think Roddy Piper died a year after Sean O'Haire passed away

[@gregmartin114]

Everyone that went to AEW

[@tomseville2345]

If the "downcycling had already begun" of Helmsley (Hog Pen Match, Warrior squash), then it wasn't ALL on the curtain call from months later; it was likely Vince getting out his frustrations on the low man on the Totem Pole for the Kliq; Shawn was his guy, and Razor and Diesel (the real ones, LOL) were still major names in the WWF BEFORE they left. They were already a headache backstage, so take it out on the guy who wasn't making him money ON-SCREEN...

[@brianbenoit6883]

HHH was originally supposed to win King of the Ring that year and they took that away as his punishment. I don't even know why they mentioned the other stuff and on the plus side, if that hadn't happened we may never have gotten Austin 3:16.

[@MrBelaska]

8:19 yeah path on becoming 24/7 champion,im sorry but i never saw that guy as world championship material.... But i still wish they used him better ... He was good in TNA but still

[@BigBWolf90]

And then Daniel Puder has to believe his own hype & say "i could take Guerrero, Holly & Benoit all at the same time if it was a legit fight" yeah keep telling yourself that kid

[@Biggucci97]

How the hell is triple h on here? He did what they accused him of?

[@FFA441]

I still dont understand why wwe didnt punish HBK for the curtain call. Take the title off him its simple

[@brianbenoit6883]

Drawing and merchandising power. He was the main guy at the time to keep eyes tuned to WWF instead of completely turning away to WCW. Don't forget this was the punishment that lead to Austin becoming KOTR instead of Hunter, so Austin wasn't a draw yet.

[@multiyapples]

In defense of WCW during the 2000s they couldn’t come up with any good gimmicks to save their lives.

[@mikeattard3543]

O'Haire got the shaft because Vince was mad Piper told the truth. Bischoff was a tool for treating Regal like that. I've heard it disputed that HHH was actually punished for the "Curtain Call." I can't locate it now, but someone listed how the dates don't actually line up, debunking it. Something like the losing streak started many months later. Let's also talk about the Ambrose & EC3 feud failing. So once again, Vince booked something contrary to what the fans wanted, and when it failed he blamed someone other than himself, the one who should have taken the blame. And Puder should have known better. Seriously. As for telling him "it was a work and that he was supposed to lose," if he didn't have enough brain power to already know that, he didn't need to be there.

[@stevegallo8483]

Triple H was punished for the curtain call. Hunter was supposed to win that year's king of the ring, but it was taken from him and given to Stone Cold.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@stevegallo8483Yeah but Tripper won it the next year, so, some punishment.

[@brianbenoit6883]

Well #1 WAS his own fault. He used a jujitsu move in an amateur wrestling match...and nearly took out a marquis name in the midst of his cheating.

[@popetaytv]

Matt got fired because of how he was acting out publicly

[@victory7763]

WWE's issue with Matt is that he ran to the internet and aired all the drama that went down between him Lita, and Edge. I don't blame him and WWE firing him was overboard; but that was their real reason for firing him, that's an important detail

[@WowSuchGaming2009]

Still didn’t give them the right to fire Matt I mean yeah Matt had every reason to do that since lita cheated on him with edge

[@arleneconverse1238]

Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit are in the ground. WHO LOOKS LIKE A JOKE NOW?!

[@matthewhenningervonada9914]

Puder might have more continuity than Benoit.

[@craigcarlock8910]

Muhammad Hassan was a terrible character but he was doing his job Andy Murray sums it up perfectly

[@IamLegendaryguy1998]

CM punk Kenny omega the young bucks and jungle boy should be on this list

[@exilhamburger4802]

Wouldn't that be against Whatculture Wrestlings 'internal' policy of never speaking ill of AEW!? Because any competition to WWE is good for wrestling youtubers and AEW...

[@albertmoreno6947]

WELCOME BACK ANDY!!!!

[@BadenAW]

Probably a re-upload. The 'wrestlers who killed their own push' list yesterday was as well

[@gerrygarvey6792]

@@BadenAWyeah it’s from 2021. I’ve been noticing they’ve been doing this lately

[@claymathewselevator8121]

The other highlander

[@CNormanHocker]

Brits calling that a dumb tweet need to look at their own government. You seem to think that you cant have an opinion opposite your overlords.

[@ricstormwolf]

Angle, Eddie, and Bob Holly were such POS for what they did to Puder.

[@Tucj-zh1dy]

Yup. Dosnt matter how beloved they are, that's a breach of trust and straight up disrespectful to the business

[@suhtangwong]

Disagree, Puder was a cocky prick and tried to go against what he was told and tried to defame angle, he deserved the beat down.

[@TheMegaFireFox90]

dont know how puder's downfall was someone else screwing up but you do you

[@mikeattard3543]

Yep. His downfall was because he himself messed up.

[@exilhamburger4802]

@@mikeattard3543 Not realizing the official angle in the situation was his mistake!

[@night6724]

@@mikeattard3543Well for one, WWE told Angle not to pick Puder. But Angle got fired up and ignored what they told him. Puder also forgot the golden rule of wrestling is make your opponent look good. On top of that other guys hated him for being a mark for himself like bragging he’s in the main event of the Royal Rumble for being one of 30 participants in it.

[@dhenderson1810]

​@@night6724So they wanted Angle to bury Puder first night in?

[@night6724]

@@dhenderson1810 yes because it a burial when a newbie gets defeated by a gold medalist. Also Puder didn’t even follow the rules Angle challenged him to a wrestling match not MMA. When Angle began dominating Puder, he put him in a Kimura instead

[@pierre-paulmarcil8850]

Not only Angle came boosting his ego with the Though Enough crew but he also injured the first guy who tried. Only in wrestling is this kind of behavior consider the norm.

[@GamingGal67-mr9ob]

Matt did not get buried because of Edge and Lita.. it's because he went on social media and blew up about it without talking to WWE first. Puder screwed Puder.

[@autumn3246]

it was great to hear andy again!

[@greghuffman3061]

that Jaxson Riker one seems dumb for many reasons, not least because wasnt Linda a Trump supporter? dafuq

[@archangel2015]

Yeah it’s not Simon miller, it’s nice to hear Andy H Murray for a change.

[@haleriggs4015]

First comment! Love yalls content!

[@carlcjjohnson8694]

2:27 bet you wouldn't call that a dumb tweet if he showed his support for the other guy, but no God forbid someone show their support for the incorrect side

[@DerekGregg83191]

I agree

[@sikkzmuzik9194]

EXACTLY! 🤡💩

[@Jamal-bl7yh]

Not a Wrestler But I Was Buried Because Batista didn't end The Undertaker's Streak which was stupid and I don't like that