Professional wrestling is one of the wildest forms of entertainment.
The show’s fundamental premise is to put on simulated wrestling contests between bodybuilder acrobats performing elaborately choreographed and improvised stunts in front of a live audience.
But in a surprising turn of events, that’s not even the weirdest thing about wrestling.
See, wrestling companies have a lot of TV hours to fill. If they are large enough to have TV shows, they usually have no off-season — running every week of the year, more or less. They also put on other significant events to make pay-per-view revenue (or sell a streaming service).
WWE alone produces 7 hours of original TV programming every week. Every week.
So over the years, wrestling companies have staged some pretty bizarre stunts and storylines. Unfortunately, it comes with the territory.
And once in a while, something is so wrong it’s good, so weird it’s cool, so strange it’s incredible. Here are 10 times pro wrestling gave us moments just like that.