Wrestling Matches Where The Wrong Guy Won 

Shout out to Randy Orton for putting over a youngster like Hulk Hogan 😊😊😊

Sting vs. HHH is the number one example of this

This whole video could've been filled with Hogan and HHH matches both of them won at the worse time

I think we all saw the thumbnail and thought “Booker T at WM19”

The fact that Billy Kidman didn’t win the Viagra on a Pole Match still keeps me awake at night to this day. What were they thinking?!

Sting should never have lost to Triple H at WM 31. Such a waste of a true legendary wrestler.

The fact that triple h pedigreed booker then took a ridiculous amount of time to get the pin didn't help that 1

I dunno, DDP winning clean against Goldberg off of a shock diamond cutter probably wouldve been more well recieved than a stun gun and a world title reign for Nash that didnt even matter in the end.

I will always find it funny that Goldberg beat The Fiend with a botched jackhammer when The Fiend kicked out 1,000s of Curb Stomps 😂😂😂😂😂

HHH vs Sting should've never happened. Nobody that watched wrestling during the WWF vs WCW wars expected Sting to win against a WWF/E legend so it should've been Sting vs Undertaker and give so many people their dream match.

Vince wanted ALL the WCW guys buried. Steiner, Booker, Nash, Goldberg in that order.

Booker: I'm going over HHH: That doesn't work for me brother

My two biggest disappointments that always seem to stick out for me, Undertaker losing to Brock at WM & Sting losing to Triple H at WM

Whatever I think of him these days: Jericho not winning the rumble in 2012 was baffling to me

Funny how Triple H is on the thumbnail 🤔

Owen losing to triple h in every single european title match (notwithstanding the fact Owen should have been challenging Shawn at the rumble in 98) Aj Styles in his prime losing to RVD who'd only been around a couple of months in TNA. Could talk about triple h ones for hours 😂 but these are the main two that stand out for me.

I think the Undertaker's streak should have been left intact . To me the Undertaker is a legend .

Sting losing to Triple H at WrestleMania still stings till this day.

The worst thing about Charlotte vs Asuka is it lead to years of Charlotte matches where her opponent should’ve won.

DDP turning the jack hammer into a diamond cutter on the way down would have been the most AMAZING FINISH in wrestling history.

Roman’s run right now is making the reign of terror look like nothing

El Dandy should have won against David Flair ...along with every other damn wrestler who ever had to go through the dishonor of jobbing to David Flair.

HHH over Sting, HHH over Booker T, HHH over Steiner… my guy definitely had a shovel attached to the other end of that sledgehammer.

There are not enough Hogan and Triple H Matches on this list.

That "Cena's worst year ever" thing was such a joke.

"Yay...Hulkamania...go get him..." 😅

Triple H is the king of winning matches he should not have won.

The Asuka Vs Charlotte match was always a big "wrong person won this" moment for me. Definitely the moment when I really started to sour on Charlotte Flair (and I'm still not fond of her cause of her booking) lol

Cena beating Brock was Vince punishing Brock for leaving.

Sting losing to Triple H made no logical sense. Even less so when they have him eventually go on to challenge for the World Title. Why? He's had one match in the company, and he lost, and now he's challenging for the World Championship? If he had beaten Triple H, it would have made a lot more sense. I had no problem with him putting Rollins over in that match, but he sure as hell should have defeated Triple H in his debut match.

Steve Austin entering his prime losing the WCW US title to Jim Duggan …

Should be every HHH match after 1999

The Undertaker's streak should have never been broken, at least not by Brock. If it had to be broken at least make it worth something.

I think Kane would be an acceptable person to end Taker's WM streak. The build up storyline would have so much history to lean on leading up to the match itself, and they could build off it in so many ways.

Could also make an argument for Bray Wyatt defeating Taker's streak and Taker passing the torch onto him as the "face of fear" and what not

Hogan winning the 1990 Royal Rumble instead of Mr. Perfect, Nash beating Goldberg at Starrcade 98, Kurt Angle retaining the TNA World title vs. Bobby Roode at Bound For Glory 2011, Bobby Roode retaining the TNA World title vs. James Storm at Lockdown 2012.

Verne Gagne reversing Hogan's win over Nick Bockwinkle is the first thing that comes to mind. The AWA never had a chance after that.

Wrestlemania 2000 main event still makes no sense. It should have been Rock vs Hunter and same goes for Booker and Hunter at Mania 19.

Orton beating Hogan? That ain’t going to work for me brother. You don’t book Hulk if you want the other guy to win, those are the rules.

I have one that's pretty recent. Asuka vs. Bianca Belair from WrestleMania 39. Asuka should have won, since her moment of glory in a WrestleMania had yet to come and that was the perfect opportunity.

Fiend losing to Goldberg was a dumb decision but to be fair if he had won that match we likely wouldn't have got the highly acclaimed Firefly Funhouse match against Cena.

It is so crazy what happened to Asuka. Undefeated phenom... a SURE THING to win at WM 34... and then... here we are, 6 years later and Asuka STILL doesn't have a win at WrestleMania. It is such a travesty.

I think we don't think about Yokozuna being crapped on in the Mania 9 match as much as Bret because Yoko didn't give out about it for years.

If the Tribal Chief had ended the streak, that definitely would have gotten him a lot of heat going into his heel run.

Hogan is not going to do the job brotha 🤣🤣

Nexus vs WWE at SummerSlam would've been perfect for Cena to turned heel make like when Hogan turned and formed nWo

Goldberg beating DDP is okay, the issue come up when you find out Nash was set to beat Goldberg. Then you rather have DDP do it.

The thing is with Golberg vs Wyatt is that it shouldn't have happened in the first place.

Asuka will almost assuredly be losing this weekend to go to 0-6 at Wrestlemania. Beyond ridiculous. She's one of the best female wrestlers to ever work in WWE.

Everytime HHH wins any match, the wrong guy won

Trips v Sting The Icon should have gone over!

In hindsight I understand why he didn't win, but I still say Shawn Michaels should have won the title against Cena at WrestleMania 23.

Triple H was Vince's ultimate tool in burying ex-WCW guys because he couldn't do it himself

Bray Wyatt should’ve faced Undertaker at Mania 30 and won. New face of fear… takes Undertaker’s power and goes undefeated for the next few Mania’s

DDP didn't need to win Havoc 1998. He needed to look good. The probably with discussing any change to DDP's title win or Goldberg's "first" loss is that there was no cohesive long term storytelling in WCW. DDP and Goldberg had more story than most guys in WCW, but they were individual stories with no one else involved, even each other.

Not what I thought the video was about but here's another idea for a video, times when the wrong wrestler won or more accurately times one person was booked to win only for something to happen in the ring which caused someone else to win

More of an angle as much as a match but mines Abyss’ reign of terror on the x division being broken by dun dun duuuun Brian Kendrick 😞 😂 fair play Hogan for the gut check stuff and upping viewership a while but that winner and rvd beating aj was dumb dumb dumb.

Kane should have ended the streak long before it even became a thing.

You gotta admit, that smirk on Booker T’s mugshot is epic.

That sting run actually got me back watching wwe at that time and I instantly stopped again after that loss. Didn’t watch again till last year.

The Fiend vs. Randy Orton at WrestleMania 37 and The Fiend vs. Oldberg.

The biggest example: Kane should have won the tittle against triple h and should have NEVER unmasked.

One i would of added is Shinsuke Nakamura vs Aj Styles at Wrestlemania 34 . Naka deserved that win

Bam Bam Bigelow should have beat Lawrence Taylor at Wrestlemania XI

Since you did the 2014 Royal Rumble match, how about its equally infamous follow-up in 2015?

Man Trips wins at WrestleMania are so controversial

And Asuka isn't allowed to win at Wrestlemania at all. Yet her team winning this year may hurt Jade Cargill. So the ramifications for that Charlotte match stretch for years.

Asuka losin any match is a big misstep!

Triple H is very cocky for a guy who was never even that good.

Sting vs. HHH will always be the greatest case of "the wrong guy won", in my opinion.

I'll never understand people who say the streak shouldn't have ended. The entire point of the streak was to make the person who eventually broke it a star. I agree it was wasted on Brock because he was already arguably the biggest star in the company, but not ending it at all would have been a massive waste of 20+ years of work. Ultimately the whole point of booking anyone strongly is to make them a star and by extension, make the person who beats them a star.

The king of backstage politics as you could literally make a video where Hogan should have lost but Hogan would say that doesn't work for me brother.

Allegedly, Goldberg was actually meant to win the Chamber match at SummerSlam 2003, but there was a European tour prior to it that Triple H wasn't feeling good for, so Goldberg was asked to take his place as the main event act, even though Goldberg wasn't originally scheduled to be a part of it. I know Goldberg has admitted that he turned down that request, so the '03 Chamber wound up really being a case of "Why you should be a team player in a wrestling company". As for a match where the wrong guy won, I'll go with Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton at Mania 37. Randy got nothing out of the win, really, while Bray's anticipated return after getting immolated was stomped out, and then he got released not too long later, to boot.

Great video.. let's get a part 2 .

“That’s just not gonna work for me brother”

Biggest one i think not on this list has to be shawn michaels beating vader at summerslam 1996. Vader absolutely needed to win the title there and it completely destroyed his aura.

I love him to bits, but David Arquette should have never won the WCW title, that's one match that comes to mind

Ok, am I the only sick & tired of Flair's kid constantly being out on injury then coming back and basically being handed the title?

My favorite wrestling channel

Triple H vs. (insert name of wrestler here)

I kinda feel that Shawn needed that win at WM21 against Angle. They were both 'Made Men' but Shawn really coulda used another WM win for his 'Mr. Wrestlemania' moniker.

Ultimate Warrior vs. Sgt. Slaughter Royal Rumble 1991 HBK vs. John Cena Wrestlemania 23

Great video. As always. Would love a Part 2.

Mr Perfect 1990 Royal Rumble comes to mind. They were going Warrior v Hogan and Mania anyways, it wasn’t for #1 contender back then and lastly it would have gave Warrior a feud after Mania. But Hogan had to change the finish.

That intro is hard 🔥

Before I watch. HHH v Booker T still stings

This was a great concept. Keep up the good work. Love the channel.

For me it was Benoit vs Orton at Summerslam 2004. Benoit should have 100% won and kept the title. The only reason why Orton won was because they wanted to stick it to Brock Lesnar for leaving and give Orton the new record for youngest champion. It was a terrible decision though.

The same people that boo and whine and complain that Hogan went out with a win in his last match, because “he didn’t put anybody over going out”. Are the same goofs that cheer and praise that Sting won his last match without “putting anybody over” and “doing the right thing” 🤦‍♂️😂. The hipster hogan hate is ridiculous sometimes……… BROTHER!

A relatively recent example that seems like it’s been forgotten at this point: Otis winning the Money In The Bank back in 2020 Otis was a comedic mid-carder and barely a singles guy before the MITB. He wasn’t taken seriously while he had it. And then the entire run was for nothing when the Miz won the case from him and Otis was back in the same spot. He should have never won the match in the first place but booking had zero idea of what to do with him afterward. A complete waste of time for everyone involved and easily the worst MITB winner of all time.

Asuka being winless at mania is a crime

You can name one of the matches Hogan and Savage had in 1998. Like their Uncensored Cage Match.

That hulk hogan vs yokozuna match makes absolutely no sense to me. It seems so forced. Brett be like "you go in and best him for the title since I'm incapable of beating him. Only you can." That could have potentially hurt his character more. But thankfully people forgot this pretty quick and it didn't hurt him.

For me, a match where the wrong person won was in the RAW Women's Championship match at Wrestlemania 36 between Becky Lynch and Shayna Baszler. Baszler was built as this unstoppable force. She even literally defeated everyone in the Elimination Chamber. Even Lynch herself said she wanted to drop the belt to Shayna but the company said no. Given that Lynch was pregnant and going on maternity leave, she wasn't going to be champion either way. So why not make Shayna champion? Yes we did see that touching moment on RAW between Becky and Asuka who won Money in the Bank but still Baszler should've won.

100% completely agree on the suggestion that the streak could (and I think should) have never been broken. Everyone talks about passing the torch, putting guys over blah blah.. Undertaker is a special case though, someone that has given his life and body to wrestling. Why couldn't his streak have remained, he deserved something like that tied to him. I don't think we'll ever see anyone get near to the numbers he had at WM to be honest. Sting vs Triple H was indeed a strange one. Made absolutely no sense that anything other than a Sting win would happen. Funny story - I watched this WM with a few mates and one of them was placing bets on the matches before the event started. I told him to lump on Sting to win, it'd be free money. 'Are you SURE?' he asked me. 'Mate, it's Sting. A wrestling legend, someone that the WWE have probably had a hard time convincing to come over. You really think he's going to agree to sign and then lose his first match on the biggest stage of all? No bloody way. That would be insane. Sting will 100% win, I put my life on it....' Well.

John Cena beating Umga when he used the broken ring rope with the STFU

Sting vs HHH single handedly killed the "at least I performed at WrestleMania" reason for wrestlers to sign with WWE.

DDP would been a better person to end Goldberg’s streak instead of Kevin Nash 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

13:53 And even though that match was short Goldberg looked like he was gonna keel over during the post match interview.

Woooooooooooo Please do more of these. Thus was fun and im sure your community will have lots of great selections.