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<p>WWE is the land of amazing athleticism and hard-hitting action. Sometimes though in an effort to make things edgy, wrestlers end up completely missing their spots and leading to awkward situations. 2018 was filled with some really horrendous <strong>botches</strong>. Here are 15 botches of 2018 that proved that wrestlers are human too.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Sin Cara At Extreme Rules</strong></h2>



<p>No name is more associated with botches in the modern era as much as Sin Cara. While things have improved massively since the wrestler under the Sin Cara mask has changed, there are still the occasional slip-ups. </p>



<p>This one at Extreme Rules was supposed to be a hurricanrana but ended being a weird move from the top that could have ended up dangerously for Andrade Almas but quick thinking from Almas’ part prevented that.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Jinder Mahal Is The Best Actor At The Greatest Royal Rumble</strong></h2>



<p><strong> </strong>Jinder Mahal and wrestling prowess aren’t two phrases usually associated together and for good reason. At the Greatest Royal Rumble, Jinder Mahal made the worst set of decisions. The US title match felt undercooked and this part of the match was the nail in the coffin. </p>



<p>Jinder got up when he was supposed to stay down as Jeff Hardy hit a Senton bomb causing Hardy to land on the mat but if Jinder had stayed put it could have been passed off as an evasive tactic. Instead Mahal fell down as if he had been hit by an invisible wrestler well after the move had been executed.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Production Team Makes A Snafu</strong></h2>



<p>The wrestlers at least can say that they are in a live situation and the occasional error is inevitable. The production team has the ability to edit things out but they didn’t use this ability on the March 6<sup>th</sup> episode of 205 leading to Drake Maverick clapping his hands and requesting for a retake during the official weigh-ins of Buddy Murphy being aired on the actual show.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Kelly Kelly’s Nostalgia Act Makes A Blunder</strong></h2>



<p><strong> </strong>Kelly Kelly was a lot of things but a great wrestler she wasn’t. At the first ever women’s Royal Rumble match, she went for a head scissor on Michelle McCool but ended up doing something that is hard to describe. It was ugly and stupid and she should not be allowed to step into a wrestling ring ever again.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Jeff Hardy’s Twist Of Something</strong></h2>



<p><strong> </strong>Jeff Hardy was one of the most scintillating men in all of wrestling. Sadly, those days are well behind us and this match was proof of that. On the June 26<sup>th</sup> episode of Smackdown, Jeff Hardy put in a tired performance where he went for a couple of Twist of Fates but ended up just trying to twist empty air.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Even Legends Can Screw Up</strong></h2>



<p><strong> </strong>John Cena and the Undertaker are two of the biggest if not the biggest names of wrestling. However, the supposed dream match came too late as the Undertaker is well past his prime while John Cena is in the last legs of his career. As such their match even though it ended in the blink of an eye featured a botch where the undertaker missed a big boot by a good feet and barely touched John Cena’s hands let alone his face.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>A Rare Misstep In NXT</strong></h2>



<p>It is funny how the wrestling standards at NXT which is technically the developmental territory of WWE is higher than the main show. Having said that, there are the rare occasions where even the best in NXT can make a false move. This match between Lars Sullivan and Aleister Black for the NXT title saw Black miss his finisher completely and Sullivan decided to sell the move anyway which was what made this botch stand out even more.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Kane Unmasked by Accident</strong></h2>



<p>Everything about Kane has become stale and repeated too many times to be of any significance. One such aspect of the Kane character is his mask. There was a time when his unmasking sent tremors throughout the pro-wrestling world. However, it is a trope that has been repeated so many times that when it happened accidently at the Crown Jewel at the hands of Shawn Michaels, no one even batted an eyelid.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>You Don’t Botch Against The Beast</strong></h2>



<p>There are many unwritten rules in pro-wrestling and one of them is that if you legitimately hit your opponent then your opponent can hit you back for real as well. The last person you would want to do that is against Brock Lesnar but that is exactly what Braun Strowman did against Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble. </p>



<p>Strowman clocked Lesnar with his knee and in return ate a body shot and a shot to the face that almost knocked out the monster showing how the beast is a legitimate badass.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Mustafa Ali’s ‘Almost’ Moment</strong></h2>



<p>Mustafa Ali probably had the most unexpected push in 2018. It almost ended up in disaster though as he botched the reverse 450 against Daniel Bryan during his tag match with AJ Styles and Andrade Almas being the other two men involved. </p>



<p>The 450 is a highly dangerous move as Ali did not miss by much but impacted the back of Bryan’s fragile head. Thankfully Bryan came out unscathed and an apologetic Ali finally had his moment.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Sasha Banks Takes Flight</strong></h2>



<p>2018 would be a forgettable year for the Boss for more than one reason and this was one of it. Sasha Banks is one of the better wrestlers and probably had the best women’s wrestling match ever against Bayley during their NXT days. </p>



<p>However, 2018 was riddled with botches of the same nature where she would attempt a suicide dive, get caught up in the ropes and end up doing a dangerous spot. It happened during Evolution but the worst of it took place right at the start of the year on RAW on 29<sup>th</sup> of January where she almost landed on her head in a match against Asuka. </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Brie Bella Almost Ends Liv Morgan’s Career</strong></h2>



<p>Brie Bella made a return to the wrestling ring in 2018 but it wasn’t as sweet or accepted by the masses as her husband’s return and part of that could be down to her lack of wrestling acumen. In a year riddled with botches she almost committed the cardinal crime of ending another wrestler’s career by kneeing Liv Morgan flush in the face and knocking her unconscious.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Brie Bella Again</strong></h2>



<p>On September 3<sup>rd</sup>, Brie further drove the point home that it is better she stayed home than wrestle as she isn’t cut out for it. In yet another suicide dive gone wrong, Brie went head first somewhat reminiscent of Taker’s suicide dive at Wrestlemania 25 but this was a lot more horrendous and could have easily broken Brie’s neck. </p>



<p>The commentary team for the umpteenth time had to resort to “she did not get all of it”. Are you kidding us? She didn’t get any of it.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Nia Jax Breaks Becky Lynch&#8217;s Face</strong></h2>



<p>2018 was the year of ‘The Man’ Becky Lynch. That however was almost cut short by Nia Jax when she broke the face of Becky Lynch during a Survivor Series build up segment where SmackDown invaded RAW. </p>



<p>Lynch had to be rested and not wrestle in some significant matches especially the ones against Ronda Rousey but thankfully her momentum did not take a hit.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Titus O Neil’s &#8216;Titus World Slide&#8217;</strong></h2>



<p>This one wasn’t just the botch of the year but one of the best or worst botches of all time depending on how you look at it. Titus has been waiting for his moment for a long time but he probably wishes that this wasn’t it. </p>



<p>There are memes and gifs still making their rounds on social media based on this moment from the Greatest Royal Rumble and will go down as one of the most shocking moments in WWE history proving once again that it is the unplanned moments that can have the maximum impact albeit for all the wrong reasons.</p>



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