3 WWE Superstars who were punished for botches and 3 who weren't

#1 Brock Lesnar remains unscathed following botch that could have ended his career

The main event of WWE WrestleMania 19 saw Brock Lesnar challenging Kurt Angle for the WWE title. The classic outing was marred with a major botch from Lesnar, which could have possibly ended in disaster for him.

#OnThisDay in 2003: WrestleMania XIX PPV: Brock Lesnar's famous Shooting Star Press spot where he landed on his head. pic.twitter.com/URYB1RUiAM
— Allan (@allan_cheapshot) March 30, 2019

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During the final moments of the match, Lesnar attempted a Shooting Star Press on Angle, a move that he had effectively executed on multiple occasions in the past. This time around, though, he botched it horribly and messed up his neck. Lesnar was incapacitated for the remainder of the match but somehow managed to hit an F-5 on Angle and pin him for the WWE title.

Lesnar was WWE's hottest commodity at the time

Brock Lesnar wasn't in a good mood following the botch and could be seen causing a ruckus backstage. At the time, Lesnar was untouchable, and there was no way WWE would have punished him for the botch.

Intense footage of Brock Lesnar behind the scenes at WrestleMania XIX after the Shooting Star Press gone wrong.(From the #RuthlessAggression episode on him that came out today) pic.twitter.com/Pjkoe3PVPk
— Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) March 2, 2020

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He went on to score big wins over the likes of John Cena, Big Show, Kurt Angle, and many other top SmackDown Superstars. He remained WWE SmackDown's hottest act for a year following the botch and finally quit WWE after his outing against Goldberg at WrestleMania 20.

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Edited by Amar Anand