5 Times that WWE Superstars went off-script

Several WWE Superstars have been forced to go off-script in the past.
Several WWE Superstars have been forced to go off-script in the past.

#4 Chris Jericho vs Neville

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Chris Jericho is one of the biggest names in the wrestling world, and "Le Champion" has known the business like the back of his hand for years. Therefore, when his opponent suffered a major injury on a live WWE television show, Jericho knew how to react.

Back in 2016, Jericho faced off against Neville on an episode of WWE Monday Night RAW and "The Man That Gravity Forgot" slipped and injured his knee. The ending of the match was planned to be Neville's top rope finisher, The Red Arrow. Following his injury, though, Neville was unable to climb the ropes, so the two Superstars had to think of another way to conclude their bout.

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Usually the call to end a match early would be made by the referee in the ring or would be made by WWE management from backstage. However, on this occasion, nobody realized the full extent of Neville's injury - and Jericho was forced to take matters into his own hands.

Jericho tried a quick roll-up, but the referee was aware that this wasn't the finish and refused to make the three count. This then led to Jericho shoving the referee and getting in his face to tell him that Neville was hurt.

The WWE referee finally clocked on to what Jericho was doing. After Jericho had put his hands on the official, though, the decision was finally made to hand him a disqualification loss. Without Jericho going off-script, the ending of the match could have turned into a complete disaster.

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