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WWE Superstars perform live regularly, which means that they often botch several moves because all of their work is presented in front of a live viewing crowd.
Human errors are something that every Superstar has been the victim of at some point in their career. While many wrestlers only botch a small move in their match, there are others whose botches stand out after the show.
Only a select few WWE stars have been able to botch their own finishers since most wrestlers spend a lot of time on perfecting their respective finishers.
The following list looks at some of the most unfortunate WWE Superstars of all time, who managed to mess up their own finishers. Luckily, none of these Superstars were injured as a result.
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#5. Mace (WWE RAW - January 18, 2021)
This week's episode of Monday Night Raw saw Xavier Woods continuing his feud with RETRIBUTION following his loss to T-Bar last week. The former multi-time RAW Tag Team Champion took on Mace this week. Once again, the numbers game helped RETRIBUTION to secure a much-needed victory.
Woods was forced to go at it alone after Kofi Kingston broke his jaw on an episode of RAW a few weeks ago, and now Kofi has been sidelined for an undetermined amount of time. Even though this was an interesting match that set the scene for a feud between Kingston and Mustafa Ali upon the former's return, the WWE Universe only remembered one thing about this match.
When Mace delivered his spinning Sidewalk Slam finisher to Woods, it seemed as though the two men got their timing completely wrong, and the move was all out of sync. Mace hasn't been featured a lot on WWE TV since being promoted with RETRIBUTION, and this was his chance to show that he had what it takes to be the main part of Monday Night RAW.
Instead, Mace has become a topic of discussion on social media for all the wrong reasons over the past few days. As a result, Mace has quite a mountain to climb if he wants to be taken seriously by the WWE Universe in the future.
#4. John Morrison (WWE SmackDown - January 17, 2020)
John Morrison is currently enjoying his second stint with WWE after making his return to the company at the beginning of 2020 and aligning himself with The Miz. Morrison has become a comedic character since his return, but that didn't help Morrison following one of the worst botches of his career.
The former Intercontinental Champion returned to the ring back in January 2020 in a match against Big E, where the former IMPACT Wrestling star was able to come out on top. But it was only towards the end of this match when he botched his own finisher.
This was Morrison's first match in WWE for eight years, and it set quite the impression with the WWE Universe. Morrison has since been seen as The Miz's sidekick over the past year and was even blamed for The Awesome One's failed Money in the Bank cash-in, which later allowed Miz to claim back his contract.
Morrison also slightly botched his finisher on the January 31 episode of SmackDown, in the same year.
#3. Goldberg (WWE Super ShowDown 2019)
Goldberg has returned to WWE several times over the past few years and is now a former Universal Champion who could become the next WWE Champion at Royal Rumble 2021.
One of the matches that surprised the WWE Universe occurred back in 2019 when The Undertaker faced WCW legend Goldberg in a dream match in Saudi Arabia.
The match wasn't what the two men intended it to be. Instead, botches occurred throughout the entirety of their bout. It's also worth noting that Goldberg wasn't the only star who botched his own move-set that night, but he was the one who botched The Jackhammer on The Deadman.
This wasn't the only time that Goldberg botched his Jackhammer. The WCW icon became the Universal Champion at Super ShowDown in 2020, following a botched Jackhammer and several spears to The Fiend.
The move was once an impressive way for the undefeated star to make a statement and end a match. But in recent years, the Jackhammer has become nothing more than an underwhelming suplex.
#2. Aleister Black (WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago II)
Aleister Black hasn't been seen on WWE TV in 2021 and hasn't wrestled on SmackDown since he was drafted to the brand back in October, but the star is still considered to be a huge prospect.
The former NXT Champion has already shown his worth throughout his time in developmental, where Black's martial arts background became a huge part of his onscreen character.
It was during Black's time in NXT that the star was part of one of the worst botches of his career when he defended the NXT Championship against fellow WWE star Lars Sullivan.
The two men collided at NXT Takeover: Chicago II in 2018 and when Black was about to deliver his Black Mass finisher, Sullivan was miles away and it became obvious that the move didn't connect at all.
The worst part of the botch was the fact that Sullivan sold the move as though it connected when it hardly even touched his arm. Luckily, The Freak did kick out of the pin, since that would have been a terrible way to end the match.
#1. CM Punk (WWE SmackDown - May 28, 2010)
Former WWE Champion CM Punk spent much of his career preaching that he was "The Best in the World", but when he faced off against The Big Red Machine Kane on an episode of SmackDown in 2010, he wasn't at his best.
Punk was still under a mask after losing his hair in a match against Rey Mysterio. He was also given the task of lifting a heavyweight like Kane up for his GTS finisher. Of course, the move didn't go to plan, which resulted in the two stars falling to the ground. Punk later picked up the victory, regardless of the botch.
Punk's GTS finisher had been solid for the star up until this point, but the botch against Kane was proof that perhaps it wasn't the best finisher when it came to much bigger superstars.
Luckily, CM Punk was able to push forward following the botch and was even later able to remove his ill-fitting mask. He eventually became the WWE Champion once again. Punk left WWE less than four years later following the 2014 Royal Rumble and hasn't returned to a WWE ring since that point in time.
