8 times Superstars' entrances were botched

#7 Jeff Hardy’s pyro messes up

Hardy went through a big feud that began with one freak accident

This particular incident was a literal botch (i.e. unplanned accident) but was rather part of a storyline that Jeff Hardy was involved in at the time. Around this time, a rivalry between Jeff and his brother Matt was blooming, and one part of it was that Jeff’s pyrotechnics-heavy entrance would malfunction, presumably injuring him.

The accident looked realistic as Hardy proceeded to sell injury from the pyrotechnics quite well, which led to some people to believe – at least for a short time – that this injury was real.

Though it was completely scripted, it was one of WWE’s best attempts at blurring the line between scripted and real to further a storyline.