Botch of the Year Award
Our Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura Drops John Cena On His Head
John Cena and Shinsuke Nakamura faced off on Smackdown Live back in August to determine Jinder Mahal’s challenger for the WWE Title match.
Nakamura went for the Inverted Exploder Suplex on Cena but disaster struck. Cena landed right on his neck in a scary moment:
John Cena gets dropped on head, tells Shinsuke Nakamura “don’t be sorry”: https://t.co/Tpa8vAcTnc pic.twitter.com/Ch8IPtyoZ0
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) August 2, 2017
Thankfully, John Cena is Superman and wasn’t seriously injured. This was a very bad botch and could have left Cena with a broken neck. One of the scariest botches I can remember over the past few years.
Honorable Mentions: Randy Orton Murders Samir Singh On The Announce Table. Nia Jax Drops Charlotte Flair On Her Head. Enzo flips himself over the rope during his match with Cesaro.
Worst Gimmick Award
Our Winner: Emmalina
What an absolute disaster the Emmalina gimmick was. The company teased that she was “coming soon” and that the makeover of Emma to Emmalina was almost complete.
This became a long-running joke in WWE and lasted 17 weeks without anything happening.
Finally, Emmalina appeared on the February 13th episode of RAW. Instead of the new character that we were waiting for, she announced that she would be transforming back to Emma.
What a waste of time it was.
Honorable Mention: Ziggler Ripping Off Entrances, Bray Wyatt As Sister Abigail.
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IMO Bray should’ve retained at wrestlemania because god knows when he’ll ever hold a title and be over at the same time again
Am I the only one who doesn’t like the bayley gimmick?