There are those matches that leave fans, and even the performers themselves, punching the air with glee at the mere mention of them possibly being booked. Those contests that involve an exciting up-and-coming talent clashing with a legendary veteran. The battles which see two former pals finally coming to blows inside of the squared-circle.
Or even just a few of the strongest technical performers on the planet meeting to see who really has the right to call themselves the true best in the business. Then you have the opposite. The bouts that looked and sounded like an absolutely terrible idea from the minute someone even hinted at throwing them onto a card.
And unsurprisingly, at least one person in the following potentially dreadful showdowns saw the writing on the wall and decided they needed to do whatever it took to escape an incoming disaster. Rather than just simply nope-ing these awful-looking fights, though, this lot used some far more fascinating and clever methods to get out of an undesirable situation. So, from choosing to recruit a specific member as a way of avoiding throwing down with them (again), to scheduling surgery just before a career-halting squash, here are those wrestlers who dodged bad matches in some rather smart ways.
8. Brian Pillman Has Surgery To Get Out Of Hulk Hogan Squashing Him As 1995 rolled into 1996, Brian Pillman was quickly growing into one of the hottest and most intriguing acts in all of wrestling. His "Loose Cannon" gimmick was incredib.
