10 Wrestlers Who No Sold Huge Losses
Laughing off huge defeats, popping back up from emphatic finishers, and more hilarious no-sells.
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00:00From instantly popping back up and strutting back down the ramp after being dealt an L,
00:03to waltzing out on Raw the very next night as though nothing ever happened post-defeat,
00:08this lot made a mockery of looking up at the lights when all was said and done.
00:11Gareth here from WhatCulture Wrestling and here are 10 Wrestlers Who No-Souled Huge Losses.
00:1610. Brock Lesnar quickly turns his attention to the game
00:19Remember when former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar returned to WWE programming in 2012
00:24after 8 long years away, and then went on to beat the ever-loving crap out of John Cena in
00:29his first bout back, only to end up hilariously on the receiving end of an attitude adjustment
00:34on the steel steps and a loss out of the gates? Well, don't worry if that last part is a little
00:38fuzzy because The Beast Encountered himself also seemed to forget all about that particular detail,
00:43when it came time to rock back up on Monday Night Raw the very next night.
00:47Showing not so much as a scratch from the previous evening's bloody Extreme Rules War,
00:51Lesnar defiantly announced that the world got to witness first-hand Brock Lesnar bring in the pain.
00:56And while Triple H would do his utmost to remind the returning contract rebel of the
01:00actual result of said Cena skirmish, Brock effectively no-souled the contest,
01:04an odd on-screen political drama between the Game and then Head of Talent Relations
01:08John Laurinaitis, before beating the piss out of his next sparring partner to set up their
01:12incoming program. If Brock doesn't mention it, it didn't happen.
01:159. Finn Balor joins the Judgment Day
01:18Finally aligning with fellow Bullet Club alumni AJ Styles on WBTV earlier this year,
01:23it looked as though Finn Balor could actually be on the cusp of a spell not involving him eating
01:27many a defeat at the hands of whoever Vince McMahon was obsessed with at that current moment.
01:31Rather depressingly, that promise was quickly extinguished by the time Balor,
01:34Styles and Liv Morgan eventually went at it with the Judgment Day at Hell in a Cell,
01:38with the Prince getting emphatically spared post-Rhea Ripley blockade,
01:42en route to being pinned by the villain's overlord Edge.
01:45In a rather unexpected turn of events though, instead of limping out onto Monday Night Raw
01:49the next night with his tail well and truly between his Balor legs, the former NXT champion
01:54was all smiles as he looked set to join up with Edge's gothic faction. And in a move that was
01:59likely more of a reflection of the WB Hall of Famer not being all too keen to head down the
02:03supernatural road with his disciples, Balor would then help oust Edge as he bizarrely took over
02:08leadership duties just 24 hours on from being embarrassed by the trio, and being responsible
02:14for his unit picking up the feud-ending loss. It's all a bit strange.
02:178. John Cena Rolls With The Finishing Elimination Chamber Punches
02:21Around the time of the late noughties, John Cena had successfully evolved into the near
02:25indomitable presence, more often than not found spearheading WWE programming. So having Super
02:30Cena be suddenly dumped out of an Elimination Chamber bout midway through the action,
02:34was the sort of development capable of dropping jaws the world over. And that was precisely what
02:39went down during No Way Out 2009's World Heavyweight Championship skirmish, as he consumed
02:44a whopping three rather over finishers on his way out the door. Instead of selling the sheer
02:48impact of being co-breakered, speared and 619'd into next week, however, Cena had other ideas.
02:54Now, nobody should have expected the now former world champ to lay battered for the remaining
02:58seven minutes or so, but having Cena comically roll out of the ring like a man in need of a
03:02quick breather, made the preceding trio of finishers look strangely feeble. When you nail
03:07with three of the most devastating moves of the period in quick succession, would it have been
03:11too much to ask for a moment to let the weight of the finishers land before darting off out of
03:15the action? Probably not, Cena. 7. Bray Wyatt looks forward to a fresh start
03:20Given the fact Bray Wyatt's children's TV presenter alter ego skipped back into the spotlight
03:25on the first Raw post-37th show of shows, and declared he felt great and that this could be
03:30a brand new start for him and all of his funhouse critters, it definitely looked like WWE were
03:35wasting little time burying his wholly disappointing Viper debacle and defeat in the ground. However,
03:41in perhaps an even stranger development than Wyatt's fiend surviving being literally burned
03:45alive, the star would then completely disappear from WWE programming in the subsequent weeks,
03:50before being ultimately cut loose in July. Far from delivering the fresh start that was
03:54gleefully pitched just a few hours on from another momentum killer of a loss,
03:58Wyatt's comical no-selling of Orton's red-tinted riot now sits as his final act of a 12-year
04:04rollercoaster of a WWE ride. 6. Hawk pings up after a five-star
04:08chokeslam The May 13, 2003 edition of Monday Night Raw saw the returning Road Warriors collide
04:14with World Tag Team Champions Kane and Rob Van Dam over the duo's straps. Despite this match
04:19acting as something of an audition for a full-time spot on the roster for the legendary unit,
04:24it ultimately wasn't to be, and their chances likely weren't helped by Hawk's unflattering
04:28reaction to the champ's chokeslam-five-star-frog splash combination. With the iconic Legion of
04:33Doom putting in a solid enough shift up to that point, an evidently vexed Hawk reacted to eating
04:38the majority of the damage on offer in the bout by darting back up to his feet before RVD and the
04:43Big Red Machine could even raise their titles in triumph. In the end, this would also act as
04:48Hawk's final appearance in a WWE ring, before he succumbed to a sudden heart attack a few months
04:52later. 5. AJ Styles shrugs off an anything-but-phenomenal
04:56mania debut AJ Styles didn't get off to the most successful
05:00start when it comes to his show-of-shows career. In a bout that looked as though it had Show
05:04Stealer ridden all over it heading into WrestleMania 32, the Phenomenal One went
05:08at it with one-time Y2AJ teammate Chris Jericho in a serviceable rematch. However,
05:14upon doing the favours for a veteran who clearly didn't need the grandest stage rub,
05:18the events that would unfold on the following night's episode of Raw made that call look
05:22even more baffling in hindsight. Dumped into a fatal four-way to decide new WWE Champion
05:27Roman Reigns' first challenger, the former New Japan Pro Wrestling and TNA darling completely
05:32no-sold his mania failure, and set his sights firmly on the Big Dog strap as the likes of
05:37Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho all joined him in scrapping for a spell.
05:41If that wasn't enough, Styles would then go on to win the whole damn thing in the evening's main
05:45event, completely palming off his lacklustre first night on the mania job in next to no time.
05:504. Braun Strowman instantly gets one back on Tyson Fury
05:54Acting as the culmination of a program that now feels as though it went down in an entirely
05:59alternate reality, Braun Strowman found himself squaring up against heavyweight world champion
06:03boxer Tyson Fury under the bright lights of the King Fahd Stadium in Saudi Arabia back at
06:08Crown Jewel 2019. Determined not to have the mainstream superstar suffer a loss in his first
06:13ever professional wrestling showing, but sensing that having their monster among men look like an
06:17utter fool wouldn't do them any favours either, WWE hatched a master plan of sorts to ensure both
06:22men looked strong as the dust settled on the monster mash. Well, they tried. Hot on the heels
06:27of the Gypsy King picking up the W via deeply deflating countout, on the back of a knockout
06:32right hand on the apron, Strowman effectively shrugged off a shot that had put down genuine
06:37boxing sensations to deliver a running power slam on the victor mere moments after said losing
06:42effort. Further diluting the Saudi showdown, the two apparent bitter rivals would then share a
06:47polite handshake in the ring on the next edition of SmackDown, before obviously beating the piss
06:52out of the B team. By the time Austin Aries bolted upright seconds after Johnny Impact's
06:59crowning moment at Bound for Glory 2018, most had chosen to entirely check out when it pertained to
07:04the wacky developments usually found going down within the promotion during this odd period.
07:09Matters weren't exactly helped by Impact's reaction to Aries and Johnny's surreal Twitter
07:13feud either, with the Wrestling Observer later reporting that management wasn't happy
07:17with their unapproved work on the social media platform, due to it potentially contradicting
07:22their plans in the long run. It's still not exactly clear as to whether or not the promotion
07:26actually greenlit the abrupt exit post-defeat too. Despite Dave Meltzer feeling as though it
07:30would only be a matter of time before Aries showed up on the Impact scene again, on the back of his
07:35contract expiring, further behind-the-scenes developments would result in the greatest man
07:39who ever lived ultimately declining a new deal and ending his Impact career on one of the strangest
07:44beats of its era. And that is saying something. 2. MJF brushes off his Wardlow squash
07:49Thoroughly delivering on a storyline that had been unfolding since the early days of AEW's
07:54existence, Maxwell Jacob Freeman would finally be forced to pay for his consistently despicable
07:59treatment of his one-time war dog bodyguard at this year's Double or Nothing event. However,
08:03instead of the focus being on Wardlow's star-making performance throughout the program
08:07and during the emphatic squash on the night of the pay-per-view itself, the wrestling world was
08:11more interested in what the future held for the salt of the earth on the back of a rather
08:15eventful weekend. Fresh off of no-showing a meet-and-greet before the May 29th event, MJF was
08:20shockingly handed a live mic on Dynamite to air his grievances in regards to not being paid the
08:25same amount as ex-WWE guys. And while Maxwell did at least momentarily offer a nod to the
08:30substantial battering he was subjected to at the hands of his former employee, the speed in which
08:34he glossed over that absolute massacring took pretty much all of the attention away from the
08:39pair's near-three-year-long narrative, and directed it solely on his new work shoot war with his boss.
08:441. Triple H Laughs Off Jeff Hardy After finally returning to the WWE stage and
08:49seemingly getting a handle on his demons at the time, it looked as though Jeff Hardy was well
08:53on his way to becoming a serious main event player in 2007. An intercontinental title win
08:58would eventually pave the way for an intriguing rivalry with Triple H, as the two popular faces
09:03went at it over the right to challenge for the WWE Championship at the 2008 Royal Rumble event
09:08at Armageddon. And while the game would be forced to do the J-O-B at this moment in time,
09:13in order to give Hardy the much-needed rub in the lead-up to an eventual showdown with Randy Orton
09:17at the next pay-per-view, Trip still had a few tricks up his sleeve to ensure he didn't come
09:21out of the closely fought battle looking inferior to his friendly adversary. Selling the nature of
09:26arguably Hardy's most important singles win at that point, in the same way you would being
09:30cheekily pranked by a younger sibling, a genuinely surprising and thrilling result was entirely
09:35undercut by the cerebral assassin's smug grin. And with it later becoming known just how against
09:40Hardy's eventual ascent to the top of the mountain, Trip legitimately was behind the scenes,
09:45it's not too hard to see what his intentions likely were with these petty losing antics.
10:06I've been Gareth from What Culture Wrestling, thank you as always for clicking on this video
10:11today and hopefully I will see your faces very, very soon. Bye!