It's not often you get recognised for your contributions when you're the one not

getting their hand raised at the end, it certainly doesn't happen in the Wilborn household

after a particularly grueling game of Monopoly, no matter how much I ask.

But it does in wrestling, because when wins and losses matter, the losers still win.

That in mind, I'm Alan Wilborn from Whatculture, and these are 10 times wrestlers got standing

ovations in defeat.

10.

DIY

NXT timed and executed the 2017 breakup of Tomaso Champa and Johnny Gargano's DIY units

with blissful perfection.

Up to and including, the old trick of putting the lower third graphic up to signify the

end of the show, the cheeky bastards.

The pair were soaking up the earnest adulation of the crowd, having just lost what was sure

to be their last title match in some time to the authors of pain.

This particular defeat was crucial to the reception too, it was the reaction where

nobody in the Allstate arena wanted to consider what might be next for the beloved baby faces,

now they'd not only lost the belts, but also failed to win them back.

The answer came just seconds later when Champa hurled Gargano into the video wall and

proceeded to decimate him after the fact, and yet another flex from Booker Triple H during

his masterful period with the pencil, the impact of the assault required the audience's

adulation in the first place.

He hadn't just booked the twist, he booked the story to ensure it was effective.

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