Botch To botch in professional wrestling means to attempt a scripted move that does not come out as it was originally planned due to a mistake , miscalculation , or a slip - up . Most botches are harmless but embarrassing , such as a wrestler falling before his opponent ' s move actually connects , or " selling " an opponent ' s maneuver that clearly missed , inciting the fans to chant things such as " You fucked up ! " , for example . A common cause of botches is inexperience . Jackie Gayda , winner of the " Tough Enough 2 " competition , in one of her first TV matches ( a tag team match with Christopher Nowinski against Trish Stratus and Bradshaw on the July 8 , 2002 edition of " RAW " from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) , botched nearly every move that she tried , the most famous of which was a second - rope - bulldog by Stratus , which Gayda sold two seconds too late . However , botches can be extremely dangerous and can end a wrestler ' s career ( or life ) . For example , former WWE wrestler D ' Lo Brown once botched a running sitout powerbomb on his opponent Droz , resulting in Droz being paralyzed from the neck down ( It should be noted , that this botch was mainly caused by a member of the audience tossing a beverage into the ring which D ' Lo slipped on while holding Droz in the powerbomb position . Droz also did not cinch himself up at the waist as is the safety measure for powerbomb receivers ) . In other cases , the wrestler performing the move could be injured . Japanese wrestler Hayabusa botched a springboard moonsault in a match against Mammoth Sasaki when his foot slipped on the second rope and he landed on his head , severely injuring his neck and paralyzing him . An example of the worst - case scenario when a botch results in the death of a performer is with wrestling trainee Brian Ong . In May 2001 , Ong was training with Dalip Singh ( better known currently as WWE ' s Great Khali ) and took a flapjack from Singh . The move was botched , reportedly because Ong had grabbed Singh ' s shirt instead of pushing off Singh ' s back as he was instructed . Although he had made the mistake several times before without incident , this time Ong landed tailbone first and his head was whipped back violently against the mat . The resulting impact , coupled with a previous concussion resulted in Ong ' s death a few days later . In most cases , minor botches are simply glossed over as though they never happened . Serious botches resulting in injuries often result in improvised endings to matches ; one famous example being the match between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Owen Hart , in which a botched piledriver left Austin with a badly injured neck and forced Hart to improvise an extended taunt / victory dance sequence until Austin was able to roll him up in a schoolboy pin , ending the match earlier than planned but with the desired winner ( Hart , coincidentally , was killed 19 months later as the result of a botched ring entrance stunt ) . Sometimes , the remainder of a match will be cancelled if a wrestler cannot continue or requires immediate medical attention . If a wrestler is seriously injured ( in a botch or otherwise ) the referee normally signals the need for immediate help by doing an " X " formation with his arms ( similar to the famous D - Generation X taunt . ) As professional wrestling fans have noticed this , the referee may sometimes perform the symbol in an attempt to indicate a ( kayfabe ) injury to another performer , which will lead to the match being called off .