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Worst in the World: The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc-WrestleMania VIII

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WrestleMania is right around the corner, Maggle! In only 10 days, WrestleMania 32 will emanate from Cowboys Stadium, Dean Ambrose & Brock Lesnar will probably have a brutal street fight, Shane McMahon will probably main event, and Roman Reigns will probably get booed out of the building for the second year in a row. And while seeing the inevitable Reigns victory will suck (and with no briefcase to save us this year) this might be rough. But even most people don't like Roman Reigns, his match with Triple H will more than likely be good. Unlike this one. At WrestleMania VIII, Tag Team Champions Money Inc. (Ted Dibiase & IRS) defended their belts against The Natural Disasters Earthquake & The Shockmaster Typhoon. That's pretty ironic, because this match is a disaster (*self-high fives for excellent pun*).
Money Inc. starts tagging each other in to toy with Earthquake, ending with Dibiase in with the Quake. Earthquake over powers Dibiase to start, and runs wild on Money Inc., with Typhoon joining in and sending the heels to the outside. Despite not tagging in, IRS enters the ring and tries to lock in a wristlock on Earthquake, but he reverses it into one of his own. Typhoon tags in and beats up IRS for a bit until IRS dodges a corner splash and tags in Dibiase, who immediately gets sh*t on by Typhoon and gets worked over by the former Tugboat. Typhoon charges at Dibiase, who is stuck in the ropes, but Dibiase dodges and sends Typhoon to the outside, after Typhoon failed to get over on his first attempt.
Money Inc. takes control, hitting a double clothesline that Typhoon stumbles into, and a double back elbow. Typhoon is able to force IRS into the Natural Disasters corner and makes a visual tag to Earthquake, but the ref didn't see it and sends Quake back, allowing Money Inc. to regain control. After a horribly contrived double clothesline spot, Typhoon makes the hot tag to Earthquake as the crowd goes mild. The Disasters run wild on Money Inc., with Typhoon hitting a big splash and Earthquake calls for the Earthquake Splash on IRS, but Money Inc's manager Jimmy Hart pulls him out of the ring and Money Inc take a count-out loss. This is one of the worst cliches of Hogan-era wrestling. Why are people having matches end in DQ AT WRESTLEMANIA! This is supposed to be the biggest show of the year, almost like the season finale, and we get an inconclusive finish. B*llshit.

The Verdict

The match was fine, nothing too horrendous. Typhoon isn't very coordinated, he stumbles, and he loses his balance a lot, but that's pretty much the worst thing. I'd put it higher if it had a conclusive finish, but it didn't, so it's losing a few spots.

Rankings (Best to Worst)

  1.  Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
  2. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  3. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  4. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  5. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  6. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  7. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  8. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  9. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  10. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  11. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  12. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  13. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  14. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  15. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  16. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  17. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  18. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  19. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  20. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  21. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  22. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  23. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  24. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  25. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  26.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  27. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  28. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  29. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  30. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  31. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  32. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  33. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  34. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  35. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996 
  36. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/10)
  37. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  38. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
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