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Worst in the World: Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House

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GANG WARZ!...again. Yes, I get to come back to WWE's failed attempt at a multi-stable feud from back in 1997. Previously, I took a look at a match where The Truth Commission & The D.O.A stank up Survivor Series 1997. This time, we go back three months earlier to Ground Zero: In Your House, before the Truth Commission were even around, where the Nation of Domination's Faarooq, Los Boricuas' Savio Vega, and the Disciples of Apocolypse's Crush face off in a triple threat match. Fun fact, this is the opening sentence describing this match on Wikipedia:
"The third match of the night was a Triple Threat match pitting Savio Vega (representing Los Boricuas), Faarooq (representing Nation of Domination) and Crush (representing Disciples of Apocalypse) against each other, in a match that featured the worst spinning neckbreaker in professional wrestling history."
This should be fun. Let's get right into it.
Crush & Vega immediately start fighting as soon as Crush gets into the ring and Faarooq quickly joins. Vega & Faarooq double team Crush, only for Crush to take them both out with a double clothesline. Crush dominates until Faarooq dodges a splash in the corner and starts whipping both Crush & Vega with his belt. Crush takes the belt and starts whipping Faarooq before Vega jumps on him. A lot of stuff is happening. Not very interesting stuff, but stuff.
Vega hip tosses Faarooq before Crush reverses another hip toss attempt and hip tosses Vega himself. Faarooq then ball taps Crush. It was pretty funny. Faarooq hits a spinebuster on Vega, to which Vega responds to with a sh*t facebuster. Crush pops back up to break the pin, to which Jerry Lawler is surprised that Crush would stop Faarooq from getting pinned. Yeah, it's almost like if Faarooq got pinned he would have lost the match. Stupid idiot...I expect this stuff from 2016 Jerry Lawler, not Attitude Era Jerry Lawler.
Crush starts choking Vega in the corner before hitting a powerslam on Faarooq. The three trade punches before Crush slams Faarooq & Vega's heads together. Vega hits a spinning heel kick on Crush before Crush starts dominating again. Faarooq gets his knees up to block a splash by Vega before Crush tries to steal the pin on Vega, but Vega kicks out. Crush locks in a chin lock on Vega, which Jim Ross gives him sh*t for because he should be trying to get the pin. Even though he just tried to get the pin. Stup-...no, JR's too good for that.
Faarooq breaks up the chin lock with a diving fist drop and starts beating down on Crush. Crush hits an electric chair drop and Vega tries to steal the pin, but Faarooq kicks out. Vega goes for the ten punches in the corner, but Crush counters with an atomic drop and a clothesline. And finally, we get it...the worst swinging neckbreaker in professional wrestling history:
I would like to formally apologize to Jackie Gayda because THIS is the worst sell I've ever seen. Not only does Faarooq not sell the move correctly, not only does he oversell the move hard, but he manages to sell the move THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE WAY HE'S SUPPOSED TO! I swear I laughed for like a minute straight when this happened.
Faarooq starts beating down on Vega while Crush just kind of wanders around the ring. Crush hits a sidewalk slam on Vega before he & Faarooq hit a double suplex on Vega and both cover. The referee won't allow it, so Crush tosses Vega out of the ring to settle it one-on-one. Faarooq bodyslams Crush and Crush hits another sidewalk slam, with Vega running in to break up the pins and get tossed out immediately after each time. Faarooq hits a powerslam, but Vega breaks it up and convinces Crush to work with him. Crush & Vega hit a spike piledriver on Faarooq before Crush tosses Vega from the ring yet again. Crush calls for one of the lamest finishers in wrestling history; the Heart Punch. Crush delivers the Heart Punch to Faarooq, but Vega runs in and hits a spinning heel kick on Crush for the win.

The Verdict

A lot better than the majority of the matches on the list, but there were a few botches and bad spots, including...this:
It just gets funnier every time I watch it.

 Rankings (Best to Worst)

  1. Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
  2. Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
  3. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  4. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  5. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  6. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  7. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  8. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  9. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  10. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  11. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  12. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  13. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  14. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  15. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  16. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  17. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  18. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  19. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  20. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  21. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  22. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  23. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  24. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  25. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  26. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  27. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  28. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  29. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  30. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  31. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  32. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  33. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  34. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  35. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  36. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  37. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  38. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  39. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  40. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  41. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  42. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  43. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  44. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  45. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  46. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  47. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  48. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  49. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  50. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  51. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  52. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  53. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  54. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  55.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  56. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  57. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  58. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  59. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  60. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  61. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  62. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  63. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  64. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  65. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  66. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  67. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  68. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  69. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  70. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  71. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  72. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  73. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  74. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  75. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-RAW (7/8/2002)
  76. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  77. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  78. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  79. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  80. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  81. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  82. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  83. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  84. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  85. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  86. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  87. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  88. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/10)
  89. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  90. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  91. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  92. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  93. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  94. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  95. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
And up next is...
Oh...this should be difficult to follow.
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