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Worst in the World: Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II

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I don't know a lot about the AWA, I'll be honest with you. The only things I know are that Verne Gange threw away the chance of having Hulkamania be an AWA thing and the bullsh*t finish they had in the title unification match between Jerry Lawler and Kerry Von Erich at SuperClash III. SuperClash II, however, took place over a year earlier in 1987 and had a main event featuring one of the Nasty Boys under the name "The Terrorist." The 80's man. Along with...that...there was the penultimate match-up pitting Jerry Blackwell, the man with the worst verse in the WrestleRock Rumble (in case you're wondering, Larry Zbyszko had the best) against Boris Zhukov, who used to team with Nikolai Volkoff in the WWF as the Bolsheviks. Zhukov is accompanied to the ring by Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissie, aka General Adnan from the WWF, while Blackwell is accompanied by Buck Zumhofe, who is an overall piece of sh*t.
A lot of stalling to start the match, with Zhukov playing up to the crowd before leaving the ring and re-entering. Zhukov shoves Blackwell into the corner, so Blackwell pushes him back and knocks him down. The two lock up and Zhukov forces Blackwell into the corner again, only to get shoved back down. Zhukov leaves the ring again before re-entering yet again. Back into the corner they go as they trade blows before Blackwell takes control. Blackwell beats down Zhukov in the corner before throwing him to another corner and splashing him. Zhukov leaves the ring for the third time and tries to call a timeout before entering the ring again.
Blackwell continues beating down Zhukov, ramming his head into the turnbuckle ten times before dropping an elbow for a near fall. Blackwell locks in a chinlock before kicking Zhukov around the ring. Blackwell continues to control the match until Zhukov rakes the eyes and bites Blackwell's forehead. Zhukov chokes Blackwell against the ropes until the referee intervenes, allowing Adnan to get some shots in on Blackwell. Back to the choke Zhukov goes, using all of the referee's count before breaking. Zhukov switches to an armbar before stomping away at Blackwell. Zhukov headbutts Blackwell three times before biting him again in the corner. I really wish I could say something else, but there really isn't anything to talk about.
Zhukov goes back to the armbar until Blackwell is able to turn it over into a cover for a near fall. Zhukov goes for a double ax handle off the second rope, but Blackwell counters it with a forearm. Blackwell follows up with a headbutt, punches, and a clothesline. Blackwell locks in a headlock, only for Zhukov to shove him into the referee, knocking him out of the ring. Adnan runs in and he & Zhukov double team Blackwell while Zumhofe tries to wake up the referee. What a terrible friend. Blackwell ends up fighting back and hits a double clothesline as the referee wakes up and counts the three.

The Verdict

Dave Meltzer gave this match minus three stars. I'm not saying this is anything resembling a good match...but minus three is a bit harsh. It's really boring and uneventful, but I've seen far worse. Blackwell is obviously in really bad shape and probably shouldn't have been wrestling at that time, but I still wouldn't say there is anything heinously bad in the match.

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. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  4. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  5. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  6. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  7. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  8. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  9. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  10. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  11. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  12. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  13. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  14. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  15. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  16. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  17. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  18. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  19. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  20. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  21. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  22. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  23. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  24. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  25. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  26. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  27. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  28. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  29. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  30. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  31. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  32. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  33. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  34. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  35. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  36. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  37. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  38. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  39. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  40. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  41. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  42. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  43. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  44. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  45. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  46. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  47. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  48. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  49. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  50. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  51. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  52. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  53. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  54. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  55. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  56. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  57. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  58. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  59. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  60. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  61. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  62. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  63.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  64. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  65. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  66. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  67. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  68. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  69. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  70. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  71. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  72. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  73. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  74. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  75. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  76. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  77. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  78. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  79. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  80. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  81. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  82. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  83. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  84. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-RAW (7/8/2002)
  85. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  86. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  87. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  88. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  89. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  90. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  91. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  92. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  93. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  94. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  95. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  96. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  97. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  98. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  99. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  100. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  101. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  102. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  103. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  104. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  105. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
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