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Worst in the World: The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010

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The tag team division in WWE is...not good, and hasn't been for a long time. From frequent title changes to little to no build for title matches, it's clear that WWE doesn't take the tag team scene as seriously as other wrestling companies & brands. This is especially jarring when one of those brands, NXT, is literally part of the same company, and their tag division doesn't have the same problems that the main roster does. And this isn't just a problem now, WWE has really struggled to build a strong and interesting division for a long time now, and one of the worst examples was the Tag Team Gauntlet match from Extreme Rules 2010. This match pitted the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions ShoMiz, The Big Show and The Miz, against three teams. Those three teams were The Hart Dynasty's Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith (Davey Boy Smith Jr.), John Morrison & R-Truth, and Mark Henry & MVP. That's four tag teams in one match. One of them is an actual tag team. The other three are just people thrown together. This is the division. Let's get into this.

So, as I mentioned, this match was an impromptu match, as ShoMiz comes out to there awful mash-up theme that blends as well as water and oil. The Miz takes the mic calls ShoMiz the greatest tag team in WWE history before bragging about how Bret Hart has to admit that they were the greatest thanks to Miz beating David Hart Smith in a match. They demand some competition for tonight, which brings out SmackDown's general manager Teddy Long. You can tell he was serious because he just said "Hold on a minute" and didn't call them "playas." Long says that he's got a match for ShoMiz, where if they win they'll get a title shot. Miz runs his mouth, so Long adds another team to the mix, and then another, making this a gauntlet match. Long almost makes it four thanks to The Miz before Show covers his mouth.

The first team comes out, and it's R-Truth and John Morrison. Morrison and the Miz start off the match with Morrison nearly scoring the win off a quick roll-up. Miz quickly takes control of the match with strikes and kicks before Morrison hits an arm drag and takes in Truth. Truth & Morrison hit a double hip toss followed by a leg drop/standing shooting star press combo for a near fall. While they're not a real tag team, Morrison & Truth are still fun. Miz quickly tags out to Big Show, who runs through Truth before chopping him and tagging in the Miz. Miz hits a running boot for a near fall before locking in a chin lock. Truth fights out and hits a jumping heel kick before making the hot tag to Morrison, who strikes away at Show until he goes on the second rope (the most dangerous rope.) Show tries to chokeslam Morrison, but Morrison counters it into a standing triangle choke, dragging Show over the ropes. Truth takes out Miz with a dive...and then the bell rings. John Morrison got disqualified for refusing to break the hold before the five count. What a dumbass.

Match #2 begins quickly as MVP & Mark Henry sprint out. MVP covers Show, but Show kicks out and blocks the follow-up Drive-By Kick before tagging out to The Miz. Miz is immediately taken out with a clothesline by MVP for a near fall before MVP follows up with a suplex for another near fall. Henry tags in and headbutts Miz, but Miz dodges a corner splash, causing MVP to quickly tag back in. MVP runs wild on Miz, ending a knee to the face and a Ballin' Elbow for the cover, but Show breaks up the fall. Show takes out Henry with a big boot but gets dumped out of the ring when MVP pulls down the ropes. MVP hits the Playmaker and makes the cover, but the referee is distracted trying to get Henry out of the ring. Show takes the opportunity to give MVP the KO Punch, allowing Miz to no sell MVP's finisher, crawl over and make the cover for the win.

And our final team is the Hart Dynasty, who immediately take out Show and hit the Hart Attack on the Miz for the three, the win, and a tag title shot. In total, this whole gauntlet went 5:18. Three matches. Not even five and a half minutes.

The Verdict

I guess it's not too bad. Granted, it's very short, with the average of each match being just over 1:40, but I guess that's just what tag team wrestling in WWE was in 2010. Nothing is really botched and, outside of the dumb ending to the first match and the fact that this match was booked like an afterthought, the booking isn't awful. It's not worth watching, but not a complete sh*t show either.

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. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
  4. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
  5. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  6. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  7. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  8. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  9. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  10. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  11. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  12. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  13. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  14. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  15. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  16. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  17. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  18. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  19. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  20. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  21. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
  22. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
  23. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  24. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  25. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  26. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
  27. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  28. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
  29. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  30. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  31. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  32. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  33. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  34. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  35. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
  36. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  37. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  38. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  39. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  40. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  41. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  42. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  43. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  44. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  45. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  46. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  47. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  48. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  49. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  50. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  51. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  52. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  53. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  54. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  55. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  56. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  57. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  58. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  59. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  60. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  61. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  62. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  63. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  64. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  65. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  66. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  67. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  68. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  69. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  70. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  71. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  72. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  73. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  74. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  75.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  76. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  77. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  78. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  79. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  80. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  81. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  82. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  83. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  84. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  85. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  86. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  87. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  88. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  89. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  90. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  91. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  92. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  93. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  94. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  95. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  96. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  97. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  98. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  99. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-RAW (7/8/2002)
  100. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  101. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  102. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  103. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  104. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  105. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  106. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  107. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  108. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  109. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  110. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  111. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  112. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  113. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  114. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  115. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  116. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  117. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  118. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  119. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  120. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  121. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  122. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  123. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  124. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  125. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  126. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  127. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  128. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  129. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  130. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009 
Thanks for reading! Be sure to share if you enjoy and leave any suggestions for matches you'd like to see covered on the Worst in the World. Until next time.
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  1. Otter EmpireOctober 21, 2020 at 3:15 PM

    Hey man I hope everything is going well and I love to see more stuff from you. If you need more ideas from worst in the world

    Karl Malone & Diamond Dallas Page vs. Dennis Rodman & Hulk Hogan: Bash at the Beach 1998
    Hulk Hogan vs. Roddy Piper Halloween Havoc 97
    Shane Mcmahon vs Eric Bischoff Summerslam 2003
    The Giant vs. Hulk Hogan Halloween Havoc 95 (Monster Trucks Included)

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    1. CJ BiddleOctober 21, 2020 at 11:32 PM

      Thanks for the suggestions! And yeah, everything's going fine. I've been working on stuff lately and accidentally neglected this one for a while. But yeah, all those suggestions are perfect for this series

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    2. CJ BiddleOctober 21, 2020 at 11:36 PM

      *other stuff

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    3. Otter EmpireOctober 25, 2020 at 5:21 PM

      Alright man just making sure

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