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Worst in the World: El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)

(Special thanks to Otter Empire for suggesting this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.) Considering how I cover a lot of bad wrestling on this site, it's not surprising that I rarely talk about New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Often considered the best professional wrestling in the world right now, New Japan often delivers in the ring, and even when they don't, the standard of quality is so high that an underwhelming match is still pretty good. That being said, NJPW has not gone without some major blunders. I've already covered one match from the ill-fated Final Countdown BVD tournament where half of the participants were shootfighters and not wrestlers. That tournament laid the groundwork for "Inoki-ism" where Antonio Inoki put the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship on guys like Tadao Yasuda and Bob Sapp, one of which was a mediocre veteran while the other wasn't even a wrestler, purely because they...

Worst in the World: Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XXVI

WrestleMania 37 kicks off tonight, which means that it's only fitting that I look at a notorious stinker that took place on the Grandest Stage of them All in this post. Considering how I've done almost 150 of these over the years, I've covered most of the absolute worst matches that have ever happened at the Colassol Tussle. However, there's one infamously match from the history of WrestleMania that I've never looked at. And it might honestly be the worst in the 36-year history of the entire show. It's Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon from WrestleMania XXVI. Now, the bad blood between Bret Hart and Vince McMahon is no secret. After Vince screwed Bret with the Montreal Screwjob (you might've heard of it) in 1997, Hart left the WWF and joined WCW, while McMahon became the biggest villain in the history of the business. It would be eight years before Hart did any kind of business with the WWE when he took part in a documentary DVD about his career. It's worth notin...