Worst in the World: The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)

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A few months back, I covered Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt from night two of WrestleMania 37. In that post, I mentioned that, despite the bar being set pretty low by one match the previous night, Orton vs Wyatt managed to slide under it with plenty of room to spare and come out as the worst match across the two nights. The match that set that bar? The Women's Tag Team Turmoil match, with the winner getting a shot at the Women's Tag Team Championships on Night 2. And while it might have escaped the title of "Worst Match of WrestleMania 37", being second-worst when the worst was Orton vs Wyatt is the farthest thing from an accomplishment. Let's get into this.

Like with the last tag team gauntlet match I've covered, a big problem with this match comes down to the teams participating. The teams are:

• Lana & Naomi
• Billie Kay & Carmella
• The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan & Ruby Riott)
• Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose
• Natalya & Tamina

Five teams and all but one of them are just two women thrown together. Some of them had only been a team for a few months, while Billie Kay & Carmella had literally become a team the night before on SmackDown. That's the state of the women's tag division. If you're going to book a match with multiple tag teams in it, you might want to make sure you actually have...multiple tag teams. Just a thought.

Lana & Naomi vs Billie Kay & Carmella is the first matchup of the gauntlet, which gives us two entrances that are great for completely different reasons. Naomi, in general, just has a cool entrance. Carmella, however, doesn't get her big sheet for her entrance, so Billie Kay tries to fix that problem by running out with a tiny sheet of her own, which Carmella just swats away.

Even better, Billie tries to copy Carmella strut all the way down to the ramp.

You can say whatever you want about Billie Kay in the ring, but she had some of the best comedic chops in the company. She's only been gone for four months and I miss her so much. It's during Billie & Carmella's entrance that Michael Cole calls them a "makeshift tag team", which is a laughable thing to say like it's a bad thing when they're about to face a team that only started tagging together in February.

Carmella starts the match by pie-facing Naomi, who responds with a kick flurry.

I can't even sugar coat it, Naomi's version of that is utter trash. She basically just gives people the lightest kicks possible while her opponent just kind of stands there or, in this case, has to MOVE INTO THE KICKS because Naomi's backing up. I really hope that the Mike Bailey to WWE rumors puts an end to her doing it. Lana tags in and hits an axe kick in the corner followed by a bulldog and double knees to the back. Carmella fights back with a hair pull takedown before throwing Lana into her boot in the corner, then having Billie do the same when she tags her in. Lana regains control with a sloppy headscissor into a Russian leg sweep. Lana tags in Naomi, who runs wild on the heels before hitting a springboard roundhouse kick on Billie. Lana makes the tag and attempts to hit a roundhouse of her own. It doesn't go well.

Michael Cole tries to cover for it by saying she "didn't get all of it", but he's being super generous with that. Realizing how bad that botch was, Lana quickly tags Naomi back in for a double facebuster and a cover, but Carmella breaks it up. Carmella then dodges a much better roundhouse from Lana and superkicks her, only to get chucked out of the ring by Naomi. Billie rolls up Naomi and, with an assist from Carmella, gets the three and eliminates Naomi & Lana.

The only real team in the match is out next as the Riott Squad makes their entrance in Joker and Harley Quinn-inspired gear. Liv starts off hot, knocking Carmella off the apron before dropkicking Billie. Ruby tags in for a drop toe hold into the ropes followed by a dropkick by Liv for a near fall. Liv tags back in, but Billie is able to turn the tides, countering a double team and sending Ruby to the outside, and flooring Liv with a forearm. Carmella tags back in and stomps away at Liv in the corner before hitting a Bronco Buster. Billie tags back in for an overhead suplex followed by a superkick by Carmella, but Ruby breaks up the pinfall. Carmella & Ruby fight to the apron before Billie knocks Ruby down with a big boot. Billie rolls up Liv and Carmella tries to cheat again, but the referee catches her. Ruby takes out Carmella, allowing the Riott Squad to hit the Codebreaker/diving senton combo for the three to eliminate Billie & Carmella. After the fall, however, sore loser Carmella superkicks Liv.

This leaves the Riott Squad at a disadvantage for the next team; Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke, who make their entrance without any issues whatsoever. That's what WWE and Peacock would like you to believe because they've edited out Mandy pulling an Último Dragón and, as the British Bulldog would say, falling flat on her fookin ass, slipping on the wet ramp thanks to the bad weather on Night 1.

Poor Mandy. However, it's very weird that WWE would edit this out of the show, only to start an angle between Mandy & Dana and Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler two days later on RAW. Ruby tries to get the jump on Mandy & Dana, but Mandy is able to take control with a bicycle kick. Dana tags in and follows up with a blockbuster, but Liv breaks up the pinfall. Ruby tries to fight back, but Dana keeps control with a spinning neckbreaker for a near fall. Mandy tags back and stomps away at Ruby in the corner, but Ruby fights back and, after getting a near fall off a roll-up, tags in Liv. Liv runs wild on Mandy, hitting an enziguri and a double stomp for a near fall. Ruby tags back for a Codebreaker/Riot Kick combo, but Dana breaks up the fall. Liv tags back in, but Mandy regains control with a shoulder block in the corner. Ruby tries to run in, but Mandy takes her out with an awesome inverted tilt-a-whirl slam. Liv fights back and goes to the top rope, but a distraction from Dana allows Mandy to meet her up top. Dana makes a blind tag before Mandy hits a superplex, allowing Dana to hit a senton bomb. Dana makes the cover as Mandy holds off Ruby, but Liv reverses the cover and pins Dana. She just took a finisher and immediately got the win right after. What? Also, Greg Hamilton incorrectly announces the Riott Squad was eliminated.

We get the fifth and final team to enter with Natalya & Tamina. Natalya immediately goes for the Sharpshooter, but Liv blocks it and nearly gets the win off a roll-up. Liv goes for a wheelbarrow, but Natalya blocks it and drops Liv across the top rope. Tamina tags in and beats down on Liv in the corner before tagging Natalya back in for an assisted powerbomb. Ruby breaks up the fall but quickly eats a forearm from Tamina. The heels beat down Liv in the corner, but Liv manages to block a Samoan Drop attempt from Tamina and gets to the top rope. Ruby tags in as Liv takes out Natalya with a wrecking ball dropkick before the Riott Squad hits a weird wheelbarrow into a spear on Tamina. Ruby follows up with a superkick before tagging in Liv for the Codebreaker/diving senton again, but Tamina kicks out. Ruby tags back in, but Tamina takes control with a superkick on Liv before flooring Ruby with a big boot. Natalya tags in and the two hit the Hart Attack on Ruby. Natalya goes for the Sharpshooter but opts to instead tag Tamina back in for the Superfly Splash. Tamina makes the cover and gets the three for the win.

The Verdict

I'm going to be honest, I remember this being a lot worse. Yeah, it's not good or memorable, but it's far from the worst thing I've ever seen. I'd say once you get past the first match-up with Lana & Naomi vs Billie Kay & Carmella, it's a pretty smooth match. And even with the first part of the match being rough, the presence of Billie Kay is enough to cushion that, at least for me. I think the problem is more to do with this type of match. Tag Team Turmoil matches almost always feel like a ton of matches on hyperdrive. Like it's Fire Pro Wrestling World, and someone turned it to 800% speed. Hot tags need time to build in order for them to be really effective. Here, they just happen two minutes into each match. Yeah, this match isn't really worth watching, but it's really not worth skipping either.

The 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. Ernest Miller vs Norman Smiley-Fall Brawl 1998
5. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
6. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
7. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
8. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
9. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
10. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
11. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
12. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
13. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
14. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
15. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
16. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
17. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
18. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
19. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
20. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
21. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
22. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
23. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
24. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
25. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
26. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
27. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
28. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
29. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
30. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
31. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
32. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
33. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
34. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
35. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
36. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
37. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
38. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
39. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
40. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
41. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
42. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
43. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
44. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
45. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
46. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
47. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
48. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
49. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
50. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
51. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
52. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
53. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
54. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
55. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
56. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
57. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
58. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
59. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
60. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
61. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
62. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
63. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
64. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
65. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
66. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
67. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
68. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
69. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
70. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
71. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
72. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
73. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
74. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
75. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
76. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
77. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
78. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
79. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
80. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
81. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
82. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
83. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
84. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
85. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
86. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
87. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
88. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
89. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
90. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
91. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
92. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
93. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
94.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
95. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
96. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
97. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
98. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
99. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
100. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
101. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
102. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
103. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
104. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
105. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
106. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
107. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
108. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
109. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
110. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
111. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
112. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
113. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
114. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
115. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
116. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
117. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
118. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
119. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
120. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-RAW (7/8/2002)
121. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
122. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
123. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
124. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
125. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
126. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
127. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
128. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
129. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
130. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
131. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
132. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
133. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
134. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
135. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
136. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
137. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
138. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
139. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
140. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
141. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
142. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
143. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
144. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
145. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
146. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
147. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
148. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
149. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
150. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
151. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
152. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
153. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
154. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
155. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
156. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009

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