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Worst in the World: Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)

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 Special thanks to camilo jaramillo for suggesting this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.
Throughout the history of wrestling, there has been no shortage of feuds & storylines that hurt the wrestlers involved rather the help them. Bad creative is very much a thing, and even a good booker can spit out a bad idea every now and then. However, what's less common than that is writing that is so bad and so harmful, it destroys a wrestler's career in the company. In WWE, there are two wrestlers whose careers got tanked by one storyline that have become the go-to names to bring up on the topic; Diamond Dallas Page after he was decimated throughout his feud with the Undertaker in 2001, and Zack Ryder after he got roped into being Kane's punching bag in the "Embrace the Hate" feud between him & John Cena. However, if there's one wrestler whose stock got dropped significantly thanks to one bad feud that doesn't get talked about enough, it's Chavo Guerrero.
A talented & charismatic wrestler, Chavo might not have been main event/world champion material like his uncle Eddie (and no, the ECW Championship does not count), but given his talents, he probably should've been working higher than the Cruiserweight division in WWE, a division few would argue the company really cared about. Maybe it's just because I've seen his work in Lucha Underground and how good he was there, but I really think more could've been done with the third-generation wrestler. And on that topic, after seeing how good he was in Lucha Underground, going back and seeing him feud with Hornswoggle is just depressing.
Chavo had quite a few bad moments in WWE (most notably Kerwin White) but if you want to find the storyline that ethered any chance of him being taken remotely seriously in the company, it's this one. The basis of this feud is that Chavo & Hornswoggle face-off in bad stipulation matches booked by RAW's various celebrity guest hosts, usually with Chavo at a disadvantage in some way, and it's funny because Hornswoggle is short. As if feuding with the leprechaun wasn't bad enough, Chavo spent the entirety of this feud getting jobbed out. Chavo & Swoggle wrestled six times on Monday Night Raw, with Chavo on the losing end every time. The worst part of it was how pointless it all was. Hornswoggle was never meant to be taken seriously, so him beating Chavo didn't elevate him, it only harmed Chavo. After this feud, Chavo did pretty much nothing of note before he requested & received his release in 2011. Over the course of two months, these two would have a Falls Count Anywhere match, a Texas Bullrope match, a Boxing match, a match where Chavo was blindfolded, a match where Chavo had one arm tied behind his back, and the match I'll be looking at, a "Sharp Dressed Man" Tuxedo match, as chosen by guest hosts ZZ Top, and none of them were ever funny. Let's get into this.
Hornswoggle is out first followed by Chavo, which is where we see that Chavo's tuxedo pants the legs sewn together.
Chavo struggles to get into the ring before the bell rings, despite Chavo's protests. Hornswoggle chases a waddling Chavo around the ring before Chavo trips, allowing Hornswoggle to easily remove his jacket & tie. Hornswoggle throws a kick that very blatantly doesn't connect, allowing him to take Chavo's shirt off. Chavo finally mounts some offense when he clotheslines Hornswoggle and takes off his jacket, whipping him with it afterward. Chavo follows up by removing both of Hornswoggle's shoes and pelting him with them, only for Hornswoggle to trip him up and remove Chavo's shoes & pants for the win. Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler proceed to make fun of Chavo's choice of boxers with peppers on them, even though it is the least embarrassing part of this match.

The Verdict

Just bad comedy all the way through. There is not a single thing to enjoy in this match, and all it did was hurt Chavo in the end. The only saving grace is that the match is short, so it won't go too far down on the list.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

  1. Tommy Dreamer vs Bully Ray-Victory Road 2011
  2. Triple H vs Kevin Nash-TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs 2011
  3. Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
  4. Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
  5. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
  6. Ernest Miller vs Norman Smiley-Fall Brawl 1998
  7. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
  8. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
  9. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
  10. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  11. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  12. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  13. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
  14. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  15. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  16. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  17. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  18. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  19. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  20. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
  21. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
  22. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  23. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
  24. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  25. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  26. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  27. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  28. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  29. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
  30. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  31. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
  32. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
  33. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  34. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  35. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  36. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
  37. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  38. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
  39. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  40. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  41. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
  42. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  43. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  44. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  45. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
  46. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
  47. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  48. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
  49. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
  50. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
  51. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  52. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  53. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  54. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  55. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
  56. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  57. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
  58. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  59. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  60. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  61. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
  62. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  63. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  64. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  65. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  66. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
  67. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  68. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
  69. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
  70. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  71. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  72. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  73. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  74. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
  75. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  76. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
  77. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  78. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  79. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  80. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
  81. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
  82. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  83. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  84. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  85. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  86. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  87. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
  88. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  89. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  90. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  91. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  92. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  93. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
  94. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  95. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
  96. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  97. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  98. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  99. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  100. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
  101. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  102. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
  103. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  104. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  105. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  106. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  107. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
  108.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  109. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  110. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  111. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  112. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  113. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  114. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  115. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  116. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  117. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  118. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  119. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  120. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  121. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
  122. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  123. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  124. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  125. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  126. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  127. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  128. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
  129. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  130. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  131. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  132. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  133. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  134. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
  135. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
  136. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  137. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  138. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  139. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  140. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  141. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  142. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  143. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  144. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  145. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  146. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  147. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  148. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  149. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  150. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  151. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  152. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  153. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  154. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  155. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  156. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  157. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  158. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  159. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  160. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  161. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  162. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  163. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  164. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  165. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  166. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  167. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  168. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  169. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  170. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  171. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  172. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  173. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)
Thanks for reading! Be sure to share if you enjoy and leave any suggestions for matches you'd like to see covered in the Worst in the World in the comments. Next time, since it's Royal Rumble season, I'll be taking a look at arguably the worst edition of the titular match. Until then...
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  1. camilo jaramilloJanuary 9, 2022 at 2:37 PM

    Thank you for checking this out.

    Poor chavo. He is the perfect representation about how the product of wwe can turned a decent wrestler into a bad joke. Santino marella is another example. All that happened with him was very tragic too.

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    1. CJ BiddleJanuary 10, 2022 at 10:06 PM

      No problem. Yeah, sometimes once WWE finds out you can do comedy, you're stuck with it. Same thing happened to R-Truth.

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  2. Otter EmpireJanuary 9, 2022 at 9:00 PM

    Hey man, I know your probably backed with requests but I have two more Ive been debating on and now after reading this I think they deserve a spot.

    Donald Trump vs. Rosie O Donnell: Raw, Janurary 8, 2007
    Santino Marella vs. Heath Slater: SmackDown, Sept. 27, 2013

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    1. CJ BiddleJanuary 11, 2022 at 12:13 PM

      Thanks for the suggestions! I'm always down for everyone's suggestions, I like having my post schedule more mapped out for the future

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