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(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.) It is time for some wacky shit. This is actually the first time I'll be covering a match from SmackDown in this series, and there's a good reason for that; SmackDown, for the majority of its existence, was a pre-taped show. This meant that, should a notably bad match take place on the blue show, it could be edited and altered to make it more palatable. That being said, there were definitely still bad matches that made it to air on SmackDown, and this is one of them. Santino Marella & Heath Slater faced off on the September 27, 2013 edition of SmackDown, a show that had pretty much nothing of substance on it...kind of like every SmackDown that happened between the two brand splits. Despite the throwaway nature of this episode, the two managed to have a notable match in all the wrong ways. This is easily one of the weirdes

(Special thanks to the anonymous user who suggested this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.) The last few years have not been kind to New Japan Pro-Wrestling. While the company hasn't been outright horrible the last few years and still puts on solid shows, the shine that New Japan had as recent as Wrestle Kingdom 14 in January 2020 has dimmed significantly. It's not all their fault obviously. Because of travel restrictions early in the COVID-19 pandemic, wrestlers outside of Japan weren't able to re-enter the country, and for a company like New Japan that uses gaijin talent pretty frequently, that was always going to be a problem. The 2020 New Japan Cup, which had been postponed from March to June, had to be completely re-worked from its original bracket when 14 of the 32 participants were unable to enter the country. This meant no Will Ospreay, no Jay White, and no Juice Robinson, all of whom are big-name

(Special thanks to Frost for suggesting two of the three matches covered here. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.)  Last time on the Worst in the World, I made a first (and, spoiler alert, not the last) entry in the series to feature Kazuchika Okada, one of the most critically lauded wrestlers in history. Well, thanks to some recommendations from Frost, I'll be covering a match from another all-time great for the first time in the series; The Rock. Unlike with Okada, however, I was actually surprised to look back and see that the Great One has never been featured here. I am in no way saying that The Rock is a bad wrestler, as he has more than a few great matches to his name. It's just that when you talk about The Rock, his promo skills and charisma tend to get more attention than his in-ring work. As such, The Rock has had a few stinkers throughout his career, especially from before he got his iconic nickname. Dwayne