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Worst in the World: An AEW Fyter Fest 2019 Double Feature

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In 2019, All Elite Wrestling held its first official event Double or Nothing. It was a huge success, drawing rave reviews from wrestling critics and fans, selling out tickets in minutes, drawing a reported pay-per-view buy rate of over 100,000, and establishing itself as a serious alternative to the WWE. And of course, this show also created significant buzz for their next big pay-per-view; All Out...except there were a few stops between then, with one of them being the inaugural Fyter Fest. Looking back, Fyter Fest, and by extension, the following pay-per-view Fight for the Fallen feels like an anomaly considering AEW doesn't do monthly pay-per-views. Fyter Fest 2020 was apparently going to be a pay-per-view before the pandemic hit, but even before that, AEW wasn't running a monthly pay-per-view schedule. But alas, Fyter Fest was held one month after Double or Nothing, and it was...fine. It's by no means a bad show, with the final three matches (Cody vs Darby Allin, The Elite vs Lucha Bros and Laredo Kid, and Jon Moxley vs Joey Janela) all being fun watches, but it is pretty clearly a smaller affair than Double or Nothing. Two matches on the card, however, left a lot to be desired, and they both came from the Fyter Fest Buy-In, aka the pre-show. Granted, both of those matches were going to have trouble following up the excellent triple threat tag match between the Best Friends, Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky of SCU, and the debuting Private Party (side note, Private Party is awesome and I wish AEW would do more with them), but even on their own, these are rough watches. Let's take a look at them.

Match #1: Allie vs Leva Bates

The first match I'll be taking a look at is Allie vs Leva Bates. Given that one of the biggest knocks against AEW is how poorly they've run the women's division, you can probably tell where this is going. This was originally going to be Kylie Rae vs Leva Bates, but Allie was subbed in. There's never been a clear answer as to why the match changed, and by extension why Kylie left AEW, so I'd rather not speculate. Allie is the former Cherry Bomb who's just finished her three-year stint in Impact, while Bates is a veteran of the independents famous for her cosplay attires, and NXT fans would recognize her for short-run as Blue Pants.
She had pants...and they were blue...I don't know how to explain it, but she was really over as Blue Pants. The match holds just a 2.85 rating on Cagematch.net, and got just half a star from Dave Meltzer. Let's get into this.
Leva Bates is out first and...
I guess I have to try to explain this. Leva Bates is...the Librarian. She has books, she shushes people, and she dresses like a librarian...that's it, and it did not get over. I know that it was just a silly gimmick for a lower-card wrestler, but this reeks of WWF New Generation era occupational gimmicks. I'm half expecting T.L. Hopper and the Goon to come out after this. It just didn't work. As Bates shushes the crowd, we suddenly hear another person shushing. Bates quickly checks the tent on the stage (which fits in with the Fyre Fest theme of the show) to find Peter Avalon...who is the Librarian...as well.
Yes...there are two librarians...feuding over who gets to be AEW's "official Librarian"...I don't know why they did this. I guess this originated on the Elite's YouTube show Being the Elite, so I figure it's just something that makes the Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, and Cody laugh. Avalon gets a chorus of boos when he destroys a bikini-clad mannequin on stage (which replaced a human woman because they "couldn't afford it", in keeping with the Fyre Fest theme) before the two walk down to the ring. They both tell everyone to read books before repeatedly shushing each other until Allie comes out.
The match starts with Bates avoiding a lock-up and shushing Allie. They repeat the spot, but the third go at it ends with Allie grabbing Bates' finger mid-shush and taking her down with a snapmare. Allie stomps on Bates' finger, prompting Bates to roll out of the ring. Allie shushes Bates to zero crowd reaction. Cut to backstage to show Brandi Rhodes, who would face Allie at Fight for the Fallen, watching the match. Bates rolls back in the ring and kicks Allie in the gut before hitting her with forearms. A bit of a clunky Irish whip ends with Allie jumping off the second rope and hitting a crossbody. Allie follows up with a Russian leg sweep for a near fall but gets tripped up by Avalon as he reads his book.
The distraction allows Bates to dropkick Allie to the outside. Bates rolls Allie back in the ring and hits a fisherman's suplex, followed by a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. Avalon tries to instruct Bates, but that nearly gets her rolled up by Allie, who only gets a two. Bates regains control and locks in the Rings of Saturn submission, forcibly shushing her while she grabs her hair. The two trade chops in the corner, but Bates keeps control with a shotgun dropkick and a double knee strike in the corner for a near fall. Bates goes for a double underhook, but Allie blocks it and hits a neckbreaker, leaving both women down.
Allie fires up, striking away at Bates before hitting a running back elbow, a running forearm, and a sliding forearm in the corner for a near fall. Allie goes for a fireman's carry, but Bates slides out before blocking Allie's attempt at a superkick, which she calls the BSE (Best Superkick Ever), and hitting a lung blower. Bates hits a double underhook facebuster (i.e. the Pedigree), but Allie kicks out. Avalon hops up on the apron, but a miscommunication sees Bates walk toward him as Avalon tosses his book to her. The book flies over to Allie, who tosses it to Bates before hitting the BSE for the three and the win.

The Verdict

Very forgettable match with a few clunky moments. I don't think either Allie or Bates are bad wrestlers, but this is one of the lesser showings. Also, would've liked a non-screwy finish here. Again, I don't dislike Leva Bates...but it's a librarian gimmick. You can have them take a clean loss, especially if the person she's facing is going on to face someone who's clearly positioned as a prominent woman in the company like Brandi. Overall, nothing really worth watching.

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. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
  10. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
  11. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  12. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  13. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  14. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff
  15. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
  16. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  17. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  18. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  19. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  20. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  21. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  22. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
  23. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
  24. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  25. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
  26. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  27. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
  28. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  29. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  30. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  31. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  32. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
  33. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  34. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
  35. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
  36. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
  37. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  38. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  39. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  40. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
  41. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  42. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
  43. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  44. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
  45. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  46. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
  47. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  48. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  49. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  50. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
  51. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
  52. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  53. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
  54. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
  55. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
  56. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
  57. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  58. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  59. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  60. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  61. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
  62. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  63. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
  64. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  65. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  66. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  67. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
  68. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  69. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
  70. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  71. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  72. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
  73. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  74. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
  75. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  76. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
  77. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
  78. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  79. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  80. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  81. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  82. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
  83. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  84. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
  85. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  86. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  87. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  88. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
  89. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
  90. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
  91. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
  92. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
  93. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
  94. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
  95. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  96. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  97. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  98. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  99. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  100. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
  101. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  102. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  103. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  104. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  105. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  106. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
  107. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  108. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
  109. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  110. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  111. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  112. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  113. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
  114. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  115. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
  116. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  117. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  118. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  119. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
  120. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
  121. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  122. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
  123.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  124. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  125. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  126. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  127. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  128. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  129. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  130. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  131. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  132. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  133. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  134. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  135. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  136. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
  137. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  138. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  139. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  140. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  141. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  142. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  143. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
  144. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  145. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
  146. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  147. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
  148. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  149. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  150. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  151. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
  152. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
  153. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  154. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  155. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  156. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  157. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  158. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  159. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  160. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  161. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  162. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  163. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  164. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  165. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  166. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011 
  167. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  168. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  169. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  170. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  171. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  172. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  173. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  174. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  175. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  176. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  177. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
  178. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  179. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
  180. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  181. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  182. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  183. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  184. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  185. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  186. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  187. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  188. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  189. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  190. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  191. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  192. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)

Match #2: Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey

Now it's time to get weird. Match #2 on this post is Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey in a Hardcore match. This match was kind of half-recommended by a frequent contributor to the suggestions Otter Empire the last time I covered an AEW match, so I figured now would be a good time to cover it here. Nakazawa is a former regular in Japan's comedy-based DDT Pro-Wrestling. Having studied abroad in the United States, Nakazawa is a fluent English speaker and acted as an interpreter for English-speaking wrestlers in Japan. It's through this role that he met Kenny Omega, and that friendship led to him getting a spot in AEW. Now, Alex Jebailey is a completely different story. Jebailey is not a wrestler, so why is he wrestling here? Well, Fyter Fest wasn't just an AEW show, as they partnered with Community Effort Orlando, a fighting video game event organized by Jebailey. This isn't CEO's first wrestling show either, as they partnered with New Japan Pro-Wrestling in 2018 for When Worlds Collide, primarily thanks to massive gamer nerd Kenny Omega. Jebailey and Nakazawa also faced off on that show, with Jebailey getting the win. So yeah, this is 100% something for the live crowd, who are likely a combination of wrestling fans and people who like fighting games & pro-wrestling, and nobody else. I'm not someone who knocks AEW for not appealing to a "casual audience", but I'll admit this match is for a really niche group. I'm someone who enjoys fighting games (I dedicated an embarrassing amount of my youth to playing Soulcalibur II), but even I didn't know about CEO or Jebailey before this. Let's just get into this.
Nakazawa comes out first, bottles of baby oil in hand. Jebailey soon follows, with Excalibur saying that this will be the "one time you'll see indulgent nepotism in All Elite Wrestling." Nakazawa takes the mic and calls Jebailey "Mr. Cripple" due to Jebailey injuring his leg in their last match. Nakazawa says Jebailey cheated last year and that CEO sucks and is worse than EVO, aka the Evolution Championship Series, which is another fighting game event. Oh my god, I get that Kenny and the Bucks like video games, but you're allocating time on your wrestling show to fighting game tournament banter. Please stop. Nakazawa quickly kicks Jebailey's leg before the bell rings. Jebailey fires back with forearms that do not look good. Pretty much none of Jebailey's offense looks good, so I'm just going to mention it now instead of every time his bad offense happens. Nakazawa locks in a headlock. Jebailey regains control with a hip toss before hitting a body slam. Jebailey locks in a waistlock, only for Nakazawa to fish a bottle of baby oil out of his trunks, covering himself in oil before slipping out. Nakazawa then covers the canvas in oil, causing Jebailey and referee Bryce Remsburg to slip. In a fun little spot, Nakazawa covers Jebailey's stomach in oil, then jumps feet first onto his stomach for a stomp, and then slips into a senton. That was creative, I liked that.
Jebailey rolls out of the ring, taking control when he throws Nakazawa into the guard rail after he follows him out. Jebailey then grabs a comically oversized clipboard from the crowd before breaking it over his head. He then grabs a fighting gamepad from someone in the crowd. Excalibur says that the person who gave it to him is Justin Wong, who is a professional Street Fighter & Marvel vs Capcom player, and he says it like that is common knowledge. I had to Google who that is. This must be how non-American fans feel whenever an American athlete like Trae Young shows up on a WWE show. Jebailey hits Nakazawa with the gamepad before making the cover for a near fall. Nakazawa leaves the ring and retreats to the stage, where there is an inflatable pool that Jebailey promptly tries to drown Nakazawa in.
This, however, allows Nakazawa to spit water into Jebailey's eyes before beating him with an inflatable flamingo.
Nakazawa tries to dump Jebailey into the pool, but Jebailey slips out and body slams Nakazawa into the pool. Jebailey drags Nakazawa back to the ring, where he throws in several weapons, including a table and a GameCube controller. Nakazawa, however, gains the upper hand by hitting Jebailey with the controller and choking him with the cord. That's where Jebailey slipped up, should've sprung for a Wavebird. No wires. Nakazawa tries to suplex Jebailey, but Jebailey blocks it and tries to suplex Nakazawa from the apron through the table. Nakazawa blocks that, however, and bites Jebailey's forehead before throwing Remsburg into him and spearing Jebailey through the ropes and through the table. Props to the non-wrestler Jebailey for taking a bump like that. And props to Nakazawa for giving this comedy match everything he's got.
Nakazawa rolls Jebailey back into the ring and makes the cover, but then opts to beat Jebailey with a kendo stick. Nakazawa then pulls a thong he is wearing under his trunks off without taking off his trunks. I'm not screenshotting that. Not even gonna test it. Nakazawa wraps the thong around his hand and sets up for Venom's Tentacles, aka a claw hold, but Jebailey avoids it and, after a brief pause to get set, hits a German suplex that Nakazawa lands on his head for. Again, tons of credit to Michael Nakazawa, the man is not half-assing this incredibly silly match.
Jebailey goes back under the ring and pulls out a bag full of arcade buttons. Nakazawa tries to get the jump and powerbomb Jebailey onto the buttons, but Jebailey counters and backdrops Nakazawa onto the buttons. Jebailey hits Nakazawa with the kendo stick until Nakazawa dodges a shot. However, Jebailey avoids Nakazawa's attempts at Venom's Tentacles, causing Nakazawa to put the hold on Bryce Remsburg. Jebailey takes the opportunity to kick Nakazawa in the dick and roll him up with a cradle pin, but Remsburg is busy selling the thong to the face to count the pin. He eventually does, only for Nakazawa to put on Venom's Tentacles and reverse the pin, allowing him to get the cover and the three for the win. Commentator Logan Sama ends with the line of the night; "There's no way he's affected by the smell of that thong, he's been running Smash tournaments for years. He must be immune by now." 

The Verdict

There are some fun moments, and I understand that Jebailey is not a trained wrestler and this is a silly, low-stakes match, but this is still pretty rough. The vast majority of Jebailey's offense did not look good, and it never gets better. If there is anything positive I can say about this, it's that the crowd was definitely into it. You could literally only have this match in front of this kind of crowd. Overall, not something I'd ever really want to watch again, but not the worst thing I've ever seen.

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. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
  10. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
  11. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  12. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  13. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  14. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff
  15. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
  16. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  17. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  18. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  19. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  20. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  21. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  22. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
  23. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
  24. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  25. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
  26. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  27. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
  28. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  29. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  30. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  31. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  32. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
  33. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  34. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
  35. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
  36. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
  37. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  38. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  39. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  40. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
  41. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  42. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
  43. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  44. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
  45. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  46. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
  47. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  48. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  49. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  50. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
  51. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
  52. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  53. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
  54. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
  55. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
  56. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
  57. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  58. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  59. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  60. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  61. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
  62. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  63. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
  64. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  65. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  66. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  67. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
  68. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  69. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
  70. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  71. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  72. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
  73. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  74. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
  75. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  76. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
  77. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
  78. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  79. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  80. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  81. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  82. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
  83. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  84. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
  85. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  86. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  87. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  88. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
  89. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
  90. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
  91. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
  92. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
  93. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
  94. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
  95. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
  96. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  97. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  98. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  99. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  100. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  101. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
  102. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  103. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  104. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  105. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  106. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  107. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
  108. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  109. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
  110. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  111. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  112. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  113. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  114. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
  115. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  116. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
  117. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  118. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  119. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  120. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
  121. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
  122. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  123. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
  124.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  125. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  126. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  127. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  128. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  129. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  130. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  131. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  132. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  133. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  134. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  135. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  136. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  137. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
  138. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  139. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  140. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  141. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  142. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  143. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  144. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
  145. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  146. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
  147. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  148. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
  149. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  150. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  151. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  152. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
  153. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
  154. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  155. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  156. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  157. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  158. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  159. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  160. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  161. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  162. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  163. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  164. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  165. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  166. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  167. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011 
  168. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  169. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  170. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  171. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  172. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  173. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  174. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  175. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  176. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  177. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  178. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
  179. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  180. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
  181. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  182. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  183. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  184. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  185. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  186. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  187. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  188. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  189. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  190. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  191. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  192. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  193. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)
Thanks for reading! Be sure to share if you enjoyed and leave any suggestions for matches you'd like to see covered on the Worst in the World in the comments. I'll have another entry in the series in two weeks...BUT be sure to come back on July 4th when I take a look at five matches from one of WWE's worst ever pay-per-views; a show with a distinctly American theme to it. Until then...
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  1. AnonymousJune 26, 2022 at 3:57 PM

    I'm predicting it'll be the Great American Bash from 2004

    theres another match i'm surprised that hasn't made the list yet and thats the infamous shark cage match between Chief Jay Strongbow and Don Kent

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    1. CJ BiddleJune 27, 2022 at 12:06 AM

      It is Great American Bash '04.
      As for the Shark Cage match, someone has recommended it in the past, but I didn't cover it mainly because I've never been able to find out when the match actually took place or on what show. Now that two people have recommended it, I think I'll have to cover it now.

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    2. AnonymousJune 27, 2022 at 12:33 AM

      I'm not surprised since it was one of WWE's worst ppvs's of all time and was remembered for Undertaker unnecessarily chose to kill Paul Bearer despite mostly trying to save him and still winning his match.


      As for the match itself I looked it up on Google and on a website called thechairshot.com the match took place in 1977 in Detroit and the promotion that made this match happen was known as Big Time Wrestling owned by the Original Sheik

      http://thechairshot.com/2018/10/ring-riffs-shark-cage-match-chief-jay-strongbow-vs-don-kent/

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  2. E.Y.D.June 27, 2022 at 9:28 AM

    I've never been able to get behind Allie as a wrestler. I don't know what the problem is, but everytime she has a match in AEW I seriously consider if I should stop watching the show. And Leva is Leva, she's good at what she does.

    I'm the one who suggested Marti vs Rachel by the way. Finally decided to make an account around here after following your blog for about a year.

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    1. CJ BiddleJune 27, 2022 at 2:28 PM

      Allie can have her moments (that Tag Street Fight with Penelope Ford vs Anna Jay & Tay Conti in particular was great) but I don't think she's on the level of some of the other women in AEW like Thunder Rosa or Athena.

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    2. AnonymousJuly 5, 2022 at 9:58 PM

      Here's a timely one. PWG recently had their first women's wrestling match for 12 years. The previous women's match was Candice LeRae vs. Christina Von Eerie at PWG DIO!. It was apparently so bad that Super Dragon gave up on women's wrestling entirely for a decade. But it couldn't be that bad, could it...?

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    3. CJ BiddleJuly 6, 2022 at 6:07 PM

      That's an interesting one I'll have to take a look at. I actually didn't know that PWG didn't book straight-up women's matches for so long, I had always thought that they just had a fully intergender (like Lucha Underground did) based on how prevalent Candice was during her time there. But yeah, I'll definitely take a look at it. Thanks for the suggestion!

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