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Worst in the World: Agony & Ivory

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There are quite a few wrestlers who could be categorized as having come up through the business during the wrong time. Whether it be high work rate performers like X-Pac, Dean Malenko, or even Hakushi/Jinsei Shinzaki that would fit in seamlessly in today's thriving, high-energy independent scene, or giants like Omos that stick out amongst the fast-paced current landscape but could easily be slotted into a 1980s card as a Goliath for the babyface to topple. Everybody's got someone in the back of their mind that fits the bill, and today, I'd like to present my case for Ivory. Sure, maybe by today's standards Ivory is on the level of women like Sasha Banks, Asuka, or Mayu Iwatani, but during her time, she was easily one of, if not the best women's wrestler in the WWF during her career, both in-ring and promo wise. And yet, she never really got the flowers she deserved, largely because of the time she wrestled. Ivory wrestled primarily through two distinct periods in her career. The first was during the rise of Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling and later the Powerful Women of Wrestling, both of which were the brainchildren of David McLane, a man whose sole life goal seems to be trying to make that obscenely silly, heavily gimmicked, neon-drenched brand of women's wrestling mainstream. But that's a topic for another time. For this post, I'll be focusing on Ivory's time during the Attitude Era, and her time with the Women's Championship.
With that said, you might be thinking something like "yeah, wait a minute, Ivory was a three-time Women's Champion. How can she be underappreciated when she was that decorated?" While it's true that Ivory had three reigns with the WWF Women's Championship, which is more than can be said for other under-valued female wrestlers in the WWF/WWE like Gail Kim, Victoria, and Ember Moon, it's those title reigns that provide the biggest examples of how misused she was. It's not a hot take to say that the Women's Championship was not a title that was taken seriously during the Attitude Era. This was a time when women who were either untrained or barely trained ran the division and the title was defended in evening gown matches & "lumberjill snowbunny" matches, among others. Hell, the first time Ivory won the title, she won it from Debra, who had won it herself in an evening gown match...that she lost, but got awarded the title anyway because Sable & the WWF were at odds backstage. This was not a great time for women's wrestling. As such, each time Ivory held the Women's Championship, some absolute nonsense was involved when she lost it. Let's take a look at the regular misuse of Ivory.

Match #1: No Mercy 1999

The first match I'll be taking a look at is Ivory's match from No Mercy 1999. As I mentioned before, Ivory was in her first Women's Championship reign after defeating Debra on the June 8 episode of Raw is War, and has defended the title against the likes of Tori, Luna Vachon, and Jacqueline since. Ivory had held the title for 131 days (or 124 in canon due to a tape delay) heading into No Mercy. And who would Ivory be defending the title against here? The Fabulous Moolah...76-year-old Fabulous Moolah. Moolah is, of course, an alleged garbage human being who has been accused of financially & sexually exploiting women she trained, all while keeping women's wrestling under her boot for her entire career even though she was very bad. She was also a WWF Hall of Famer and a multi-time Women's Champion in her own right, but I feel like that's less than important than the first part. This match comes about after Moolah & Mae Young beat Ivory in a handicap evening gown match on Raw is War. The match earned a negative one-star rating from Dave Meltzer and was too short to be eligible for a match on Cagematch.net. Moolah is basically a comedy character at this point in her WWF career, so did the company really care so little about the Women's Championship that they would put it on a septuagenarian? Let's take a look.
Before the match, Ivory cuts a promo backstage saying Moolah and Mae Young need to remember how to get back to the retirement home. Moolah comes down to the ring first with Mae Young at her side. Ivory jumps Moolah as soon as the bell rings, dropkicking Moolah while her back is turned (which Moolah sells about two seconds after it happens) and getting a two count. Ivory follows up with one of the two moves Moolah knows, a hairmare (a snapmare by pulling the hair), before hitting a leg drop for another two count. Ivory follows up with an elbow drop for a third two-count before Moolah fights back, throwing three punches (one of which looks any good) before hitting two hairmares for a two count. I was only half-joking when I said Moolah only knew two moves.
A very stunted Irish whip reversal sends Moolah into the corner, but Moolah slowly raises her knee to "catch" a "charging" Ivory, sending her to the mat. Moolah goes for a splash off the first rope, but Ivory dodges it and tries to pin Moolah with her feet on the ropes. Mae Young, however, breaks up the pin by kicking Ivory in full view of the referee, which is not a DQ. Ivory punches Young to the ground before tossing Moolah out of the ring. Young gets back up on the apron, only for Ivory to dropkick her back down before going for a very bad suicide spot. Ivory comes up short and Moolah doesn't really catch her at all. Ivory throws Moolah into the announce table, but Moolah blocks a toss into the barricade, instead throwing Ivory over it and into the crowd. Ivory fights back, hitting a crossbody off the barricade before Young tries to get involved, grabbing Ivory by the hair before getting punched down to the ground. Ivory throws Moolah back in the ring before grabbing her title. Ivory tries to hit Moolah, only for Young to stop her, getting hit with the title herself instead. Moolah takes the opportunity to very sloppily & very slowly roll up Ivory for the three, the win, and the title.

The Verdict

Horrible, as to be expected. The Fabulous Moolah wasn't any good in the ring in her prime, so putting her in the ring when she was in her mid-70s was never going to produce anything close to a good match, but this still happened, so I have to grade accordingly. Ivory is doing all the work her, bumping better than she had business doing for a 76-year-old. She and Mae Young are really the only reasons this match isn't a complete trainwreck. But this is still a pitiful match to go back and watch.

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. The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
  8. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
  9. Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
  10. Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
  11. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
  12. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
  13. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
  14. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  15. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  16. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  17. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff
  18. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
  19. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  20. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  21. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  22. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  23. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  24. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  25. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
  26. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
  27. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  28. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
  29. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  30. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
  31. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  32. Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
  33. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  34. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  35. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  36. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
  37. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  38. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
  39. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
  40. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
  41. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  42. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  43. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  44. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
  45. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  46. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
  47. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  48. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
  49. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  50. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
  51. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  52. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  53. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  54. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
  55. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
  56. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  57. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
  58. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
  59. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
  60. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
  61. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  62. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  63. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  64. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  65. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
  66. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  67. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
  68. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  69. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  70. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  71. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
  72. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  73. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
  74. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  75. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  76. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
  77. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  78. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
  79. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  80. Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
  81. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
  82. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
  83. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  84. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  85. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  86. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  87. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
  88. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  89. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
  90. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  91. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  92. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  93. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
  94. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
  95. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
  96. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
  97. Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
  98. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
  99. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
  100. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
  101. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
  102. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  103. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  104. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  105. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  106. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  107. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
  108. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  109. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  110. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  111. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  112. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  113. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
  114. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  115. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
  116. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  117. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  118. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  119. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  120. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
  121. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  122. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
  123. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  124. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  125. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  126. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
  127. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
  128. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  129. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
  130.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  131. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  132. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  133. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  134. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  135. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  136. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  137. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  138. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  139. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  140. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  141. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  142. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  143. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
  144. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  145. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  146. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  147. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  148. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  149. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  150. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
  151. Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
  152. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  153. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
  154. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  155. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
  156. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  157. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  158. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  159. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
  160. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
  161. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  162. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  163. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  164. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  165. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
  166. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  167. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  168. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  169. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  170. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  171. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  172. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  173. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  174. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  175. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  176. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  177. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  178. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  179. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  180. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  181. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
  182. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
  183. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  184. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  185. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  186. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  187. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  188. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
  189. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  190. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
  191. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  192. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
  193. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  194. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  195. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  196. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  197. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  198. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  199. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  200. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  201. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  202. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  203. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  204. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)

Match #2 Armageddon 1999

Thankfully, the reign of 76-year-old Fabulous Moolah as Women's Champion did not last long, as Moolah dropped the title back to Ivory eight days later. Moolah, however, would get another win over Ivory at Survivor Series because this company is the dirt worst at times. Ivory would hold the title for another 48 days until Armageddon that same year. And as if defending the title against a 76-year-old wasn't bad enough, this match at Armageddon would be a Fatal 4-Way Evening Gown pool match for the title. Just zero credibility whatsoever for the Women's Championship. Ivory would defend the title against the only other trained wrestler in the match in Jacqueline, Miss Kitty (a.k.a. The Kat), who was a valet and not a wrestler, and B.B/Barbara Bush, a storyline E.M.T. who got attacked by Ivory and a woman who doesn't have a Wikipedia page, to show how significant her career in the biggest wrestling company in the world was. Let's take a look at yet another devaluing of the Women's Championship.
 Prior to the match, the special guest referees come out. It's the Fabulous Moolah and Mae Young because I cannot escape these two in this post. Miss Kitty & Jacqueline fight before B.B. has even made her entrance, with Kitty tossing Jacqueline off the elevated deck and into the pool. During Ivory's entrance, the camera completely misses Moolah & Young pushing Kitty and B.B. into the pool. Watching women fight in the pool is literally the entire reason they are doing this match, how do you not catch that on the main camera? The three women in the pool splash each other, which Ivory responds to by throwing her heels at them. This evening gown pool match has officially escalated.
The three drag Ivory into the pool as soon as the bell rings. B.B. chases Kitty around the pool as Ivory & Jacqueline tussle. I like to think the two actually trained wrestlers decided to stick together and not deal with the rest of the match. The crowd starts chanting "SHOW YOUR PUPPIES" as all three women team up to rip Jacqueline's gown off, eliminating her from the match. Ivory quickly jumps on B.B. before dunking her head underwater. There is clearly no love lost in this evening gown pool match. Kitty then gets involved with the attempted drowning before the two rip B.B.'s gown off to eliminate her. Ivory then tries & fails to rip B.B.'s bra off after she has climbed out onto the deck, allowing Kitty to yank her back down into the pool. This is clear disobedience to the strict rules of the evening gown pool match to show that Ivory is the heel. Also, this was B.B.'s one and only match. The crowd boos not getting to see any more of B.B. as Ivory & Kitty fight in the pool, ending with Kitty ripping Ivory's dress off for the win and the title. After the match, Kitty says everyone came to see her get naked, so she takes off her dress and legitimately flashes the crowd before Sgt. Slaughter covers her with a towel and escorts her to the back. Mae Young then takes her dress off just because, so Slaughter runs back out and covers her with a towel as well.

The Verdict

I get it, it's an eye candy match and the actual wrestling doesn't really matter, appeal to the demographic you're trying to pull in with this all you want. That being said, this is still technically a match, and as a match, it is awful. Nothing to be gained from this outside of the eye candy.

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. The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
  8. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
  9. Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
  10. Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
  11. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
  12. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
  13. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
  14. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  15. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  16. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  17. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff
  18. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
  19. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  20. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  21. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  22. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  23. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  24. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  25. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
  26. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
  27. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  28. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
  29. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  30. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
  31. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  32. Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
  33. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  34. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  35. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  36. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
  37. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  38. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
  39. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
  40. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
  41. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  42. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  43. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  44. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
  45. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  46. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
  47. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  48. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
  49. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  50. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
  51. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  52. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  53. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  54. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
  55. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
  56. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  57. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
  58. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
  59. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
  60. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
  61. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  62. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  63. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  64. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  65. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
  66. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  67. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
  68. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  69. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  70. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  71. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
  72. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  73. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
  74. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  75. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  76. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
  77. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  78. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
  79. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  80. Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
  81. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
  82. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
  83. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  84. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  85. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  86. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  87. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
  88. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  89. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
  90. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  91. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  92. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  93. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
  94. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
  95. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
  96. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
  97. Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
  98. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
  99. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
  100. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
  101. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
  102. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  103. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  104. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  105. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  106. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  107. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
  108. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  109. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  110. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  111. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  112. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  113. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
  114. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  115. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
  116. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  117. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  118. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  119. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  120. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
  121. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  122. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
  123. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  124. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  125. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  126. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
  127. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
  128. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  129. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
  130.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  131. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  132. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  133. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  134. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  135. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  136. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  137. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  138. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  139. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  140. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  141. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  142. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  143. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
  144. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  145. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  146. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  147. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  148. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  149. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  150. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
  151. Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
  152. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  153. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
  154. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  155. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
  156. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  157. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  158. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  159. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
  160. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
  161. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  162. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  163. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  164. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  165. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
  166. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  167. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  168. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  169. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  170. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  171. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  172. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  173. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  174. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  175. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  176. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  177. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  178. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  179. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  180. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  181. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
  182. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
  183. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  184. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  185. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  186. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  187. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  188. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
  189. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  190. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
  191. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  192. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
  193. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
  194. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  195. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  196. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  197. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  198. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  199. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  200. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  201. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  202. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  203. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  204. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  205. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)

Match #3: WrestleMania X-7

For the final match of this post, we have to jump forward to 2001 to WrestleMania X-7, largely considered both the greatest WrestleMania and the greatest pay-per-view the WWF ever put on. However, if there is one match on X-7 that stands out as being the worst on the card, it's the Women's Championship match, seeing Ivory defending the title against Chyna. By this point, Ivory has won the title for a third time and has joined up with Right to Censor, a group of wrestlers opposed to the WWF's raunchy product that served as a stand-in for the Parents Television Council. Naturally, they objected to Chyna appearing in Playboy, leading to Ivory and fellow member Val Venis piledriving Chyna, injuring her neck. Ivory & Chyna would face off in a title match at the Royal Rumble this same year, which ended with Chyna re-injuring her neck and allowing Ivory to retain the title. They face off one last time at WrestleMania, with Right to Censor banned from ringside. We've got a story, which is rare for a women's championship in the WWF around this time, but this match still disappointed, earning a negative one-star rating from Dave Meltzer. Let's take a look at it
Say what you will about the Right to Censor theme...it is effective. As Chyna enters the ring and the referee gets between the two, Ivory clutches her title closely. After Chyna shoves the referee out of the way, Ivory clocks Chyna with the belt as the bell rings. Ivory kicks away at Chyna before hitting an elbow drop. Ivory follows up with strikes that don't look good, but Chyna gains the upperhand when she blocks a kick and tosses Ivory across the ring. Chyna beats down Ivory in the corner before hitting a hip toss followed by two clotheslines. Chyna follows up with a back body drop before hitting a powerbomb. Chyna makes the cover...only to pull Ivory's shoulders up at two. Chyna picks Ivory up and gorilla presses her before making the cover for the three, the win, and the title.

The Verdict

Easily the least aggregious of the three matches I covered, and while it's basically a total squash match (which is even more aggregious given that it's on a pay-per-view, let alone a WrestleMania) I'm not going to put it very low. Nothing all that bad really happens outside of some bad strikes from Ivory, and overall, it's not the worst in the world.

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. The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
  8. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
  9. Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
  10. Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
  11. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
  12. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
  13. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
  14. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  15. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  16. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  17. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff
  18. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
  19. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  20. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  21. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  22. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  23. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  24. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  25. Chyna vs Ivory-WrestleMania X-Seven
  26. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
  27. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
  28. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  29. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
  30. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  31. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
  32. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  33. Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
  34. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  35. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  36. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  37. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
  38. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  39. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
  40. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
  41. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
  42. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  43. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  44. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  45. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
  46. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  47. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
  48. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  49. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
  50. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  51. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
  52. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  53. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  54. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  55. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
  56. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
  57. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  58. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
  59. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
  60. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
  61. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
  62. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  63. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  64. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  65. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  66. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
  67. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  68. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
  69. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  70. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  71. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  72. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
  73. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  74. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
  75. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  76. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  77. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
  78. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  79. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
  80. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  81. Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
  82. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
  83. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
  84. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  85. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  86. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  87. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  88. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
  89. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  90. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
  91. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  92. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  93. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  94. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
  95. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
  96. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
  97. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
  98. Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
  99. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
  100. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
  101. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
  102. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
  103. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  104. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  105. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  106. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  107. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  108. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
  109. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  110. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  111. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  112. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  113. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  114. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
  115. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  116. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
  117. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  118. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  119. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  120. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  121. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
  122. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  123. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
  124. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  125. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  126. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  127. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
  128. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
  129. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  130. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
  131.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  132. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  133. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  134. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  135. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  136. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  137. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  138. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  139. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  140. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  141. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  142. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  143. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  144. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
  145. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  146. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  147. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  148. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  149. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  150. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  151. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
  152. Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
  153. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  154. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
  155. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  156. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
  157. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  158. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  159. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  160. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
  161. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
  162. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  163. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  164. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  165. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  166. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
  167. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  168. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  169. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  170. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  171. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  172. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  173. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  174. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  175. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  176. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  177. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  178. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  179. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  180. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  181. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  182. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
  183. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
  184. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  185. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  186. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  187. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  188. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  189. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
  190. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  191. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
  192. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  193. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
  194. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
  195. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  196. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  197. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  198. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  199. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  200. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  201. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  202. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  203. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  204. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  205. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  206. 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. In two weeks, I'll be taking a look at a match from TNA's Destination X 2005, which featured a confusing end to one of the company's new monster heels. Stay tuned...
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  1. Otter EmpireAugust 21, 2022 at 5:57 PM

    Aight I've debated on this, but I'm gonna request Ric Flair's Final Match. It should have never happened and he looked awful in it

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    1. CJ BiddleAugust 21, 2022 at 6:12 PM

      I'll be honest, when that match first got announced, I was already 99% sure I'd end up covering it before it even happened. I never added it to the list because I wanted to give it the benefit of the doubt but yeah, it absolutely should not have happened. I'll definitely take a look at it. Thanks for the suggestion!

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    2. AnonymousAugust 21, 2022 at 7:59 PM

      Ric even confirmed he passed out twice during the match!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 21, 2022 at 8:29 PM

    Do you plan on covering Antonio Inkuki vs Muhhamad Ali?

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    1. CJ BiddleAugust 21, 2022 at 10:11 PM

      I've thought about it. I've kind of been on the fence about because it's technically not a wrestling match (it's a shoot exhibition match), but I thought I might cover it as sort of a special edition in the series that doesn't get included in the actual rankings based on how it's a pretty interesting match-up in wrestling history

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    2. AnonymousAugust 22, 2022 at 1:08 AM

      Ok, I just figured it would be something for your list due to it's infamy, how it's screwy ending resulting in one of the most pissed off crowds ever, being a bad match/fight in general and because it is part of wrestling history. But thank you for your input!

      Here's a proper stinker for your rankings: Kidman vs Ric Flair (WCW Thunder May 3rd 2000)

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    3. CJ BiddleAugust 22, 2022 at 1:44 AM

      I'll be honest, I just looked up the episode that match took place after seeing this comment, and after finding out what "New York Rules" was, I think I have to cover that entire episode of Thunder. It sounds like it is absolute insanity. Thank you for the suggestion, and also for bringing this episode to my attention.

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    4. AnonymousAugust 22, 2022 at 1:49 AM

      Yeah after hearing about "New York Rules" and seeing what it was it makes me more thankful that Russo ain't working in any promotion. You're welcome man, Anytime!

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  3. FrostAugust 22, 2022 at 5:12 AM

    Just so everyone is clear about just how poorly the women's division was booked back in the day, the Wrestlemania X-7 match was worse than the Gimmick Battle Royal. Let that sink in.

    Also, did some background research on the next installment. I am extremely confused as to what exactly TNA's gameplan was there.

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    1. CJ BiddleAugust 22, 2022 at 8:14 AM

      It's bizarre. It legit feels like they gave up on him mid-match.

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  4. FrostAugust 22, 2022 at 5:13 AM

    Oh, and another possible recommendation for our side list: Brawl for All!

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    1. CJ BiddleAugust 22, 2022 at 8:16 AM

      I had actually planned on doing the Brawl for All last year as a sort of a New Years special, but I ended up not planning out enough time to get it all covered so I scrapped it. Now that t's been recommended I can definitely plan it out more in advance. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  5. AnonymousAugust 27, 2022 at 5:12 PM

    I got another TNA stinkfest for you, Team 3D vs LAX (Lockdown 2007)

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    1. CJ BiddleAugust 29, 2022 at 12:03 AM

      That's one that I've got on my list for the future. Thank you for the suggestion!

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    2. AnonymousAugust 29, 2022 at 12:15 AM

      Your welcome man!

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  6. AnonymousAugust 30, 2022 at 8:44 PM

    I don't think you've ever entered the classic era of British wrestling, so here's one for you. Credited as "the match that took wrestling off British TV" (incorrectly), it's Kendo Nagasaki and Blondie Barratt vs. Steven Regal and Robbie Brookside in 1988. Between Barratt being too incompetent to do more than one move correctly, and the hokey ending where Kendo Nagasaki HYPNOTISES Brookside to attack his partner, it's a low mark in the golden age of wrestling in the country.

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    1. CJ BiddleAugust 31, 2022 at 4:47 PM

      I'll add it to the list. I think you're right about not venturing into classic British wrestling. Admittedly, I haven't seen too much British wrestling from that era, so I'm always down to broaden my wrestling horizons. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2022 at 5:38 PM

    Unfortunately chyna seems to blame for the terrible match at WM17 - she seemingly forgot she had an injured neck and decided to do all power moves while no selling Ivorys offence against her injured neck in the beginning. Just silly from her. It was clear she didn't try because she didn't like wresting women which is a shame because Ivorys 3rs reign was one of the best in the titles history

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    1. CJ BiddleSeptember 4, 2022 at 7:13 PM

      Honestly, it didn't even seem like the company put any thought into that whole injury angle. I went back and watched the promo video for their match at the Royal Rumble, and in it Chyna pretty much says she had neck fusion surgery from the piledriver, which considering how quickly she recovers from it (around two months) doesn't add up. Kyle O'Reilly just had neck fusion surgery a few days ago and he's out indefinitely, for reference. The bad match is probably a combination of Chyna (in Jim Ross' words) feeling she was above wrestling women and the WWF not really caring about the women outside of Chyna, Lita, and Trish at the time

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