The Wrestling Section

(Special thanks to E.Y.D for suggesting these matches. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.) In 2016, WWE held the Cruiserweight Classic, a unique tournament for the company, as most of the 32 participants were not signed to the company at the time. It proved to be a big success, with 16 of the unsigned participants earning contracts with the company to revive the Cruiserweight division on Monday Night Raw, and showcased some fantastic wrestling from some of the best cruiserweights in the world. This tournament also paved the way for WWE to run more tournaments featuring talent not signed to the company, with the inaugural United Kingdom Championship Tournament happening in January of the following year before the company would hold the inaugural Mae Young Classic the same year. Like the Cruiserweight Classic, the Mae Young Classic was a 32-participant tournament, with the field comprised of members of the NXT roster and women ...

NOTE: Sorry this is a day late. I moved this past week and just kind of lost track of things. I'm all settled in now and will be back on my normal schedule. Thanks & enjoy!   You know, I never thought I'd see the day. I know Vince McMahon was almost 77 years old at the time and obviously not getting any younger, but the idea of seeing him actually retire was something that didn't seem like a possibility. I was 100% sure Vince was gonna run WWE until the day he died, and I don't think I'm alone in thinking that. Now, obviously, Vince retiring probably had less to do with him actually deciding it was time to retire and more to do with sexual misconduct allegations & multi-million dollar hush money payments , but the end result is the same; Vince McMahon no longer runs the WWE. And so, given how his time as chairman ended, it's only fitting that one of his final appearances on screen resulted in one of the worst-rated matches in WWE history. In the lead-up ...