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Worst in the World: The Rock's 25th Anniversary/Pizza Hut Triple Treat Box Battle Royal-Survivor Series 2021

 Rest in peace, Jay Briscoe. My condolences are with his family.


(Special thanks to an anonymous user for suggesting this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.)

At the 1996 edition of Survivor Series, the WWF audience witnessed the debut of a new wrestler. The debut of the son of former WWF Tag Team Champion and future Hall of Famer Rocky Johnson, a member of the legendary Anoa'i family, and a member of the 1991 college football National Champion Miami Hurricanes. That wrestler was Rocky Maivia, the man who would go on to be known simply as The Rock. Over the course of his professional wrestling career, The Rock has become an undisputed icon of the business, with 10-world championships to his name, five appearances in the main event of WrestleMania, and an all-but-confirmed spot in the WWE Hall of Fame.  On top of that, The Rock has successfully transitioned from wrestling into the world of film, as he has become one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. With all that in mind, it was only fitting that 25 years later at Survivor Series 2021, the now WWE would celebrate the anniversary of The Rock's debut with a 25-man battle royal. Someone who was seemingly not made aware of this celebration, however, was The Rock himself, because outside of archival footage & a trailer for the movie Red Notice, The Rock does not appear on this show...at all.
In all seriousness, WWE almost certainly reached out to The Rock in regards to appearing on this show. However, as The Rock has gone on to a career outside of the company, he's become something that WWE rarely has to deal with; someone who's bigger than the WWE itself. This is a man whose films have grossed well over $10 billion, had a prominent role in one of the highest-grossing film series of all time, was about to star in two DC films in the lead role, and has an estimated net worth of $800 million. He absolutely does not need the WWE to work. As such, getting The Rock to appear in WWE nowadays is a lot easier said than done given his schedule. It's been over three years since The Rock has appeared on WWE television. Hell, he's technically made an appearance for Impact Wrestling more recently than WWE, albeit in a pre-recorded format he was able to film in his front yard.
But this still begs the question as to why WWE would advertise a "celebration" of a wrestler's anniversary that gonna be there. Sure, WWE and other companies have matches dedicated to wrestlers' legacies, but those are usually tributes to deceased wrestlers, not ones that were just too busy to show up. And it's not like The Rock debuted in a battle royal or was known for winning battle royals. Andre the Giant was known as "The King of Battle Royals" so it makes sense his "memorial" match is a battle royal. But in this case, attaching The Rock's name to this match just feels like an attempt at inflating the prestige of an interband battle royal they had already been doing.
As for the match itself, it really underwhelmed, earning just a one-and-a-quarter star rating from Dave Meltzer, and currently sits at a 2.05 out of 10 rating on Cagematch.net. On a Survivor Series card that was considered a disappointment as a whole, the battle royal stands out as the worst of the bunch. To top it off, what was advertised as a match celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Rock's debut turned into more of an advertisement for...Pizza Hut. Let's take a look.
The participants in this battle royal are as follows:
  1. AJ Styles
  2. Angel (no Garza)
  3. Angelo Dawkins
  4. Apollo Crews
  5. Cedric Alexander
  6. Cesaro
  7. Chad Gable
  8. Commander Azeez
  9. Dolph Ziggler
  10. Drew Gulak
  11. Erik (Raymond Rowe)
  12. Humberto (no Carrillo)
  13. Ivar (Hanson)
  14. Jinder Mahal
  15. Mansoor
  16. Montez Ford
  17. Omos
  18. Otis
  19. R-Truth
  20. Ricochet
  21. Robert Roode
  22. Sami Zayn
  23. Shanky
  24. Shelton Benjamin
  25. T-Bar (the former Donovan Dijak in Ring of Honor, Dominik Dijakovic in NXT, and currently just Dijak)
As with most battle royals, only a handful of the participants get a televised entrance while the rest are just in the ring already. The first entrance we see is Sami Zayn, quickly followed by AJ Styles & Omos making their joint entrance. Ricochet is out next, taking a big whiff of the Pizza Hut Triple Treat boxes that are set up on the stage as he makes his entrance because that's the reason we're actually having this match.
And if you thought that was blatant product placement, just you wait, cause the Street Profits are out next. Not only does Angelo Dawkins come out carrying a Triple Treat Box;
Not only has Montez Ford replaced his red solo cup with a plastic red cup from a dine-in Pizza Hut. Not only does Ford also walk down the ramp proclaiming that "NOBODY OUT PIZZA'S THE HUT!" Not only does Michael Cole read out a description of what you get with the Triple Treat Box. But there is also ANOTHER Triple Treat Box on a table at ringside that the Profits interact with before Dawkins gives his Triple Treat Box to Cole & Corey Graves on commentary.
Just to remind you, this is a battle royal celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Rock's debut.
As soon as the bell rings, AJ Styles accidentally & very obviously eliminates himself by hopping over the top rope and dropping down to the floor.
Corey Graves tries to pass it off that Styles went through the ropes, but it is clear as day that he hopped over the top rope and dropped down. I imagine he just had a complete brain lapse and just forgot what he was doing for a second because despite doing that, he is still considered in the match. Styles hops up on the announce table, cheering on Omos as everyone fights in the ring. The encouragement works, as Omos tosses Drew Gulak, Shelton Benjamin, and Humberto out of the ring in quick fashion. All three of those guys deserve so much better. Hey, has it been about ten seconds since we had Pizza Hut product placement? R-Truth thinks so, as he rolls out under the bottom rope and grabs some pizza from the Triple Treat Box. Truth tries to bribe Omos with pizza, which doesn't faze him. He then tries to bribe Otis, which is successful, as Otis eats the pizza. However, a celebratory pat on the butt causes Otis to flip and toss Truth out of the ring. Otis & Omos then square up, ending with Omos clotheslining Otis Chad Gable laments at his Alpha Academy partner's elimination, which nearly gets him dumped out of the ring by Cesaro. Gable saves himself, however, and slides back into the ring. Gable goes for a monkey flip, but Cesaro blocks it and tries to dump Gable over the top rope. Gable, however, holds on and locks in an armbar over the top rope. Cesaro breaks the hold, however, and finally eliminates Gable with a running European Uppercut. That was a fun little sequence, I enjoyed that. In another fun spot, Ricochet & Mansoor team up to eliminate T-Bar, lifting him onto the top rope before hitting a Poetry in Motion-style dropkick to send him out of the ring. Mansoor picks up another elimination soon after, sending Cedric Alexander out of the ring with headscissors. When you take away the advertising of The Rock for a show he wouldn't show up for and the Pizza Hut product placement, this match is actually pretty fun. Unfortunately, the crowd is more interested in the pizza, loudly chanting "WE WANT PIZZA!"
Angel is the next man to go, taking a straight right from Angelo Dawkins before taking a nasty flat-back bump that the camera doesn't even catch. The Viking Raiders team up to eliminate Jinder Mahal, only for both of them to be tossed out by Shanky. Since there can only be only tall man in this match, Omos & Shanky then started each other down. Shanky grabs Omos by the throat, only for Omos to power out and toss Shanky out of the ring. Meanwhile, the Dirty Dawgs (Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode) double team Mansoor. Mansoor fights back and hits a double dropkick and goes for the elimination with a double clothesline, but both men avoid elimination. Mansoor goes for it again, only for Roode & Ziggler to hit him with a Spinebuster/Zig Zag combo before Roode slingshots him out of the ring for elimination. The Dirty Dawgs turn their attention to Omos, only for Omos to easily eliminate Roode. Ziggler tries to talk his way out of the situation, only for Styles to fly into the ring and hit him with a Phenomenal Forearm, tossing him out of the ring right after. With six Raw and three SmackDown wrestlers left, Sami Zayn gathers his fellow SmackDown members Cesaro & Ricochet to try to team up. It doesn't work, as Cesaro uppercuts Zayn before Ricochet hits him with the Recoil (a single-knee facebreaker or Codebreaker.) The Street Profits pick up the pieces and toss Zayn out of the ring right after.
Cesaro & Ricochet team up to try to eliminate Montez Ford, but Dawkins makes the save for his teammate. Meanwhile, Commander Azeez tries to eliminate Styles, only for Omos to make the save and clothesline Azeez out of the ring. Styles leans over the ropes to taunt Azeez, only for Azeez to grab his arm and try to pull him out. Omos grabs Styles' legs to pull him back in, having a fun little tug-of-war spot until Cesaro & Apollo Crews hit him from behind, causing him to let go and for Azeez to pull Styles out of the ring. Crews pleads with Omos, only to be tossed out of the ring & eliminated quickly. It's down to the final five of Omos, Ricochet, Ford, Dawkins, and Cesaro. The four non-giant competitors quadruple-team Omos, with Ricochet & Ford hitting a double dropkick followed by a shoulder block from Dawkins and a running European Uppercut from Cesaro. Cesaro & Dawkins try to tip Omos out of the ring, but Omos powers out and tosses both men out of the ring. Ford slaps Omos twice, but gets tossed out of the ring soon after, leaving Omos & Ricochet as the final two. Ricochet hits a dropkick and takes the fight to Omos, who quickly shoves him into the ropes. Omos charges, but Ricochet pulls the ropes down and tries to tip him out. Omos, however, powers out and tosses Ricochet out of the ring for the win, with 12 eliminations to his name.
Styles hops into the ring to celebrate and goes to grab the Triple Treat Box from ringside to further celebrate, only for sore loser Ford to hit him with an enziguri. Ford then grabs the pizza, tossing slices into the crowd before grabbing the box and running up the ramp, alongside Dawkins. Ford throws more pizza (and even a breadstick) before he & Dawkins eat pizza to close out the segment.

The Verdict

As I said, if you remove the branding of "The Rock's 25th Anniversary" and the Pizza Hut tie-in, this match is pretty alright. It's obviously nothing special, but there are a couple of fun spots. And unlike the Zombie Lumberjack match, the product placement doesn't impact the match anywhere near as much. This is going toward the top of the list.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

  1. Tommy Dreamer vs Bully Ray-Victory Road 2011
  2. Corporal Cajun & Lt. Loco vs The Perfect Event-Halloween Havoc 2000
  3. Triple H vs Kevin Nash-TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs 2011
  4. Wrath vs Glacier-World War 3 1998
  5. The Rock's 25th Anniversary Battle Royal-Survivor Series 2021
  6. Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
  7. Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
  8. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
  9. Ernest Miller vs Norman Smiley-Fall Brawl 1998
  10. The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
  11. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
  12. Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
  13. Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
  14. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
  15. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
  16. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
  17. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  18. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  19. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  20. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff
  21. Tyson Fury vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2019
  22. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
  23. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  24. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  25. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  26. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  27. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  28. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  29. General Rection vs Lance Storm & Jim Duggan-Halloween Havoc 2000
  30. Chyna vs Ivory-WrestleMania X-Seven
  31. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
  32. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
  33. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  34. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
  35. Gunner vs Garett Bischoff-Against All Odds 2012
  36. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  37. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
  38. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  39. Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
  40. Glacier vs Wrath-The Great American Bash 1997
  41. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  42. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  43. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  44. Rachel Evers vs Marti Belle-Mae Young Classic (Episode 2)
  45. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
  46. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  47. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
  48. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
  49. The Undertaker vs King Mabel-In Your House 5: Season's Beatings
  50. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
  51. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  52. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  53. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  54. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
  55. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  56. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
  57. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  58. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
  59. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  60. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
  61. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  62. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  63. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  64. The First Blood DNA Match-Halloween Havoc 2000
  65. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
  66. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
  67. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  68. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
  69. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
  70. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
  71. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
  72. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  73. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  74. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  75. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  76. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
  77. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  78. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
  79. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  80. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  81. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  82. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
  83. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  84. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
  85. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  86. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  87. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
  88. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  89. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
  90. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  91. Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
  92. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
  93. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
  94. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  95. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  96. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  97. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  98. Diesel vs King Mabel-SummerSlam 1995
  99. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
  100. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  101. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
  102. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  103. Goldberg vs KroniK-Halloween Havoc 2000
  104. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  105. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  106. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
  107. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
  108. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
  109. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
  110. Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
  111. Glacier vs Mortis-Slamboree 1997
  112. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
  113. The 1997 World War 3 Match
  114. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
  115. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
  116. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
  117. The 1998 World War 3
  118. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  119. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  120. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  121. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  122. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  123. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
  124. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  125. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  126. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  127. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  128. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  129. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
  130. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  131. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
  132. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  133. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  134. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  135. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  136. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
  137. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  138. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
  139. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  140. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  141. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  142. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
  143. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
  144. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  145. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
  146.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  147. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  148. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  149. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  150. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  151. Mabel vs Savio Vega-King of the Ring 1995
  152. Monty Brown vs Trytan-Destination X 2005
  153. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  154. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  155. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  156. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  157. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  158. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  159. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  160. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  161. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
  162. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  163. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  164. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  165. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  166. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  167. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  168. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
  169. Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
  170. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  171. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
  172. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  173. Mike Sanders vs Ernest Miller-Halloween Havoc 2000
  174. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
  175. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  176. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  177. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  178. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
  179. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
  180. The Countdown to Armageddon Match-WCW Thunder (10/18/2000)
  181. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  182. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  183. Mr. McMahon vs Pat McAfee-WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)
  184. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  185. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  186. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
  187. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  188. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  189. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  190. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  191. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  192. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  193. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  194. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  195. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  196. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  197. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  198. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  199. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  200. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  201. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  202. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
  203. Konnan & Tygress vs Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson-Halloween Havoc 2000
  204. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
  205. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-Living Dangerously 2000
  206. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  207. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  208. Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation-DWA Wrestling Legends Tour 2010 (Day 2)
  209. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  210. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  211. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  212. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
  213. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  214. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
  215. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  216. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
  217. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
  218. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  219. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  220. The 1996 World War 3 Match
  221. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  222. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  223. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  224. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  225. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  226. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  227. The Shark Cage Match-Big Time Wrestling (1976)
  228. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  229. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  230. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  231. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)
  232. The 1995 World War 3 Match
  233. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-XPW Freefall
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've got a big one in store, as I'll be taking a look at seven matches from the SuperClash III, largely considered the show that ruined the AWA. Stay tuned.

Comments

  1. Another fun review as always! You do make a valid point that the battle royal's product placement is atleast isn't too in your face like the zombie lumberjack match was. But you got to wonder after Ford was tossing pizzas in the crowd who would eat it after he was touching a majority of the wrestlers who were likely sweating and after we got through the COVID-19 Pandemic. I wouldn't be surprised if WWE management got alot of laundry/dry cleaning bills afterwards lol.

    My next requests are the two casket matches between The Undertaker/Yokozuna

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    1. This request made me look over WWE's history of casket matches and there's been quite a few bad rated ones. Along with those two, I think I might expand that to a couple more for a post around Halloween. Thanks for the suggestion!

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    2. You're welcome!

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  2. What is the worst jay briscoe match you need to covered?

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  3. You should consider the New York portion of WrestleMania 2. The majority of the card is terrible but at least the other two cities got one redeemable match. NYC got the short end of the stick with a boxing match main event with Mr T, a Jake Roberts squash, a George Steele match and a disappointing Orndorff/Muraco opener.

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    1. Just so you know, CJ already reviewed the Boxing Match

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    2. Oh sorry, my bad. I guess I was in a mood to make a creative suggestion that I overlooked the main event.

      OK, maybe I should suggest adding another Hogan match to the list. The Mega-Maniacs vs Money Inc. at WM IX. The steel mask, the faces doing the cheating and Jimmy Hart conveniently having a reverse referee jacket which is still not enough for a title change is a complete waste of 20 minutes.

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    3. We're cool, I just wanted to let you know that was all!

      Honestly any matches on Wrestlemania 9 and Wrestlemania 2 would make great inductions to Worst in the World considering they both are candidates for Worst Wrestlemania of all time for a reason.

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    4. I have already covered the Boxing match. I did a full review of WrestleMania 2 as a whole a while back, but it doesn't cover the matches as in-depth as I do on Worst in the World. There's a couple of other matches from Mania 2 outside of the New York portion I've had my eye on, so I might include those along with the New York ones. Thanks for the suggestion!

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    5. I'll also cover the Mega-Maniacs/Money Inc. match. I think that would actually be Brutus Beefcake's first non-World War 3 match in the series.

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  4. Well Hulk Hogan made a clown of himself on twitter recently so I have a new request dedicated to him and thats his match against Vader at Uncensored (1995)

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    1. This request reminded me that I've never actually covered the Yapapi Strap match between Hogan & Ric Flair from Uncensored 2000, so I might do a double with both of those. Thanks for the suggestion!

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    2. I looked up reviews of the Yapapi Strap Match it does not sound like a fun time for any reviewer lol! You're welcome man!

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  5. I got a match request from Uncensored 1996
    DDP vs The Booty Man

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    1. I'll add it to the list. I don't think I've covered much pre-People's Champ DDP (if any) and I can't pass on an opportunity to talk about yet another bad Ed Leslie gimmick. Thanks for the suggestion!

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    2. You're Welcome! Honestly if Ed Leslie wasn't Hogans friend he would not of lasted long in WWE or WCW

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  6. Well the Pitch Black Match happened and all I can say is that in my opinion it was alright. It wasn't Firefly Inferno levels of good but it wasn't House of Horrors levels of bad. I just wish Wyatt's first match wasn't just for the sake of product placement I think it should of been a falls count anywhere match.

    My next request goes to the heatless world title match at Wrestlemania 13 between Undertaker/Sycho Sid

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    1. I didn't think it was too bad, it was just kind of unremarkable in my opinion. I'm kind of surprised so many people online hated it as much as they did (it has a 1.90 rating on Cagematch right now.) The product placement is easily the worst part of it. It really takes away from the aura of Wyatt and the story they're trying to tell when he has to wrestle in a Mountain Dew-themed match.
      I'll add Taker vs Sid to the list. Pretty funny you used "heatless" considering the show's actual tagline was simply "HEAT!" Thanks for the suggestion!

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    2. I was at work and I heard about how bad the matches reception was so I watched it with low expectations but after the match was over I didn't really think it was terrible as many people from Twitter and Cageside Seats were making it out to be. It ain't a Match of the Year contender by any means but I think Bray/LA did the best they could with the gimmicky setting. I just hope WWE never do this match again and they need to stop putting Wyatt in gimmicky matches like this.

      That is pretty funny considering Stone Cold/Bret Hart brought the heat more then the main event did since the crowd could care less about the match besides Taker winning the belt so I figured heatless was a fitting way to describe the match. You're welcome man!

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  7. Here's another WCW celeberty match gone wrong!

    DDP/Jay Leno vs Hollywood Hogan/Eric Biscoff Road Wild 1998)

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    1. That's one that's long overdue and I'll definitely add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  8. I actually got a request to cover a couple of matches from Bash at the Beach '99, and the Junkyard Invitational is definitely going to be included in that.

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