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Worst in the World: SuperClash III: The Show That Ruined The AWA

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(Special thanks to an anonymous user for suggesting several of these matches. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.)
The mid to late 1980s were not kind to the American Wrestling Association. As Hulk Hogan & the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection propelled the WWF while WCW was gaining steam behind Ric Flair, the AWA took a noticeable backseat as the territory days were coming to an end. Essentially, the company would become what ECW would be during the Attitude Era and what Ring of Honor would be after that; a third promotion whose talent would get poached by the bigger companies. It was this status that led to the AWA forming a partnership with two other declining promotions, the Jerry Jarrett & Jerry Lawler-owned Championship Wrestling Association (the former Continental Wrestling Association) and Fritz Von Erich's World Class Wrestling Association (the former World Class Championship Wrestling.) With the CWA & WCWA by their side, the AWA looked to make their first venture into the pay-per-view business with SuperClash III, held on December 13, 1988 in Chicago's UIC Pavillion. It would also be the AWA's only venture into the pay-per-view business.
When you look back at the history of the AWA, SuperClash III tends to be singled out as when the company fell into a slump they couldn't recover from. A big reason was that SuperClash was not a financial success, drawing under 1,700 people to the venue (for reference, WCW held their Chi-Town Rumble event in the same venue two months later and drew 8,000 people) and recording just 45,000 buys. It was because of this poor performance that led to AWA owner Verne Gagne not paying the visiting wrestlers. Among those not paid were Jerry Lawler, the man who had just unified the AWA & WCWA World Heavyweight titles on the show. This whole conflict resulted in the quick ending of the partnership between the three promotions, Lawler being stripped of the AWA title, and Lawler never actually returning the physical belt. What was supposed to be the show to launch the AWA back into the wrestling race ended up being the show that further pushed them behind the WWF & WCW, as the promotion would file for bankruptcy in 1991 before Gagne sold the assets to the now-WWE.
So, business aside, how was SuperClash III critically received? Poorly. There are a couple of decently rated matches on the card featuring some solid wrestlers, and if it weren't for the lackluster finish, the title unification match between Jerry Lawler and Kerry Von Erich would probably be remembered a lot more fondly. But as a whole, the card is not good whatsoever. On this 12-match card, only five of the matches have a rating from Dave Meltzer higher than a single star, with four of them having a DUD (zero stars) or lower. The company was already falling behind the WWF &WCW, and wrestling like this was never going to help them gain ground. So, let's take a look back at SuperClash III's worst matches and slowly watch the AWA crumble.

Match #1: Jimmy Valiant vs Wayne Bloom

Kind of like Halloween Havoc 2000, the SuperClash III lures you into a false sense of security by putting on two of its better matches (a 6-man tag match between Chavo, Hector, and Mando Guerrero and the team of Cactus Jack & the Rock 'n' Roll RPMs (Mike Davis & Tommy Lane), and a WCWA Light Heavyweight Championship match between Eric Embry and Jeff Jarrett) on first before giving you shit. The shit starts with the third match on the card, pitting Jimmy Valiant against Wayne Bloom. Valiant's 22 years deep into his career, having left a not-yet-WCW Jim Crockett Promotions earlier in the year, while Bloom is wrestling just his second career match here. Bloom would later go on to be one-half of the Beverly Brothers alongside Mike Enos, and is also the father of current NXT wrestler Von Wagner. This match earned a DUD rating from Meltzer and don't scroll too fast cause this one's gonna be quick.
As Valiant pumps up the crowd, Bloom hits him from behind as soon as the bell rings. Bloom strikes Valiant to the ground before kicking at him. Valiant gets back to his feet as Bloom continues hitting him, only for Valiant to fire back with a punch. Valiant hits two more before hitting a back elbow followed by an elbow drop. Valiant makes the cover and Bloom kicks out at 3.01, giving Valiant the win in 24 seconds.

The Verdict

Really don't have to say much, it's self-explanatory.

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-AWA 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. Jimmy Valiant vs Wayne Bloom-AWA SuperClash III
  108. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
  109. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
  110. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
  111. Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
  112. Glacier vs Mortis-Slamboree 1997
  113. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
  114. The 1997 World War 3 Match
  115. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
  116. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
  117. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
  118. The 1998 World War 3
  119. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  120. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  121. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  122. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  123. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  124. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
  125. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  126. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  127. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  128. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  129. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  130. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
  131. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  132. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
  133. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  134. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  135. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  136. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  137. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
  138. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  139. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
  140. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  141. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  142. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  143. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
  144. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
  145. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  146. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
  147.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  148. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  149. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  150. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  151. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  152. Mabel vs Savio Vega-King of the Ring 1995
  153. Monty Brown vs Trytan-Destination X 2005
  154. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  155. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  156. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  157. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  158. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  159. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  160. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  161. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  162. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
  163. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  164. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  165. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  166. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  167. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  168. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  169. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
  170. Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
  171. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  172. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
  173. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  174. Mike Sanders vs Ernest Miller-Halloween Havoc 2000
  175. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
  176. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  177. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  178. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  179. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
  180. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
  181. The Countdown to Armageddon Match-WCW Thunder (10/18/2000)
  182. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  183. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  184. Mr. McMahon vs Pat McAfee-WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)
  185. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  186. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  187. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
  188. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  189. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  190. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  191. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  192. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  193. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  194. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  195. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  196. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  197. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  198. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  199. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  200. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  201. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  202. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  203. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
  204. Konnan & Tygress vs Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson-Halloween Havoc 2000
  205. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
  206. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-Living Dangerously 2000
  207. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  208. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  209. Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation-DWA Wrestling Legends Tour 2010 (Day 2)
  210. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  211. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  212. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  213. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
  214. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  215. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
  216. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  217. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
  218. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
  219. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  220. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  221. The 1996 World War 3 Match
  222. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  223. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  224. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  225. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  226. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  227. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  228. The Shark Cage Match-Big Time Wrestling (1976)
  229. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  230. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  231. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  232. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)
  233. The 1995 World War 3 Match
  234. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-XPW Freefall

Match #2: The Dual Championship Six-Person Mixed Tag Match

I'm gonna skip over the following match between Iceman King Parsons and Brickhouse Brown for the WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (it doesn't have the worst rating, but if somebody wants me to cover it'll definitely add it to the list for the future) and move on to the fifth match on the card, a six-person mixed tag match, pitting Wendi Richter and the Top Guns (Ricky Rice & Derrick Dukes) against The Diamond Exchange's Madusa Miceli & Badd Company (Paul Diamond & Pat Tanaka), with Richter's AWA World Women's Championship and Badd Company's AWA World Tag Team Championships up for grabs. It's confusing, because the winning team doesn't get all the titles, just the person who got the win walks away with the title they were competing for. The Diamond Exchange is managed by Diamond Dallas Page, prior to him beginning an in-ring career.
Richter is a few years removed from the "Original Screwjob" where she shoot-lost the WWF Women's Championship to a masked-Fabulous Moolah, and had beaten Madusa for the Women's Championship a month prior, while Madusa is still in her rookie year as a wrestler, during which she'd become the first woman to win the PWI Rookie of the Year, and is a few years away from joining WCW and later the WWF. Badd Company are also future WWF wrestlers, both joining the company after leaving the AWA, with the two working as the Orient Express after Tanaka's original partner Akio Sato left. Diamond would play replacement again when he went on to portray the infamous Max Moon gimmick after the original choice Konnan left the company. Finally, the Top Gunns would only team up for a couple of matches before both men embarked on singles careers. This match earned just half a star from Meltzer, let's see if it deserves it.
Before the match, DDP cuts a promo calling Richter's title win the fluke of the century, just like when the Chicago Bears won the Super Bowl. Yeah, fuck you local sports team. The match starts with everyone brawling in the ring. Richter & the Guns take control, Irish whipping all three heels into each other in the middle of the ring. Madusa & Diamond are sent out of the ring before the Guns hit a double jumping back elbow on Tanaka. Dukes follows up with a slingshot shoulder block on Tanaka and makes the cover, but Diamond breaks it up. The Guns hit a double back body drop and Dukes makes the cover, but referee Mike Enos (didn't think I'd be mentioning him twice) is too busy telling Rice to get out of the ring to count the pin. Tanaka ends up kicking out. Dukes slaps a wristlock on Tanaka before hitting a clothesline. Dukes makes the cover, but Diamond again breaks up the fall. Dukes slaps on a headlock before hitting two shoulder blocks and a dropkick for another near fall. The Diamond Exchange finally turns the tables when Diamond catches Dukes with a knee to the back from the apron behind the referee's back.
Diamond stomps away at Dukes before hitting a big sidewalk slam followed by a butterfly suplex for a near fall. Diamond goads Rice into the ring, distracting the referee and allowing Madusa & Tanaka to get cheap shots in on Dukes. Diamond throws Dukes into another corner and goes for a splash, but Dukes avoids it and tags in Richter. Richter tries to drag Madusa into the ring, but Madusa counters and yanks Richter down into the top rope. Madusa follows up with a suplex, but Richter fires back and slams her down by her hair. Richter knocks Diamond off the apron and goes for a dropkick, but Madusa dodges. Richter, however, regains control, sweeping Madusa's legs out from under her before hitting a big powerbomb. Richter makes the cover, but Diamond breaks it up, prompting another brawl between everyone in the ring. The chaos distracts the referee, allowing Madusa to hold Richter in place for Tanaka to hit a savate kick on Richter. A second kick is dodge, however, causing Madusa to get hit. Dukes takes out Tanaka with a dropkick that doesn't look good as Richter makes the cover and gets the three. Madusa sells this for approximately one second before stomp away at Richter. The Guns stop her and hold her in place while they spank her because they're the babyfaces, apparently.
The AWA clearly forgot their own rules, as the ring announcer incorrectly announces that the Guns have won the Tag Team Championships, and the Guns even get handed the belts to celebrate and walk to the back with. At ringside, commentator Lee Marshall (the future WCW commentator and voice of Tony of Tiger) interviews the Diamond Exchange. Madusa & Tanaka argue, ending with Madusa slapping him and walking off. Badd Company & DDP call Madusa a loser and a bimbo as DDP correctly states that Badd Company are still the champions since they never got pinned.

The Verdict

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

Match #3: Greg Gagne vs Ron Garvin

Well, it's been a month, let's talk about nepo babies in wrestling again. "Nepo baby" is short for "nepotism baby", which is a label given to the children of famous people in a field that then go into that field and reap the benefits of who their parents are. A month ago I discussed Garett Bischoff, the son of Eric Bischoff, and briefly Erik Watts, the son of Cowboy Bill Watts, as two of the go-to examples of nepo babies in wrestling. Well, if you're looking for an example from the AWA, look no further than Greg Gagne. Obviously, Greg is the son of Verne Gagne, and while the general consensus seems to be that Greg was a decent wrestler and his pushes weren't as egregious as Bischoff's and Watts', it's still pretty clear that he got such a sustained push in the AWA thanks to who owned the company. As such, Greg was well protected in the AWA, winning nearly 70% of his matches and losing under 20% of them (almost 11% were draws.) Once the AWA folded, Greg retired. Here, he faces former NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ron Garvin, who's in between runs with the NWA and the WWF. This match was for the vacant AWA International Television Championship. Garvin had beaten Gagne for the title back in September, only for the title to be vacated due to Garvin using a foreign object. This match earned a single-star rating from Dave Meltzer. Let's get into it.
Bad sign already, Gagne gets booed during the introductions. The two lock up, tussling around the ring before Garvin throws Gagne's head into the top turnbuckle twice. Gagne blocks a third one, however, and chops Garvin before throwing his head into the turnbuckle. Gagne whips Garvin across the ring and charges at him, but Garvin dodges him. Garvin takes Gagne down with a snapmare and locks in a chinlock before dragging him back to the corner and throwing his head into the turnbuckle. Gagne fights back with multiple chops before hitting a back body drop for a two-count. Gagne locks in a chinlock followed by a wristlock, but Garvin breaks the hold with a jumping headbutt. Garvin hits a few more headbutts before whipping Gagne into the ropes. Gagne goes for a sunset flip, but Garvin powers through and sits down on Gagne. Gagne kicks out at two and rolls Garvin over for a two-count of his own.
Gagne takes Garvin down with a less-than-pretty arm drag, putting on a wristlock while they're on the ground. Gagne continues working the arm until Garvin gets to the ropes. Back on their feet, the two exchange slaps & punches before Garvin headbutts Gagne. Garvin strikes away at Gagne before forcing him into the corner and biting his forehead. Gagne fights back with chops before punching him in the corner. Gagne goes for the dropkick, but Garvin avoids it and rolls up Gagne for a near fall. Gagne fires back with a crossbody, causing both men to stumble out of the ring. Garvin throws Gagne into the announce table, and Gagne responds by throwing Garvin into the ring post. Gagne gets back in the ring as the referee delivers the quickest 10 count in history, counting Garvin out and giving the win and the title to Gagne. This gets booed by the crowd. Garvin runs in and locks in a sleeper hold in Gagne, but Gagne breaks it and locks in a sleeper of his own. The official announcement gets more boos. Lee Marshall then interviews Gagne, who stumbles through his promo before completely forgetting what city he's in, saying he's the Minnesota Vikings, Garvin's the Chicago Bears, and the Vikings just steamrolled the Bears. Fuck you local sports team?

The Verdict

The match is pretty bland, with only a handful of moves, and is pretty much just strikes. The finish is also very lackluster, which was apparently because Garvin had already signed with the WWF and wouldn't lose clean. This is a very skippable match.

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

Match #4: The Lingerie Street Fight Battle Royal

We now move on to the Lingerie Street Fight Battle Royal. This match comes about thanks to another promotion the AWA formed a working relationship with, the Powerful Women of Wrestling (or "POWW", even though that's not how acronyms work.) POWW was the brainchild of David McLane, the founder of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) who had left the promotion with most of the original cast over disagreements with the direction of the product. POWW is pretty much the exact same thing GLOW was, and what McLane's next promotion, Women of Wrestling (WOW) would become. It is literally this man's sole life goal to get campy, cartoonish women's wrestling over. POWW was not long for this world, beginning in 1987 and closing down in 1990. It's such a blink-and-you'll-miss-it promotion that Cagematch.net doesn't even list it as a promotion. For reference, Wrestling Entertainment Series, the wrestling promotion owned by Gzim Selmani & Sunny Dhinsa (Akam & Rezar, the former Authors of Pain/AOP in WWE) that canceled its first show and has yet to run an event (if they ever will) has a page on the site, but not the one that ran for three years and had a partnership with one of the more prominent promotions in America in the 80s. This match is POWW's only real involvement in the card, and it earned a DUD rating from Meltzer.
The rules of the match are eliminations occur by either being tossed over the top rope or by getting stripped. The participants are as follows:
  • Bambi (Selina Majors)
  • Brandi Mae (Amy the Farmer's Daughter from GLOW)
  • Lori Lynn
  • Luna Vachon
  • Malibu (California Doll from GLOW)
  • POWW Champion Nina (Ivory)
  • Peggy Lee Leather
  • Pocahontas
  • And finally...Pali the Syrian Terrorist
Yep...there's a woman in this match named The Syrian Terrorist. That's what we're dealing with here. David McLane has joined the commentary table for this match as all the women brawl. Just off the bat, the camera work in this match is ABYSMAL. It never holds on one thing for more than a second before cutting to something else. Think of the worst of Kevin Dunn and his obsession with quick cuts, but even worse. Commentary doesn't help either, just calling random things regardless of if you can see it. McLane calls Luna hitting a neckbreaker on Pocahontas that happens in the background of what's being shown, yelling "DID YOU SEE THAT NECKBREAKER?!" No...no we didn't. Lee Marshall does, however, mention that the referee is either the luckiest or the unluckiest man in the Chicago right now. That referee is once again, Mike Enos. At one point, Luna hits Bambi with her belt. The match is just complete chaos, you can barely follow it. We finally get an elimination when someone (I have no idea who because there are three or four identical blonde women in this match and they never say who) dumps Lori Lynn out of the ring. Women are tearing each other's clothes up & off, and everybody is just rolling around and not doing any actual wrestling. At one point, Luna & Nina roll around and Nina smacks the back of her head on Pocahontas' knees. She then just rolls out of the ring because her clothes got ripped off. This is hell.
One of the identical blonde women eliminates another blonde woman who they never name before Nina gets dumped out of the ring by someone they never name or show. At one point, Bambi punches Peggy Lee Leather while Pali (not calling her it, not even testing it) chop blocks Brandi Mae, which causes all three women to fall over each other. Even with only five people, the camera work is erratic and terrible. We get the first actual move of the match when Bambi hits a hip toss on Peggy Lee while Brandi Mae & Pali catfight on the other side of the ring. Peggy Lee & Bambi fight in the corner, only to get tipped over the top rope by Pali. It's down to the final three of Pali, Brandi Mae, and Luna. Luna goes to the top rope just to get knocked down and out of the ring by Brandi Mae. Pali rolls out of the ring, running from Brandi Mae and prolonging this nightmare of a match. Pali eventually gets back in the ring, where Brandi Mae starts ripping her clothes off, prompting Pali to very visibly laugh. Pali takes off one of her stockings and chokes Brandi Mae with them. Mercifully, Pali ends the match by dumping Brandi Mae over the top rope before kicking her down for the win.

The Verdict

This shit sucked ASS. I don't think there was a single thing in this match that was done right, whether it be from the sloppy, rough-to-watch action, the horrible unfocused camera work, or the useless commentary. This is barely easier to follow than the 1995 World War 3 match, and that is bad company to be in. This is even a worse women's match than Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell. At least with that, I can follow it. This match is unwatchable.

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

Match #5: Sgt. Slaughter vs Colonel DeBeers

Next up we have the Boot Camp match pitting Sgt. Slaughter against Colonel DeBeers. Slaughter had famously left the WWF in 1984 over disputes regarding Slaughter appearing in a G.I. Joe action figure line (The WWF had a toy deal with LJN while G.I. Joe was owned by Hasbro) and had called the AWA home ever since. DeBeers is a 16-year veteran at this point, and his gimmick is specifically a South African, pro-Aparthied militant. Essentially, his gimmick is that he is extremely racist. So if you've ever played Extreme Warfare Revenge and wondered why "Racist" is a gimmick option, look no further than Colonel DeBeers. Both men have military gimmicks, so what better match for them to face off in than the military-themed Boot Camp match, a no-disqualifications match featuring military gear. Well, the better option might have been for them to not wrestle, as they earned a show-low negative one-star rating from Meltzer. Let's get into this.
DeBeers is out with Diamond Dallas Page as his manager, while Slaughter is the first person I've seen on this show get a televised entrance. DeBeers rushes Slaughter as he gets in the ring, knocking his helmet off his head, but Slaughter takes control with clubbing blows and shots with his riding crop. Slaughter continues beating DeBeers with his crop before knocking him down with a shot, causing DeBeers to land on the helmet, which looks like it really hurt him based on his reaction. DeBeers fights back, hitting Slaughter in the gut with the helmet before stomping him down and throwing him into the corner. DeBeers starts choking Slaughter his belt, eventually grabbing the riding crop and beating him with it. Slaughter fights back with kicks & punches before hitting a snapmare. Slaughter follows up with a stomp and a punch before tossing DeBeers out of the ring. Slaughter follows him out and throws DeBeers into the ring post before going back to punches, but DeBeers takes control by grabbing a rope stanchion post and hitting Slaughter.
DeBeers stomps away at Slaughter before putting on the helmet & headbutting Slaughter in the gut. DeBeers follows up with a running headbutt before DDP picks Slaughter up, holding him in place for another. Slaughter dodges, however, sending DeBeers into DDP off the apron. Slaughter clotheslines DeBeers, knocking the helmet off his head. Slaughter hits DeBeers with the helmet before putting it on himself and hitting four headbutts, the last one knocking DeBeers to the ground with a comedy back bump. Slaughter follows up with a clothesline before locking in the Cobra Clutch. DeBeers fades and the referee calls for the bell, giving Slaughter the win.
As DeBeers passes out, DDP calls for someone from the back, and outcomes Shiek Adnan Al-Kaissey (the future General Adnan in the WWF) to attack Slaughter. Slaughter fights him off, hitting another clothesline before clocking DDP. Slaughter puts Adnan in the Cobra Clutch as DDP calls for another person backstage. DeBeers breaks the hold by hitting Slaughter with the helmet just as the Iron Sheik runs down to the ring. The heels beat down Slaughter, with Sheik hitting him in the head with a spike. Referee Mike Enos (he wasn't even the referee for this match, he just keeps showing up) runs down to try to break it up, only for Sheik to hit him with the spike and toss him out of the ring. Sheik continues spiking Slaughter's forehead before Chavo, Hector, and Mando Guerrero running down to make the save. A bloody Slaughter charges after the heels, chasing them to the back before the Guerreros hold him back. Lee Marshall then interviews Slaughter, saying he'll go to war with anyone for the United States before reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.

The Verdict

I have no idea how Meltzer could give this match a worse rating than the battle royal, let alone a negative rating. I thought this was a pretty fun hardcore match. This is actually going to the top of the list.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

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

Match #6: Wahoo McDaniel vs Manny Fernandez

Following the Boot Camp match, we get a break from the bad matches, as the Samoan Swat Team (Fatu & Samu, the future Headshrinkers in the WWF) retained the WCWA Tag Team Championships against Michael P.S. Hayes & Steve Cox in a fine match. That takes us to the 10th match on the card, an Indian Strap match pitting Wahoo McDaniel against Manny Fernandez, with the winner being the first man to touch the four corners uninterrupted. Wahoo is another longtime veteran of business (26 years) making a run in the AWA at this time, while Fernandez is a former staple of the NWA. This match earned just half a star from Meltzer. Let's get into it.
Before the match, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tatsumi Fujinami from New Japan Pro-Wrestling is in the ring, causing Fernandez to flip out. He says he's chased Fujinami all over Japan before shoving him. This leads to Fujinami holding Fernandez in place, allowing Wahoo to whip him with the strap. Fernandez retreats from the ring before getting back in to put on the strap. The bell rings, and McDaniel quickly starts whipping Fernandez. Fernandez gets some forearm shots in as Wahoo forces him into the corner, but Wahoo keeps control with more whip shots. Wahoo wraps the strap around Fernandez's neck, takes him down to the mat, and starts choking him. Wahoo follows with a chop and more whip shots, but Fernandez cuts him off with a kick to the gut. Fernandez headbutts Wahoo before hitting a big chop and touching the first corner. Wahoo stops him momentarily, but Fernandez keeps control with a front facelock. Fernandez headbutts Wahoo before dropping a knee and wrapping his fist with the strap. Fernandez punches Wahoo multiple times, busting him open.
Fernandez follows up with a chop and a back elbow before trying to drag Wahoo to each corner. Fernandez touches two, but Wahoo fights to stop him. The two trade blows & chops before Wahoo wraps his fist with the strap, punching Fernandez repeatedly and busting him open. Wahoo continues chopping Fernandez, knocking him to the ground before dragging him and touching the first turnbuckle. Wahoo touches the second and the third, but Fernandez recovers and breaks his progress with a low blow. Fernandez follows up with a fist drop before going to the second rope for a diving knee drop. Fernandez drags Wahoo across the ring to touch three corners, but instead of going for the fourth, he climbs to the top rope. I have no idea why he does this, other than that it was the spot. Wahoo yanks Fernandez down to the mat, dropping two elbows on him right after. Wahoo drags Fernandez from corner to corner, touching three before going for the final one. Fernandez tries to hold on, but Wahoo falls back into the fourth for the win.
Fernandez immediately attacks Wahoo after the match, even tossing seemingly the only referee AWA has in Mike Enos out of the ring when he tries to break it up. Fernandez continues beating down Wahoo until Tatsumi Fujinami runs back out to make the save. Fernandez retreats from the ring as Wahoo gets interviewed by Lee Marshall, where he straight up says he wants Manny Fernandez dead and that this feud might get settled "out behind the building" and maybe with a gun in his hand. Arn Anderson takes notes.

The Verdict

This isn't the worst match. It's not super exciting and, honestly, I think the whole "four corners" deal of strap matches is really dumb, but I can't say I thought this was necessarily a bad match. Definitely not deserving of just half a star.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

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

Match #7: The Rock 'n' Roll Express vs The Stud Stable

...a normal tag match...with nothing on the line...is the main event...over the world title unification match...I have no idea why they did this. The Rock 'n' Roll Express are, of course, the legendary tag team of Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson in between runs in the NWA, while the Stud Stable consists of Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden. Fuller is probably better known for his time as a manager, working as Col. Robert Parker in WCW, where he would manage the likes of Sid Vicious & Stunning Steve Austin before forming a new version of the Stud Stable. Among those in the new Stud Stable was Jimmy Golden, who would work as Bunkhouse Buck. Let's finish off SuperClash III once and for all.
Ricky Morton & Jimmy Golden start with a nice little exchange, trading holds on the mat before getting to their feet. Morton puts on a headlock, but Golden fights out, only for Morton to keep control with a shoulder block. Morton follows up with a hip toss, and delivers a second one to Robert Fuller when he runs into the ring. Morton follows up with a dropkick on Fuller, sending him out of the ring as Robert Gibson runs in and whips Golden across the ring. Golden follows his partner out of the ring, where the two argue with the referee, who is MIKE FUCKING ENOS AGAIN! I cannot escape this man on this show.
Back in the ring, Morton puts Golden in the front facelock. Golden powers out and flips Morton over, covering him in the process. Morton kicks out and turns over before hitting an inverted belly-to-back suplex and making the cover. Fuller runs in to break it up with a stomp, but Morton dodges it, causing Fuller to stomp his teammate. Gibson enters the ring and he & Morton throw the Stud Stable into each other in the corner. The heels again regroup outside the ring. Fuller & Gibson each tag in and lock up before doing a criss-cross. The rope running is broken up when Golden catches Gibson with a cheap knee from the apron. Fuller tosses Gibson out of the ring, where the Stud Stable's valet Sylvia hits Gibson with a kendo stick. Fuller brings Gibson back into the ring, where he tags in Golden to hip-toss Gibson. Golden works over Gibson with a waistlock, which Gibson breaks by biting Golden's forehead. The Stud Stable keeps control, however, when Fuller hits Gibson from behind. Golden tosses Gibson out of the ring, where Sylvia hits the ring apron, and occasionally Gibson, with the kendo stick. Fuller tosses Gibson back in the ring, where Golden locks in an abdominal stretch.
Golden tries to follow up with a back body drop, but Gibson kicks him in the face and makes the hot tag to Ricky Morton. Morton runs wild on the Stud Stable, punching away at both Fuller & Golden before Gibson joins the fight. Morton tosses Fuller out of the ring before he & Gibson hit the double dropkick. Morton makes the cover, but Fuller breaks up the fall. And then the match just...ends. Mike Enos counts out something as Gibson & Fuller start brawling outside the ring, and then he calls for the bell. I have no idea why they did this. The Rock 'n' Roll Express chase the Stud Stable to the back. Again, this is what they chose to main event over the world title unification match.

The Verdict

The match itself is pretty fine except for the finish, which makes no sense whatsoever and they never explain why it was a double disqualification. That finish is going to drag the match down.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

  1. Sgt. Slaughter vs Colonel DeBeers-AWA SuperClash III
  2. Tommy Dreamer vs Bully Ray-Victory Road 2011
  3. Corporal Cajun & Lt. Loco vs The Perfect Event-Halloween Havoc 2000
  4. Triple H vs Kevin Nash-TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs 2011
  5. Wrath vs Glacier-World War 3 1998
  6. The Rock's 25th Anniversary Battle Royal-Survivor Series 2021
  7. Wendi Richter & The Top Gunns vs The Diamond Exchange-AWA SuperClash III
  8. Wahoo McDaniel vs Manny Fernandez-AWA SuperClash III
  9. Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
  10. Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
  11. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
  12. Ernest Miller vs Norman Smiley-Fall Brawl 1998
  13. The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
  14. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
  15. Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
  16. Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
  17. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
  18. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
  19. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
  20. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  21. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  22. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  23. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff-WCW Thunder (4/26/2000)
  24. Tyson Fury vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2019
  25. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
  26. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  27. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  28. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  29. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  30. The Rock 'n' Roll Express vs The Stud Stable-AWA SuperClash III
  31. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  32. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  33. General Rection vs Lance Storm & Jim Duggan-Halloween Havoc 2000
  34. Chyna vs Ivory-WrestleMania X-Seven
  35. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
  36. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
  37. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  38. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
  39. Gunner vs Garett Bischoff-Against All Odds 2012
  40. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  41. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
  42. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  43. Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
  44. Glacier vs Wrath-The Great American Bash 1997
  45. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  46. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  47. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  48. Rachel Evers vs Marti Belle-Mae Young Classic (Episode 2)
  49. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
  50. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  51. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-AWA WrestleRock
  52. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
  53. The Undertaker vs King Mabel-In Your House 5: Season's Beatings
  54. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
  55. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  56. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  57. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  58. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
  59. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  60. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
  61. Greg Gagne vs Ron Garvin-AWA SuperClash III
  62. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  63. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
  64. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  65. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
  66. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  67. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  68. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  69. The First Blood DNA Match-Halloween Havoc 2000
  70. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
  71. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
  72. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  73. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
  74. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
  75. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
  76. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
  77. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  78. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  79. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  80. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  81. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
  82. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  83. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
  84. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  85. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  86. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  87. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
  88. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  89. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
  90. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  91. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  92. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
  93. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  94. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
  95. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  96. Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
  97. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
  98. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
  99. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  100. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  101. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  102. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  103. Diesel vs King Mabel-SummerSlam 1995
  104. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
  105. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  106. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
  107. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  108. Goldberg vs KroniK-Halloween Havoc 2000
  109. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  110. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  111. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
  112. Jimmy Valiant vs Wayne Bloom-AWA SuperClash III
  113. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
  114. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
  115. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
  116. Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
  117. Glacier vs Mortis-Slamboree 1997
  118. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
  119. The 1997 World War 3 Match
  120. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
  121. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
  122. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
  123. The 1998 World War 3
  124. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  125. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  126. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  127. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  128. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  129. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
  130. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  131. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  132. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  133. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  134. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  135. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
  136. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  137. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
  138. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  139. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  140. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  141. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  142. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
  143. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  144. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
  145. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  146. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  147. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  148. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
  149. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
  150. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  151. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
  152.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  153. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  154. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  155. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  156. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  157. Mabel vs Savio Vega-King of the Ring 1995
  158. Monty Brown vs Trytan-Destination X 2005
  159. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  160. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  161. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  162. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  163. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  164. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  165. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  166. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  167. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
  168. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  169. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  170. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  171. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  172. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  173. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  174. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
  175. Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
  176. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  177. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
  178. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  179. Mike Sanders vs Ernest Miller-Halloween Havoc 2000
  180. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
  181. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  182. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  183. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  184. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
  185. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
  186. The Countdown to Armageddon Match-WCW Thunder (10/18/2000)
  187. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  188. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  189. Mr. McMahon vs Pat McAfee-WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)
  190. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  191. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  192. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
  193. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  194. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  195. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  196. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  197. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  198. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  199. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  200. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  201. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  202. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  203. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  204. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  205. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  206. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  207. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  208. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
  209. Konnan & Tygress vs Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson-Halloween Havoc 2000
  210. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
  211. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-Living Dangerously 2000
  212. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  213. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  214. Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation-DWA Wrestling Legends Tour 2010 (Day 2)
  215. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  216. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  217. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  218. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
  219. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  220. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
  221. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  222. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
  223. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
  224. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  225. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  226. The 1996 World War 3 Match
  227. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  228. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  229. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  230. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  231. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  232. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  233. The Shark Cage Match-Big Time Wrestling (1976)
  234. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  235. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  236. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  237. The Lingerie Street Fight Battle Royal-AWA SuperClash III
  238. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)
  239. The 1995 World War 3 Match
  240. 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'll be taking adding a match from Pro Wrestling Guerrilla to the series for the first time and looking at the match that seemingly killed women's wrestling in the company for over 12 years Stay tuned.
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2023 at 6:43 PM

    I’m going to Montreal next week for Elimination Chamber and the SmackDown the evening prior. Hopefully I won’t have to offer any suggestions right after a match takes place! My friend and I also have VIP tickets to see the Undertaker face to face backstage prior to his 1DeadMAN show! I’ve met so many wrestlers in my 35 years of fandom but this is going to be something else! Should I ask him what it was like to keep kayfabe for decades in public?

    Was Undertaker vs King Kong Bundy at WM11 or Big Boss Man at WM 15 ever suggested? Especially the latter, as BBM came back on RAW the next night showing no signs of being traumatized after being hung from the Cell.

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    1. CJ BiddleFebruary 10, 2023 at 9:49 PM

      That's definitely a good question for Taker.
      The Taker/Boss Man match is gonna get covered as part of a WrestleMania XV-themed post, but Taker vs Bundy has not been requested yet. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2023 at 9:16 PM

    Can you do Every scott hall match from 2002? His Matches from 2002 are so bad the crowd can hear a pindrop during his matches and his match with Steve Austin is horrible to watch?

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    1. CJ BiddleFebruary 10, 2023 at 9:55 PM

      I can do that. Did you just mean his WWF matches or did you want me to look at his TNA matches from 2002 also? (I'd offer to do his IWA Puerto Rico matches but I'm not sure I can find those anywhere)

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    2. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2023 at 12:26 PM

      Just his matches from wwf

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    3. CJ BiddleFebruary 13, 2023 at 1:20 AM

      Gotcha, it's on the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2023 at 10:16 PM

    Another great review as always man! Yikes on that Lingere Battle Royal though, I'll have to look it up myself just to see how much of an eyesore it was lol.

    My next request is Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious (Starrcade 2000)

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    1. CJ BiddleApril 24, 2023 at 1:16 PM

      Just noticed I never responded to this comment. I've Steiner vs Sid to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  4. FrostFebruary 6, 2023 at 8:35 AM

    Wow, any instance of something in the territory of Jenna Morasca bad is, well, really bad. Also, how wild were the 80s that a promotion had both an Apartheid supporter and a "Syrian Terrorist" on the same card as gimmicks? I am starting my training course to get into the professional wrestling business (no in-ring work for me on the account of far too many concussions) and I know that gimmicks can be just about anything but holy moly those are wild.

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    1. CJ BiddleFebruary 10, 2023 at 10:22 PM

      It's insane. Between those two and the WWF booking Sgt. Slaughter's heel turn in the middle of the Gulf War just a few years later, it was definitely a crazy time for gimmicks.
      Best of luck to you with the training course!

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2023 at 5:18 AM

    Here's a request from the Invasion angle which saw the burial of DDP

    DDP vs Sara Raw August 20 2001

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    1. CJ BiddleFebruary 10, 2023 at 10:43 PM

      I'll add it to the list. I might add DDP & Kanyon vs Taker & Kane at SummerSlam that year and make it a "Burial of DDP" themed post. Thanks for the suggestion!

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    2. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2023 at 11:49 PM

      Yout welcome man!

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2023 at 8:40 AM

    Here's a request from King of the Ring 2002
    Undertaker vs Triple H many say this is the worst match between them

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    1. CJ BiddleFebruary 10, 2023 at 10:59 PM

      I'll add it to the list. Taker & Triple H are usually pretty solid together, so that'll be an interesting one to look at. Thanks for the suggestion!

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    2. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2023 at 11:50 PM

      Indeed HHH/Undertaker do have good chemistry but for some reason in 2002 they didn't.

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2023 at 8:54 AM

    I have a match request from Wrestlemania 19

    Undertaker vs A-Train/Big Show one of the many blemishes on Undertaker's undefeated streak

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2023 at 9:00 AM

      Well at that time undefeated.

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    2. CJ BiddleFebruary 10, 2023 at 11:06 PM

      I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2023 at 10:38 PM

    Here’s a farce of a match that popped in my head. Mean Gene Okerlund against Mark Madden on the August 16, 2000 Thunder. I think Gene-O later admitted it was the worst moment of his career.

    Looking at Pamela Paulshock for the first time was the only redeeming value from this match. Hey! I abandoned the WCW product in late 1998! She made that Kamloops Blazers jersey look hot!

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    1. CJ BiddleFebruary 13, 2023 at 3:18 AM

      I'll add it to the list. I've been pretty vocal about my dislike of Mark Madden so it's only fitting he gets formally added to the series. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2023 at 11:53 PM

    I got a couple of requests from Summerslam 2004 in mind

    John Cena/Booker T and Undertaker/JBL

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    1. CJ BiddleFebruary 13, 2023 at 3:51 AM

      I'll add them to the list. Thanks for the suggestions!

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    2. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2023 at 4:01 AM

      You're welcome it's always a pleasure!

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  10. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2023 at 12:16 AM

    I got a match request from the Great American Bash 2005 PPV

    Batista vs JBL

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    1. CJ BiddleFebruary 16, 2023 at 12:09 PM

      I'll add it to the list. There's a couple of other matches from that show I think I'll take a look at as well. Thanks for the suggestion!

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    2. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2023 at 12:43 PM

      Your welcome man! I have a couple of hunches of what those matches are.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2023 at 10:40 PM

    My next request is The Boogeyman's first and only Wrestlemania match against Booker T/Sharmell

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    1. CJ BiddleFebruary 18, 2023 at 8:37 PM

      I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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