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Worst in the World: Trash at the Beach

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Just over a month ago, I briefly covered the massive success the WWF was having in 1999. Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock are at the top of the card. Triple H is on the rise to the main event. Mankind is playing the ultimate likable & respected babyface. Names like the Undertaker, Kane, and the Big Show are all major players. The undercard is stacked with big names like D-Generation X, D'Lo Brown, and Ken Shamrock, rising stars like The Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian, and new signings like Kurt Angle, Chris Jericho, and the Dudley Boyz. The WWF was so red hot in 1999 that even an all-time bad WrestleMania in WrestleMania XV couldn't slow them down. But there was one other factor that made 1999 such a good year for the WWF; the fact that their main competitor, WCW, was beginning to crack.
At the same time the WWF was reaching the highest heights they'd ever reached at that point, WCW was beginning to fall into its worst booking tendencies. Going into the new year, Monday Nitro hadn't won the ratings battle against Monday Night Raw in over two months. Goldberg's World Heavyweight Championship reign & lengthy undefeated streak had been ended by Kevin Nash four days prior to the start of 1999, a move that led to the infamous Fingerpoke of Doom, where Nash would lay down for Hollywood Hogan to give him the title and reform the split nWo, just over a week later on Nitro. From that moment on, WCW had all but officially lost the Monday Night Wars, and the quality of the company as a whole started to dip. It's not quite as bad as 2000 would be, but 1999 is still a rough year for WCW. And the pay-per-view that shows this dip in quality as a whole is Bash at the Beach 1999.
Held in July of 1999, Bash at the Beach is a middle piece of possibly the worst three pay-per-view stretch in wrestling history, as it was preceded by The Great American Bash (which features the match where The Steiner Brothers attack Sting with dogs) and was followed by that year's Road Wild. All of those shows have overall ratings on Cagematch.net below 3/10. Bash at the Beach, however, stands out as the worst of the three with an overall rating of 1.80, the second lowest in WCW history, just above the Great American Bash 2000. Of the eight matches on the card, only two have a rating higher than one star from Dave Meltzer. It did not, however, win Worst Major Wrestling Show in the 1999 Wrestling Observer Awards, as the infamous Heroes of Wrestling pay-per-view would be held three months later and would easily take that award. But if we're setting the bar that low for Bash at the Beach, then there's really no point in having a bar at all. Today, let's take a look at the worst Bash at the Beach 1999 has to offer.
But before I do, just want to point out that the stage for this show is elite.
Between the sand, the wood pattern boardwalk-style ramp, and the bait shop off to the side, I love it. I miss super-extravagant stage designs for pay-per-views.

Match #1: Ernest Miller vs Disco Inferno

The opening match of Bash at the Beach 1999 pits funk against disco, as Ernest "The Cat" Miller with Sonny Onoo in his corner takes on Disco Inferno. Miller's in a weird spot where he's in between gimmicks, as he's still in his karate gear and using his Muhammad Ali-esque attitude, but he's also got his knock-off James Brown song and is dancing. This match came about after Miller & Disco had a dance contest on Nitro two weeks prior, which ended with Miller attacking Disco after the fans cheered him more. I cannot stress enough how vital dancing is to the storyline. It's so integral that, originally, the loser of this match would be banned from dancing anymore, a stipulation that was quickly removed. Honestly, love it, no notes. What people didn't love, however, was this match. Dave Meltzer would rate it a half a star out of five, and currently sits at a 2.58 on Cagematch.net.
Before the match, Miller calls himself the greatest dancer in the world, but is also a bad man who could beat up every redneck in the audience. Miller says they'll be having another dance contest before telling Disco to come out. Disco does come out, prompting Miller to repeat himself and say they're having another dance contest. Miller threatens to get his karate gi and whoop everyone in attendance if they don't vote for him before putting on his ruby slippers. Miller dances, and the crowd boos. Disco dances and the crowd cheers. Miller tries to attack Disco again, but Disco ducks him this time. The bell rings as Disco beats down Miller, striking him into the corner before grabbing Miller's hat and stomping away at it. Disco Irish whips Miller across the ring and into the corner before repeating the spot. Disco sends Miller across the ring a third time, but Miller slides out of the ring this time.
Outside the ring, Miller grabs a mic and says he's gonna call his mama and whoop somebody. Miller's pretty charismatic, but here, he just kind of keeps saying the exact same things over and over again. Miller gets back in the ring and goes for a standing side kick, but Disco dodges. Disco dodges some more kicks before charging Miller and beating him down on the mat. Disco follows up with an inverted Atomic Drop, followed by a standard Atomic Drop. Disco follows up with a clothesline and a cover, which gets a two-count. Disco slaps on a wristlock, but Miller breaks it with a strike to the throat, followed by a side kick. Miller chokes Disco before tossing him out of the ring, where Sonny Onoo kicks him twice as Miller distracts the referee. Onoo lands another kick, this one a jumping kick, before Miller exits the ring. Miller throws Disco into the guardrail and tries to whip him into another one, but Disco reverses it and sends Miller into the rail.
Disco stomps away at Miller before tossing him back in the ring, but Miller regains control with a blatant low blow that the referee only admonishes him for. Miller goes back to choking before striking away at Disco in the corner. Miller whips Disco into the ropes, but Disco bounces back and sunset flips Miller into a pin attempt. Miller kicks out and quickly floors Disco with a side kick. Miller hot dogs before making the cover, playing up to the crowd for so long that Bobby Heenan gives him, the heel, grief over it on commentary. Disco kicks out, prompting Miller to hit a bodyslam. Miller goes a People's Elbow-type of move, running & hitting the ropes before dropping down for a chop, but Disco moves and Miller slams his hand on the mat. Disco quickly bites that hand before running wild, striking away at Miller before hitting a back elbow and a body slam. Disco goes to the second rope, hits a diving elbow drop, and makes the cover, but Miller kicks out at two. Miller tries to respond with a slam, but Disco slips out and hits a Russian leg sweep, which gets a two-count.
Miller cuts off Disco's momentum with a side kick and a cover, but Disco kicks out at two. Disco tries to respond with the Chart Buster (the Stunner), but Miller blocks it and hits another side kick, with Disco kicking out of another pin attempt. Ernest Miller really does not have a diverse move set. It's either kicks or pretty much nothing. Disco fires back with an elbow to the back and strikes Miller into the corner, but Miller is able to create space by raking Disco's eyes. Miller tries to slip one of his ruby slippers on (presumably to kick Disco) while Onoo distracts the referee, but Disco stops him, stomping his un-covered foot before hitting Miller with the shoe. Disco makes the cover, but Onoo's distraction gives Miller enough time to kick out. Disco takes out Onoo with a Chart Buster into the top rope, but Miller takes the opportunity to slip the shoe on. Miller lands a roundhouse kick, makes the cover, and gets the three for the win.

The Verdict

A very basic match that isn't all that interesting. Miller's very limited in what he can actually do in the ring, and when Disco Inferno is the worker in the match, you can't really expect anything all that good. Far from the worst match I've ever seen, but not one I'd watch again.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

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

Match #2: Rick Steiner vs Van Hammer

Following the opener, the second match on the card saw World Television Champion Rick Steiner defend the title against Van Hammer. This match came about after Van Hammer, who was on a winning streak, asked WCW President Ric Flair for a title shot...and he got it. This match earned a DUD (zero stars) rating from Dave Meltzer, and is too short to get ratings on Cagematch. The last Van Hammer match I reviewed devolved into a trainwreck in record time. Is he any better almost eight years later? Let's find out.
Before the match, Steiner cuts a promo, saying, and these are his exact words, "Me and Big Poppa Pump and the DFG" can do whatever they want. If I'm right that "DFG" is just short for Dog Faced Gremlin (nothing else comes up when I look it up except Rick Steiner) then I guess incoherent promos just run in the family. Must've skipped a generation with Bron Breakker. Van Hammer comes out, prompting Tony Schiavone to say that he's one of the hottest young stars in wrestling. That is a lie. The two lock up, with Steiner forcing Hammer into the corner. Steiner beats on Hammer and goes for a clothesline, but Hammer ducks it and hits a clothesline of his own. Hammer follows up with a forearm and a big boot that sends Steiner tumbling out of the ring. When Steiner gets back in the ring, Hammer hits a vertical suplex for a one count. Steiner fires back with strikes, beating down Hammer before choking him in the ropes.
Steiner tosses Hammer out of the ring, following him out and tossing him into the guard rail. Steiner pulls the ringside mats away before hitting a DDT on the concrete. Steiner makes the cover even though this isn't a falls count anywhere match, and punches the referee Mickie Jay when he gets out of the ring to yell at him. No disqualification for that because who cares, the company is dying. I don't know if this is what they were going for, but Van Hammer does respond with a low blow, which I think Mickie Jay pretends to not see as payback for Steiner hitting him. I'll accept that. The two roll back in the ring, where Hammer whips Steiner into a corner and hits a clothesline, but Steiner simply punches him to the ground. Steiner follows up with an elbow drop and makes the cover, but Van Hammer kicks out at two. Steiner starts crossface striking Hammer and clawing at his eyes before tossing him back out of the ring. Hammer takes the opportunity to grab a chair and, when Steiner follows him out, hits him over the head. Again, no disqualification.
Hammer throws Steiner back into the ring before going to the top rope and hitting a nice diving clothesline, which only gets a two-count. Hammer tries to follow up with a powerslam, only for Steiner to start biting him. And I know he's probably biting him in the stomach, but from the angle we see it at, there's a good portion of this where it looks like Steiner is biting Hammer directly on the penis. I swear, go watch the end of the match for yourself. It's insane. After the biting, Steiner low blows Hammer before kicking him in the dick. None of these are disqualifications, which means we've had four low blows on the night so far that have been seen by the referee that haven't caused a disqualification. Just absurd. Steiner follows up with a clothesline before going to the top rope. As Hammer gets to his feet, Steiner hits the diving bulldog for the three and the win to retain his title.

The Verdict

There are a couple of nice spots, but overall, another pretty bland match. A bland match that also has a shockingly bad enforcement of the kayfabe rules. That really took me out of the match, and it's getting knocked down a couple of spots because of it.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

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

Match #3: David Flair vs Dean Malenko

Moving onto the third match on the card, we have United States Champion David Flair defending the title against Dean Malenko, which means yes, you can add Dean Malenko to the list of all-time great in-ring wrestlers who now have a singles match featured in the Worst in the World. The match came about because Ric Flair's gone mad with power. After winning the position of WCW President from Eric Bischoff on the Nitro after Starrcade 1998, WCW was free of a tyrannical heel authority figure for two whole months before Flair started abusing his power, which led to the break-up of the Four Horsemen, which featured Dean Malenko. But that wasn't all it led to, because with great power, comes great nepotism.
One of Flair's corrupt acts as president was to strip Scott Steiner of the United States title (Steiner was legitimately injured) and award it to none other than David Flair, his own son. Keep in mind that this was the same son that turned on him at SuperBrawl IX two months prior, and then just randomly made up with, but I digress. Nepo babies (famous people who benefit from nepotism, namely their famous parents) have become a recurring topic on this blog lately, and David Flair is about as good of an example of a nepo baby as you can get. As the son of Ric Flair, David was featured pretty prominently in the two years he was in WCW, despite the fact that, to put it bluntly, he just wasn't any good. Granted, this storyline pretty explicitly paints nepotism as a bad thing, as Flair would abuse his power and have his entourage (namely his Vice President Roddy Piper and Arn Anderson) make sure David kept the title. He defends the title here against Malenko, who had formed The Revolution with Shane Douglas, Perry Saturn, and fellow ex-Horseman Chris Benoit. But even with a fantastic wrestler like Malenko as his opponent, this David Flair match comes up short, as it earned a show-low negative one-star rating from Dave Meltzer, and is too short to get a rating on Cagematch.
David Flair comes down to the ring with his father's entrance music and members of that aforementioned entourage, with Torrie Wilson on his arm and the elder Flair, Arn Anderson, crooked referee "Little Naitch" Charles Robinson, and WCW's not-at-all subtle Chyna knock-off Asya behind him. The bell rings and Ric immediately calls David over to give him advice. Malenko & David then circle the ring for over 15 seconds before locking up, with Malenko immediately throwing David to the ground. That's followed by another twenty seconds of the two circling the ring before we get another lock-up. Malenko quickly puts David in a headlock before smoothly transitioning & taking him down with a drop-toe hold. Another 15 seconds of circling go by before Malenko goes for another lock-up. David ducks it and grabs a waistlock, but Malenko quickly fights out. This is again followed by 15 seconds of circling and Malenko yelling at Ric at ringside. I get that David's pretty new to wrestling at this point (he'd only debuted in January 1999) and that him being in this position is thanks to nepotism, but man is not enjoyable. It's so blatant how much they're masking how inexperienced and not ready David is to be wrestling at all, let alone on a pay-per-view.
David shoves Malenko, prompting Malenko to rush him into the corner. Malenko stomps away at David in the corner before whipping him across the ring and hitting an avalanche. Malenko follows up with a suplex and goes to lock in the Cloverleaf, only for Ric to run in. Malenko quickly takes him out with a punch and locks in the Cloverleaf, only for Arn Anderson to run in and attack the referee Johnny Boone. Anderson hits Boone with the spinebuster before Charles Robinson runs in and rips his referee shirt off. Malenko punches Anderson as Asya gets in the ring, only to quickly get kicked & bodyslammed by Malenko. Malenko puts her in the Cloverleaf as Ric grabs the United States title. Ric hits Malenko with the title before dragging David over Malenko. Robinson counts the pin, giving David the win.

The Verdict

A complete farce in the just worst way possible. Again, I understand David not really earning the title and only being in the position he's in because of his dad is kind of the point, but I really don't need to see this on a pay-per-view. People paid money for this. This was a complete waste of time and a complete waste of a wrestler like Malenko.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

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

Match #4: A Literal Garbage Match

We're gonna skip over the fourth match on the card, an eight-man elimination tag match between the No Limit Soldiers and the West Texas Rednecks. It doesn't exactly have the worst reviews, and while the whole feud between these two groups was a big backfire for WCW, I don't know if it's bad enough for this series. If someone wants me to take a look at it, I definitely will, but for now, I'm passing over it. That brings us to the fifth match on the card, the infamous Junkyard Invitational, which was a challenge laid out by Hak (The Sandman in a brief WCW stint) for a hardcore brawl in a junkyard, and the winner being the first man to escape said junkyard. "Trash at the Beach" was not just an obvious pun name for this post, there was an actual match on the show that heavily involved garbage. With the rise in popularity of ECW in the mid-to-late 90s, it was only fitting that the WWF and WCW would start to incorporate hardcore wrestling into their products. The WWF, for the most part, succeeded in that venture. WCW did not. In fact, the WCW hardcore division is generally an afterthought throughout the history of the company. The Junkyard Invitational is probably the most well-known moment from this hardcore division, and that is not a good thing. While it doesn't seem Dave Meltzer rated this match, it currently holds a 1.06 rating on Cagematch. This match has also gone down infamy due to how many people were legitimately injured during the match. I'll talk about those when I come across them, but for now, onto the match.
The participants (who are not told to us beforehand) are as follows:
  • Brian Knobbs
  • Ciclope (Halloween)
  • Dave Taylor
  • Fit Finlay
  • Hak
  • Horace (Hogan)
  • Hugh Morrus
  • Jerry Flynn
  • Johnny Grunge of Public Enemy
  • La Parka
  • Mikey Whipwreck
  • Rocco Rock of Public Enemy
  • Silver King
  • Steven Regal
The referee blows an air horn to start the match, and immediately it's chaos. Everyone just kind of runs around and throws stuff at people. Jerry Flynn walks around with a car bumper and doesn't hit anybody for a while. The Public Enemy team up to push a car over...not on anyone or towards anyway...just cause. This was Public Enemy's first appearance back in WCW after they were run out of the WWF by the APA, and that's how they returned. Brian Knobbs tosses someone Silver King into a stack of tires. The two fight & climb onto the wall of cars, while Jerry Flynn grabs a wire and touches the car with it. Nothing happens. He pulls away and goes to touch it again, and there's an explosion before he touches it. Knobbs & Silver King sell that explosion for about 15 seconds before they're already up & fighting again. Silver King punches Knobbs, causing him to fall onto the roof of a van. Silver King goes for a senton bomb, but Knobbs rolls out of the way and he crashes onto the roof.
On the ground, Steven Regal chokes Horace, while Fit Finlay hits La Parka with a bumper. Everyone's trading weapons shot while Hak sells something that we did not see. Most of the people in this match are dressed the exact same, and they use that overhead shot so many times that there are moments in the match where you can't really tell what's happening, and everything just kind of blurs together. Johnny Grunge bodyslams Mikey Whipwreck on the roof for the van. Hugh Morrus lays Finlay across the hood of a car and tries to hit an elbow drop, but Finlay dodges it. Finlay hits Morrus with something before Knobbs hits him with a trashcan. Jimmy Hart is also here, decked out in a hard hat. I think he's rooting for Hugh Morrus. Regal drops an elbow on Whipwreck laid out on a card hood, while Knobbs hits La Parka across the back with a bumper. Finlay then hits Knobbs with a trashcan before he & Flynn brawl off-screen. La Parka beats Knobbs with a pipe before we pan to see Flynn on the ground and Finlay holding a trash can. I hate this so much.
Morrus whips Rocco Rock into the side of the van before laying him across the hood of a car. He goes for another elbow drop and succeeds this time. A bunch of people brawl into a pile so Ciclope can dive off the wall of cars. What does Ciclope get from doing that big spot? Not being focused on by the camera, him never being named on commentary, Tony Schiavone wondering aloud who did the dive, and Bobby Heenan replying "Who knows? Who cares?" What a pittance. Hak, who was part of the pile and takes the brunt of the dive, is the only one who really stays down off it. Hak would leave this match with a separated shoulder and a neck injury, and while I can't be 100% sure, I'd say that this is where it happens. Those injuries would keep him sidelined for the remainder of his time in WCW, as he was released two months later. I'd say it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to fire someone known for hardcore wrestling when you're trying to start a hardcore division, but I don't think WCW really cared about their hardcore division all that much, so I digress
Morrus stomps away at someone under a car door, only for him to get blasted by Finlay with a trash can lid. Jerry Flynn & Silver King also hit people with lids before Horace tosses Rocco Rock into a car windshield. Silver King then hits Rocco with a bumper, while Knobbs dodges an entire row of car seats tossed by La Parka. Both men toss trash at each other before La Parka lands a shot with a chair. Meanwhile, Morrus tosses Silver King into the wall of cars before throwing him into a windshield. Here's where we get our next injury, as Silver King cuts his shoulder on the glass, an injury that apparently required 60 stitches. Finlay hits Knobbs & La Park with a trash can lid. Knobbs tries to fight back with a plastic crate, but Finlay fends him off before Dave Taylor hits him with what I think are two hubcaps. I think Ciclope whips Grunge into a detached car hood before Taylor beats him with his hubcaps. Meanwhile, Morrus rams Mikey Whipwreck's head into the wall of cars. Again, not sure if this is where it happens, but Mikey Whipwreck also leaves this match injured, as he suffers a concussion. But here's one where I definitely know someone gets hurt. After Whipwreck lays out on the car with the broken windshield's hood, Morrus dives at him. Whipwreck dodges and crashes into the broken windshield, where he cuts his hand and requires stitches. That one windshield has injured two people in this match.
More random brawling. I would just like to point out that nobody is really trying to escape and win the match, everyone is just brawling. What the fuck are we doing here. Knobbs puts a tire over Taylor's head and punches him a bunch, only for La Parka to run over and attack him. Bobby Heenan says it doesn't get any better than this. He is lying. More random brawling as Rocco & Horace are the first people to go anywhere near the exit, which is a chainlink fence they need to climb over. Rocco throws Horace into the fence and starts to climb over, but Horace is able to pull him down and stop him. Meanwhile, Silver King's side is just covered in blood as he beats down Knobbs. Hak has taken refuge on a car seat, but him being horribly injured doesn't mean he's safe from Finlay jabbing him with a car differential. Even more random brawling before a bunch of people gang up on Taylor. Hak, even though he can't lift his right arm, manages to brawl with Finlay over to a car in front of a car crusher, where he stuffs him in the trunk. Hak calls for a completely random forklift driver to lift up the car. I assume he's forklift certified, but if WCW is willing to have a match in a real junkyard where people could (and would) get seriously hurt, I wouldn't put it past them to just have some random guy manning it. Finlay gets out of the trunk before the car is lifted into the crusher, which crushes the car and causes a random explosion. In the chaos, Finlay kicks over a flaming trash can, which causes a car to explode, before climbing over the fence to win the match.

The Verdict

An absolute mess. Granted, I found this a lot more tolerable than all of the World War 3 matches. At least with this match, you're not trying to focus on three things at once. But even then, this match is pretty unenjoyable chaos It is all just brawling with very little selling and a complete lack of direction. Genuinely, it doesn't even feel like half the people in the match are trying to win the match. Add on just how legitimately dangerous & irresponsible this match was for WCW to have in a real junkyard, and you get an unpleasant watch.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

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

Match #5: The Other Horrible Roddy Piper Boxing Match

We're going to skip over the sixth match on the card, a genuinely solid 3-on-2 handicap match between the Jersey Triad (Diamond Dallas Page, Kanyon, and Bam Bam Bigelow) and Chris Benoit & Perry Saturn for the Tag Team Championships. Side note; those five are really the MVPs of this terrible stretch of pay-per-views. That brings us to the seventh match. Two weeks ago, I did a multi-match post looking at several matches from WrestleMania.That post did not include the infamous boxing match between Roddy Piper and Mr. T, as I had already covered it. Well, turns out I can't escape terrible Roddy Piper boxing matches, because almost 13 years later, WCW decided to put Piper in another boxing match, that being his match with Buff Bagwell. After Bagwell had inadvertently cost Piper a match against Ric Flair at the Great American Bash with the WCW Presidency on the line, Piper turned heel and joined Flair & Arn Anderson to beat down Bagwell. That led to Flair appointing Piper as his Vice President, and set up this boxing match. This match earned a quarter-star rating from Meltzer, and has an atrocious show-low 0.50 rating on Cagematch, which puts it in the Flop 50 worst-rated matches on the site, currently tied for 18th worst. That Cagematch rating is actually worse than Piper's match with Mr. T (albeit with fewer total votes.) Let's see if this match managed to fall short of even the lowest expectations.
Before the match, Michael Buffer introduces the referee for this match, legendary boxing referee turned court show judge Mills Lane. Piper's out first in his wrestling gear sans kneepads (which makes him look infinitely more naked, as established by V1 from OSW Review) with Ric Flair by his side, while Buff comes out in custom boxing gear. Buff then grabs the mic and says he's got his own corner person...his mother Judy Bagwell, who trips coming down to ringside. Flair then takes the mic and tells Buff to walk away, but Buff stands his ground. Lane reads out the rules of the fight before the bell rings. Piper lands the majority of punches to start, but Buff lands a few of his own. Piper eventually punches Buff into the corner. Buff fights back, landing the majority of punches before a big right sends Piper stumbling into the corner. The two trade punches, with Bagwell staggering Piper with another significant blow. But it's Piper who gets the first knockdown, albeit in a dirty way, when he steps on Bagwell's foot as he hits a big right. Buff quickly stands up and answers the count. There's 35 seconds left in the first round as the two trade blows. Buff takes control with 10 seconds left, landing a right hook that causes Piper to stumble into the ropes. The two wrap up as the round ends, with Piper getting a cheap headbutt after the fact. Both men go back to their corners, where Flair sprays a foreign substance on Piper's gloves while Lane isn't looking.
Round 2 starts with Piper landing punches, which quickly starts to blind Buff. Piper continues to land blows until Lane steps in. Lane demands to see Piper's gloves while Piper keeps them behind his back, Flair seems to forget he needs to have a towel in his hands to wipe the gloves, Piper shows the gloves before they've been wiped for half a second, Lane just goes with it, and Flair wipes the gloves after the spot. Jesus fucking Christ. With Buff blind, Piper lays into him, with Buff going down to one knee. Piper continues punching Buff, forcing Lane to step in and allowing Judy to wipe Buff's eyes. Piper keeps control, with Buff flailing blindly before Piper lands a right hook that knocks Buff down. Buff gets to his feet again, but Piper quickly punches him into the corner. Buff turns the tables and starts laying into Piper in the corner, knocking him down. Piper answers the count before the second round ends. Before the bell rings for the next round, Piper gets a few shots in, so they just ring the bell and start the third round cause that's totally how boxing works.
Also totally how boxing works, Judy Bagwell hops up on the ring apron and bites Piper's ear. Judy then grabs a bucket from Buff's corner and dumps it on Piper's head. None of this gets a DQ or ends the match, by the way. Buff knocks Piper down with a punch and fends off Flair when he gets on the apron before climbing to the second rope...in a boxing match. Buff dives and hits the Buff Blockbuster n Piper...in a boxing match. Buff makes the cover...in a boxing match. Mills Lane counts the pin...in a boxing match. Buff wins...Jesus...

The Verdict

What was the point of all this? Why would they bother making this a boxing match if they were just gonna flagrantly throw out the rules of boxing when they wanted to. Genuinely, you could've just had them have a singles match and achieved the same result. This is just as bad of a worked boxing match as the Piper-Mr. T match, with neither man really throwing convincing punches. But say what you will about Piper vs Mr. T, at least that match committed to the gimmick. You can't even say that about this match. Even the spots that seem easy like Flair & Piper cheating don't end up right. It's a terrible showing all around.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

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

Match #6: Nash & Sting vs Savage & Vicious

And so, we've reached our sixth and final match of this post; the main event pitting Kevin Nash & Sting against Randy Savage & Sid Vicious, with Nash's World Heavyweight Championship on the line for whoever scores the winning pinfall. After Nash won the title from Diamond Dallas Page at Slamboree, he would enter into a feud with Savage and his Team Madness stable which included his valet & real-life girlfriend Gorgeous George, Madusa, and Miss Madness (the future Molly Holly.) A major part of this feud featured the women of Team Madness luring a detrimentally horny Nash into a limousine, which was a trap set by Savage. Savage would drive the limo into position for a white Hummer to T-bone it and injure Nash. BUT WHO WAS DRIVING THE HUMMER!?...Don't worry about it. In what has become one of wrestling's more infamous unsolved mysteries, the identity of the driver was never revealed. WCW would present some suspects (even Sting, which they implied through him being behind the wheel of a black Hummer cause it's the same car, I guess?) but there was never an actual answer. This is all pre-Vince Russo, by the way, so you can't even point the blame at him for this.
So, how long was Nash out of action after this attempted vehicular manslaughter?...Six days. He missed one episode of Thunder and that was it (technically he missed an episode of WCW Saturday Night, but you know damn well he wasn't working those anyway.) Nash was all good in time to defend his title at the Great American Bash against Savage. That match ended in a disqualification when Sid Vicious returned to WCW for the first time since 1993, attacking Nash and joining Team Madness. Sting would enter the storyline when he saved Nash from a two-on-one beatdown from Savage & Vicious, but Nash still didn't trust him. Nash would retaliate against Savage by straight-up kidnapping Gorgeous George, which led to a paranoid Savage mistreating her (this includes the now infamous "SEND FOR THE MAN" bit from Botchamania), and then Nash opted to add the stipulation that anybody, including Sting, could win the belt in this match because he hasn't looked dumb enough in the last month. All this for a match that got a show-low negative one-star rating from Meltzer and a 1.27 rating on Cagematch. Let's take a look.
Savage & Vicious come down to the ring with the rest of Team Madness in tow. Sting & Savage start the match as the bell rings, only for Gorgeous George to walk over to Nash & Sting's side of the ring before they make contact. Savage flips out and goes to confront Nash, only for Sting to follow him out and punch him. Sting tosses Savage into a guard rail before tossing him back in the ring, where he floors Savage with a punch. Sting continues striking Savage before hitting an inverted Atomic Drop. Savage is able to tag out, however, and brings in Sid. Sid & Sting circle the ring for 25 seconds before locking up. Sid gains the advantage, clubbing Sting to the ground before going for a clothesline, but Sting ducks and hits a crossbody. Sting repeatedly rams Sid's head into the mat before clotheslining him out of the ring. Sid quickly gets back in and the two go for another lock-up, with Sid gaining advantage again with a knee to the gut. Sid punches Sting into the corner before whipping him across the ring. Sid goes for a corner avalanche, but Sting dodges him and kicks him into the corner. Sting tries to whip Sid to the opposite corner, but Sid reverses it, sending Sting into the corner before flooring him with a clothesline.
Savage tags in and floors Sting with a punch. Savage chokes Sting before distracting the referee (I think it's Nick Patrick), allowing Madusa to get some cheap shots in. Savage hits another punch before tagging Sid back in. Savage holds Sting in place for Sid to kick. Sid locks in a rear chinlock, only for Nash to run in and break up the hold with a punch. Savage just gets in the ring without a tag and starts punching Sting, so I guess he's the legal man now. Savage spits at Nash before choking Sting in the corner. Savage then distracts the referee again as Sid chokes Sting. Sting fights back and the two trade blows, with Sting getting the better of the exchange. Sting floors Savage with punches & kicks before hitting a dropkick. Sting forcefully tags in Nash, who fends off Savage & Sid with punches before hitting a sidewalk slam on Sid. Nash knees Savage in the corner before whipping him to the opposite corner and hitting a clothesline. Nash chokes Savage with his boot before dragging him to his team's corner. Nash elbows Savage in the corner before telling both of his opponents to suck it, hitting another elbow, and tagging in Sting.
Sting rakes Savage's eyes before kicking him to the ground. Savage rolls out of the ring, so Sting follows him out and tosses him into the guard rail. Sting throws him into the rail a second time and goes for the Stinger Splash into the rail, a move that never connects. It does not connect, with Savage moving and Sting crashing into the rail himself. Savage goes back into the ring and distracts the referee again so Sid can pick up Sting & drop him onto the rail. Savage keeps distracting the ref while Madusa & Miss Madness shove Sting into the ring post. Savage drags Sting back into the ring and chokes him. This leads to more distracting by Savage while Miss Madness chokes Sting. Savage takes some cheap shots at Nash while Sid gets in the ring. Again, the referee just lets this happen and Sid is the legal man now without a tag. Why even bother with a referee if they're just going to ignore the rules?
Sid hits a bodyslam before going back to the chinlock. Sting starts to fade and the referee lifts his arm and drops it, but Sting keeps it up o the third drop. Sting fights to his feet and out of the chinlock before ducking a clothesline and flooring Sid with a shoulder block. The collusion dazes Sting, however, and he falls & headbutts Sid directly in the penis. Both men tag out and Nash runs wild, hitting a big boot on Savage before punching Sid into the corner. Nash does the same to Savage in a different corner before kneeing Sid and hitting a sidewalk slam. Nash hits another big boot on Savage before going for the Jackknife Powerbomb on Sid, but Savage quickly stops him. Sting runs in to fend off both men, only for Madusa & Miss Madness to run in and attack him. This does not get anyone disqualified because the rules genuinely don't matter on this show one bit.
Sting no sells their attacks and smacks their heads together before hitting the Stinger Splash on Sid in the corner. Sting hits two more on Madusa & Miss Madness as Savage & Nash fight in another corner, putting them in position for Sting to complete the quadfecta and hit another Stinger Splash. Sid recovered, however, and hits a chokeslam on Sting before kicking him out of the ring. Nash dumps Sid onto the apron as Gorgeous George gets up on the apron. The referee is distracted by Sid as Nash goes to hit the Jackknife on Savage, only for George to run in and low blow Nash...except she apparently does it so lightly that Nash doesn't react to it, so she quickly does it again. Nash crumbles to the mat as Savage goes to the top rope. Sid hits a bodyslam, putting him in place for Savage to hit the elbow drop for the three, the win, and the title.

The Verdict

Another complete mess. The match itself is primarily a punch-kick affair that doesn't have any kind of structure rules-wise. Again, if everyone's just allowed to cheat in front of the referee, then why does anybody bother cheating behind the referee's back. It completely takes you out of the match. It's far from the worst match I've ever seen, but it's still not worth watching.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

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

    Atleast wrestling copanies learned after this that wrestling and boxing are a terrible mix since there hasn't been a boxing match since.

    Here's the match from The Bash which saw Dolph Ziggler has the difficult task of his career as he attempts to get a watchable match out of the Great Khali.

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    1. CJ BiddleMay 21, 2023 at 3:30 PM

      Yeah, at least in WWE, it seems like they've definitely learned their lesson since the other times they've brought in boxers (Floyd Mayweather and Tyson Fury) they just had them wrestle and not try to work a boxing match.
      Also, I'll add Ziggler vs Khali to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  2. AnonymousMay 15, 2023 at 3:51 AM

    Here's a couple of matches from Extreme Rules 2010
    JTG vs Shad Gaspard
    Beth Phoenix vs Michelle McCool

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    1. CJ BiddleMay 21, 2023 at 3:37 PM

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

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  3. AnonymousMay 16, 2023 at 2:16 AM

    Here's a match from one of WWE's best PPV's: Money in the Bank 2011
    Kelly Kelly vs Brie Bella

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    1. CJ BiddleMay 21, 2023 at 3:37 PM

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

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  4. AnonymousMay 17, 2023 at 9:09 AM

    Here's match request from TNA Sacrifice 2012
    Eric Young vs Crimson

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    1. CJ BiddleMay 21, 2023 at 3:37 PM

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

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  5. AnonymousMay 18, 2023 at 2:20 AM

    Recently a promotion called ISPW released the "Rock 'n Wrestling" event on IWTV. Thought it was a pretty crappy nostalgia show and you could have some fun with the matches on there.

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    1. CJ BiddleMay 21, 2023 at 3:42 PM

      I'll take a look at it. Genuinely didn't know a couple of the people on that show still wrestled (specifically, guys like Snitsky and Val Venis.) Thanks for the suggestion!

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  6. AnonymousMay 19, 2023 at 8:13 AM

    Here's a match request that's a 6 women tag match that was the debut match of the future Mrs. Bray Wyatt: JoJo

    JoJo/Eva Marie/Natalya vs Aksana/Alicia Fox/Rosa Mendes Raw Oct 7 2013

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    1. CJ BiddleMay 21, 2023 at 3:47 PM

      I'll add it to the list. That match had to have been some kind of rib on Eva Marie, because it was plainly apparent she was not ready to wrestle whatsoever. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  7. AnonymousMay 19, 2023 at 5:27 PM

    Starrcade 1997 is arguably the most overhyped PPV that failed to deliver what it’s audience wanted. The main event is already listed, but three other matches are good candidates. The penultimate match between Larry Zbyszko and Eric Bischoff for control of Nitro. Also Goldberg vs Mongo McMichael as well as Buff Bagwell vs Lex Luger were both stinkers. So that’s three more suggestions on what was supposed to be WCW’s biggest show of all time. Who knows how the Monday Night Wars would have turned out if the company booked the show in proper fashion.

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    1. CJ BiddleMay 21, 2023 at 4:12 PM

      I'll add them to the list. Starrcade '97 might not have been any kind of "nail in the coffin" for the company like the Fingerpoke of Doom or Arquette winning the world title, but it's definitely a show that suggests that they weren't gonna be able to crush the WWF for too long. Thanks for the suggestions!

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  8. AnonymousMay 21, 2023 at 3:50 AM

    On the most recent edition of AAA TripleMania there was a candidate for a red ranking match in Chessman vs Vampiro. A literal Alzheimer's sufferer not only wrestling, but getting kicked in the head. If you wanted you could also go into detail about the background of this match, how it was supposed to be Chessman against an influencer and that fell through because of, among other things, aptitude test cheating and sexual assault. Vampiro was the BACKUP.

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    1. CJ BiddleMay 21, 2023 at 4:14 PM

      I'll add it to the list. I heard about Chessman-Vampiro not being good, but I had no idea about everything before it. I'll take a look at it. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  9. AnonymousMay 21, 2023 at 7:37 AM

    Here's a few matches from the PPV that had the greatest 6 man tag team match in history:Elimination Chamber 2014

    Titus O Neal vs Darren Young
    AJ Lee vs Cameron
    Batista vs Alberto Del Rio

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    1. CJ BiddleMay 21, 2023 at 4:18 PM

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

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  10. AnonymousMay 22, 2023 at 7:13 AM

    Here's the 1st match between the Rhodes Brothers before AEW showed WWE how to do it right.
    Goldust vs Stardust Fastlane 2015

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    1. CJ BiddleMay 22, 2023 at 11:48 PM

      That one's already on the list, but thanks for the suggestion!

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  11. AnonymousMay 24, 2023 at 9:41 AM

    Here's a filler match that somehow made it on a PPV during the Road to Wrestlemania in 2016!
    Curtis Axel vs R Truth Fastlane 2016

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    1. CJ BiddleJune 25, 2023 at 1:40 PM

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

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  12. AnonymousMay 24, 2023 at 11:01 AM

    Would you like to hear my ideal booking for the Uncle Howdy storyline where once a week I look at each month the storyline has been in and offer my hindsight on how it could of worked. If you say yes I'll start off with October and the next week I'll start off on November.

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  13. AnonymousMay 25, 2023 at 11:08 AM

    Holy Crap! I’m six days late on this suggestion! May 19th is Kane’s annual triggering day! I was the guy who made the Starrcade request and I wondered if anyone suggested the infamous Kane vs Kane match? It took place at Vengeance in June 2006.

    You could actually do a multi-match special on the show since most people seem to have forgotten about this PPV. I’ll give you a painful reminder about four other candidates on the list.

    HBK and HHH burying the Spirit Squad
    John Cena vs Sabu Extreme Lumberjack Match
    Ric Flair vs Mick Foley 2 of 3 falls
    Umaga vs Eugene (who’s accompanied by Doink, Kamala and Hacksaw Jim Duggan)

    Maybe you could put this candidate on your voter list somewhere in March or April next year.

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    1. AnonymousMay 25, 2023 at 12:46 PM

      Or better yet, since May 19, 2024 takes place on a Sunday, maybe you could break from your new voting routine for one week and do a special on that event? What do you think?

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    2. CJ BiddleJune 25, 2023 at 1:43 PM

      I'll add those to the list. I like the idea of doing this one for May 19th next year. Thanks for the suggestions!

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  14. AnonymousMay 25, 2023 at 2:56 PM

    24 years ago yesterday, David Flair wrestled El Dandy on WCW Monday Nitro. An amazing technical wrestler against a man who looks like he's never seen a ring in his entire life. It's sub-2 minutes so you could make a multi-match feature of David Flair's early Nitro matches, which aren't any better (e.g. vs. Sgt Buddy Lee Parker, vs. Erik Watts, vs. Meng, and him getting a title shot against Kevin Nash)

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    1. CJ BiddleJune 25, 2023 at 1:46 PM

      I actually saw a clip of that match on TikTok a while back. It was rough, and I'll definitely take a look at some of his early Nitro matches. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  15. FrostMay 28, 2023 at 9:02 PM

    Bing Bong it is Frost again. Seems like people aren't exactly too happy with that Adam Cole vs Chris Jericho match at DoN. I did not order the PPV so I did not watch it, but apparently there was a referee stoppage even though it was an unsanctioned match? Seems like a candidate to me.

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    1. CJ BiddleJune 25, 2023 at 1:49 PM

      I'll take a look at it. I didn't get a chance to watch Double or Nothing, so I was surprised to see how bad the Cagematch rating was (3.70, the worst of Cole's career.) Thanks for the suggestion!

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  16. AnonymousMay 29, 2023 at 2:48 AM

    Here's a multi match PPV post idea: Battleground 2017
    Shinsuke Nakamura vs Baron Corbin
    Womens Fatal 5 way
    AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens
    John Cena vs Rusev
    Mike Kanellis vs Sami Zayn

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    1. CJ BiddleJune 25, 2023 at 1:49 PM

      I'll take a look at them. Thanks for the suggestions!

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  17. AnonymousMay 29, 2023 at 3:00 AM

    Here's a TLC 2019 rematch from Monday Night Raw Nov 16 2020
    Bray Wyatt vs The Miz

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    1. CJ BiddleJune 25, 2023 at 1:50 PM

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

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  18. AnonymousMay 30, 2023 at 2:00 AM

    Here's a match where Kofimania ran into undiluted filler
    Kofi Kingston vs The Bar Fastlane 2019

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    1. CJ BiddleJune 25, 2023 at 1:50 PM

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

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  19. AnonymousMay 31, 2023 at 8:43 AM

    Here's a match that only proved it wasn't the end of an era and lead Shawn Michaels to unretiring to main event an awful Saudi Arabia show

    Undertaker vs Triple H Super Showdown 2018

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    1. CJ BiddleJune 25, 2023 at 1:51 PM

      That's one I've wanted to take a look at for a while. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  20. AnonymousJune 5, 2023 at 10:22 PM

    Here's a match from one of the worst rivalries of 2021
    Charlotte Flair vs Lacey Evans Raw Feb 8 2021

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    1. CJ BiddleJune 25, 2023 at 2:01 PM

      I'll add it to the list. I might have to do a whole multi-match post looking at Charlotte & Lacey's bad matches (there's a six-woman tag their both in that's actually in the Cagematch's Flop 50) since I've got their match from June 2019 on the list already. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  21. AnonymousJune 7, 2023 at 8:21 AM

    Well here is the first ever match request for Prime Time Wrestling in the year of 1988 which saw the show taking place in France.
    Andre the Giant vs Junkyard Dog (Prime Time Wrestling Nov 8th 1988)

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    1. CJ BiddleJune 25, 2023 at 2:01 PM

      I'll take a look at it. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  22. AnonymousJune 9, 2023 at 9:31 AM

    I got a couple of stinkers from Wrestlemania 38 that are just tag team matches.
    Usos vs Shinsuke Nakamura/Rick Boogs (although I blame the injury for how the match ended up the way it did)
    Brawling Brutes vs The New Day

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    1. CJ BiddleJune 25, 2023 at 2:02 PM

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

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