It's October 1996, and WCW is thriving. With the New World Order forming three months prior at Bash at the Beach, the now-Hollywood Hulk Hogan reclaiming the WCW World Heavyweight Championship and spray painting "nWo" on it the following month at Hog Wild, and Sting walking out on WCW the following month at Fall Brawl, the product is unbelievably hot. So much so that Monday Nitro was 17 weeks deep into their legendary 83-week winning streak in the ratings battle with the WWF's Monday Night Raw. This storyline was hitting, and WCW was looking to continue that hot streak with the main event of Halloween Havoc, with Hogan defending his World Heavyweight Championship against his former tag partner and longtime rival Randy Savage. Would this match create another iconic, memorable moment like the previous three pay-per-views?...Not really.
This match, the first time Hogan and Savage would face off in a singles match since the WWF's "The Main Event III" in 1990, is a whole just kind of forgettable. Maybe it's because the follow-up angle featuring the debut of Roddy Piper kind of overshadows it, but it's entirely possible that the match just isn't good. Hogan was never really known as a great in-rig worker, and Savage is kind of past his prime at this point in his career. Granted, this match doesn't have terrible reviews, as it earned a one-star rating from Dave Meltzer and currently sits at 5.16 out of 10 on Cagematch.net. Let's take a look.
Before the match. Hollywood Hogan is standing in the crowd, with his fellow nWo-members The Giant, Ted DiBiase, and Vincent (Virgil.) It's here that we first see that Hogan's long blonde skullet is gone, and instead, he's got short, spikey hair.This will come back for a really funny reason. Hogan says he's just finished filming for the movie 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain before plugging Santa with Muscles. Both of those movies are terrible...just saying. He says he got tired of body-slamming Hollywood, so he's come back to bodyslam a "lost, lovesick puppy" in Randy Savage. The nWo's music hits as Hogan & company walk through the crowd. Michael Buffer's doing the ring announcing, during which somebody hits Savage's music way too early. Savage is out next, during which he signals for a "Macho Man" themed monster truck to come out from the back.What is with this company and monster trucks? Whatever, as long they don't have a sumo match with it, WCW could have 500 monster trucks on the show for all I care.
Referee Randy Anderson tells the Giant and DiBiase to leave, which Savage agrees with. Anderson even threatens to give Savage the win & the title by forfeit. The Giant ends up heading to the back, while DiBiase pulls out a contract that presumably allows him to be out there. The match starts with a good 25 seconds of circling the ring. This isn't broken up by action, it instead leads to Hogan leaving the ring and yelling at fans. In a moment that's hard to explain, Savage sits on the ropes to challenge to get back in the ring, and Anderson starts counting him out for sitting on the ropes. What? After Hogan's been out of the ring for 30 seconds, Anderson starts counting him out. It's legitimately a minute before Hogan gets back in the ring. A minute of just Hogan walking around ringside while Savage yells at him. Once he gets back in the ring, Savage goes for a lock-up, but Hogan quickly ducks through the ropes, forcing Anderson to get between them. Hogan hasn't even taken off his sunglasses. We are two minutes into the match and they have done NOTHING. It another 20 seconds of circling before the two finally lock up, with Hogan putting Savage in a headlock. After a bit, Savage is able to power out and throw Hogan into the ropes. Hogan keeps control, however, by flooring Savage with a shoulder block. Hogan hits the ropes again, but Savage goes under him. Hogan quickly dips out of the ring before Savage can get any offense in.
This time, Savage follows him out. Hogan slides back in the ring, so Savage follows him back in. This leads to the two staring each other down and teasing a test of strength spot. By the time they finally lock hands, it's been nearly two minutes since Hogan rolled out of the ring. Four minutes and they have done a HEADLOCK AND A SHOULDER BLOCK. This is sucks so bad. The test of strength is quickly broken up by Hogan kicking Savage in the gut. Hogan follows up with a double axe handle to the back, knocking Savage down. Hogan continues striking away at Savage before rubbing his face into the mat.
Savage stumbles into the corner, where Hogan punches him in the face. Hogan continues working over Savage, throwing his head into the top turnbuckle before chopping him. Hogan follows up by whipping Savage into the ropes, hitting him with a clothesline when he bounces back. Hogan follows up with a double-throat strike and a kick, the latter knocking Savage down. Hogan continues striking away at Savage before whipping Savage across the ring. Hogan goes for a clothesline, but Savage ducks it and punches away at Hogan.
Savage staggers Hogan before going to the top rope and hitting a diving double axe handle. Savage takes Hogan's sunglasses and puts them on. Hogan pleads with Savage, but Savage just kicks him. Savage grabs him by the hair and punches him to the ground, ripping off Hogan's wig. Savage mocks him by putting the wig on himself.
Furious, Hogan charges at Savage, but Savage ducks and sends him into the corner. Savage punches away at Hogan, eventually punching him right out of the ring. Hogan starts to leave up the entranceway, but Savage charges after him and knocks him down. Savage stuffs Hogan's wig in his mouth before throwing him into the guard rail. Savage drags Hogan back to ringside, where he throws him into the ring post. Savage then grabs a chair and hits Hogan in the head, which is not a DQ, I guess. Or maybe it is, because Savage tries to hit Hogan again, only Randy Anderson reaches over and grabs the chair out of his hands. So either it's against the rules and Savage should've been DQ'd for the first hit, or it's legal and Anderson took the chair just cause.
The interjection allows Hogan to hit Savage from behind, knocking him down. Hogan takes the chair and hits Savage, which also doesn't get him DQ'd because who knows. Hogan throws Savage into the ring post before hitting him with the chair again, though this time DiBiase distracted Anderson. Hogan follows up by dropping Savage crotch first on the guard rail, which brings out Miss Elizabeth, who comes down to ringside. Hogan throws Savage back in the ring, where he chokes him against the mat. Hogan yells at Elizabeth, but that allows Savage to roll him up for a two-count. Hogan quickly pounces on him and punches him. Savage pulls Hogan's tights down, showing his ass for some reason, but Hogan stops him with an eye rake.
Hogan stays on the offensive, punching and stomping Savage. He again yells at Elizabeth, which allows Savage to hit him from behind. Savage lays into him with punches before clotheslining out of the ring. Savage quickly follows him out and chases him around ringside, Hogan pleading the entire time. Hogan eventually reaches for Elizabeth, using her as a human shield. This allows Hogan to get back in the ring. Savage follows him, but Hogan floors him with a shoulder block. Hogan hits the ropes, but Savage drops down before scooping Hogan up and hitting a body slam. Savage follows up with a knee to the back, sending Hogan out of the ring.
Hogan drags Savage out right after and goes for a punch, but Savage blocks it and lays into him with punches of his own. Savage chases Hogan around ringside, only for Hogan to again use Elizabeth as a human shield. This time, Hogan throws Elizabeth into Savage, allowing him to floor Savage with a shoulder block. Hogan throws Savage back in the ring, where he hits a big boot. Hogan plays up to the crowd as Elizabeth runs into the ring to check on Savage. Hogan goes for the leg drop, but stops when he sees Elizabeth. Hogan chastises Elizabeth in the corner before going for the leg drop, but Savage rolls out of the way.
DiBiase hands Hogan a foreign object and Hogan tries to hit Savage, only for Elizabeth to rip it out of his hands. Anderson checks on Savage as Hogan goes for a clothesline, only for Savage to duck, causing Anderson to take the hit. Hogan ends up clotheslining Savage from behind as DiBiase rips the object out of Elizabeth's hands. Suddenly, two referees, Mark Curus the not-yet-officially-but-totally-is-secretly-an-nWo member Nick Patrick, in a neck brace, runs down to attend to Anderson. Meanwhile, Hogan punches away at Savage before going for a back body drop. Savage counters with a kick, however, and body slams Hogan before going to the top rope. Mark Curtis helps Anderson to the back while Nick Patrick gets in the ring, just as Savage hits the diving elbow.
Savage makes the cover and Nick Patrick begins to count, only to stop because his neck hurts. Savage shoves Patrick to the ground and rips off his neckbrace and his shirt (not sure why for the latter) as DiBiase hands the object to Hogan again. Hogan tries to hit Savage, but Savage blocks it and punches him, knocking the object out of Hogan's hand. Savage grabs it and hits Hogan, knocking him down. Savage goes back to the top rope for another elbow drop, only for DiBiase to climb on the apron and grab his ankle. Savage drops down to ringside and grabs DiBiase, only for The Giant to run out from the back. The Giant quickly grabs Savage and throws him into the guard rail. The Giant follows up with a chokeslam on the ground before tossing him back in the ring. The Giant gets in the ring and lays Hogan over Savage, as Nick Patrick recovers and counts the pin, giving the win to Hogan.
After the bell rings, The Giant heads to the back, returning soon after with a bowl of ice water. The Giant spills half of it getting in the ring before pouring it over Hogan, waking him up. As Savage is helped to the back, Hogan cuts a promo, calling himself the King of Hollywood before saying that he's taking over WCW. Hogan & The Giant celebrate, only for familiar bagpipes to start playing. This brings out Roddy Piper. Considering this doesn't really have anything to do with the match, that it's EIGHT MINUTES long, and that it's so long that the show just cuts out before it's even over, I'm gonna bow out here.
The Verdict
You know, four minutes into this match, I was already sick of this match. Almost nothing but theatrics and blatant stalling. I was dreading having to watch another 14 minutes. Thankfully, the match gets a lot better and overall, it's pretty passable. It's still pretty basic and overbooked like crazy, but it's far from the worst match I've ever seen.
The Rankings (Best to Worst)
- The Rock, Hulk Hogan, and Kane vs The nWo-Friday Night SmackDown (3/28/2002)
- Steve Austin & Bradshaw vs The Undertaker, Scott Hall, and X-Pac-Monday Night Raw (4/15/2002)
- Steve Austin & Bradshaw vs Scott Hall & X-Pac-Monday Night Raw (4/29/2002)
- Sgt. Slaughter vs Colonel DeBeers-AWA SuperClash III
- The Mexicools vs The Blue World Order-The Great American Bash 2005
- The nWo vs Steve Austin & The Rock-Monday Night Raw (3/11/2002)
- Jake Roberts vs George Wells-WrestleMania 2
- Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart vs D'Lo Brown & Test-WrestleMania XV
- Tommy Dreamer vs Bully Ray-Victory Road 2011
- Corporal Cajun & Lt. Loco vs The Perfect Event-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Melina vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2005
- Scott Hall vs Crash Holly-Sunday Night Heat (4/7/2002)
- Triple H vs Kevin Nash-TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs 2011
- Wrath vs Glacier-World War 3 1998
- The Rock's 25th Anniversary Battle Royal-Survivor Series 2021
- Hardcore Holly vs Billy Gunn vs Al Snow-WrestleMania XV
- Wendi Richter & The Top Gunns vs The Diamond Exchange-AWA SuperClash III
- Wahoo McDaniel vs Manny Fernandez-AWA SuperClash III
- Booker T vs Buff Bagwell-Monday Night Raw (7/2/2001)
- Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
- Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
- Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
- The Fatal 4-Way Intercontinental Championship Match-WrestleMania XV
- Ernest Miller vs Norman Smiley-Fall Brawl 1998
- The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
- Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
- Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
- Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
- The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
- The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
- Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
- Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
- Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
- T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
- Jake Hager vs Wardlow-AEW Dynamite (6/6/2021)
- The Boogeyman vs Booker T & Sharmell-WrestleMania 22
- David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff-WCW Thunder (4/26/2000)
- Tyson Fury vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2019
- The Texas Tornado vs Dino Bravo-WrestleMania VII
- The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
- Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
- Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
- Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
- Candice LeRae vs Christina Von Eerie-PWG DIO!
- The Fabulous Moolah vs Velvet McIntyre-WrestleMania 2
- Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
- The Rock 'n' Roll Express vs The Stud Stable-AWA SuperClash III
- Ernest Miller vs Disco Inferno-Bash at the Beach 1999
- Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
- Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)
- Carmella vs Asuka-Money in the Bank 2018
- Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
- General Rection vs Lance Storm & Jim Duggan-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Chyna vs Ivory-WrestleMania X-Seven
- Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
- The Last Rites Match-Destination X 2007
- Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
- The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
- The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
- Gunner vs Garett Bischoff-Against All Odds 2012
- Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
- EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
- The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
- Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
- The Rock vs Scott Hall-Friday Night SmackDown (3/7/2002)
- Legion of Doom vs Power & Glory-WrestleMania VII
- Steve Austin & The Big Show vs Scott Hall & X-Pac-Monday Night Raw (4/22/2002)
- Corporal Kirchner vs Nikolai Volkoff-WrestleMania 2
- Glacier vs Wrath-The Great American Bash 1997
- The Mountie vs Tito Santana-WrestleMania VII
- Hollywood Hogan vs Randy Savage-Halloween Havoc 1996
- The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
- Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
- ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
- Kane vs Triple H-WrestleMania XV
- Rachel Evers vs Marti Belle-Mae Young Classic (Episode 2)
- Jake Roberts vs Rick Martel-WrestleMania VII
- Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
- Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
- Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-AWA WrestleRock
- The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
- The Undertaker vs King Mabel-In Your House 5: Season's Beatings
- Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
- Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
- Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
- Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
- The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
- Genichiro Tenryu & Koji Kitao vs Demolition-WrestleMania VII
- Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
- The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
- Greg Gagne vs Ron Garvin-AWA SuperClash III
- Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
- The Undertaker vs Muhammad Hassan-The Great American Bash 2005
- Randy Savage vs George Steele-WrestleMania 2
- The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
- The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
- Paul Orndorff vs The Magnifcent Muraco-WrestleMania 2
- Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
- Earthquake vs Greg Valentine-WrestleMania VII
- Scott Hall vs Spike Dudley-Monday Night Raw (3/4/2002)
- Rick Steiner vs Van Hammer-Bash at the Beach 1999
- Triple H vs Randy Orton-WrestleMania 25
- Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
- Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
- Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
- The First Blood DNA Match-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
- Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
- Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
- Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
- The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
- Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
- The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Deathmatch-AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen (Night 1)
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
- Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
- Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
- Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
- Hulk Hogan vs Sgt. Slaughter-WrestleMania VII
- Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
- El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
- Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
- Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
- Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
- The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
- Mankind vs Paul Wight-WrestleMania XV
- Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
- Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
- Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
- Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
- Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
- Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
- Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
- Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
- New Jack vs Mustafa-Living Dangerously 1999
- Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
- The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
- British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
- Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
- Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
- Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
- Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
- The nWo vs The Rock & Hulk Hogan-Monday Night Raw (3/25/2002)
- Steve Austin vs Scott Hall-Monday Night Raw (4/8/2002)
- Steve Austin vs Scott Hall-WrestleMania X8
- The Rock & Hulk Hogan vs Scott Hall & Kevin Nash-Monday Night Raw (3/18/2002)
- Diesel vs King Mabel-SummerSlam 1995
- Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
- Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
- Scott Hall vs Bradshaw-Backlash 2002
- The Undertaker vs The Big Bossman-WrestleMania XV
- Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
- Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
- Goldberg vs KroniK-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
- The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
- Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
- Jimmy Valiant vs Wayne Bloom-AWA SuperClash III
- Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
- Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
- Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
- Randy Savage & Sid Vicious vs Kevin Nash & Sting-Bash at the Beach 1999
- Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
- Glacier vs Mortis-Slamboree 1997
- Steve Austin, Bradshaw, and Ric Flair vs The nWo-Monday Night Raw (5/6/2002)
- The Junkyard Invitational-Bash at the Beach 1999
- Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
- The 1997 World War 3 Match
- The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
- Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
- Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
- The 1998 World War 3
- The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
- Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
- Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
- Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
- Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
- David Flair vs Dean Malenko-Bash at the Beach 1999
- The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
- The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
- Carmella vs Asuka-Extreme Rules 2018
- Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
- D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
- Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
- Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
- Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
- Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
- Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
- Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
- Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
- Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
- Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
- Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
- Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
- Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
- PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
- Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
- Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
- The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
- Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
- Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
- Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
- Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
- Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
- Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
- King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
- Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
- Mabel vs Savio Vega-King of the Ring 1995
- John Bradshaw Layfield vs Batista-The Great American Bash 2005
- Monty Brown vs Trytan-Destination X 2005
- The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
- The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
- The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
- AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
- Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
- Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
- Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
- The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
- Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
- Abdullah the Butcher vs Zeus-Capitol Sports Promotions 17th Aniversario 1990
- Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
- David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
- The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
- Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
- The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
- Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
- Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
- The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
- Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
- Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
- Adrian Adonis vs Uncle Elmer-WrestleMania 2
- Mike Sanders vs Ernest Miller-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
- Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
- Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
- Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
- Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
- Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
- The Countdown to Armageddon Match-WCW Thunder (10/18/2000)
- Rayo de Jalisco Jr. vs Blue Demon Jr.-AAA TriplemanÃa XXX: Monterrey
- Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
- Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
- Mr. McMahon vs Pat McAfee-WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)
- Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
- Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
- Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
- Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
- The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
- The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
- The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
- Buff Bagwell vs Roddy Piper-Bash at the Beach 1999
- Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
- Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
- The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
- The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
- Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
- Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
- WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
- Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
- Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
- Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
- Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
- Konnan & Tygress vs Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson-Halloween Havoc 2000
- The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
- New Jack vs Vic Grimes-Living Dangerously 2000
- The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
- Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
- Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation-DWA Wrestling Legends Tour 2010 (Day 2)
- Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
- Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
- The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
- "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
- Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
- Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
- Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
- Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
- The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
- Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
- Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
- The 1996 World War 3 Match
- Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
- Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
- The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
- James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
- John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
- Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
- The Shark Cage Match-Big Time Wrestling (1976)
- Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
- Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
- Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
- The Lingerie Street Fight Battle Royal-AWA SuperClash III
- Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)
- The 1995 World War 3 Match
- The Reina de Reinas Championship Four-Way-AAA TriplemanÃa XXV
- Butterbean vs Bart Gunn-WrestleMania XV
- New Jack vs Vic Grimes-XPW Freefall
- Yoshiko vs Act Yasukawa-Stardom Queen's Shout
- Mickie Knuckles vs Mike Levy-IWA Mid-South Queen of the Deathmatch 2008
Thanks for reading! Be sure to share if you enjoyed and leave any suggestions for matches you'd like to see covered on the Worst in the World in the comments. Next week, I'll be doing a multi-match post where I'll look at seven matches between The Undertaker and Kane. A classic rivalry that has mostly produced bad matches. Stay tuned...
Here's a ppv which saw Stone Cold getting run over by a car, the debut of Kurt Angle, The Big Show winning the WWE Title after squashing mid carders and a whole lot of Attitude Era nothingness
ReplyDelete(Survivor Series 1999)
Kurt Angle vs Shawn Stasiak
Kane vs X Pac
Big Show vs Big Bossman/Prince Albert/Mideon/Viscera
Chyna vs Chris Jericho
New Age Outlaws vs Mankind/Al Snow
I'll add these to the list. Thanks for the suggestions!
DeleteI think a look at the match Goldust had with a very, very drunk Steven Regal (on the November 2, 1998 RAW) is worth a look. Depressing.
ReplyDeleteI''ll have to take a look at that. Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteI don’t have a request this week, but if someone were to ever look at an old Coliseum VHS tape (eg. "The Best of The WWF Volume #) and decide one match would qualify for the list, would you consider it? thehistoryofwwe.com website is a great historical resource for Prime Time, SuperStars and Wrestling Challenge taping results and they indicate any matches recorded that were later released on VHS and/or DVD.
ReplyDeleteBTW, during Piper's rant on Hogan at the end of the show, he referred to the Giant as "Sprout"! That's a reference to the Green Giant Vegetable company which introduced a little mascot of the same name. Ironically, the mascot was introduced in 1972, the same year that Paul Wight was born. It's also a back-handed slap to The Giant's original WCW storyline where he was portrayed as Andre the Giant's son, hence the "Green Giant - Sprout connection".
I absolutely would cover it! Sorry I missed your earlier comment on the previous post, but yes, WWF home releases are totally matches I'd cover.
DeleteThe reason for the Macho Man monster truck is that believe it or not WCW actually did plan to do another Monster Truck Sumo Match for this feud, but determined the feud was too serious for that. A NWO-ified version of Hogan’s truck from the previous year actually appears on Nitro during the build.
ReplyDeleteOh god, I knew about the nWo truck, but I had no idea they thought about doing a second Sumo match with them. Thankfully they passed on that
DeleteHere's a match request that came from the 2000 Royal Rumble PPV!
ReplyDeleteNew Age Outlaws vs The Acolytes
I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!
Deletehere is a match request from unforgiven 2003
ReplyDeleteJim ross and Jerry Lawler vs Al Snow and Jonathan Coachman
I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteHere's a match from Raw where it extended the never ending feud of El Torito/Hornswoggle and the crowd crapping on it with "This is Stupid!" chants.
ReplyDeleteEl Torito vs Mini-Gator (Raw Oct 6 2014)
I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteHere's a match which saw the WWE womens title was defended in a Gravy Bowl Invitational!
ReplyDeleteTrish Stratus vs Stacey Keibler (Smackdown Nov/22/2001)
I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!
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