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Worst in the World: The Imitation Game: The Times The Undertaker and Kane Wrestled Themselves

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I mean...do I even need to elaborate? Yes, in the crazy world of the WWE, the company has booked a wrestler to face off with an imposter version of themselves multiple times. Today, I'll be looking at two of those instances, the first featuring The Undertaker, and the second featuring Kane. I'd considered adding a third imposter showdown, the Sin Cara vs Sin Cara match from Hell in a Cell 2011, but to my surprise, that match has fairly solid reviews. I'll cover it if anyone wants me to, but for now, I'm passing. So, let's take a look at these imposter showdowns.

Undertaker vs Undertaker

At the 1994 Royal Rumble, The Undertaker was defeated by Yokozuna in a Casket match, thanks to assistance from 9 other wrestlers. As everyone wheeled the casket to the back, smoke poured out of the casket as Taker appeared on the big screen, saying he'd be reborn and vowing to return. He then turned into a ghost (one that looked a lot like Marty Jannetty) and floated away.
In reality, Taker had a back injury and needed time off. In the meantime, we'd get testimonials from random people claiming to have seen Taker. Fast forward to May that same year, when Ted DiBiase, who had introduced Taker to the WWF back in 1990 as part of his Survivor Series team, announced that he had found Taker and, through the power of money, that he had joined the Million Dollar Corporation.
Taker's manager Paul Bearer refuted this claim, but during an edition of Shawn Michael's Heartbreak Hotel, DiBiase brought out Taker. Siding with DiBiase and the dollar, Taker turned his back on Bearer. Bearer would then claim that DiBiase's Taker was a fraud, and that he had found the real Undertaker. This sets up the match, Undertaker vs Undertaker in the main event of SummerSlam 1994. All in all, it's an incredibly silly angle that, along with the outrageous build, is remembered for the flat match it led to. Dave Meltzer gave it a negative one-star rating, the lowest of the show, and currently sits at a 1.83 out of 10 on Cagematch.net. If there's one positive that came out of this match, it's that the WWF actually got Leslie Nielsen to channel Frank Drebin for several segments to solve this double-taker mystery. You'll never get any complaints from me for adding some Police Squad/Naked Gun humor. Let's take a look.
DiBiase is out first, proclaiming that his Undertaker is the one and only, which brings out his Taker. This Taker, who's donning the grey tie, gloves, and boot covers Taker debuted with in 1990, is portrayed by Brian Lee. Lee's one of those big guys who was ever-present throughout the 90s and early 2000s, bouncing around the major American promotions. Lee's probably best known as Chainz from the Disciples of Apocolypse in the WWF. He was good friends with the real Undertaker, and looking enough like him got him this gig.
Howard Finkel undercuts DiBiase, announcing Bearer's Undertaker as the one and only. Bearer's out first, with two druids wheeling the casket from the Royal Rumble behind him. The druids guide the casket down to the ring and open the lid, revealing...
...smoke. Bearer reaches into the casket and pulls out a giant urn.
Bearer brings the urn into the ring and opens the lid, which releases a beam of light. Lights flash and thunder hits as the gong sounds again. This brings out the real Undertaker, dressed exactly the same as DiBiase's Undertaker only with purple accessories. Bearer & DiBiase remove their respective Undertaker's jackets, ties, and hats before the bell rings. Since we're on to the match, just for the sake of clarity, I'll be referring to the real Undertaker as simply "Taker" while referring to the fake as his commonly used nickname, "The Underfaker."
The two Takers go face to face in the middle of the ring, showing that the real Taker is noticeably taller than the Underfaker.
Underfaker throws the first punch, but Taker catches it and kicks him in the gut. Taker follows up with a palm thrust and whips Underfaker across the ring. Taker goes for a clothesline, but Underfaker ducks it and goes for a shoulder block. Taker doesn't budge. The Underfaker punches Taker twice and goes for an Irish whip, but Taker reverses it. After a drop-down and a leapfrog, Taker hits a big boot followed by a palm strike, sending Underfaker out of the ring. DiBiase hops on the apron, distracting Taker as Underfaker walks towards Bearer. Taker eventually goes after Underfaker, reaching over the ropes and grabbing him by the hair. Taker drags Underfaker onto the apron, headbutting him before suplexing him back into the ring.
The Underfaker sits up, so Taker quickly kicks him before grabbing him by the throat. Taker tosses Underfaker over the top rope and out of the ring, quickly following him out and slamming his head into the ring apron. Taker slides back in the ring and drags Underfaker back onto the apron, but Underfaker turns the tables by yanking Taker's head into the top rope. The Underfaker punches away at Taker before grabbing a wrist lock and going to the top rope for Old School. Taker cuts him off, however, grabbing him by the throat and throwing him down to the mat. Underfaker sits up again, so Taker kicks him in the gut, grabs a wristlock, and climbs to the top rope. The real Taker successfully hits Old School before slamming Underfaker's head into the top turnbuckle.
After another gut kick, Taker tries to whip Underfaker into the ropes. The Underfaker reverses it, however, and lifts Taker up when he rebounds back, dropping him across the top rope with a Stun Gun. The Taker's trade blows before Underfaker hits a clothesline. Taker stays up, but a second clothesline from Underfaker knocks him down. The Underfaker tries to follow up with an elbow drop, but Taker rolls out of the way. Taker follows up with a clothesline before striking Underfaker into the ropes. Taker charges in for a clothesline, but Underfaker ducks, sending Taker tumbling over the top rope and out of the ring. Vince McMahon on commentary says the crowd is "stunned" and "virtually silent", which is the most positive way to say that the crowd is pretty much dead.
The Underfaker follows Taker out and throws him into the ring post. The Underfaker punches Taker across ringside, where he slams Taker's head into the steel steps. The Underfaker crawls back in the ring, with Taker following soon after. The Underfaker punches Taker in the corner, knocking him to the ground. The Underfaker switches to kicks before Taker gets back to his feet, so Underfaker goes back to the punches. Taker fires back with a punch and goes for a clothesline off an Irish whip, but Underfaker ducks it and quickly hits a Chokeslam. After Underfaker just kind of...stands over him for a bit, he goes down to make the cover, but Taker sits up. The Underfaker quickly hits a Tombstone Piledriver and again, just kind of stands over him for a while before going for the pin, but Taker sits up again.
The Underfaker goes for a second Tombstone, but Taker reverses it and hits a leaping Tombstone. Not done, Taker picks Underfaker up and hits a second Tombstone, this time just a standard one. Takrer finally finishes the imposter off, picking the Underfaker up for a third and final Tombstone before making the cover for the three and the win. DiBiase quickly runs away as the druids return to ringside. They open the casket lid, allowing Taker to dump the imposter in. The druids wheel the casket away as Taker & Bearer celebrate in the ring.

The Verdict

An absolute drag. Outside of the finish, there is pretty much nothing worth getting excited over. In between the few actual spots there are, it's all just slow brawling. It's bad, and it's not worth watching.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

  1. The Rock, Hulk Hogan, and Kane vs The nWo-Friday Night SmackDown (3/28/2002)
  2. Steve Austin & Bradshaw vs The Undertaker, Scott Hall, and X-Pac-Monday Night Raw (4/15/2002)
  3. Steve Austin & Bradshaw vs Scott Hall & X-Pac-Monday Night Raw (4/29/2002)
  4. Sgt. Slaughter vs Colonel DeBeers-AWA SuperClash III
  5. The Mexicools vs The Blue World Order-The Great American Bash 2005
  6. The Undertaker vs Kane-Monday Night Raw (2/22/1999)
  7. The Undertaker vs Kane-WrestleMania XX
  8. The Undertaker vs Kane-Survivor Series 1998
  9. The nWo vs Steve Austin & The Rock-Monday Night Raw (3/11/2002)
  10. Jake Roberts vs George Wells-WrestleMania 2
  11. Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart vs D'Lo Brown & Test-WrestleMania XV
  12. Tommy Dreamer vs Bully Ray-Victory Road 2011
  13. Corporal Cajun & Lt. Loco vs The Perfect Event-Halloween Havoc 2000
  14. Melina vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2005
  15. Scott Hall vs Crash Holly-Sunday Night Heat (4/7/2002)
  16. Triple H vs Kevin Nash-TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs 2011
  17. Wrath vs Glacier-World War 3 1998
  18. The Rock's 25th Anniversary Battle Royal-Survivor Series 2021
  19. Hardcore Holly vs Billy Gunn vs Al Snow-WrestleMania XV
  20. Wendi Richter & The Top Gunns vs The Diamond Exchange-AWA SuperClash III
  21. Wahoo McDaniel vs Manny Fernandez-AWA SuperClash III
  22. Booker T vs Buff Bagwell-Monday Night Raw (7/2/2001)
  23. The Undertaker vs Kane-Monday Night Raw (10/19/1998)
  24. Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
  25. Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
  26. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
  27. The Fatal 4-Way Intercontinental Championship Match-WrestleMania XV
  28. Ernest Miller vs Norman Smiley-Fall Brawl 1998
  29. The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
  30. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
  31. Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
  32. Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
  33. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
  34. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
  35. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
  36. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  37. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  38. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  39. Jake Hager vs Wardlow-AEW Dynamite (6/6/2021)
  40. The Boogeyman vs Booker T & Sharmell-WrestleMania 22
  41. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff-WCW Thunder (4/26/2000)
  42. Tyson Fury vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2019
  43. The Texas Tornado vs Dino Bravo-WrestleMania VII
  44. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
  45. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  46. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  47. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  48. Candice LeRae vs Christina Von Eerie-PWG DIO!
  49. The Fabulous Moolah vs Velvet McIntyre-WrestleMania 2
  50. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  51. The Rock 'n' Roll Express vs The Stud Stable-AWA SuperClash III
  52. Ernest Miller vs Disco Inferno-Bash at the Beach 1999
  53. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  54. Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)
  55. Carmella vs Asuka-Money in the Bank 2018
  56. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  57. General Rection vs Lance Storm & Jim Duggan-Halloween Havoc 2000
  58. Chyna vs Ivory-WrestleMania X-Seven
  59. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
  60. The Last Rites Match-Destination X 2007
  61. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
  62. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  63. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
  64. Gunner vs Garett Bischoff-Against All Odds 2012
  65. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  66. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
  67. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  68. Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
  69. The Rock vs Scott Hall-Friday Night SmackDown (3/7/2002)
  70. Legion of Doom vs Power & Glory-WrestleMania VII
  71. Steve Austin & The Big Show vs Scott Hall & X-Pac-Monday Night Raw (4/22/2002)
  72. Corporal Kirchner vs Nikolai Volkoff-WrestleMania 2
  73. Glacier vs Wrath-The Great American Bash 1997
  74. The Mountie vs Tito Santana-WrestleMania VII
  75. Kane vs The Undertaker-Hell in a Cell 2010
  76. Hollywood Hogan vs Randy Savage-Halloween Havoc 1996
  77. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  78. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  79. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  80. Kane vs Triple H-WrestleMania XV
  81. Rachel Evers vs Marti Belle-Mae Young Classic (Episode 2)
  82. Jake Roberts vs Rick Martel-WrestleMania VII
  83. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
  84. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  85. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-AWA WrestleRock
  86. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
  87. The Undertaker vs King Mabel-In Your House 5: Season's Beatings
  88. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
  89. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  90. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  91. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  92. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
  93. Genichiro Tenryu & Koji Kitao vs Demolition-WrestleMania VII
  94. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  95. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
  96. Greg Gagne vs Ron Garvin-AWA SuperClash III
  97. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  98. The Undertaker vs Muhammad Hassan-The Great American Bash 2005
  99. Randy Savage vs George Steele-WrestleMania 2
  100. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
  101. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  102. Paul Orndorff vs The Magnifcent Muraco-WrestleMania 2
  103. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
  104. Earthquake vs Greg Valentine-WrestleMania VII
  105. Scott Hall vs Spike Dudley-Monday Night Raw (3/4/2002)
  106. Rick Steiner vs Van Hammer-Bash at the Beach 1999
  107. Triple H vs Randy Orton-WrestleMania 25
  108. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  109. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  110. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  111. The First Blood DNA Match-Halloween Havoc 2000
  112. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
  113. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
  114. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  115. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
  116. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
  117. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
  118. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
  119. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Deathmatch-AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen (Night 1)
  120. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  121. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  122. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  123. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  124. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
  125. Hulk Hogan vs Sgt. Slaughter-WrestleMania VII
  126. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  127. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
  128. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  129. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  130. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  131. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
  132. Mankind vs Paul Wight-WrestleMania XV
  133. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  134. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
  135. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  136. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  137. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
  138. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  139. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
  140. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  141. New Jack vs Mustafa-Living Dangerously 1999
  142. Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
  143. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
  144. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
  145. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  146. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  147. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  148. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  149. The nWo vs The Rock & Hulk Hogan-Monday Night Raw (3/25/2002)
  150. Steve Austin vs Scott Hall-Monday Night Raw (4/8/2002)
  151. Steve Austin vs Scott Hall-WrestleMania X8
  152. The Rock & Hulk Hogan vs Scott Hall & Kevin Nash-Monday Night Raw (3/18/2002)
  153. Diesel vs King Mabel-SummerSlam 1995
  154. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
  155. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  156. The Undertaker vs Kane-SummerSlam 2000
  157. Scott Hall vs Bradshaw-Backlash 2002
  158. The Undertaker vs The Big Bossman-WrestleMania XV
  159. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
  160. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  161. Goldberg vs KroniK-Halloween Havoc 2000
  162. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  163. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  164. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
  165. Jimmy Valiant vs Wayne Bloom-AWA SuperClash III
  166. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
  167. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
  168. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
  169. Randy Savage & Sid Vicious vs Kevin Nash & Sting-Bash at the Beach 1999
  170. Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
  171. Glacier vs Mortis-Slamboree 1997
  172. Steve Austin, Bradshaw, and Ric Flair vs The nWo-Monday Night Raw (5/6/2002)
  173. The Junkyard Invitational-Bash at the Beach 1999
  174. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
  175. The 1997 World War 3 Match
  176. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
  177. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
  178. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
  179. The 1998 World War 3
  180. Kane vs The Undertaker-Night of Champions 2010
  181. Kane vs The Undertaker-Bragging Rights 2010
  182. The Undertaker vs The Undertaker-SummerSlam 1994
  183. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  184. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  185. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  186. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  187. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  188. David Flair vs Dean Malenko-Bash at the Beach 1999
  189. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
  190. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  191. Carmella vs Asuka-Extreme Rules 2018
  192. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  193. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  194. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  195. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  196. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
  197. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  198. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
  199. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  200. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  201. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  202. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  203. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
  204. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  205. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
  206. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  207. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  208. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  209. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
  210. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
  211. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  212. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
  213.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  214. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  215. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  216. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  217. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  218. Mabel vs Savio Vega-King of the Ring 1995
  219. John Bradshaw Layfield vs Batista-The Great American Bash 2005
  220. Monty Brown vs Trytan-Destination X 2005
  221. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  222. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  223. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  224. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  225. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  226. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  227. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  228. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  229. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
  230. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  231. Abdullah the Butcher vs Zeus-Capitol Sports Promotions 17th Aniversario 1990
  232. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  233. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  234. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  235. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  236. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  237. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
  238. Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
  239. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  240. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
  241. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  242. Adrian Adonis vs Uncle Elmer-WrestleMania 2
  243. Mike Sanders vs Ernest Miller-Halloween Havoc 2000
  244. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
  245. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  246. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  247. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  248. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
  249. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
  250. The Countdown to Armageddon Match-WCW Thunder (10/18/2000)
  251. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. vs Blue Demon Jr.-AAA Triplemanía XXX: Monterrey
  252. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  253. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  254. Mr. McMahon vs Pat McAfee-WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)
  255. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  256. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  257. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
  258. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  259. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  260. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  261. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  262. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  263. Buff Bagwell vs Roddy Piper-Bash at the Beach 1999
  264. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  265. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  266. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  267. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  268. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  269. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  270. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  271. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  272. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  273. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  274. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
  275. Konnan & Tygress vs Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson-Halloween Havoc 2000
  276. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
  277. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-Living Dangerously 2000
  278. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  279. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  280. Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation-DWA Wrestling Legends Tour 2010 (Day 2)
  281. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  282. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  283. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  284. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
  285. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  286. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
  287. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  288. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
  289. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
  290. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  291. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  292. The 1996 World War 3 Match
  293. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  294. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  295. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  296. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  297. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  298. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  299. The Shark Cage Match-Big Time Wrestling (1976)
  300. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  301. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  302. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  303. The Lingerie Street Fight Battle Royal-AWA SuperClash III
  304. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)
  305. The 1995 World War 3 Match
  306. The Reina de Reinas Championship Four-Way-AAA Triplemanía XXV
  307. Butterbean vs Bart Gunn-WrestleMania XV
  308. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-XPW Freefall
  309. Yoshiko vs Act Yasukawa-Stardom Queen's Shout
  310. Mickie Knuckles vs Mike Levy-IWA Mid-South Queen of the Deathmatch 2008

Kane vs Kane

Despite Taker vs Taker being a complete bore, WWE went back to the imposter well almost twelve years later. In 2006, Kane began being haunted by the date May 19th. A voice would come over the arenas' speakers saying the date, and he'd attack anyone who mentioned the date. Kane would reveal that May 19th was the day family was killed in a fire. May 19th also happened to be the date that See No Evil, the not-very-good but still relatively fun slasher film starring Kane was releasing, but I'm sure that was a coincidence. This culminated in Kane being attacked by...Kane. This Kane, who donned Kane's original attire and mask, was then-Deep South Wrestling prospect Drew Hankinson. Hankinson had been in Deep South (a brief WWE developmental territory before the company shifted entirely to Oho Valley Wrestling in 2007) since 2005 as "The Freakin' Deacon" before donning the mask, and is better known as Luke/Doc Gallows, the straight edge follower of CM Punk turned good brother. The two Kanes would face off at Vengeance that year, and like the two Takers' match, it was not well received. Dave Meltzer gave it just half a star, while it currently sits at a 2.90 on Cagematch. Let's take a look.
The two Kanes go face-to-face in the middle of the ring. Imposter Kane tries to set off his ring post fire, but Kane cuts him off with punches. Kane knocks Imposter Kane down to the mat with a clothesline, but the Imposter quickly sits back. Kane quickly uppercuts him and clotheslines him out of the ring, with Imposter Kane landing on his feet. Imposter Kane drags the real Kane out of the ring before clotheslining him to the ground. Imposter Kane rolls Kane back in the ring, where he chokes him in the corner.
The referee forces Imposter Kane to break the choke, allowing Kane to fire back with a punch. The two trade blows before Kane puts the Imposter in a headlock. Imposter Kane is able to power out of it, but the real Kane fires back with a shoulder block, knocking the Imposter down. Kane tries to unmask Imposter Kane, but the Imposter escapes into the ropes, forcing Kane to break. Kane threatens the referee for making him break, allowing Imposter Kane to hit a sidewalk slam. Imposter Kane beats down Kane with the ground and pound before choking him. Sticking with the chokes, Imposter Kane then steps on Kane's neck before choking him against ropes. Imposter Kane follows up with a suplex and falling fist drop before clawing at Kane's face.
Kane fires back with punches and tries to whip Imposter Kane into the corner, but the Imposter reverses it and sends Kane into the corner. The Imposter charges in, but Kane catches him with a boot to the face. Kane charges at him, but Imposter Kane catches him with a scoop slam, which gets a two count. Imposter Kane beats down Kane with punches before locking in a chin lock. The Imposter switches to a headlock, but Kane manages to fight to his feet and ram him into the corner. Kane charges at Imposter Kane, but the Imposter catches him with a back elbow. Imposter Kane goes for a Chokeslam, but Kane responds by sticking his thumb in the Imposter's eye. Kane goes for an Irish whip, but Imposter Kane reverses it and sends Kane into the ropes. Imposter Kane goes for a back body drop, but Kane counters with a jumping DDT.
Kane follows up with a powerslam before tossing Imposter Kane into the corner. Kane strikes away at the Imposter before hitting two corner avalanches. Kane follows up with a sidewalk slam and goes for a Chokeslam, but the Imposter Kane ducks it. Imposter Kane goes for a Chokeslam of his own, but Kane blocks it and uppercuts him. Kane goes for an Irish whip, but Imposter Kane reverses it and catches Kane with a big boot when he bounces back. Imposter Kane goes to the top rope, but Kane uppercuts him to stop him.
Kane hits either the craziest overhead belly-to-belly superplex or the ugliest superplex you'll ever see.
Kane goes for the Chokeslam. Imposter Kane fights out of it with elbows and hits the ropes, but Kane floors him with a big boot. Kane goes to the top rope and goes for the flying clothesline, but Imposter Kane catches him by the throat, hits the Chokeslam, and gets the three. Yeah, Imposter Kane beat the real Kane. The Imposter Kane leaves, and the next night on Raw, the real Kane beats him up, takes his mask (without showing who he is), tosses him out a door, and Imposter Kane is never seen again...what was the point of this?

The Verdict

Significantly better than the Taker vs Taker match, I actually didn't think this was all that bad. Enough actual wrestling to break up the down points, the down points aren't that long. It's not all that good, but it's perfectly serviceable.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

  1. The Rock, Hulk Hogan, and Kane vs The nWo-Friday Night SmackDown (3/28/2002)
  2. Kane vs Kane-Vengeance 2006
  3. Steve Austin & Bradshaw vs The Undertaker, Scott Hall, and X-Pac-Monday Night Raw (4/15/2002)
  4. Steve Austin & Bradshaw vs Scott Hall & X-Pac-Monday Night Raw (4/29/2002)
  5. Sgt. Slaughter vs Colonel DeBeers-AWA SuperClash III
  6. The Mexicools vs The Blue World Order-The Great American Bash 2005
  7. The Undertaker vs Kane-Monday Night Raw (2/22/1999)
  8. The Undertaker vs Kane-WrestleMania XX
  9. The Undertaker vs Kane-Survivor Series 1998
  10. The nWo vs Steve Austin & The Rock-Monday Night Raw (3/11/2002)
  11. Jake Roberts vs George Wells-WrestleMania 2
  12. Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart vs D'Lo Brown & Test-WrestleMania XV
  13. Tommy Dreamer vs Bully Ray-Victory Road 2011
  14. Corporal Cajun & Lt. Loco vs The Perfect Event-Halloween Havoc 2000
  15. Melina vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2005
  16. Scott Hall vs Crash Holly-Sunday Night Heat (4/7/2002)
  17. Triple H vs Kevin Nash-TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs 2011
  18. Wrath vs Glacier-World War 3 1998
  19. The Rock's 25th Anniversary Battle Royal-Survivor Series 2021
  20. Hardcore Holly vs Billy Gunn vs Al Snow-WrestleMania XV
  21. Wendi Richter & The Top Gunns vs The Diamond Exchange-AWA SuperClash III
  22. Wahoo McDaniel vs Manny Fernandez-AWA SuperClash III
  23. Booker T vs Buff Bagwell-Monday Night Raw (7/2/2001)
  24. The Undertaker vs Kane-Monday Night Raw (10/19/1998)
  25. Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
  26. Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
  27. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
  28. The Fatal 4-Way Intercontinental Championship Match-WrestleMania XV
  29. Ernest Miller vs Norman Smiley-Fall Brawl 1998
  30. The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
  31. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
  32. Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
  33. Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
  34. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
  35. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
  36. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
  37. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  38. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  39. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  40. Jake Hager vs Wardlow-AEW Dynamite (6/6/2021)
  41. The Boogeyman vs Booker T & Sharmell-WrestleMania 22
  42. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff-WCW Thunder (4/26/2000)
  43. Tyson Fury vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2019
  44. The Texas Tornado vs Dino Bravo-WrestleMania VII
  45. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
  46. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  47. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  48. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  49. Candice LeRae vs Christina Von Eerie-PWG DIO!
  50. The Fabulous Moolah vs Velvet McIntyre-WrestleMania 2
  51. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  52. The Rock 'n' Roll Express vs The Stud Stable-AWA SuperClash III
  53. Ernest Miller vs Disco Inferno-Bash at the Beach 1999
  54. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  55. Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)
  56. Carmella vs Asuka-Money in the Bank 2018
  57. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  58. General Rection vs Lance Storm & Jim Duggan-Halloween Havoc 2000
  59. Chyna vs Ivory-WrestleMania X-Seven
  60. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
  61. The Last Rites Match-Destination X 2007
  62. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
  63. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  64. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
  65. Gunner vs Garett Bischoff-Against All Odds 2012
  66. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  67. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
  68. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  69. Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
  70. The Rock vs Scott Hall-Friday Night SmackDown (3/7/2002)
  71. Legion of Doom vs Power & Glory-WrestleMania VII
  72. Steve Austin & The Big Show vs Scott Hall & X-Pac-Monday Night Raw (4/22/2002)
  73. Corporal Kirchner vs Nikolai Volkoff-WrestleMania 2
  74. Glacier vs Wrath-The Great American Bash 1997
  75. The Mountie vs Tito Santana-WrestleMania VII
  76. Kane vs The Undertaker-Hell in a Cell 2010
  77. Hollywood Hogan vs Randy Savage-Halloween Havoc 1996
  78. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  79. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  80. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  81. Kane vs Triple H-WrestleMania XV
  82. Rachel Evers vs Marti Belle-Mae Young Classic (Episode 2)
  83. Jake Roberts vs Rick Martel-WrestleMania VII
  84. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
  85. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  86. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-AWA WrestleRock
  87. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
  88. The Undertaker vs King Mabel-In Your House 5: Season's Beatings
  89. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
  90. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  91. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  92. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  93. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
  94. Genichiro Tenryu & Koji Kitao vs Demolition-WrestleMania VII
  95. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  96. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
  97. Greg Gagne vs Ron Garvin-AWA SuperClash III
  98. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  99. The Undertaker vs Muhammad Hassan-The Great American Bash 2005
  100. Randy Savage vs George Steele-WrestleMania 2
  101. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
  102. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  103. Paul Orndorff vs The Magnifcent Muraco-WrestleMania 2
  104. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
  105. Earthquake vs Greg Valentine-WrestleMania VII
  106. Scott Hall vs Spike Dudley-Monday Night Raw (3/4/2002)
  107. Rick Steiner vs Van Hammer-Bash at the Beach 1999
  108. Triple H vs Randy Orton-WrestleMania 25
  109. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  110. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  111. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  112. The First Blood DNA Match-Halloween Havoc 2000
  113. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
  114. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
  115. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  116. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
  117. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
  118. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
  119. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
  120. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Deathmatch-AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen (Night 1)
  121. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  122. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  123. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  124. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  125. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
  126. Hulk Hogan vs Sgt. Slaughter-WrestleMania VII
  127. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  128. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
  129. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  130. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  131. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  132. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
  133. Mankind vs Paul Wight-WrestleMania XV
  134. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  135. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
  136. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  137. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  138. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
  139. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  140. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
  141. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  142. New Jack vs Mustafa-Living Dangerously 1999
  143. Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
  144. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
  145. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
  146. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  147. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  148. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  149. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  150. The nWo vs The Rock & Hulk Hogan-Monday Night Raw (3/25/2002)
  151. Steve Austin vs Scott Hall-Monday Night Raw (4/8/2002)
  152. Steve Austin vs Scott Hall-WrestleMania X8
  153. The Rock & Hulk Hogan vs Scott Hall & Kevin Nash-Monday Night Raw (3/18/2002)
  154. Diesel vs King Mabel-SummerSlam 1995
  155. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
  156. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  157. The Undertaker vs Kane-SummerSlam 2000
  158. Scott Hall vs Bradshaw-Backlash 2002
  159. The Undertaker vs The Big Bossman-WrestleMania XV
  160. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
  161. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  162. Goldberg vs KroniK-Halloween Havoc 2000
  163. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  164. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  165. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
  166. Jimmy Valiant vs Wayne Bloom-AWA SuperClash III
  167. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
  168. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
  169. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
  170. Randy Savage & Sid Vicious vs Kevin Nash & Sting-Bash at the Beach 1999
  171. Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
  172. Glacier vs Mortis-Slamboree 1997
  173. Steve Austin, Bradshaw, and Ric Flair vs The nWo-Monday Night Raw (5/6/2002)
  174. The Junkyard Invitational-Bash at the Beach 1999
  175. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
  176. The 1997 World War 3 Match
  177. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
  178. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
  179. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
  180. The 1998 World War 3
  181. Kane vs The Undertaker-Night of Champions 2010
  182. Kane vs The Undertaker-Bragging Rights 2010
  183. The Undertaker vs The Undertaker-SummerSlam 1994
  184. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  185. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  186. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  187. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  188. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  189. David Flair vs Dean Malenko-Bash at the Beach 1999
  190. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
  191. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  192. Carmella vs Asuka-Extreme Rules 2018
  193. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  194. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  195. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  196. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  197. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
  198. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  199. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
  200. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  201. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  202. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  203. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  204. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
  205. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  206. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
  207. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  208. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  209. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  210. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
  211. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
  212. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  213. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
  214.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  215. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  216. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  217. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  218. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  219. Mabel vs Savio Vega-King of the Ring 1995
  220. John Bradshaw Layfield vs Batista-The Great American Bash 2005
  221. Monty Brown vs Trytan-Destination X 2005
  222. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  223. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  224. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  225. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  226. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  227. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  228. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  229. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  230. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
  231. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  232. Abdullah the Butcher vs Zeus-Capitol Sports Promotions 17th Aniversario 1990
  233. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  234. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  235. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  236. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  237. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  238. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
  239. Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
  240. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  241. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
  242. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  243. Adrian Adonis vs Uncle Elmer-WrestleMania 2
  244. Mike Sanders vs Ernest Miller-Halloween Havoc 2000
  245. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
  246. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  247. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  248. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  249. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
  250. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
  251. The Countdown to Armageddon Match-WCW Thunder (10/18/2000)
  252. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. vs Blue Demon Jr.-AAA Triplemanía XXX: Monterrey
  253. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  254. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  255. Mr. McMahon vs Pat McAfee-WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)
  256. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  257. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  258. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
  259. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  260. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  261. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  262. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  263. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  264. Buff Bagwell vs Roddy Piper-Bash at the Beach 1999
  265. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  266. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  267. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  268. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  269. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  270. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  271. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  272. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  273. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  274. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  275. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
  276. Konnan & Tygress vs Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson-Halloween Havoc 2000
  277. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
  278. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-Living Dangerously 2000
  279. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  280. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  281. Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation-DWA Wrestling Legends Tour 2010 (Day 2)
  282. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  283. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  284. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  285. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
  286. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  287. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
  288. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  289. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
  290. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
  291. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  292. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  293. The 1996 World War 3 Match
  294. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  295. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  296. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  297. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  298. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  299. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  300. The Shark Cage Match-Big Time Wrestling (1976)
  301. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  302. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  303. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  304. The Lingerie Street Fight Battle Royal-AWA SuperClash III
  305. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)
  306. The 1995 World War 3 Match
  307. The Reina de Reinas Championship Four-Way-AAA Triplemanía XXV
  308. Butterbean vs Bart Gunn-WrestleMania XV
  309. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-XPW Freefall
  310. Yoshiko vs Act Yasukawa-Stardom Queen's Shout
  311. Mickie Knuckles vs Mike Levy-IWA Mid-South Queen of the Deathmatch 2008
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  1. AnonymousOctober 29, 2023 at 6:22 PM

    Hey man just so you know you forgot to change Summerslam 1994 to Vengeance 2006 on the Kane vs Kane title.

    For match requests I got some bad matches from Invasion 2001 despite it being a relatively good show!

    Earl Hebner vs Nick Patrick
    APA vs Sean O Haire/Chuck Palumbo
    Raven vs William Regal
    Chris Kanyon/Hugh Morrus/Shawn Stasiak vs Big Show/Billy Gunn/Albert
    Lita/Trish Stratus vs Stacey Keibler/Torrie Wilson

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    1. CJ BiddleOctober 29, 2023 at 7:21 PM

      Totally missed that, thank you!
      Also, I'll add those to the list. Thanks for the suggestions!

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    2. AnonymousOctober 30, 2023 at 12:14 AM

      You're welcome man!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 30, 2023 at 12:25 AM

    NWA Samhain didn't even have the decency to have any worst-of-all-time matches like the previous NWA majors had... I miss Tyrus. There's still some poor content in there.

    Brady Pierce vs. Rush Freeman
    The Southern 6 vs. the Headbangers
    Jax Dane vs. Blake Troop
    Violent J and Brothers of Funstruction vs. Vampiro and La Rebelion
    Blunt Force Trauma vs. Mike Knox and Trevor Murdoch

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    1. CJ BiddleNovember 2, 2023 at 3:57 PM

      I'll add them to the list. Yeah, now that Tyrus is retired, it definitely seems like we're not gonna many genuine disasters from the NWA anymore. Thanks for the suggestions!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 30, 2023 at 1:07 AM

    Here's a couple of bad matches from Royal Rumble 2004, a dissapointingly short cruiserweight title match between Rey Mysterio/Jamie Noble and an pretty bad WWE Title match that killed Hardcore Holly's main event push as he fought Brock Lesnar.

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    1. CJ BiddleNovember 2, 2023 at 3:57 PM

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

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  4. AnonymousOctober 31, 2023 at 10:47 PM

    If Teddy Long was the WWF’s authority figure in 1994, could you imagine telling the fake Undertaker that he was going to book him in a one-on-one match….”with the UNDERTAKER, PLAYAH!”

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  5. Otter EmpireNovember 11, 2023 at 9:26 PM

    I remember sin cara vs. sin cara being a stinker but it's been years since I've watched it. From what I remember it was just them doing each others moves to each other and the crowd chanting BORING

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