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Worst in the World: John Cena vs The Miz: A Feud That Never Worked

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While it was happening, a frequent topic of discussion in the Internet wrestling community was WWE's frequent booking of John Cena vs Randy Orton. Whether it be their first initial pay-per-view trilogy in 2007 and 2008, their lengthy feud in 2009, or their 2013-14 pair of matches, WWE would go back to Orton-Cena well so often it became a running joke online. It definitely felt like the company wanted so badly to have a long-running feud between the two biggest homegrown stars of the era, not unlike what they had with Steve Austin and The Rock in the 90s and early 2000s. Hell, they even did the exact same "lock eyes in opposite corners during the Royal Rumble" spot 10 years after Austin and Rock did it. But for all the criticism that repetitive booking got, the silver lining was that the two could (with some exceptions) put on solid matches together. The same can't be said for another frequent feud Cena had with another homegrown wrestler, that being The Miz.
It's really not surprising why WWE thinks so highly of The Miz. Undeniably charismatic and fantastic at playing a heel, he's also someone who is more than competent in the ring. Sure, he's not someone who's gonna put on the match of the night every night, but given the right opponent, he can hold his own. If there was anyone that came out of WWE's developmental that could play the foil to their Superman in Cena, it would be The Miz. As such, WWE has tried out a Cena-Miz feud three separate times. Unlike Cena vs Orton, however, these are not matches you'd want to see.
Outside of their three-way Steel Cage match with John Morrison at Extreme Rules 2011, none of the matches between Cena and The Miz were well received. In this entry in the series, I'll be taking a look at all of their bad pay-per-view matches. Some of these have been requested, some haven't, but they're all bad. And, unlike with The Undertaker vs Kane post, this entry will include non-singles matches. Granted, all but one of these are singles matches, but there's one tag match I felt I had to include. So, let's take a look.

Match #1: The Bash

Our first match we'll be taking a look at is probably the one you remember the least, that being from The Bash in 2009. The Bash was the sixth and (until being brought back in 2020 for NXT) final edition of The Great American Bash for WWE, only now with an infinitely more generic name. Seriously, they might as well have just called this "A Pay-Per-View." Outside of the excellent Title vs Mask match between Chris Jericho and Rey Mysterio, The Bash as a whole is pretty forgettable. It was at The Bash that we'd get the first pay-per-view match-up between Cena and The Miz.
The Miz had just split from John Morrison following the draft when he was instantly put into a feud with Cena (who was also feuding with The Big Show at the time.) The night after Cena was chokeslammed into a stage light by Big Show, Miz challenged Cena to a match. As Cena was selling his injuries, the challenge would go unanswered and Miz would claim a forfeit victory. This continued for months before, after he finished his feud with Big Show, Cena & Miz would be set to face off at The Bash. The penultimate match on the card, it earned a DUD (zero stars) rating from Dave Meltzer, and while it doesn't have enough votes for an average rating on Cagematch, it does have a majority of 0/10 ratings (2 out of 3.) Let's take a look.
 The Miz is out first in full Anti-Cena apparel, even sporting a "Miz 8, Cena 0" arm sleeve for all his "forfeit" wins over Cena.
The match starts with a lock-up, which Cena easily gets the better of. Cena pulls Miz to the ground before sitting on his knee. Another lock-up sees Cena take down Miz again, this time with a double leg before dropping an elbow on the opposite knee. Miz goes for a third lock-up, only for Cena to duck it and slap on a wrist lock. Cena whips Miz to the ground before stomping his arm. Miz gets back to his feet and goes for a clothesline, but Cena ducks it and takes Miz down with a headlock takeover. Jesus, who did Miz piss off in 2009? He is getting packed & smoked by Cena.
Miz is able to get to his feet and power out of the headlock, but Cena knocks him back down with a shoulder block. Cena hits the ropes and Miz tries to leapfrog over him, but Cena grabs the ropes before taking Miz back down with a headlock takeover. Miz is able to fight to his feet again, this time getting to the corner to break the hold. Miz mounts his first bit of offense in this match when he locks in a headlock, but Cena quickly powers out. After a drop down and a leapfrog, Cena hits a hip toss. Cena whips Miz to the ropes and goes for a back body drop, but Miz catches him with a kick. Cena isn't even fazed, simply shaking his head at Miz. He basically pulled an Omni-Man.
Miz retreats, sliding out of the ring. Cena follows him out and chases him around ringside. Miz slides back in the ring and lands some blows when Cena slides in after him, but Cena completely no sells them and scoops Miz up. Miz slips out onto the apron and yanks Cena's head down onto the top rope, the first bit of offense Cena actually sells. Miz takes over, stomping Cena before beating him down in the corner. Miz follows up with his corner clothesline before going to the top rope. Miz hits a diving double axe handle for a two count before hitting a big boot & a suplex for another two count.
Miz lays into Cena with punches and kicks before whipping him into the corner. Cena hits the corner chest first, and Miz follows up with a clothesline for another two count. Miz knees Cena in the back before dropkicking him out of the ring. Miz quickly throws Cena back in the ring and makes the cover, but Cena kicks out at two. Cena fights back with punches before going for an Irish whip. Miz reverses it, but Cena fires back with the shoulder block. Cena fires up the remaining Moves of Doom, following up with another shoulder block before hitting a spin-out powerbomb and the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena follows up with the Attitude Adjustment before locking in the STF. Miz taps out and Cena wins.

The Verdict

The actual wrestling isn't bad, but this match is just kind of pointless. Cena pretty much steamrolls Miz with only a bit of resistance. I get that it's prime "Super Cena" times and there was no way Miz was gonna win this, but having him get crushed in five minutes does nothing for either man, and only really hurts The Miz. It's an obscure match for a reason...

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

Match #2: WrestleMania XXVII

With the forgotten one out of the way, it's time for the big boys. In the nearly two years following The Bash, The Miz would ascend up the card to the main event, winning Money in the Bank before cashing in on Randy Orton to win the WWE Championship. He'd come out on top of feuds with Orton and Jerry Lawler (for some reason) before moving on to his second feud with John Cena. Following the Anonymous Raw General Manager pairing them up to win the Tag Team Championships from The Corre's Justin Gabriel & Heath Slater, Miz would turn on Cena in the immediate rematch literally nine minutes later to cost them the titles. It was so unbelievably pointless. The two were set to face off in the main event of WrestleMania XXVII, easily the biggest match of Miz's career. However, if there's one way to describe Miz's presence in this main event, it's "overshadowed."
That's because WrestleMania XXVII was hosted by The Rock, who was making his return to the WWE for the first time in seven years. This return went beyond just hosting WrestleMania, as he'd trade barbs with Cena. The two would fend off an attack from Miz and his lackey Alex Riley, only for Cena to hit Rock with an Attitude Adjustment. It was clear that WWE was setting the stage for Cena and Rock's "Once* in a Lifetime" match-up a year in advance for WrestleMania XXVIII, but it also led to Miz, the WWE CHAMPION, feeling like a third wheel going into the biggest show of the year.
But let's take away that third wheeling, how is the actual match? Not good. With a one-and-a-quarter star rating from Meltzer and a 2.69 on Cagematch, this match finds its way into the conversation of the worst WrestleMania main events of all-time. Let's take a look for ourselves.
Both men have special entrances for this match. The Miz gets, without hyperbole, one of the greatest pre-match promo videos of all time, scored with Nas' "Hate Me Now." This is followed by Miz and Alex Riley emerging from behind a giant inflatable "AWESOME!"
John Cena also gets a promo video before a gospel choir preludes his entrance.
The match starts with the two circling the ring. The two lock up and Miz gets the advantage, slapping on a headlock. Cena quickly escapes with a back suplex, and after a brief pause, the two lock up again. Miz goes back to the headlock, but Cena powers out again and sends Miz towards the ropes. Miz keeps control with a shoulder block, knocking Cena down, but after a drop down and a leapfrog, Cena takes Miz down with a hip toss.
We get another pause before the two lock hands. Cena takes control with a headlock, but Miz forces him into the corner to break the hold. Referee Mike Chioda counts to force the break, allowing Miz to get a cheap shot on Cena. Miz stomps away at Cena before whipping him to the opposite corner. Cena hits the corner hard before Miz follows up with his corner clothesline for a two-count. Miz lays into Cena with punches, only for Cena to spring to life and hit Miz with a gutwrench suplex. Cena crawls into a delayed cover, allowing Miz to kick out at two.
Miz fires back with a sitout side slam (the Side Effect) for a two count. Cena crawls back into the corner and Miz goes for the corner clothesline again, but Cena dodges and Miz crashes into the corner. Cena climbs to the top rope and hits the diving leg drop to the back of Miz's head and makes the cover, but Miz kicks out. Miz retreats into the corner and Cena charges at him, but Miz dodges and Cena crashes into the corner. Miz follows up with a running boot for a two count before hitting a big boot for another two count. Miz lays into Cena with punches & kicks before whipping him to the ropes. Miz drops down and Cena tries to hop over him, but the timing is off and Cena trips and eats shit.
Miz follows up with a low dropkick, booting Cena under the ropes and out of the ring. Miz follows him out and drapes Cena across the apron, putting him in position for a knee lift. Miz quickly covers Cena for a two count. Miz tries to follow up with a Skull Crushing Finale, but Cena slips out. Cena ducks a clothesline and starts the Five Moves of Doom. Shoulder block, shoulder block, spin-out powerbomb, Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena tries to complete the quinfecta (I think that's a word) with the Attitude Adjustment, but Miz slips out, kicks him in the gut, and hits the kneeling DDT for the cover, but Cena kicks out.
After a brief pause, Cena tries to surprise Miz by locking in the STF, but Miz blocks it. Miz follows up with the backbreaker into a neckbreaker combo for a two count. Alex Riley distracts the referee Chioda while Miz takes off one of the turnbuckle pads. Chioda catches Miz and puts the pad back on. At the same time, Cena rolls up Miz. Cena gets the visual three, but Chioda doesn't realize in time, allowing Miz to kick out before he counts three.
Miz catches Cena with a knee to the gut and tries to ram his head into the exposed turnbuckle, but Cena blocks it and elbows Miz in the face. Cena catches Miz with a follow-up punch and goes for the AA, but Miz grabs the ropes to block it. Miz goes for a clothesline, but Cena ducks it and locks in the STF. Miz struggles, but gets to the bottom rope to break the hold. Chioda checks on Miz, allowing Riley to grab Cena from the apron and slam his head into the exposed turnbuckle. Miz capitalizes, hitting the Skull Crushing Finale. Miz makes the cover, but Cena kicks out.
Miz sets up for the Skull Crushing Finale again, but Cena blocks it, whipping Miz into Chioda and knocking him down. Cena quickly hits the AA and makes the cover, again getting the visual three, but Chioda stays down. With the ref down, Riley slides into the ring with his steel briefcase. Riley hits Cena in the head and Miz makes the cover. Chioda comes too and counts the pin, but Cena kicks out at two. Riley distracts Chioda as Miz grabs the briefcase. Miz tries to hit Cena, but Cena ducks it and Miz hits Riley, knocking him off the apron. Cena follows up with a huge AA and makes the cover, but Miz kicks out.
Miz rolls out of the ring and leans against the barricade. Cena follows him and, after a three-point stance, clotheslines Miz over the barricade and into the timekeeper's area. Miz ends up climbing onto the barricade in the timekeeper's area, leading to the most infamous spot from this match.
Cena charges at him Miz again, tackling him over the barricade. Both men fall back onto the cement, and Miz's head hits the ground hard. Miz ends up suffering a concussion from this spot and it's very evident for the remainder of this match. The Miz has gone on record about how he doesn't remember a lot of this match because of this concussion, which is really sad. The spot is actually so gnarly that it's been edited out of the version WWE uploaded on YouTube.
With both men down, Chioda counts them out. The bell rings and Justin Roberts announces the match as a draw, with Miz retaining the title. Suddenly, The Rock's music hits. The Rock storms down to the ring. He is interrupted, however, by the Anonymous Raw GM. The Rock walks over to the GM's laptop at ringside and begins to read the email, only to toss it down and announce himself that WrestleMania isn't over, even though in shoot, it absolutely should be over. The Rock restarts the match, now with no disqualifications or countouts. The Miz has crawled back to ringside already, allowing Cena to toss him back in the ring.
Cena goes for the AA, but Miz grabs the ropes and slips out onto the apron. As he does, The Rock slides into the ring. Cena turns around, right into a Rock Bottom. The Miz slowly crawls into the cover and Mike Chioda counts the three, giving Miz the win to retain his title. As I said, you can tell Miz is in rough shape after that spot just by looking at him.
The night's still not over, however, as The Rock runs back into the ring. Miz tries to hit Rock with the title, but Rock ducks it. In a moment that's alarming given Miz's injury, The Rock tees off on Miz with punches before hitting a Spinebuster. With Miz in position, The Rock hits the People's Elbow.

The Verdict

The actual match isn't terrible, albeit unremarkable. It's definitely not a good WrestleMania main event, and is more than deserving of its reputation as one of the worst ever. It is also overbooked, with a ton of interference and shenanigans not just during the ending, but throughout the match. In short, it's not a very good match, and isn't really worth rewatching.

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

Match #3: Over the Limit 2011

A month after their lackluster WrestleMania match, John Cena and The Miz would square off for the WWE Championship once again, this time in a Triple Threat Steel Cage match alongside John Morrison at Extreme Rules 2011. That match is very good, and will not be covered here, but ended with Cena winning the title. Cena would retain the title by disqualification against Miz the following night on Raw, but after Miz won a #1 contenders triple threat the following week, a rubber match would be set for Over the Limit. This time, however, they'd face off in an I Quit match.
Immediately, this raises red flags. John Cena's whole thing was that he doesn't quit."Never Give Up" was literally on just about every piece of merchandise he has. As such, any match where he had to submit or quit was generally seen as a foregone conclusion. And even then, this match did not get a good reception. Even though Dave Meltzer gave it a two-and-a-half-star rating, Cagematch has it sitting at a 2.40 out of 10, even worse than the WrestleMania match. Let's take a look for ourselves.
The bell rings, prompting Miz to take a mic from referee Mike Chioda. Miz says he can't believe Cena would pick an I Quit match, since the only rules are, in his exact words, "one of us has to say I Quit."
...

The Verdict...

OK, that's not actually the end of the match, but Jesus Christ, IT'S THE ONE THING YOU CAN'T SAY AND YOU SAID IT. Miz says that not only can he use weapons or throw Cena off the stage (pretty sure he can do the second one anyway), but that Miz's lackey Alex Riley, who's at ringside, can do it too. Miz offers to let Cena walk if he says he quits, but he refuses. So, who's ready for ODDS TO BE OVERCOME!
The Miz goes for a clothesline, but Cena ducks it. Cena takes out both Riley & Miz with clotheslines before hitting a back body drop on Riley. Cena follows up by whipping Miz into the corner and a bulldog before hitting a gutwrench suplex. Cena locks in the STF on Miz, but Riley quickly runs in and breaks it up. Riley pounces on Cena, beating him down before whipping him chest first into the corner. Riley follows up with a suplex before going to clothesline him out of the ring. Cena ducks it and sends Riley out of the ring, and ducks a clothesline from Miz before hitting a shoulder block. Cena follows up with another shoulder block and a spin-out powerbomb before hitting the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena goes for the Attitude Adjustment, but Miz fights out and hits the backbreaker/neckbreaker combo.
Miz sets up for the Skull Crushing Finale, but Cena blocks it and quickly hits the AA. However, Riley runs in with his briefcase and hits him in the head. Riley batters Cena with the case before he & Miz pick Cena up. The two set him on the top rope to hit a double-team powerbomb. Chioda asks Cena, but Cena doesn't quit. Miz & Riley toss Cena to the outside, where they follow him and ram him into the barricade. Chioda asks again, but Cena doesn't quit. Miz rips the pads away from the barricade, exposing the steel before they whip Cena into the steel. Chioda asks again, but Cena doesn't quit.
Miz & Riley rip apart the announce table, each grabbing a monitor and hitting Cena with it. Chioda asks again, but Cena won't quit. Cena fights back with a clothesline on Riley and tries to whip Miz into the steps, but Miz reverses it and sends Cena into the steps. Miz follows up with a DDT onto the steps before ripping the mic from Chioda's hands and asking Cena himself. Cena says no. Miz instructs Riley to grab the top half of the steps and threatens Cena that he'll slam them on his ribs if he doesn't quit. Cena tells Miz to go to hell, so Riley slams the steps down on his ribs. You probably get the gist of what this match is going to be 9 minutes in. We're barely a third of the way through it.
Chioda asks Cena again, but Cena doesn't quit. Riley holds Cena in place as Miz grabs a kendo stick from under the ring. Miz again offers Cena the chance to quit, but Cena tells him he hits like a girl. Miz has no time for sexism, so he hits Cena repeatedly with the stick. Chioda asks him again, but Cena won't quit. Miz continues hitting Cena and Chioda asks again, but Cena doesn't quit. Miz lands one final kendo stick shot and Chioda asks again, but Cena still won't quit. Miz & Riley change course, ramming Cena into the barricade again before throwing him down on the entrance ramp.
Cena crawls onto the stage, where Miz hits a suplex. Chioda asks again, and Cena says "no" again. Miz boots Cena off the stage to the concrete floor, where Chioda asks again and Cena doesn't quit. Riley drapes Cena over a camera crane as Miz demands a cameraman give him his belt. Miz again offers Cena the chance to quit before he whips him, but Cena says Miz has no balls. Miz repeatedly whips Cena, but every time Chioda asks if he wants to quit, he says no. Miz drags Cena back to the ring as Riley grabs a chair, but Cena fights back.
Cena floors both men and rams Riley into the ring post, but Miz shuts him down with the chair. Miz throws Cena back in the ring and tries to hit him with the chair, but Cena springs to life and lays into him with punches. Riley runs in, but Cena side steps him, sending him right into Chioda and knocking him down. Cena goes for the AA on Riley, but Miz makes the save with a kick and hits a reverse DDT on Cena. Miz wedges the unfolded chair between the ropes before hitting a Skull Crushing Finale onto the chair. Miz holds the mic up to Cena, but Cena won't quit.
Miz then talks to a small child in the crowd and says that if he doesn't want to see Cena go through any more pain, then he should tell him to quit. "NEVER! NOT ANY DAY!" says the child. Miz gaslights the child before hitting Cena with the microphone. Miz tells the child to tell him again. Another child tells Miz to quit, so he walks away and hits Cena with the mic again. Miz wedges Cena through the exposed barricade before Riley hands him a chair. Miz gives Cena the chance to quit again, but Cena just says the kids are smarter than him. Miz bashes Cena with the chair before Riley asks Cena if he quits. Cena...quits...

The Verdict...

Except he didn't. As Miz & Riley celebrate, Chioda goes to grab the title, only to notice a cell phone on the ground.
Chioda puts to his ear and then calls off the ring announcer. As Miz & Riley argue with him, he plays the phone into the mic. It's a recording of Cena saying "I QUIT!" It's the exact same ruse from The Rock & Mankind's I Quit match at the Royal Rumble 1999, now made for the digital age. Chioda restarts the match, and Miz & Riley quickly leave the ring. Riley grabs the title while Miz holds Cena up. Riley tries to hit Cena, but Cena ducks and Miz takes the hit. Cena quickly gives Riley an AA through the announce table before taking off his own belt. With Miz down, Cena takes his belt and whips Miz, chasing him up the ramp and backstage. Cena drags Miz back onto the stage and locks in the STF. The Miz quickly quits, giving Cena the win.

The (Actual) Verdict

An ungodly ridiculously booked match. Cena gets demolished for the entirety of the match by two people using weapons, just to spring to life at the very end to win. Genuinely, if you've ever wondered why people didn't like Cena when he was in prime "Super Cena" mode, then this match is the perfect example. This might be the most egregious example of the "Overcoming the Odds" overkill that WWE did so often with Cena. 25 minutes of this, almost uninterrupted. This is a brutal match to watch, avoid it.

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

Match #4: WrestleMania 33

We've got one final match between John Cena and The Miz on pay-per-view, and for this one, we're jumping forward almost six years to WrestleMania 33 in 2017. This is the only non-singles match I mentioned earlier in the post, as it's Cena and his then-girlfriend Nikki Bella taking on Miz and his wife Maryse. Cena & Miz had started a feud after a #1 contendership battle royal on SmackDown, where Cena eliminated Miz, who then illegally eliminated Cena. Around the same time, Maryse would cost Nikki Bella a match with Natalya. This sets up a mixed tag match between the two couples at WrestleMania. While Meltzer again was relatively positive, giving the match a two-and-a-quarter star rating, Cagematch stayed disapproving, as it currently sits at a 3.70 out of 10. Let's take a look.
Legendary weatherman Al Roker is doing the ring-announcing...that's about it for the entrances. Nikki and Maryse start the match with a ton of circling. This is ended when Maryse immediately tags out to Miz, which brings in Cena. The men circle the ring, with Miz avoiding locking up before rolling out of the ring. Cena follows Miz out and chases him back into the ring, but Miz takes control by stomping away at Cena when he slides back in. Miz celebrates before punching Cena and choking him against the ropes. Referee Dan Engler (Rudy Charles from TNA) forces Miz to break the hold, turning his back and missing Maryse slapping Cena.
Miz keeps control, punching Cena in the corner before hitting his corner clothesline. Miz goes to the top rope, diving off and hitting a double axe handle for a two count. Miz follows up with three boots to the face. Cena retreats to the corner while Miz sets up for another corner clothesline. Cena dodges, however, and crawls over to make the tag. Before he can, Maryse runs over and yanks Nikki off the apron. This allows Miz to recover and hit the backbreaker/neckbreaker combo, which gets a two count. Cena blocks a punch and goes for a surprise Attitude Adjustment, but Miz slips out and hits the kneeling DDT for a two count.
Miz lays into Cena with his Daniel Bryan-parroting It Kicks. He then waves his hand in front of his face towards Nikki, who slaps him. This allows Cena to dump him out of the ring before making the tag to Nikki. Maryse is forced to get in the match, and Nikki immediately spears her to the ground. Nikki lays in to Maryse with punches before Maryse rolls out of the ring. Miz & Maryse console each other, only for Nikki to take out Miz with a suicide dive. Nikki throws Maryse back in the ring, where she floors her with a forearm. Miz runs in, only to get planted with a spin-out powerbomb from Cena. Cena & Nikki hit dual-Five Knuckle Shuffles before they pickup Miz & Maryse, respectively. Cena hits the AA while Nikki hits the Rack Attack 2.0 (A fireman's carry cutter/TKO) before they both make the covers for the three and the win.
After the match, Cena grabs the match and says he's proud of Nikki for coming back from her neck injury. This all leads to Cena going down on one knee, pulling a ring out of his pocket, and asking her to marry him. Nikki says yes, and the two kiss...they don't end up getting married.

The Verdict

It's just kind of...meh. Not offensively bad, but not anything all that good. That's about all I can really say.

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

    I watched this myself on the YouTube channel “Wendi Richter Fan” after frequent Cagematch commenter Conquistador37 made this statement about a Richter-Moolah match that happened in May 1984 on the MSG network. Arguably just as bad as their famous encounter on MTV encounter a few months later.

    Richter just the other month was a brutal heel, tonight she's essentially a tweener. Wendi looks phenomenal and like a champion from top to toes, Moolah looks like an unearthed cadaver that passed away sometime last season. Moolah's selling is extremely POOR. There is a bow and arrow attempt by Wendi but Moolah refuses to go along with it because she's useless. I legitimately despise everything about Moolah and watching this really is enraging. There's a stupid "rolling around with the ref" spot shoe horned in (it’s TERRIBLE). Crappy leg scissors by Moolah who LEAVES HER SHOULDERS ON THE MAT that the ref doesn't even count; HORRIBLE! Then, when Wendi gets in the ropes, the ref doesn't force Moolah to break or even count! UGLY! The crowd is moaning a general discontented hum....the ref DOES count when Wendi chokes Moolah. STUPID! Things happen, Wendi starts looking good but eventually loses her cool with the terrible ref and pushes him. She then puts Moolah in a Boston crab but is DQ'ed at 12:21. Fabulous Moolah is total trash. AVOID!"

    Also, some of the non-Mabel 1995 KOTR matches could qualify as clunkers.

    Diesel & Bam Bam vs Sid & Tatanka
    Savio Vega’s previous two matches (Yokozuna and The Roadie)
    Bret Hart vs Jerry Lawler (admittedly the crowd loved it and Lawler is a heat generator but the two didn’t have great chemistry in the ring)

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    1. CJ BiddleDecember 4, 2023 at 2:26 AM

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

      Delete
  2. AnonymousNovember 26, 2023 at 6:49 PM

    Confession time: I've consistently voted for the Jeff Jarrett matches in Australia to be next but I switched to Punk/Ryback this go around simply because everyone's talking about CM Punk right now

    And relatedly, here's another bad Punk match!
    The Straight Edge Society vs. Big Show - 3-on-1 Handicap Match - SummerSlam 2010

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    1. CJ BiddleDecember 4, 2023 at 2:29 AM

      I had a feeling the Punk/Ryback one was gonna get a ton of votes after Survivor Series.
      Also, I'll add the Straight Edge Society-Big Show match to the list.
      Thanks for the suggestion!

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  3. AnonymousNovember 26, 2023 at 10:13 PM

    Here's some matches from No Way Out 2012
    Brodus Clay vs David Otunga (kickoff)
    Santino Marella vs Ricardo Rodriguez
    Layla vs Beth Phoenix
    Sin Cara vs Hunico
    John Cena vs Big Show

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    1. CJ BiddleDecember 4, 2023 at 2:31 AM

      I'll add these to the list. It's only fitting I look at that Cena-Big Show match considering the match that led to it (Cena vs John Laurinaitis) used to be at the absolute bottom of the rankings.
      Thanks for the suggestion!

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  4. AnonymousNovember 26, 2023 at 10:53 PM

    John Cena vs Austin Theory at Wrestlemania 39 wasn't really good as Cena was wrestling like if he was on auto pilot and while Theory did the best he could unfortunately it wasn't a great way to open an otherwise great Wrestlemania.

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    1. CJ BiddleDecember 4, 2023 at 2:31 AM

      Yeah it was definitely underwhelming. I'll add it to the list.
      Thanks for the suggestion!

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  5. AnonymousNovember 27, 2023 at 7:05 AM

    Here's a US Title match that happened on Raw 1/16/12 which saw Jack Swagger utterly wreck Zack Ryder to win the title. Zack did not get any offence and which led to the Woo Woo Movement getting snuffed as well as Ryder getting buried. Yeah this came at a time where WWE couldn't give a hoot about the mid card belts and will punish a wrestler for getting over and making the company money.

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    1. CJ BiddleDecember 4, 2023 at 2:38 AM

      I'll add it to the list. WWE did Ryder so dirty, it's crazy. I'm glad he's been able to reinvent himself on the indies (genuinely, his match with Nick Gage was one of my favorites of 2021.)
      Thanks for the suggestion!

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  6. AnonymousNovember 27, 2023 at 10:20 PM

    Now with cm punk return in wwe , we can talk about what are his worst match in aew?

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    1. CJ BiddleDecember 4, 2023 at 2:42 AM

      I don't know. I have his match World title match with Jon Moxley from Dynamite on the list for the future, but that was more of an angle than a bad match wrestling-wise. His match with QT Marshall from the Thanksgiving Eve 2021 Dynamite has the worst reviews (sub 5.00 on Cagematch) but that's still not terrible. He really didn't wrestle that much in AEW (only 33 matches) so the sample size isn't that great. His worst matches were just kind of forgettable.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 3, 2023 at 5:13 PM

    Here are some matches from one of WWE's most notoriously bad PPV's of all time Crown Jewel 2018.

    Randy Orton vs Rey Mysterio
    The Miz vs Jeff Hardy
    Seth Rollins vs Bobby Lashley
    Dolph Ziggler vs Shane McMahon

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    1. CJ BiddleDecember 4, 2023 at 2:44 AM

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

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  8. AnonymousDecember 9, 2023 at 1:32 PM

    Here's a match where Impact tried to bank on ECW nostalgia by having two of Busted Open's hosts fight each other!
    Bully Ray vs Tommy Dreamer (Impact Sacrifice 2023)

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    1. CJ BiddleDecember 10, 2023 at 10:41 PM

      That one might have been suggested already but I'll have double check. Thanks for the suggestion!

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