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Worst in the World: Kevin Nash vs Sid Vicious-Starrcade 1999

One of the most common storytelling devices in wrestling is the classic ref bump-pinfall combo. It's pretty simple; the referee gets knocked out by one of the wrestlers (either intentionally or unintentionally), the babyface hits a finisher and makes the cover, he gets the visual three count, but not the victory because the referee is still down and can't see the pin. It's an easy way to extend the match while giving the match some more heat, and plenty of great matches have done this to great effect. WCW and Vince Russo, however, decided to put their own spin on that trope, leading to one of the absolute dumbest endings to a match you'll ever see. That ending came at Starrcade 1999 in the "Powerbomb match" between Kevin Nash and Sid Vicious.
The match is simple, the first man to hit the Powerbomb wins and is the true "Master of the Powerbomb." Is it Nash with the Jackknife? Or is it Sid with the...Powerbomb...Either way, the match was a bust, earning a negative one-star rating from Dave Meltzer, and currently holds a show-low 1.14/10 average on Cagematch.net. Like the Sting-Rick Steiner match I covered two weeks ago, this match is far less infamous for the actual match, and more for the incredibly dumb way it ends. Let's take a look.
The two lock up to start, with neither man gaining the upper hand before Nash knees Sid in the gut. Nash punches Sid into the corner, where he knees him in the gut three times. Nash then elbows Sid three times before going back to the punches. Nash whips Sid into the ropes, knocking him down with a clothesline when he bounces back. Nash makes the cover, and even though this a match where the only way to win is to hit a Powerbomb, referee Slick Johnson counts it. Sid kicks out at two. What are we doing?
Nash whips Sid back to the ropes and goes for the clothesline again, but Sid ducks it and kicks him in the gut. Sid goes for the Powerbomb, but Nash quickly low blows him to avoid it. Sid rolls out of the ring, with Nash following him out. Nash goes for the Jackknife on the outside, but Sid pushes him away before kicking him. Sid rams Nash into the ring apron before throwing him into the guard rail. Sid punches & kicks Nash before throwing him into the guard rail. Sid then grabs a chair and delivers a soft chair shot to the back.
Sid throws Nash back in the ring and whips him to the ropes, catching him with a clothesline when he bounces back. Sid follows up with a leg drop before punching away at Nash. Sid calls for the Powerbomb...and then picks him up for a bodyslam. What? Sid then tries to start a "Powerbomb" chant, but no one chants it. Nash plays dirty, poking Sid in the eye before attempting to whip him into the corner. Sid reverses it, sending Nash into the corner and inadvertently squashing the referee. Get ready for some dumb shit that's about to happen.
Sid quickly follows up with the Powerbomb, but the referee doesn't see it. Sid tries to revive the ref, only for Jeff Jarrett to run down, guitar in hand. Jarrett smashes the guitar over Sid's head, clearing it out of the ring before waking Nash up. Nash goes to pick Sid up for the Jackknife, but his back gives out and he can't get Sid up. He tries again, but still can't. Instead, Nash picks the referee up and tells him he hit the Jackknife. Now, if pro wrestling has taught you anything, it would be that the referee has to actually see the person score the pinfall, get the tap out, or do whatever is needed to actually win the match. Obviously, the referee would not just end the match because Nash said he Powerbombed Sid...
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The Verdict

I'm dead serious, that's how the match ends. Kevin Nash tells the referee he hit a Powerbomb, and the referee just goes with it. Unbelievably stupid. This is a slow, boring brawl with two moves, one even remotely entertaining spot, and one of the stupidest finishes you'll ever see. Not even funny stupid, just obscenely stupid. Avoid this match, there is no enjoyment whatsoever from this match.

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

  1. I have a match from Raw May 4 2015 that saw a victory happen because one of the participants feared plastic spiders.

    R Truth vs Stardust

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

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  2. Just wanted to point out that Bret Hart vs Mr McMahon took place at WrestleMania XXVI (26), not XVI (16). I’m assuming it was just a small oversight on your part.

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    1. Thank you, I totally missed that. Honestly, I think I made that same mistake on the picture when I first posted that post. I must've made the same mistake in the rankings and never noticed or fixed it.

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  3. Well with Wrestlemania 40 around the corner here's a Wrestlemania that showcased the worst aspects of The New Generation Era and home to a match Bret Hart would call the worst of his career: Wrestlemania 11

    Lex Luger/British Bulldog vs Blu Twins
    Undertaker vs King Kong Bundy
    Owen Hart/Yokozuna vs Smoking Gunns
    Bret Hart vs Bob Backlund
    Lawrence Taylor vs Bam Bam Bigelow

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    1. Taker vs Bundy has been requested before, but I'll add these new ones to the list. Thanks for the suggestions!

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