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Worst in the World: That Match From the Cody Rhodes Story

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I'll be honest, the only reason I gave this entry that title is because I'm 99.9% sure Google would not be cool with me titling something "The Fuck on Me Match." On paper, this match doesn't seem like one that would really stand out. A six-man tag match pitting Daniel Bryan, the original Sin Cara, and Ezekiel Jackson against Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase Jr., and Wade Barrett on a random episode of SmackDown (The June 17, 2011 episode, t doesn't even sound too bad in general, let alone an all-time bad match. Sure, there's a pretty obvious botched finish, but that's about it. The match itself probably would've stayed a random multi-man midcard match, had it not been for one of the participants, Cody Rhodes, recounting his experience of "the worst match of his career."
Cody first told this story during a YouTube livestream in 2017 alongside his then-Bullet Club stablemates Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, and Adam Cole, and then again at the inaugural Starrcast in 2018. In both retellings, the part that stands out the most is what happened after he & DiBiase got to the back. It's here where, according to Cody, DiBiase told Vince McMahon:
Where's that referee? He was trying to FUCK ON ME!
And since then, this random match has become forever known as the "Fuck on Me" match. So much so that Cagematch.net, which was around when this match happened, didn't have a single rating prior to the retelling, and now has enough to give it a rating on the site (it currently holds a 2.75/10 rating.) DiBiase has since denied that part of the story (more so the "on" part and not the "fuck" part), but between him & Cody, I'm more willing to trust the one that wasn't implicated in a welfare funds misappropriation scheme. That's just me though.
But with all that in mind, how is the actual match? Like I said, the main reason this match has stuck out at all is because of this story from Cody Rhodes. Is it really the worst match he ever had like he said? (at least when he first told the story.) Let's find out.
Jackson & DiBiase start the match, with DiBiase ducking a lock-up attempt before applying a headlock. Jackson powers out, sending DiBiase to the ropes before flooring him with a shoulder block. DiBiase scrambles to the corner, where Jackson splashes him before beiling him across the ring. Jackson tags in Sin Cara, who kicks away at DiBiase before going for an Irish whip. DiBiase counters, whipping Sin Cara into the ropes before going for a clothesline. Sin Cara ducks it, however, before hitting a headscissor takedown, sending DiBiase out of the ring. Sin Cara celebrates by hand-springing into the ropes before doing a backflip as the show goes to commercial.
The show returns to DiBiase beating down Sin Cara before throwing him into his team's corner, where he tags in Cody. Cody beats down Sin Cara before applying a wrist lock. Sin Cara quickly counters, however,  leaping up before taking Cody down with a snapmare takeover. Sin Cara follows up with a body scissor roll-up, which gets a two count, but Cody regains control with a forearm shot. Cody goes back to the wristlock, but Sin Cara fights back with kicks before walking up the ropes and diving off for an arm drag. Sin Cara looks to follow up, but Cody catches him with a surprise Disaster Kick (a springboard roundhouse) for a two count.
Cody tags in Barrett, who beats down Sin Cara before making the cover for a two count. Barrett follows up with a suplex before tagging DiBiase in for a kick, which gets another two count. DiBiase tries to follow up with a back suplex, but Sin Cara lands on his feet. Sin Cara hits the ropes, only for DiBiase to run after him, hitting the ropes with him before hitting a clothesline for another two count. DiBiase tags Barrett back in, booting Sin Cara before locking in a surfboard stretch. Sin Cara manages to fight to his feet, laying into Barrett with elbows, kicks, and a spin kick to the gut (aka the TNA Kick.) Sin Cara ducks Barrett's reply clothesline attempt, but Barrett catches him with a Mule kick to the gut to cut him off. Barrett sets up for a Pumphandle Slam, but Sin Cara slips out and lands on his feet before he, as Cody puts it, "for whatever reason, just kicks Stu (Barrett) right in the balls."
There's a very noticeable cut at this point, as Barrett goes from hunched over to upright before kicking Sin Cara.

It's a pre-taped SmackDown that involves the original Sin Cara, so them having to edit is not surprising. Barrett goes for the Pumphandle again, getting Sin Cara up in a power slam position, but Sin Cara counters with a tornado DDT. According to Cody, Sin Cara's supposed to make the hot tag to Jackson, but actually ends up tagging in Bryan. It makes sense, as Jackson was set to face Barrett for the Intercontinental Championship at the next pay-per-view Capitol Punishment in two days, while Bryan was facing nobody at the pay-per-view.
Because it was pretty obvious who he tagged, Bryan gets in as Barrett tags out to DiBiase. Bryan ducks a clothesline from DiBiase before kicking him into the corner. Bryan goes for an Irish whip, but DiBiase reverses it, sending Bryan to the opposite corner. Bryan walks up the turnbuckles, backflipping over DiBiase before ducking another clothesline and hitting a clothesline of his own. DiBiase crawls into the corner, where Bryan hits a running dropkick. Bryan makes the cover, during which the referee decides to do some fucking on. The ref goes down to count, DiBiase clearly kicks out at two, but the ref counts the three and calls for the bell, giving the win to Bryan, Sin Cara, and Jackson. The babyfaces stand there confused for a bit before celebrating. And the rest is history...

The Verdict

Outside of the titular fucking on, the match isn't really all that terrible. It's a pretty unremarkable midcard 6-man tag match, and one that there were undoubtedly dozens of every year on SmackDown around this time just like it, albeit without someone getting fucked on by the referee. I said it at the start, if it weren't for Cody's retelling and those three little words, this match would've faded into obscurity. It's just kind of...there.

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

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  2. In case you're looking for suggestions, here's a good one: Hogan vs Flair's First Blood Match from Uncensored 1999, entire essays can be made about how both the building and the match itself were absolute messes, but I'm just going to summarize in that it was a typical overbooked WCW messy main event from a lot of PPVs, but this one stands out because both Hogan and Flair bleed during different parts of the match and yet the bout ended with a fast count and an clumsy double-turn, also, in spite of the stakes involving Flair's career, the story invovled David Falir and whether Flair was a bad parent or not.

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  3. Since it appears my least favourite woman’s wrestler of all time, Ronda Lousey is going to release a book next month, figure I’d throw in a few suggestions for her worst matches. Summerslam in particular has not been very kind to her.

    vs. Alexa Bliss in 2018 (destroyed Alexa’s main event credibility)
    vs. Liv Morgan in 2022 (at least Liv got the last laugh in July by pinning her for the tag team titles)
    vs. Shayna Baszler in 2023 (Shayna seems to have a tendency to end women’s careers with chokeholds)

    Also would like to throw in her match against Shotzi at 2022 Survivor Series for good measure.

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  4. Here's a couple of stinkers from Wrestlemania 12!

    Savio Vega vs Steve Austin
    Ultimate Warrior vs Hunter Hearsty Helmsley

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  5. The Bray Wyatt documentary was so good and emotional, with it looking like Bo Dallas/Uncle Howdy is going to be back in WWE I'm definitely intrigued to see what he's got cooking.

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  6. While World War 3 in 1996 had great cruiserweight action it still had some stinkers from Jericho fighting a referee, a match between managers, Giant/Jarrett stinking it up and a couple of clunky tag team matches.

    Chris Jericho vs Nick Patrick
    The Giant vs Jeff Jarrett
    Harlem Heat vs The Amazing French Canadians
    Sister Sherri vs Col. Robert Parker
    The Outsiders vs The Faces of Fear vs The Nasty Boyz

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