Worst in the World: Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992

Welp...Rick Rude is back. He couldn't even stay away for one entry. This time, he goes up against Masahiro Chono, who is defending the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. And to top it off, this match features both Harley Race and Kensuke Sasaki as special guest referees, and features Madusa in Rude's corner. I don't know about you, but this seems to have "bullsh*t" written all over it. There's not much more to say, so let's get into this.

The two lock up to start the match, with Rude forcing Chono into the corner and breaking the hold. They repeat the spot before Rude starts clubbing away on Chono, which goes on for a while before Chono hits a hip toss. Rude slaps on a headlock, which he holds for a while until Chono hits a side suplex. The two exchange hammer locks, followed by a face lock by Chono and Rude going back to clubbing away on Chono. This might not sound too bad, but this is five minutes into the match and this is all I've got to write about. Nothing is happening.

So Rude continues to beat down Chono and lock in rest holds headlocks until Chono locks in another hammer lock, followed by a pretty unique submission. Chono switches to kicking Rude in the back until Rude bails out of the ring. Chono suplexes Rude back into the ring and continues to beat him down, followed by locking in a Boston crab. Rude makes it to the ropes, which allows Chono to lift him off the ground and back down by his legs. 10 minutes in now, and I've only got two paragraphs. This isn't even fun to write. NOTHING IS HAPPENING.

Chono locks in a poor camel clutch...followed by another one. Rude is able to fight back with more strikes, as Jim Ross quips that Rude is trying to slow down Chono. JR, this match would have to literally stop to go any slower. Rude blocks a sunset flip and hits a swinging neckbreaker for a two and goes back to the rest hold headlock. Rude holds this one on FOREVER before Chono starts to fight back as the crowd chants "BORING". Can you blame them? It's been 15 minutes and there's been nothing even remotely enjoyable about this match. NOTHING IS HAPPENING!

Rude is able to block the STF by Chono, who keeps the leg hooked for the STF so it's basically a rest hold. Chono follows in Rude's footsteps and holds this move FOREVER before letting go and stats battering Rude. Rude takes advantage by raking the eyes and hits a piledriver, but Chono gets his foot on the ropes to break the pin. In what looked like a miscommunication, Chono barely moves out of the way of Rude's top rope punch, so Rude punches him again, hits a snapmare, and locks in ANOTHER HEADLOCK. This is getting ridiculous.

Chono fights out of the headlock...only to get put right into a sleeper hold. Rude holds this on FOREVER as the crowd has completely lost interest, instead paying attention to what is presumably someone getting kicked out to the left of the screen:

  We hit the 20 MINUTE MARK as Rude goes to the top rope and (surprisingly) hit a missile dropkick. Chono, despite not even coming close to getting hit, sells it and gets right up. How do you oversell AND no sell in the span of 10 seconds? That's some next level sh*t right there. Chono accidentally boots Harley Race out of the ring. Sasaki goes over to help him, but Chono whips Rude over the turn buckle and takes them both out. Rude counters a apron suplex and hits the Rude Awakening (after Chono awkwardly fumbles to get in place). With no ref, Rude goes for a top rope knee drop, which allows Chono to lock in the STF. Sasaki calls for the bell, and claims Chono won. However, Race makes the decision that Rude wins by disqualification because Chono threw him other the top rope. So after 20 GOD DAMN MINUTES...WE GET A F*CK FINISH! F*CK RIGHT OFF!

The Verdict

I've never been more bored watching wrestling. There was zero heat for this match, it went on far too long, and the fact that it went to a bullsh*t finish annoys me.

Rankings (Best to Worst)

1.  Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
2. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
3. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
4. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
5. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
6. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
7. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
8. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
9. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
10. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
11. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
12. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
13. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
14. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
15. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
16. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
17. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
18. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
19. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
20. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
21. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
22. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
23.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
24. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
25. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
26. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
27. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
28. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
29. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
30. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
31. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
32. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996 
33. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/10)
34. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
35. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012

Hopefully Rick Rude can stay off this series for a while. Let's see what's next.

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