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Worst in the World: Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001

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Oh boy, this match is quite the infamous one. KroniK, the team of Bryan Clark & Brain Adams, better known as Adam Bomb and Crush in the WWF respectively, were put together in WCW in 2000 and held the WCW Tag Team Championships on two occasions. Despite not being picked up by WWE after the buying of WCW, they eventually got signed and were put right into a feud with the Brothers of Destruction Undertaker and Kane. It was this feud that ended their WWE careers just as they began. The feud led to their infamous match at Unforgiven 2001 where they did such a bad job, it was their last WWE appearance, ending their run at under a month. Let's get into this.
KroniK rushes out of the ring to brawl with the Brothers of Destruction on the outside during their entrance, with Adams fighting Undertaker and Clark fighting Kane. Undertaker sends Adams in the ring and hits a big boot followed by a leg drop. Undertaker & Kane continue to beatdown Adams before Adams hits a backbreaker on Kane. Clark tags in and has some really bad, soft looking offense, including two big boots and a reverse roundhouse kick in the corner. Kane hits a neckbreaker followed a bad looking shoulder breaker. The Undertaker tags in and hits Old School before locking in an armbar, but Adams breaks it up. Adams tags in and dropkicks Undertaker before Undertaker awkwardly dodges a clothesline and hits Adams. Adams hits a very gentle kick on Undertaker before clotheslining him out of the ring.
Taker pulls Adams out of the ring and lightly throws Adams into the ring post. Adams hardly even bumps off the post before Clark hits a diving shoulder tackle on Undertaker. KroniK starts double teaming Kane, awkwardly throwing Kane into the ring apron before going back to the Undertaker. Back in the ring, they hit a double shoulder tackle before Adams locks in a headlock on Undertaker. KroniK continues to work over Undertaker until Taker hits a DDT on Clark.
Kane gets the hot tag and runs wild, including barely getting Clark up for a sidewalk slam before going for a double chokeslam. KroniK fights out, only to take a double clothesline from Kane. Undertaker tags in and Brothers of Destruction double team KroniK, sending Adams from the ring in the process. Undertaker goes for the chokeslam on Clark, but KroniK's manager Stevie Richards runs in to stop him. Taker punches him out, but that allows Adams to hit a jawbreaker on Undertaker. KroniK goes for a double chokeslam, but Taker fights out and Kane takes out Adams with a diving clothesline. Undertaker hits Clark with a chokeslam for the win. After the match, Stevie Richards tries to blindside Undertaker with a chair, only to eat a chokeslam from Kane for his troubles

The Verdict

Honestly, I've heard this match is the absolute pits, but it was nowhere near one of the worst matches I've ever seen. A lot of KroniK's offense did look really bad and soft and there were a few stunted spots, but that's really it.

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. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  4. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  5. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  6. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  7. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  8. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  9. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  10. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  11. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  12. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  13. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  14. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  15. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  16. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  17. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  18. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  19. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  20. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  21. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  22. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  23. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  24. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  25. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  26. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  27. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  28. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  29. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  30. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  31. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  32. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  33. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  34. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  35. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  36. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  37. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  38. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  39. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  40. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  41. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  42. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  43. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  44. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  45. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  46. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  47. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  48. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  49. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  50. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  51.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  52. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  53. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  54. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  55. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  56. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  57. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  58. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  59. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  60. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  61. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  62. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  63. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  64. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  65. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  66. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  67. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  68. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  69. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  70. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  71. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  72. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  73. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  74. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  75. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  76. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  77. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  78. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  79. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  80. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/10)
  81. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  82. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  83. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  84. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  85. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  86. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  87. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
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