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Worst in the World: Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania

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All the way back to the first WrestleMania we go. The first event pay-per-view in WWE history. The show that started it all. It was bound to come up eventually, and here it is now. In this entry, I take a look at Leilani Kai with the Fabulous Moolah in her corner defending the WWF Women's Championship against Wendi Richter with Cyndi Lauper in her corner. Almost seven months after the  Richter & Moolah's match at Brawl to End it All, Kai defeated Richter for the Women's Championship at The War to Settle the Score with. One month later, they squared off again. Let's get into it.
So after waiting for a long time for no reason whatsoever, the match finally starts with the two fighting and rolling around on the ropes. Richter hits a dodgy looking punch before doing a snapmare, too which Kai responds to with an arm drag and a hammerlock, but Richter turns it into one of her own quickly. Richter throws Kai twice while keeping the hold locked in before Kai escapes it with two hair snapmares. You can tell that Kai was trained by the Fabulous Moolah with all these snapmares. Kai locks in a wristlock before stomping on Richter's left arm. The two trade blows before Kai takes Richter into the corner and hits a snapmare. Nothing too bad so far.
Kai starts choking Richter, but Richter counters with body scissors. Kai escapes by pulling Richter to her feet, where the two trade blows before botching a takedown...I think. It looked like they were going for a slam of some sorts, but they both just kind of fell to the ground. Kai hits a snapmare on Richter again before Richter gets her feet up for a charging Kai in the corner. The two fight over to Kai's corner, where Moolah starts pulling on Richter's hair. Lauper runs over and hits Moolah with a purse, which she no-sells.
Kai hits a big boot on Richter before Richter hits a fireman's carry slam followed by a terrible splash. Richter goes for a splash in the corner, but Kai gets her knees up. Kai hits a pretty bad backbreaker and a body slam before hitting a diving crossbody. Richter sloppily rolls through and gets the three for the win and the title. After the match, Richter, Moolah, and Kai brawl before Moolah & Kai just kind of...leave.

The Verdict

It's a nothing match. It's sloppy at times and there's not much to really talk about.

 Rankings (Best to Worst)

  1. Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
  2. Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
  3. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  4. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  5. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  6. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  7. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  8. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  9. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  10. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  11. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  12. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  13. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  14. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  15. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  16. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  17. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  18. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  19. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  20. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  21. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  22. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  23. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  24. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  25. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  26. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  27. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  28. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  29. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  30. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  31. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  32. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  33. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  34. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  35. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  36. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  37. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  38. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  39. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  40. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  41. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  42. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  43. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  44. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  45. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  46. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  47. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  48. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  49. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  50. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  51. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  52. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  53. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  54.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  55. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  56. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  57. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  58. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  59. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  60. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  61. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  62. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  63. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  64. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  65. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  66. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  67. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  68. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  69. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  70. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  71. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  72. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  73. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  74. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-RAW (7/8/2002)
  75. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  76. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  77. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  78. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  79. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  80. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  81. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  82. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  83. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  84. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  85. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  86. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  87. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/10)
  88. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  89. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  90. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  91. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  92. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  93. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  94. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
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