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Worst in the World: The Shockmaster vs Awesome Kong (?)-Starrcade 1993

(Special thanks to CassT2000  for suggesting this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.) ... Do I need to go any further? Heading into Fall Brawl 1993, the team of Sting, Davey Boy Smith, and Dustin Rhodes needed a partner to take on the team of Big Van Vader, Sid Vicious, and Harlem Heat. But they didn't just need anyone, they needed someone who was going to shock the world. Enter the Shockmaster, aka Fred Ottman (Tugboat/Typhoon in the WWF) in a glittery Stormtrooper mask. This already looks bad, but it gets worse. Much worse. After Sting announced the Shockmaster as their partner at Clash of the Champions XXIV, the Shockmaster burst through the wall of the "A Flair for the Gold" set. At least, that's what was supposed to happen. Instead, Shockmaster tripped over a piece of wood, broke through the wall, fell right on his fookin ass as Smith said, and lost his helmet in the process. And just like that,

Worst in the World: Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII

Special thanks to Otter Empire for suggesting this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below. Heel Michael Cole. Just writing that probably elicits all kinds of negative emotions from you. During the first season of the original NXT, WWE decided to turn Michael Cole from the straight & narrow regular babyface commentator to a cocky, arrogant, annoying heel, constantly running down fan-favorite Daniel Bryan and cheerleading for The Miz. That heel persona would translate over to RAW where he became the spokesman for the Annonymous General Manager who would communicate through a laptop, another terrible idea from WWE. It was a truly awful time to be alive. Now, a heel commentator in itself is not bad. Many commentators have done this successfully in the past, including Cole's longtime partner Jerry Lawler. The difference between Lawler doing it and Cole doing was that Lawler was the color commentator. Lawler could heel