Worst in the World: Brock Lesnar in Saudi Arabia

Brock Lesnar is still a great wrestler. I will stand by that. Since returning to WWE, Lesnar has had great matches, whether they be traditionally great matches like his bouts with AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan, or balls to the wall, fast-paced, action-packed matches that are short on psychology but make up for it with excitement, see his matches with Finn Bálor and Goldberg. Again, I will stand by this, Brock Lesnar is a great wrestler...when he wants to be. When he doesn't, he's unbearable and damages the show and the wrestlers he's working with. His match with Dean Ambrose at WrestleMania 32 is infamous for how little Lesnar cared, as said by Ambrose himself. Braun Strowman's short defeat at the hands of Lesnar at No Mercy 2017 left a lot to be desired and severely halted his momentum. And of course, Kofi Kingston got his feel-good WWE Championship reign snuffed in eight seconds at the hands of Lesnar, and hasn't even gotten close to getting back to the main event since. However, the most blatant examples of Lesnar's pure refusal to entertain is when WWE heads to Saudi Arabia. Lesnar has wrestled on four of the five Saudi shows and every single one has been bad. None of them have cracked 10 minutes and the majority of them are under four minutes. Today, I'm pulling a quadruple-header and looking at all of Lesnar's Saudi Arabia matches. Let's get into this.

Match #1: Greatest Royal Rumble

Lesnar's first Saudi Arabia match found him rematching Roman Reigns at the Greatest Royal Rumble. Following their stinker of a main event at WrestleMania 34, the two would face off again, this time in a steel cage match for Lesnar's Universal Championship. Did the added gimmick improve a match-up that nobody wanted to see again? Let's find out.

The two circle each other to start before Reigns goes for a quick Superman Punch. Lesnar counters it and quickly hits a German suplex. Lesnar follows up with three more before hitting an F-5 but doesn't make the cover. Lesnar opts for another F-5 attempt, but Reigns counters it and hits a Superman Punch. Lesnar doesn't go down, so Reigns hits another. Lesnar stumbles again, so Reigns hits another before going for the Spear. However, Lesnar catches him and goes for another F-5, but Reigns blocks it by grabbing the cage wall. Reigns frees himself from Lesnar's grasp and kicks him away and climbs over the cage wall, but Lesnar catches him and drags him back inside. Lesnar knocks Reigns down to the mat and tries to climb out, but Reigns catches him and powerbomb him down to the mat.

Reigns throws Lesnar around the cage before hitting a Spear, but Lesnar recovers quickly, prompting Reigns to hit another one. Lesnar is still moving, so Reigns hits a third Spear, this time running the ropes for a Supercharged Spear, and makes the cover, but Lesnar kicks out at two. Reigns tries to escape through the door, but Paul Heyman runs over and slams it on Reigns. This allows Lesnar to hit another F-5 and makes the cover, but Reigns kicks out. Heyman throws a chair into the ring for Lesnar, but Reigns catches him with a Spear when he tries to use it. Reigns covers, but Lesnar kicks out again. Reigns beats down Lesnar with the chair before hitting another Superman Punch and calling for the Spear. Lesnar leans against the cage wall as Reigns hits the Spear, sending both men through the cage. The official decision gives Lesnar the win, as his back hit the ground before Reigns did.

The Verdict

Honestly, this match isn't really that bad. I'd actually say it's one of the better matches I've seen for this series. It's not overly long and the action is consistent throughout the match. It's not great, but I can't rag on it too much.

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. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
4. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
5. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
6. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
7. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
8. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
9. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
10. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
11. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
12. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
13. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
14. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
15. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
16. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
17. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
18. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
19. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
20. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
21. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
22. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
23. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
24. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
25. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
26. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
27. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
28. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
29. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
30. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
31. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
32. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
33. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
34. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
35. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
36. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
37. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
38. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
39. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
40. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
41. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
42. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
43. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
44. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
45. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
46. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
47. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
48. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
49. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
50. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
51. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
52. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
53. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
54. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
55. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
56. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
57. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
58. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
59. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
60. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
61. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
62. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
63. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
64. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
65. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
66. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
67. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
68. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
69. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
70. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
71. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
72. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
73. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
74.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
75. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
76. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
77. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
78. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
79. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
80. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
81. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
82. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
83. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
84. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
85. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
86. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
87. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
88. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
89. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
90. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
91. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
92. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
93. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
94. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
95. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
96. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-RAW (7/8/2002)
97. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
98. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
99. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
100. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
101. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
102. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
103. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
104. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
105. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
106. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
107. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
108. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
109. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
110. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
111. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
112. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
113. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
114. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
115. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
116. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
117. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
118. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
119. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
120. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
121. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
122. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
123. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
124. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009

Match #2: Crown Jewel 2018

Lesnar's next appearance in Saudi Arabia came at Crown Jewel 2018, about six months after the Greatest Royal Rumble. In that time, Roman Reigns defeated Lesnar for the Universal Championship at SummerSlam that year, setting up a triple threat match between the two and Braun Strowman, who's Money in the Bank cash-in was ruined by Lesnar at Hell in a Cell. However, Reigns was forced to relinquish the title after his leukemia returned after being in remission, making this a singles match between Lesnar and Strowman for the vacated Universal Championship.

 Before the match, Raw General Manager Baron Corbin does the title presentation that the referee normally does, only to blindside Strowman with the title as he gets out of the ring. Corbin demands the bell be rung, allowing Lesnar to hit a quick F-5, but Strowman kicks out. Lesnar quickly hits a second F-5, but Strowman kicks out again. Lesnar hits another F-5, but Strowman kicks out yet again. Lesnar goes for a fourth, only to opt to F-5 Strowman out of the ring. The referee starts to count him out, but Strowman beats the count. Lesnar goes for a fifth F-5, but Strowman fights out and catches him with a boot in the corner, but Lesnar quickly catches a charging Strowman with the fifth F-5 for the three and the win.

The Verdict

I mean...who did this benefit? Lesnar got a cheap win because of the pre-match attack, Corbin was firmly in the "go-away heat" portion of his stint as Raw GM, so he didn't get any heat from this, and Strowman got demolished. Even though he kicked out of four F-5s, he still got the bare minimum of offense in this match and looked like an absolute chump. He might not have been white-hot like he was during his feud with Reigns the previous year, but he was still popular, and this derailed him for a long time. It took years for him to get back to the main event scene after this. This match was pointless, which should never be the case for a world title match.

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. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
4. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
5. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
6. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
7. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
8. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
9. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
10. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
11. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
12. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
13. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
14. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
15. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
16. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
17. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
18. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
19. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
20. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
21. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
22. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
23. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
24. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
25. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
26. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
27. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
28. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
29. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
30. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
31. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
32. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
33. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
34. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
35. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
36. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
37. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
38. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
39. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
40. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
41. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
42. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
43. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
44. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
45. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
46. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
47. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
48. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
49. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
50. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
51. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
52. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
53. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
54. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
55. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
56. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
57. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
58. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
59. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
60. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
61. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
62. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
63. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
64. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
65. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
66. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
67. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
68. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
69. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
70. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
71. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
72. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
73. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
74.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
75. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
76. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
77. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
78. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
79. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
80. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
81. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
82. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
83. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
84. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
85. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
86. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
87. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
88. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
89. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
90. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
91. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
92. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
93. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
94. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
95. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
96. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-RAW (7/8/2002)
97. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
98. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
99. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
100. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
101. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
102. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
103. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
104. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
105. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
106. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
107. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
108. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
109. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
110. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
111. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
112. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
113. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
114. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
115. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
116. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
117. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
118. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
119. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
120. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
121. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
122. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
123. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
124. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
125. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009

Match #3: Crown Jewel 2019

Lesnar wouldn't wrestle at Super ShowDown in 2019, instead doing a post-match run-in during the match between Seth Rollins and Baron Corbin for the Universal Championship in a failed attempt to cash-in the Money in the Bank contract. So that brings us to Crown Jewel 2019 one year later. Lesnar had just crushed Kofi Kingston's hopes and dreams and won the WWE Championship. He was then confronted by Rey Mysterio, who Lesnar had beat up along with Eddie Guerrero's his son Dominik. Mysterio didn't come alone, however, as he brought Cain Velasquez to WWE. Velasquez had only two professional wrestling matches under his belt, but the history between him and Lesnar went back to UFC, as Velasquez had ended Lesnar's 707-day reign as the UFC Heavyweight Champion and was the first person to defeat Lesnar in over two-years. The two were booked to face off for the WWE Championship at Crown Jewel.

The two feel each other out, with Velasquez landing some kicks to start. Lesnar forces Velasquez into the corner, where the two exchange strikes before Velasquez frees himself. Velasquez lands some more strikes, but Lesnar forces him back into the corner where the two brawl again. Velasquez lands a knee to the midsection followed by a kick to the head that floors Lesnar. Velasquez goes to the ground and pound, but Lesnar gains the advantage by kicking Velasquez's knee, allowing him to lock in the Kimura Lock for the submission win. Lesnar refuses to break the hold until Rey Mysterio runs in and attacks him with a chair. Lesnar initially fends him off and hits an F-5 on Velasquez, but Mysterio is able to chase him off with the chair, setting up their very fun match at Survivor Series.

The Verdict

So...what happened? Why did this hyped-up match get such a lackluster ending? Well, Velasquez had a legit knee injury that needed surgery, and WWE opted not to risk further damage, so the match was very short. So aside from that, how is the match? Not very good. Worked MMA is never fun to watch, just look back at AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg. This match isn't quite as bad as that one, but it's still pretty uneventful until the ending.

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. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
4. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
5. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
6. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
7. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
8. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
9. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
10. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
11. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
12. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
13. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
14. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
15. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
16. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
17. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
18. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
19. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
20. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
21. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
22. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
23. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
24. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
25. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
26. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
27. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
28. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
29. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
30. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
31. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
32. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
33. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
34. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
35. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
36. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
37. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
38. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
39. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
40. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
41. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
42. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
43. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
44. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
45. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
46. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
47. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
48. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
49. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
50. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
51. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
52. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
53. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
54. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
55. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
56. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
57. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
58. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
59. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
60. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
61. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
62. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
63. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
64. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
65. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
66. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
67. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
68. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
69. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
70. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
71. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
72. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
73. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
74.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
75. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
76. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
77. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
78. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
79. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
80. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
81. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
82. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
83. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
84. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
85. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
86. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
87. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
88. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
89. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
90. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
91. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
92. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
93. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
94. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
95. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
96. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
97. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-RAW (7/8/2002)
98. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
99. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
100. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
101. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
102. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
103. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
104. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
105. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
106. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
107. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
108. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
109. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
110. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
111. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
112. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
113. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
114. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
115. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
116. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
117. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
118. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
119. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
120. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
121. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
122. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
123. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
124. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
125. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
126. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009

Match #4: Super ShowDown 2020

And this brings us to Super ShowDown 2020, the most recent Saudi show WWE has run. This match might be the worst and most infamous of the bunch. Already set to defend the WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 36, Lesnar had one more stop on that path, as he defended the title against Ricochet. Ricochet & Lesnar had crossed paths a few times leading up to this, as Lesnar gave Ricochet a low blow in the lead up to his domination at the Royal Rumble. That domination came to an end when Ricochet returned the favor, allowing McIntyre to eliminate him en route to his victory. Ricochet followed up with a #1 contender's triple threat victory to give him a shot at Lesnar at Super ShowDown. Now, Lesnar has had some of his best matches since returning to WWE with smaller guys like CM Punk, Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, and Rey Mysterio. And against Ricochet, arguably the most athletically impressive man on the roster, this could've been a very exciting match. It wasn't.

Ricochet starts the match with an immediate dropkick, but Lesnar legitimately swats him away. Lesnar beats down Ricochet before suplexing him, following up with three German suplexes. Lesnar picks up Ricochet from the ground and throws him right into an F-5 for the three and the win. 94 seconds for a world title match. Just awful

The Verdict

What a pile of shit. Like with the Strowman match, this benefited no one. Lesnar was already established as a dominant beast. Just a month ago, WWE sacrificed half a Royal Rumble to establish that even further. Him beating a midcarder did absolutely nothing to help him. And Ricochet...poor, poor Ricochet. This was a burial, plain and simple. The man still has yet to recover from this, and he probably never will unless he leaves the company. It's not even that he lost, that was inevitable. It's that he could even get one solitary piece of offense in. Why? He's one of the most exciting guys on the roster and this is how you treat him? Terrible. This is going towards the bottom.

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. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
4. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
5. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
6. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
7. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
8. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
9. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
10. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
11. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
12. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
13. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
14. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
15. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
16. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
17. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
18. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
19. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
20. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
21. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
22. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
23. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
24. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
25. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
26. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
27. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
28. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
29. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
30. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
31. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
32. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
33. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
34. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
35. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
36. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
37. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
38. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
39. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
40. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
41. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
42. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
43. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
44. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
45. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
46. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
47. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
48. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
49. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
50. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
51. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
52. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
53. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
54. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
55. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
56. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
57. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
58. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
59. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
60. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
61. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
62. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
63. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
64. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
65. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
66. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
67. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
68. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
69. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
70. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
71. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
72. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
73. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
74.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
75. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
76. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
77. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
78. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
79. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
80. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
81. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
82. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
83. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
84. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
85. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
86. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
87. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
88. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
89. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
90. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
91. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
92. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
93. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
94. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
95. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
96. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
97. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-RAW (7/8/2002)
98. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
99. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
100. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
101. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
102. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
103. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
104. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
105. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
106. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
107. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
108. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
109. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
110. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
111. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
112. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
113. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
114. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
115. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
116. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
117. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
118. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
119. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
120. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
121. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
122. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
123. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
124. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
125. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
126. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
127. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009

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