Worst in the World: Fall Brawl '98's Five Matches of Doom

Usually, when I do entries in the Worst in the World, I'll cover a single match. Sometimes, I'll bust out a double feature. One time I took on three matches. Hell, I've even gone for four at once. But today, I'm going all out. Five matches in one post. And all of them come from Fall Brawl 1998, quite possibly the worst top-to-bottom wrestling show that has ever been put on by a major company. The average star rating for the matches on this show from Dave Meltzer is below a quarter of a star. The whole show; less than a quarter of a star. Not even some of the most notoriously bad pay-per-views have average match ratings that low. Uncensored 1996 with the Doomsday Cage? Still higher. December to Dismember, the show that pretty much killed the ECW revival and had the lowest buy rate in WWE history pre-Network? Still higher. Victory Road 2009, the show with...

...that. Still higher. Granted, that average isn't as bad as Heroes of Wrestling, but if we're setting the bar that low, there might as well not even be a bar at all. So yeah, five matches, all with ratings below one star. Actually, there are six matches on this card with ratings below one star, because Fall Brawl '98 also featured the clusterfuck 3 vs 3 vs 3 War Games match, a match I've already covered. So yeah...this show is a nightmare, so let's get into it.

Match #1: British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools

Our first match in this pentalogy of poor performances (I'm fucking great at what I do) takes us to the opening contest of Fall Brawl 1998, as the team of the British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart take on the Dancing Fools, consisting of Alex Wright, famous for his "pick me" rant in WCW Thunder on the Playstation, and Disco Inferno, famous for saying stupid shit online. Bulldog & Neidhart are about a year removed from leaving the WWF with Bret Hart following the Montreal Screwjob and...aren't really doing anything. Bulldog got to feud with Mongo for a bit...so there's that. This match came about when Wright proclaimed he was the best WCW wrestler from Europe, and Bulldog disagreed...that's it.

The match starts with immediate confusion. Disco plays up to the crowd...and they cheer? And then Bulldog plays up to the crowd...and they boo? Are the Dancing Fools the faces? They can't be, because the crowd chants "USA" and Wright covers his ears and tries to leave. But Neidhart tries to get the crowd to quiet down because Bulldog is also not from America...so who are you meant to cheer for in this match? And then Mike Tenay mentions on commentary that Bulldog & Neidhart tried to get Bret Hart to join them and beat down Lex Luger, who is in the nWo Wolfpac and is a good guy...but then Hart teamed up with Luger, even though he's part of nWo Hollywood and feuding with nWo Wolfpac. Unless I'm missing something, this makes absolutely zero sense.

So after over a minute of stalling, Wright and Bulldog lock up to start, with Wright taking down Bulldog with an arm drag. This leads to Bulldog, who has hair that's too short to pull, claiming that Wright pulled his hair...and the referee believes him! What? Also, how does this spot keep coming up in matches I cover? The two lock up again, ending with Bulldog forcing Wright into the corner and beating him down. Wright is able to gain the upper hand and gets some shots of his own in. The two go back and forth before Bulldog hits a hip toss followed by a military press slam before tagging in Neidhart. Disco tags in and the two lock up, with Neidhart overpowering him easily. Neidhart floors Disco with two shoulder blocks, the second of which Disco bumps big for, before mocking him with a little wiggle. Disco is not pleased.

The two go back and forth before Disco takes down Neidhart with a drop toe hold before stomping away at him, getting a big pop. Neidhart gains control with a quick jab, but Disco counters a body slam attempt and hits a running knee lift. Neidhart gains control, forcing Disco into the corner and beating him down before tagging in Bulldog. Disco is able to tag in after Wright cheap shots Bulldog with his knee, allowing Wright to beat down on Bulldog before dancing. Wright goes for a monkey flip...but Bulldog is able to land on his feet, something I did not expect from a wrestler the size of Bulldog.

That impressive feat is immediately followed up with a jumping back kick by Wright for a near fall. Wright beats down Bulldog in the corner before hitting a wrist lock takedown, but Bulldog catches a charging Wright with a back elbow before hitting a clothesline. However, Wright keeps control, countering a back body drop attempt with a kick to the face. Disco tags in for a middle rope (aka Bret's rope, for added insult) elbow drop for a near fall before hitting an atomic drop, but Bulldog is able to send a charging Disco out of the ring. Neidhart beats down Disco at ringside, tossing him hard into the guard rail. Disco Inferno might be a douchebag in real life, but man, he's a bumper.

Back in the ring, Bulldog controls the match with a headlock before hitting a knee lift and going back to the headlock. Bulldog blocks a sunset flip attempt, but Disco stomps on his foot and hits a body block. Bulldog is able to take back control with a Stun Gun that almost misses the top rope entirely. Neidhart tags in despite being halfway across the apron.

Neidhart beats down on Disco, biting his forehead in the corner before throwing him into Bulldog's boot for a two-count. Bulldog tags back for a body slam before this happens...

It looked like they were going for a slingshot splash, but Disco just sprung up to his feet, so Neidhart had to switch to a shoulder block and it just looked awful. Like, there's no reason Neidhart couldn't have seen him other than "it's the spot, so I'm doing it." Disco makes the hot tag to Wright, who hits a big missile dropkick on Neidhart, followed by a dropkick on Bulldog and a back body drop that probably ruined Bulldog's career.

And just to be clear, this wasn't Wright's fault, it was WCW's. To make it seem like the Ultimate Warrior was magic and could teleport...for some reason...WCW set up the ring to have a trap door so Warrior could make an elaborate entrance. You can't see the actual door that well, but you can tell this isn't a normal ring based on the fact that it doesn't move whatsoever when Bulldog bumps on it. Multiple bad bumps on that door caused Bulldog to get a spinal infection that nearly paralyzed him, put him in the hospital for six months, got him fired via FedEx, and gave him a painkiller & morphine addiction. All because WCW wanted to hype up a shitty Hogan-Warrior rematch with magic. Fuck this company.

Wright picks up Bulldog and, after a few European uppercuts (or, as Wright would call them...uppercuts), gives him a bodyslam, causing him to take another nasty bump. Bulldog goes for the powerslam, but Disco saves Wright, allowing the Fools to hit a double clothesline. Disco tags in, but a miscommunication allows Bulldog to hit the running powerslam. And by "hits", I mean he barely gets Disco up because his back is absolutely ruined.

Bulldog gets the three and the win. Neidhart gives Disco a stomp for good measure before he & Bulldog head to the back.

The Verdict

The majority of the match isn't awful. It's fairly average with a couple of nice little spots. The heel and face divide is just all over the place, but most of the match is perfectly acceptable. However, towards the end, things just kind of start to fall apart. The botched Stun Gun followed by whatever that slingshot was supposed to be. And of course, the ugly finish, with Bulldog being too hurt to properly hit his finisher. Add on the fact the injuries Bulldog suffered ended up ruining his career, and how completely avoidable they were, and this match gets knocked a peg.

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

Match #2: Chris Jericho vs Goldberg

Immediately following the Bulldog/Neidhart-Dancing Fools match, we got our next matchup on the list. Chris Jericho vs Goldberg. The shining star of the Cruiserweight division vs WCW's breakout star. TV Champion vs World Champion. Title vs Title. Goldberg's streak on the line. A hot feud with Jericho calling out Goldberg, and the match being announced by Jericho himself at the start of the show. How could this possibly be bad? Well...there's a couple of ways. The big one being that this "hot feud" was actually one-sided. And by "one-sided" I mean that Jericho basically did all the work, and Goldberg didn't even acknowledge his existence. It's well known that Goldberg had no interest in wrestling Jericho, and WCW had no interest in having them wrestle. All this taunting ultimately leads to nothing and Jericho just kind of looks like an ineffective clown. I get that's kind of the whole point of Jericho's gimmick, but at least when he does stuff like this to Dean Malenko or Orange Cassidy in AEW, he backs it up in the ring. Here, he's got nothing. So, instead of the match that they hyped up at the beginning of the show, what do we get?

Let's start with the positives. For starters, Jericho is hilarious during his entrance, parodying Goldberg's iconic entrance but continuously getting lost backstage. This is followed up by, instead of being surrounded by sparks like Goldberg, Jericho gets shitty little fireworks spooters.

Amazing. Goldberg's music hits and outcomes...this man.

A tiny Goldberg. And I mean "tiny", this man has to be 5'5 max.

The two lock up, with Jericho shoving the fake Goldberg (more like Bronzeburg) to the ground. The two trade wristlocks before Jericho hits a clothesline as the crowd chants "BULLSHIT!" I would love to know what WCW thought would happen here. Did they really think fans would be OK with this bait and switch? Instead of a Champion vs Champion, Winner Take All match featuring the World Heavyweight Champion WHO ISN'T EVEN ON THE CARD, TO BEGIN WITH FOR SOME REASON, they're getting a nothing match. It'd be a little more understandable if Jericho just came out and made the challenge on the spot and didn't hype this up to start the show, or they just did this on free TV. This is a pay-per-view, people paid a lot of money to watch this. It'd be like if your friend invited you over to watch Titanic, only when you got there, they tell you you're watching Titanic II instead. And yes, that's a real movie.

Jericho follows up with a suplex and his signature cocky pin for a near fall before Mini Goldberg manages to hit a spear. Jericho immediately no-sells it and boots the tiny imposter in the face, following up with kicks and insults. Jericho locks in the Liontamer for the submission win, keeping it locked in for a good while before ripping up Mini Goldberg's fake title. And that's the end of this segment. Jericho gets no comeuppance from Goldberg. This achieved literally nothing.

The Verdict

Like I said, this was just a waste of time. The match is nothing, there's no reason this should've been on the card. Hell, I could've looked past all that if this was fun. This is Chris Jericho. The guy who knows 1004 holds and wrote them all down. The guy who came up with the List of Jericho. The guy who took part in Le Dinner Debonair. He's genuinely one of the most entertaining people in professional wrestling history. And this is prime Funny Chris Jericho. If there's anyone who should have been able to make this work, it's him. And yet, this match is so devoid of anything entertaining. For shame.

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

Match #3: Ernest Miller vs Norman Smiley

Once again, we get no break in between the garbage, as match #3 is another stinker in Ernest "The Cat" Miller against Norman Smiley. Both are probably best known for their comedy gimmicks towards the end of WCW, Miller's being his James Brown knock-off and Smiley's being his cowardly hardcore wrestler, but we're not there yet. Hell, Smiley doesn't even have his snooty "Nor-men Smi-lay" name pronunciation yet, but at least he's got the Big Wiggle. Meanwhile, Miller's taken on the role of the arrogant karate champion, bragging about how he's the greatest. This match actually came about as a result of a funny segment where Miller attacked Steve & Scott Armstrong during a rare interview (something they themselves admit) with Mike Tenay, complaining about not getting TV time. Smiley objected, so now we have a match. Is this match really deserving of a -1 star rating? Let's find out.

Before the match, Miller takes to the mic to brag about being a three-time karate champion before offering to let Smiley leave without getting beat up, solely on the basis that they are both black. No, really, that's the only reason. I laughed. Miller turns his back, but Smiley doesn't go anywhere, turning him around and catching him with a forearm. The bell rings and Smiley strikes away at Miller, landing a jumping headbutt before dropkicking Miller out of the ring. Miller argues with fans before Smiley gets out of the ring, where Miller catches him with a superkick. Miller tosses Smiley into the guard rail before tossing him back in the ring. Miller strikes away at Smiley, beating him down in the corner with chops before Smiley fights back, only for Miller to hit a superkick and a double palm thrust. Miller lands some Muay Thai knees, only for Smiley to block one and hit a twisting belly-to-black suplex. Smiley follows up with a leg drop. That'll get you heat with Hogan!

Smiley follows with an elbow drop for a near fall before tossing Miller into the corner. Miller begs for mercy, only to rake the eyes and take Smiley down with a leg sweep. Miller chokes Smiley against the ropes, cutting off a comeback attempt with another superkick, before locking in an armbar after an arm drag takedown. Smiley fights to his feet and takes down Miller with a drop-toe hold, which he follows up with a bodyslam. Smiley slams Miller's head into the turnbuckle three times before hitting a delayed vertical suplex for a near fall. Smiley takes Miller to the top rope, but Miller knocks him down with a double jump diving Feliner, a twisting roundhouse kick. Miller follows up with a more traditional Feliner for the three and the win.

The Verdict

Honestly... it's one of the best matches I've seen since I started doing this series. No hyperbole. It's obviously not a very good match, and being the best match in a series that looks at the absolute worst wrestling matches of all time is like saying you're the best player on the New York Jets, but I genuinely don't think this match is actually that bad. Nothing is really botched that badly, it's brief enough that it doesn't overstay its welcome, and there were some genuinely nice moments of wrestling. So yeah...towards the top of the list.

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

Match #4: Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner

So, because joy is a foreign concept to WCW, the fourth match on this entry is also the fourth match of this show. And, like the Jericho-Goldberg "match", this one has some actual heat behind it. Back in February, Scott turned on Rick to join the nWo, the culmination of a dissension angle that had been brewing since late 1997. Gone was the amateur wrestling standout Scott Steiner, and the platinum-haired, loud-mouthed Big Poppa Pump we all know and love was born. It's been seven months, but the Steiners have yet to face off in a singles match. In that time, Rick has been ambushed after Scott teased a change of heart, been ambushed again by a returning Buff Bagwell, who was injured in a match with Rick almost five months prior, also teasing a change of heart only to rejoin the nWo, and has attacked Scott with a chair. This led to Road Wild, where the two were supposed to face off in a grudge match, only for Scott to pull out due to him being comically injured.

However, commissioner J.J. Dillon announced that the Steiners would face off at Fall Brawl, and if Scott didn't wrestle, he'd be banned from wrestling from life. Not WCW, his exact words were "barred from wrestling for life." I guess every wrestling company in the world would've just honored WCW decision here. But thank God he wrestles at this show, we never would've gotten Steiner Math if he didn't. Obviously, Scott sprung to life at that announcement. So now we're here at Fall Brawl. Will this match live up to expectations? It's WCW in during the Monday Night Wars...so no.

We get some classic Jimmy Hart toeing the line of copyright infringement during the entrances. It's well known that the nWo's theme samples a variety of Jimi Hendrix guitar riffs, but man, Rick's entrance theme is just "Welcome to the Jungle" with some added dog sounds at the beginning.. WWE must have a deal with Guns N' Roses because I'm shocked this is still on the Network, especially since DDP's Smells Like Teen Spirit and Chris Jericho's Even Flow knock-offs are nowhere to be found. Despite Scott not being in the ring, the bells rings. The two immediately start with a brawl, with Rick getting the better of the exchange before flooring Scott with a huge lariat. Rick follows up with an elbow drop before continuing to beat down Scott until he leaves the ring. Rick follows him out, tossing over the guard rail before pulling him back over to ringside. Back in the ring, Bagwell grabs Rick's ankle, distracting the referee and allowing Scott to ask Rick what the capital of Thailand is. 

Two kicks to the balls gives Scott the momentum as he tosses Rick out of the ring and into the ring steps. After throwing him into the barricade, Scott throws Rick back in the ring before flooring him with a clothesline. Scott follows up with a butterfly suplex attempt, but Rick blocks it and hits a DDT before going to the second rope for the diving bulldog. Bagwell hops up on the apron for the interference, but Rick grabs him and throws him towards the turnbuckle. Despite his head going nowhere near the turnbuckle, Bagwell falls to the apron motionless.

As Bagwell lays on the apron, the Steiners brawl at ringside and back in the ring. Eventually, Scott checks on Bagwell, no selling a shot from Rick as Bagwell says he hurt his neck again. The crowd is having absolutely none of this, as they just saw Bagwell's terrible sell-job, and they ALREADY PULLED THIS RUSE. The referee signals for help as Rick stays cautious, yelling at the medics and asking if Bagwell is really hurt. Bagwell gets stretchered out, with both Steiners following, as they stick with this for well over two minutes and even Eric Bischoff makes an appearance to really sell this. Bagwell tells someone to call his mom as he is put in the ambulance, with Scott going with him...and SWERVE! A swerve that anyone watching saw coming. Scott & Bagwell jump Rick and beat him down.

The Verdict

The actual match is pretty fun. The opening is actually great, and while it's not super exciting, it's still pretty alright. However, the bait and switch takes away so much from this match, and the terrible execution of the swerve just made it worse. The match itself was fine, but everything surrounding it ruins it.

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

Match #5: Konnan vs Scott Hall

Finally, WCW figures out that booking terrible match after terrible match is a bad thing, and gives us a pallet cleanser in the form of a decent Juventud Guerrera-Silver King match, a great Perry Saturn-Raven match, and a shockingly bad Dean Malenko-Curt Hennig match. Unfortunately, it's almost like they were luring the viewers into a fall sense of security because now we have...Last Call Scott Hall. It's no secret that Scott Hall has struggled with addiction throughout his life and career. By 1998, a messy divorce caused Hall to increase his drinking. WCW decided the best course of action was to portray Hall as a flat-out alcoholic, showing up to work drunk, and even taking drink breaks during his matches. Long story short, the angle is incredibly tasteless, and Eric Bischoff has gone on record saying he regrets booking this. This match, one of the first Hall worked under the gimmick, was announced by J.J. Dillon, forcing him to come back to work after an absence. Earlier in the show, Konnan says that Hall has been going through problems in his personal life, prompting a clearly intoxicated Hall to berate K-Dogg before throwing a drink in his face. So now we get to watch a real-life alcoholic play a kayfabe alcoholic that has completely fallen off the wagon and gotten drunk on the job. Isn't wrestling just fun?

Hall's out first. Well, Vincent (Virgil) is out first, with Hall slowly walking out after him, drink in hand.

Vincent quickly gets the drink away from him before Hall makes his way to the ring...the wrong ring.

Hall eventually gets in the right ring, stumbling around the ring before taking the mic, slurring his words while taking sips from his drink. He does a survey, asking if the crowd came to see nWo Hollywood or nWo Wolfpac. The crowd cheers for the Wolfpac, so Hall just ignores them. Konnan comes out and cuts a cheap pop promo. The match starts and Hall immediately switches rings. Konnan follows him, so Hall switches again. Hall flicks his toothpick at Konnan before stumbling, so Konnan yells "ANDALE" at him and aggressively grabs his balls.

Hall responds by saying Konnan has a tiny penis because "attitude." After a minute of shenanigans, the two lock up, with Hall taking control with a wrist lock. Hall works the arm, slapping Konnan in the process before Konnan hits a clothesline. Konnan smacks Hall a bunch before grabbing his balls again and riling up the crowd. Hall takes control again with another wristlock, but Konnan breaks the hold with a hair pull takedown. Nothing happens for an odd amount of time before Hall taunts Konnan with a fake test of strength spot, repeatedly switching hands. Konnan responds by clocking him before hitting a rolling clothesline and grabbing his sack again. I wouldn't have even been 2 yet so I wasn't watching, was this just Konnan's thing? He's done it three times now.

Hall tries to enter the other ring, but Konnan catches him, stomping away at him and wedging him between the two rings.

Hall crawls under one of the rings as Vincent hops up on the apron to distract Konnan. Hall sneaks out from under the ring and slowly tries to jump Konnan, but K-Dogg catches him with a clothesline. Bobby Heenan theorizes that Konnan could smell Hall coming, which is a good line. Hall rolls out of the ring and takes a sip from his drink. The referee starts to count him out, so Hall mocks him, waiting on the apron and counting along with him until entering the ring at 9. Hall takes control of the match with a surfboard hold, which he locks in almost uninterrupted for TWO WHOLE MINUTES. Konnan fights out and locks in a surfboard of his own, but can't get Hall down to his knees. This allows him to push the referee into the corner, obscuring his view so he can low blow Konnan. Konnan makes the cover for a near fall.

Hall follows up with a fallaway slam for a near fall before locking in an abdominal stretch. Vincent offers his hand to give Hall extra leverage, but Hall just asks for his drink, which Vincent gives him.

Vincent might be the worst AA sponsor. Hall starts using the ropes for leverage before breaking the hold and clobbering Konnan. Konnan eventually locks in an abdominal stretch of his own, but Hall quickly breaks it with a hip toss. Konnan dodges three elbow drop, blocks a few punches, and rams his head into the turnbuckle twice, but a big boot and a clothesline keeps Hall in control. Hall sets Konnan on the top rope and hits a belly-to-back superplex. Hall stumbles around and calls for the Outsider's Edge...but opts to take a drink before he does. This allows Konnan to kick the drink out of his hand, hit a facebuster, and lock in the Tequila Sunrise. Hall taps out, which gives Tenay a funny line about wondering if he was just ordering another round.

The Verdict

Obviously, this whole angle is incredibly tasteless, especially considering how this was a real issue Hall was going through being exploited for "entertainment." But how is the actual match? Not good. It's not quite as bad as many of the other matches on this list, but it's still pretty boring. There are a few spots that are fine, and there's nothing that gets botched. I'm actually surprised how little the drunk Scott Hall gimmick actually affected the in-ring work. Still, it's a nothing match that isn't worth watching.

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

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