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Worst in the World: Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)

Before I start this, I feel like I need to clarify this; I love All Elite Wrestling. I genuinely think it is the best weekly wrestling show there is right now. And while it's not perfect, the majority of what is put on TV is at least good, in my opinion. That being said, AEW has had quite a few missteps since starting up. The Dark Order was dead on arrival before Brodie Lee showed up and resuscitated the group, Miro came in with a lot of hype following his WWE release, but his booking seriously underwhelmed until he broke away from Kip Sabian, and of course... That. However, the biggest issue that AEW has had since its inception is by far its women's division.  It hasn't been entirely their fault. Injuries kept Britt Baker and Kris Statlander out of the ring for a long time, while COVID-19 had kept women like Yuka Sakazaki and (until recently) Riho & Shanna out of the country entirely. Along with that, Kylie Rae seemed set to be one of the faces of the division before h

Worst in the World: Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)

(Special thanks to Otter Empire for suggesting this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.) Cooperation: the single most important thing in professional wrestling. You can have impeccable mat wrestling, flawless psychology, death-defying high spots, or realistic brawling abilities, but if you and your opponent aren't on the same page, your match is going to be a disaster. We've seen plenty of times where wrestlers have decided not to cooperate with their opponent, such as when Bruiser Brody stopped working in the middle of a match with Lex Luger in 1987 or when Shawn Michaels infamously channeled his inner octopus in a washing machine for his match with Hulk Hogan at SummerSlam 2005. However, there are also plenty of examples of someone deciding to go into business for themselves while in the ring with the absolute wrong person or people. There's of course the infamous match where a jobber in the NWA decided