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Worst in the World: The 2015 Royal Rumble Match

(Note: Hey everyone. Sorry this post is a week late. I recently had my wisdom teeth taken out, so between resting from that and school, I didn't have much time to write this. With that said, I hope you enjoy!) For a company that has had no shortage of bad ideas and match types throughout its history, it's hard to argue that WWE didn't knock it out of the park with the Royal Rumble. Debuting in 1988, the Royal Rumble has gone on to become arguably WWE's most popular match type and is easily one of the most exciting stipulations in wrestling history. Whether it be the high-stakes nature of the match, the interesting combinations the match creates, or the one-off returns of legends of the past, you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't like the Royal Rumble. The concept is so great that even a bad choice of the winner has a hard time souring the match itself. That being said, WWE doesn't have a perfect track record with the Royal Rumble, and there have

Worst in the World: Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)

 Special thanks to camilo jaramillo for suggesting this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below. Throughout the history of wrestling, there has been no shortage of feuds & storylines that hurt the wrestlers involved rather the help them. Bad creative is very much a thing, and even a good booker can spit out a bad idea every now and then. However, what's less common than that is writing that is so bad and so harmful, it destroys a wrestler's career in the company. In WWE, there are two wrestlers whose careers got tanked by one storyline that have become the go-to names to bring up on the topic; Diamond Dallas Page after he was decimated throughout his feud with the Undertaker in 2001, and Zack Ryder after he got roped into being Kane's punching bag in the "Embrace the Hate" feud between him & John Cena. However, if there's one wrestler whose stock got dropped significantly thanks to one bad f