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 been a few editions throughout history that have left a lot to be desired. The first match in 1988 really doesn't set the world on fire, the 2011 edition is a bloated mess with 40 entrants, which is something WWE clearly didn't learn from when they held the 50-Man Greatest Royal Rumble, and 1995's match might have the worst talent pool out of any of the 39 matches held so far. However, none of those compare to the absolute disaster that was the 2015 Royal Rumble match, which holds the worst rating of any Royal Rumble on Cagematch.net with a 1.52.

Going into the show, it seemed obvious who was going to win; Roman Reigns. And people were not happy about that. Seeing how great and natural Reigns has been as the top heel in the company with his Tribal Chief gimmick, it's crazy to go back and see just how dead-set WWE was at trying to make Reigns the #1 babyface in the company. In all my years of watching wrestling, I don't think I've ever seen one single person get so many "passing of the torch" moments like Reigns did between 2015 and 2020. They tried having him feud with Brock Lesnar, the human embodiment of a Dark Souls boss that was threatening to leave the company with the world title. It didn't work. They tried having him feud with Vince McMahon & the Authority like he was Steve Austin if he grew out his hair and raided D'Lo Brown's closet. It didn't work. They tried having everyone from Daniel Bryan to John Cena show up and tell everyone that this is the new guy. It didn't work. Reigns got booed out of the building everywhere he went for the majority of that stint. They tried to make Reigns the new John Cena, and technically they did, just not in the way they wanted. And the 2015 Royal Rumble is where that really started. And the worst part was, so much of that negative reaction was outright avoidable.

The year prior's Royal Rumble is not very well-liked either, and it's mainly because of one reason; the fact that Daniel Bryan not only didn't win but didn't even enter the match. WWE corrected their mistake and added Bryan to the main event of WrestleMania, but the massive negative reaction to the 2014 Royal Rumble is still a huge black eye for WWE. Fast forward to 2015, and Daniel Bryan is already confirmed for the Royal Rumble. This came after Bryan came back from a career-threatening injury. Bryan was easily one of the most popular wrestlers in the company at the time, and everyone wanted him to win and main event WrestleMania again. Having Reigns win probably wouldn't have been remembered all too fondly anyway, but having Bryan come back to not after everything he went through would just salt the wound. Let's get into this.

Lillian Garcia runs down the rules of the match before entrant #1 comes out, The Miz. He is quickly followed by entrant #2, R-Truth. The Awesome Truth...EXPLODE! Truth leads the crowd in a call-and-response routine that goes on longer than it needs to before the match starts. The two go back and forth, with both men nearly getting a quick elimination before Miz floors Truth with a big boot. Miz tries to eliminate Truth, but Truth blocks it and hits a jumping heel kick. Truth gets dumped onto the apron when he charges at Miz in the corner before the next entrant comes out, and the temperature just skyrocketed from all this HEAT. Bubba Ray Dudley makes his first WWE appearance in almost 10 years, and his one and only appearance in the Royal Rumble match. Dudley runs wild on the Miz and hits a big back body drop, all without taking off his glasses. Dudley punches away at Miz before hitting a Bionic Elbow and bodyslamming the Miz. And because WWE couldn't book D-Von, I guess, Dudley calls for Truth to deliver the Whassup? diving headbutt off the top rope. Keeping with his role as Not D-Von Dudley, Bubba tells Truth to get the tables, only for Miz to attack Truth from behind. However, an Irish whip ends with Truth reversing and hitting the 3D with Bubba, who quickly tosses Miz out of the ring. Truth follows up with a dropkick on Bubba, only to get tossed out right after by the sole Dudley.

Entrant #4 is up, and you know what that means! Luke Harper is out next. The two slug it out, ending with Harper fighting out of a Bubba Bomb and hitting a superkick, only for Dudley to rebound with a clothesline. Bully Ray vs Brodie Lee would've been a killer match that I'm sad we never got now. Harper avoids a follow-up elbow drop as entrant #5, Bray Wyatt, is out next. The former Wyatt Family members team up, beating down Bubba 2-on-1 and perfectly setting up entrant #6, D-VON DUD-Nevermind, Wyatt tosses Bubba out of the ring after a big boot from Harper. Maybe there was some reason D-Von couldn't appear we don't know about, but the booking of that spot was perfect for him to come out. What a shame. Wyatt & Harper stare eachother down before choosing to team up and run through the next entrants. Entrant #6 is Curtis Axel and he's pumped to get into this match. He never gets to enter as he's attacked by Erick Rowan in the entranceway. Rowan had failed to qualify for the Rumble after being fired by the Authority and then having his job won back by John Cena. Rowan takes out Axel and charges to the ring. The three former teammates brawl in the ring before Rowan takes control, splashing Harper in the corner, only for him & Harper to be tossed over the top rope by Wyatt. Wyatt stands alone in the ring as entrant #7 arrives.

It's the Boogeyman, wrestling his first match in WWE since 2010. The two attempt to "out-freak eachother" as Michael Cole says on commentary before Wyatt quickly clotheslines Boogeyman and throws him out of the ring. Wyatt again stands tall in the ring as entrant #8, Sin Cara, comes out. Cara quickly hits a springboard headbutt and avoids a quick elimination, but gets caught with a right hand when he dives off the top rope. Wyatt follows up with a Sister Abigail and another elimination before calling for a mic. He says that this is his year before leading the crowd in a rendition of "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands." Deathmatch legend Zack Ryder is out at #9, hitting a missile dropkick and a corner forearm followed by the Broski Boot. He tries to throw Wyatt out of the ring, only to get reversed and dumped out by Wyatt instead. This has nothing to do with the match, and this might just be me, but does it seem like Ryder always loses immediately after hitting the Broski Boot? It's always stuck out to me, but it seems like every time Ryder hits that move, he loses within 30 seconds of hitting. I would have to go threw likely hundreds of Zack Ryder matches to verify that (which is not something I'm willing to do) but it really feels like that's a running gag WWE does.

Wyatt stands tall again as entrant #10 is out...Daniel Bryan to a huge ovation. I'd say this is likely the only time you'll see Daniel Bryan on this series, but the fact that AJ Styles & Shawn Michaels have both been on here AND the fact that I have matches with Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii scheduled for this series, I'll reserve that comment. Bryan takes the fight to Wyatt, flipping over him in the corner before hitting a clothesline followed by four running dropkicks in the corner. Bryan kicks away at Wyatt in the corner before setting him on the top rope for a Super Hurricanrana. Entrant #11 is Fandango in his worst form, this being his salsa dancer phase where they got rid of his great entrance music. I do like his dance partner Rosa Mendes putting a rose in his mouth just so he can spit it right out. That was fun. Fandango floors Bryan with a nice dropkick before whipping him across the ring, but a follow-up back suplex sees Bryan flip out and kick him in the head. Bryan follows up with an airplane spin, but Fandango avoids elimination as Tyson Kidd enters at #12. Kidd kicks a charging Bryan before hitting a springboard dropkick. Kidd takes the fight to Wyatt before Fandango goes after him, only to get set on the top rope by Kidd. Bryan runs over and dropkicks Dango, putting him in a Tree of Woe for Kidd to follow up with a dropkick of his own. Bryan & Kidd trade blows before both men go down off a double crossbody. Man, a proper series of matches between these two would've been incredible.

Everyone's down as entrant #13 is Stardust, aka Cody Rhodes painted up like his brother and, if we're being honest, one of the first dominos in the line that leads to All Elite Wrestling being formed. Stardust hits a springboard elbow to Kidd before hitting a reverse DDT on Bryan and a kick to Fandango. Stardust & Fandango take turns tossing eachother out while the other one skins the cat, residing to fight in the corner as Bryan dumps Kidd over the top rope with a back suplex. Wyatt takes the fight to Bryan, only for Bryan to toss Wyatt out through the second rope and hit a suicide dive. Wyatt responds by throwing Bryan into the stairs as entrant #14 comes out. Diamond Dallas Page is back for his first WWE match since 2002. Stardust quickly stomps away at DDP, but a body slam attempt ends with a Diamond Cutter from the yoga instructor. Fandango takes the fight to DDP and goes to the top rope for the leg drop, but DDP pops up and crotches him on the top rope, allowing him to hit another Diamond Cutter. Wyatt attacks Page from behind, but clearly forgets the rule of thirds, as Page ducks a clothesline and hits another Diamond Cutter.

Halfway through the Rumble, United States Champion Rusev comes down to the ring. Page avoids a bodyslam from Rusev, but presses his luck with a fourth Diamond Cutter, with Rusev blocking it and hitting a superkick before tossing him out. Rusev quickly tosses out Fandango next before staring down Wyatt. However, their staredown is broken up by Bryan, who floors both men with a missile dropkick. Bryan kicks away at both men, but Wyatt catching his final kick leaves him open to a superkick from Rusev. And now, ladies and gentlemen, this is where a match that had been pretty fun up to this point, completely fucking dies. Rusev tosses Bryan over the top rope, but Bryan saves himself and fends off Rusev, only to get knocked off the apron by Wyatt, eliminating him from the match. And the crowd is furious. And when I say furious, I mean they are furious FOR GOOD. For the remainder of this match, the crowd boos just about everything & everybody who comes out with a few exceptions. It's one of the biggest disasters WWE has ever booked, and the worst/funniest part is that they knew this would happen. After the 2014 Rumble went down in flames there's no way WWE thought that this would go down any better. They definitely thought taking Bryan out early would let people get the anger out of their systems for the now inevitable Reigns win, but it backfired spectacularly. What a stupid fucking company.

So, what's the best way to make this dick punch of a moment into an absolute dick sledgehammering? Send out the guy whose TitanTron reads "Shattered Dreams", of course!

Goldust is out at #16. That is cartoonishly evil by WWE. They must have thought having Goldust kick a puppy on his way to the ring would've been too on the nose. The crowd couldn't care less about this, just booing everything that's happening. Goldust quickly takes out Rusev with a scoop slam before giving Wyatt an inverted atomic drop and a boot to the face. Goldust sets up Wyatt for Shattered Dreams, but Stardust tries to sneakily toss his brother out. Goldust saves himself, leading to the two fighting as the crowd chants loudly for Daniel Bryan. Everyone brawls as 

Kofi Kingston enters at #17. It might be easy to forget because of how beloved the New Day is now, but this is very early in the group's existence when they were a gospel trio and everyone hated it. If there was anybody that this crowd would've wanted to see less than Roman Reigns post-Daniel Bryan's elimination, it was Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods. But hey, at least we'll get a cool signature "Kofi Kingston survives elimination" spot that we get every Royal Rumble...right? Kofi quickly hits a diving crossbody on the Dust brothers before giving each man a dropkick. Wyatt blocks a dropkick of his own and tries to slingshot Kofi over the top rope, but Kofi survives. Kofi comes back with a springboard clothesline and takes the fight to Rusev before entrant #18, Adam Rose, enters. Rose is accompanied by his "Rose Buds" (aka a few partyers that followed around Rose) that includes a few familiar faces, most notably Deonna Purrazzo, Mandy Leon, Taeler Hendrix, and Renee Michelle.  Rose tries to trust fall into the Rose Buds, but that's interrupted by Rusev tossing Kofi out of the ring. The Rose Buds catch Kofi and place him back on the apron as Rose is thrown into the ring by Rusev. Why would they do that? Presumably, the work for Adam Rose. Why would they effectively help someone else in this match? Also, fuck you, THAT was your Kofi spot this year, hope you enjoyed it. This company sucks.

Well, Adam Rose has served his purpose, so he's gone, with Rusev tossing him out of the ring. Kofi tries to eliminate Rusev, but Rusev powers him over the top rope and kicks him to the outside. Everyone fights in the ring as entrant #19 is out next; Roman Reigns. Unsurprisingly, Reigns gets booed out of the building as he runs through everyone in the match, hitting a Samoan Drop on Goldust and a tilt-a-whirl slam on Stardust before eliminating both men. Wyatt & Rusev double team Reigns, only for Reigns to clothesline Wyatt. Big E is out at #20 to more boos, quickly hitting a belly-to-belly suplex on Rusev, but can't get him over the top rope. Rusev fights back and hits a cannonball senton in the corner. Entrant #21 is Damien Mizdow, aka Damien Sandow during his fantastic stunt double gimmick. And if you want an idea of how great Mizdow was, even in this awful Hell-version of a Royal Rumble, Mizdow still gets a big pop. However, Mizdow doesn't get in the ring, as the real Miz runs down and decides to take his spot. Miz quickly gets knocked off the apron by Reigns and, after thinking about mimicking the Miz's selling, Mizdow runs into the ring and takes the fight to Wyatt, hitting the Miz's kneeling DDT and follows up with the Miz's facelock backbreaker into a neckbreaker combo on Big E. Mizdow kips up as the crowd goes wild...only to get tossed out by Rusev. How can this company get everything so wrong every single time with this match? Mizdow immediately goes back to imitating the Miz, who yells at him for costing him another shot in the match.

Entrant #22 is Jack Swagger who has an amazing entrance theme. He quickly splashes Rusev in the corner followed by a huge scoop slam. Proof that wrestling fans just like chanting shit, Swagger gets a big reaction to his "WE THE PEOPLE" before splashing Rusev. Swagger tries to dump Rusev out of the ring, but Wyatt runs over and stops him. Wyatt & Rusev double team Swagger before entrant #23, Ryback, enters the match. Ryback runs wild, quickly hitting a spinebuster on Rusev before hitting a clothesline on Wyatt, another spinebuster on Swagger, a belly-to-belly suplex on Big E, and a clothesline on Reigns, which the crowd loved, before giving Rusev a Meat Hook Clothesline. Rusev avoids elimination before Wyatt takes the fight to Ryback as the crowd chants loudly for CM Punk. This is not going well.

Entrant #24 is Kane. It's fitting that the TitanTron goes red with fire when Kane comes out, given that his entrance into this match is a huge red flag for the future. Also, it's Corporate Kane, which is the worst version of Kane. Nothing of note happens until entrant #25 comes out. It's Dean Ambrose, one of the few people who gets a pop this late in the match. Ambrose quickly takes out Wyatt with the rebound clothesline before flooring Rusev and hitting a diving elbow on Kane. The crowd is fully behind Ambrose as Titus O'Neil enters at #26. He is immediately eliminated by Reigns & Ambrose. And, in theme with how poorly executed this Rumble was, this was actually a botch. Apparently, the plan was for Titus to break Santino Marella's record for the fastest elimination in Royal Rumble history, but because O'Neil stepped too far out from the ropes when he entered, he ended up lasting about four seconds. Just a comedy of errors is what this match is. Luckily, nothing embarrassing would ever happen to Titus O'Neil in a Royal Rumble match ever again.

Everyone brawls as Ambrose dropkicks Wyatt into the ropes. Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett enters at #27, brawling with everyone before hitting the Winds of Change (a spinning side slam) on Ambrose. Ambrose responds with a sliding clothesline followed by an elbow drop before entrant #28, Cesaro, comes down to the ring. Like with Daniel Bryan, I'd say this is probably the only time you'll see Cesaro on this series, but I'm not trying to jinx it. Cesaro uppercuts everyone in sight, including giving Ambrose a Very European Uppercut (a pop-up European Uppercut), as Rusev superkicks Big E off the apron to eliminate him. Entrant #29 (and red flag #2) is the Big Show. Everybody (except for Kane because Authority 4 Life) jumps on Big Show, who powers out and manhandles everyone in the ring. Kane gives Ambrose a Chokeslam, so Show gives Reigns one in response before both men power Ryback out of the ring. Show follows up by eliminating Swagger as Kane hits another Chokeslam in Rusev. If you're thinking to yourself "Hey, maybe WWE shouldn't be having all their newer guys get destroyed by dudes in their 40s" right about now, don't worry, it's about to get a lot worse.

The 30th and final entrant in the match is Dolph Ziggler, another one of the few people who gets a pop when he comes out. Ziggler avoids a chokeslam from Big Show before giving him a superkick, following up with kicks to Kane and Wyatt soon after. Ziggler follows up with a double jumping DDT on Kane & Show before sending a charging Barrett onto the apron and superkicking him down to the ground. Cesaro takes the opportunity to swing Ziggler before clotheslining him over the top rope, but Ziggler hangs on. Ziggler drags Cesaro onto the apron and the crowd rails behind Ziggler, who superkicks Cesaro twice and eliminates him. Ziggler avoids elimination again when Kane tries to dump him out, but Ziggler survives and heads to the top rope, only for Big Show to hit the knockout punch when Ziggler dives off the top. And just like that, this middle finger of a match turns into a double middle finger. 

With minimal effort, Show & Kane dump Ziggler over the top rope and out of the match. Show then knocks out Wyatt so he & Kane can do the same. This leaves just Show, Kane, Ambrose, and Reigns in the ring. The former Shield teammates take the fight to the two giants, blocking dual chokeslams before Ambrose clotheslines Kane. Ambrose hits a rebound clothesline on Show before Reigns hits a jumping clothesline on Show. The two try to eliminate Show, but Kane stops them after hitting a big boot on Reigns. Show chokeslams, Ambrose, before he & Kane, again, with barely any effort, dump Ambrose out of the ring. If Daniel Bryan getting eliminated didn't kill this match, then this little sequence drove the stake through it's heart. It's blatantly obvious why WWE did this. There's no doubt in my mind they thought the crowd would cheer for Reigns if he was going up against something this bad. But that's not how this works. It would be one thing if this was written well, giving us a villain to root against, but it's the actual writing and booking is bad. This isn't getting booed because the booking made Kane & Big Show unlikeable and people they wanted to see the hero beat. It's getting booed because the writing & booking itself is bad. Add on the awful way guys like Ziggler, Wyatt, and Ambrose were eliminated, and this is a bad time throughout. Kane & Big Show barely had to try to eliminate them. WWE basically said "These people you like? They suck, they're nowhere near as good as Roman Reigns. Look at Roman Reigns beating all the people your favorites couldn't. Roman Reigns is so much better than them. You should all love Roman Reigns." This is a company that prides itself on being an entertainment company that thinks it can be the next Marvel when they barely have an idea as to what good storytelling is.

So yeah, it's down to Reigns, Show, and Kane as the crowd is the angriest they've been all night. Kane & Show beat down Reigns, trying to eliminate him as Reigns fights to survive. Eventually, Show tries to tip Kane over the top rope, prompting the two to argue and brawl. Both men grab each other by the throat as Reigns sprints over and tips both men over the top rope. Man, what was that? This is what I mean by WWE doesn't understand storytelling. Reigns beat them not because he bested Kane & Show, but because the Kane & Show were dumb enough to fight with each other instead of just getting rid of Reigns. Reigns beat them through circumstance, not ability. That's not how you write a hero people can root for. The crowd is having none of this as well, booing loudly as Kane & Big Show run in to attack Reigns, giving him a double Chokeslam.

Suddenly, the Rock's music hits. The crowd erupts, which is not the same reaction they'll have when they realize why he's here. The Rock runs wild on Show & Kane, hitting a spinebuster on Kane before Show tries to chokeslam him. Rock fights out of it with a kick to the dick (also known as "this match") before Reigns hits a Superman Punch. Rock follows up with a Rock Bottom on the Big Show before rolling out of the ring. Suddenly. Rusev pops up and re-enters the ring, having never been eliminated, just so Reigns can duck a clothesline and give him a Spear. Reigns tosses Rusev out of the ring, officially winning the match as the crowd boos. This whole match is WWE's version of Sideshow Bob stepping on all the rakes. The Rock re-enters the ring and attempts to pass the torch to Reigns, which gives us this iconic moment where the Rock reacts to the reaction.

Amazing. WWE managed to get their own fans to boo THE ROCK. Also, side note, the fact the WWE kept that in when they uploaded the clip to YouTube is shocking. Triple H & Stephanie McMahon come out from the back to look on in disapproval as Reigns stands tall to a chorus of boos.

The Verdict

Man, what a pile of shit. Granted, the first half of this match is pretty fun, as is to be expected with the Royal Rumble, but that second half is an absolute shit show, all of which was by WWE's own doing. Roman Reigns winning was obvious, and while that likely wouldn't have gone down well regardless of how good the match was, the steps WWE took to try to mitigate that negative reaction only made everything worse. Having Daniel Bryan get eliminated so early & quickly with little fanfare just made everyone watching angry for the rest of the match. Kane & Big Show demolishing all the people the crowd liked without even breaking a sweat just made everyone even angrier and didn't help Reigns, it only hurt guys like Ziggler, Ambrose, and Wyatt. Even something small like Damien Mizdow showing up for less than 20 seconds just puts a bad taste in my mouth. But let's take all those factors away for a second...the second half of this match, as a match, blows.

The worst parts of the Royal Rumble are easily when people just stand in the corner and try to push each other over the top rope. That's pretty much the entirety of the second half of this match until Kane & Big Show begin their reign of terror. There are very few spots, the only ones being Mizdow, which is way too brief, Titus O'Neil's elimination, which didn't go right, and the Kofi spot, which was easily the worst & least impressive he's ever done. Outside of that, nothing. There aren't even any returns just to pop the crowd, all of those happened in the first half. This is such a boring half of the Royal Rumble. I'm generally kinder to matches that have a good first half and a bad second half, but in those cases, the second half isn't half an hour long. This match is a pain to watch and is easily one of, if not the worst Royal Rumble matches ever.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

1. Tommy Dreamer vs Bully Ray-Victory Road 2011
2. Triple H vs Kevin Nash-TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs 2011
3. Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
4. Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
5. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
6. Ernest Miller vs Norman Smiley-Fall Brawl 1998
7. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
8. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
9. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
10. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
11. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
12. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
13. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
14. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
15. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
16. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
17. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
18. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
19. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
20. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
21. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
22. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
23. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
24. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
25. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
26. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
27. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
28. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
29. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
30. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
31. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
32. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
33. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
34. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
35. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
36. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
37. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
38. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
39. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
40. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
41. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
42. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
43. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
44. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
45. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
46. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
47. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
48. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
49. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
50. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
51. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
52. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
53. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
54. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
55. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
56. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
57. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
58. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
59. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
60. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
61. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
62. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
63. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
64. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
65. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
66. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
67. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
68. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
69. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
70. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
71. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
72. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
73. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
74. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
75. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
76. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
77. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
78. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
79. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
80. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
81. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
82. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
83. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
84. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
85. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
86. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
87. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
88. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
89. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
90. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
91. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
92. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
93. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
94. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
95. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
96. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
97. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
98. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
99. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
100. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
101. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
102. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
103. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
104. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
105. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
106. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
107. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
108. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
109.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
110. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
111. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
112. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
113. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
114. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
115. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
116. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
117. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
118. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
119. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
120. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
121. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
122. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
123. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
124. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
125. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
126. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
127. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
128. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
129. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
130. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
131. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
132. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
133. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
134. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
135. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
136. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
137. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
138. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
139. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
140. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
141. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
142. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
143. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
144. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
145. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
146. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
147. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
148. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
149. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
150. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
151. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
152. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
153. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
154. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
155. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
156. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
157. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
158. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
159. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
160. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
161. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
162. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
163. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
164. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
165. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
166. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
167. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
168. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
169. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
170. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
171. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
172. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
173. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
174. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)

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