Worst in the World: Rocky Maivia vs Savio Vega: A Trilogy of Terror

(Special thanks to Frost for suggesting two of the three matches covered here. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.)

 Last time on the Worst in the World, I made a first (and, spoiler alert, not the last) entry in the series to feature Kazuchika Okada, one of the most critically lauded wrestlers in history. Well, thanks to some recommendations from Frost, I'll be covering a match from another all-time great for the first time in the series; The Rock. Unlike with Okada, however, I was actually surprised to look back and see that the Great One has never been featured here. I am in no way saying that The Rock is a bad wrestler, as he has more than a few great matches to his name. It's just that when you talk about The Rock, his promo skills and charisma tend to get more attention than his in-ring work. As such, The Rock has had a few stinkers throughout his career, especially from before he got his iconic nickname.

Dwayne No Nickname Johnson was just 25 years old and only 20 matches into his professional wrestling career when he made his televised debut in the WWF at Survivor Series 1996 as part of one of the events' titular matches, using the ring name Rocky Maivia. A member of the famous Anoa'i family and a member of the 1991 National Champion Miami Hurricanes college football team, the WWF clearly had high hopes for Maivia, giving him a big babyface push right out the gate. Maivia would be the sole survivor of the aforementioned Survivor Series match and, just over three months after his debut, defeated fellow future main eventer Hunter Hearst Helmsley to win the Intercontinental Championship. Unfortunately for the WWF, the fans were nowhere near as thrilled with the blue chip prospect as the company was. 

While the legitimacy of the infamous "Die Rocky Die" chants that Maivia referenced in his first heel promo might've been exaggerated beyong THAT sign:

The negative reception he received was all too real, and it was clear that the audience was not going to get behind Maivia, at least not in his clean-cut, blue chip variant. It actually proved to be a blessing in disguise, as the hostile reactions led to Maivia turning heel and joining the Nation of Domination, where he really started to shine in his new role, along with changing his name to the now-iconic "The Rock" on route to becoming one of the biggest stars in the history of wrestling, and later one of the biggest stars in film. However, that route was a bumpy one early on, and a big reason for that was Maivia's inexperience in the ring.

As I mentioned, Maivia debuted in the WWF at Survivor Series 1996, but his earliest recorded match was in March of that same year. That's only eight months, so any refining of his skills and growing pains were going to be broadcast for everyone to see. As expected, Maivia's body of work early in his career does not measure up, especially against his work from his prime. The Rock still had some bad matches even at his peak, but his earliest matches in the WWF are generally considered his worst. The low point of Maivia's early career comes from his match-up with Savio Vega at In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker...except, it doesn't end there. Because, for some strange reason, the WWF thought that continuously putting Maivia and Vega in matches together in 1997 made for great television, and it never got any better. In total, the two wrestled three singles matches on three different TV shows, and every single one was bad. It's time to look at this terrible trilogy of matches.

Match #1: Shotgun Saturday Night

As I said earlier, this post came to be thanks to a recommendation from Frost. However, Frost only recommended the latter two matches in this trilogy. As with the last post, in researching those two matches, I discovered that Maivia & Vega faced off one other time in 1997, and while it only has a single 4/10 rating on Cagematch.net, the review left by that user gives me the impression that the pair didn't fare any better the first time they faced off. And besides, there's no way I'm gonna pass up the chance to talk about Shotgun Saturday Night.

Premiering in 1997, the first six episodes of Shotgun Saturday Night are probably the most unique the WWF has ever gotten with their regular show presentation. For starters, the choice of venues skewed away from the arenas that Raw would regularly run in, instead emanating from various locations in New York City (and San Antonio one time, for some reason) such as the Mirage Nightclub and even in Penn Station, the latter of which gave us the fun moment where the Undertaker gave Hunter Hearst Helmsley a Tombstone Piledriver at the top of an escalator. Honestly, seeing a WWF show take place in venues like these is a bit of a trip. Even a show like NXT, which takes place in a smaller arena, still takes place in a clear arena. Shotgun Saturday Night would legit have Undertaker and the future Triple H wrestling in the middle of a train station. In the nightclub episodes, you'd even see wrestlers dancing in the club during the show.

Another thing that made the O.G. episodes of the show unique was the edgier product. Sure, Shotgun Saturday Night came post Austin 3:16 and Pillman's Got a Gun, but 1997 was not full-blown Attitude Era just yet. For reference, around the time these six shows aired, Raw was featuring whacky New Generation gimmicks like Fake Diesel & Razor Ramon, Leif Cassidy, The Sultan, and Aldo Montoya, just to name a few. The very first episode of Shotgun Saturday Night saw a match between Goldust and The Sultan, which featured a spot where Goldust's valet Marlena pulled down her dress and flash the Sultan (with her back to the camera, of course.) This more risque product could easily be considered a precursor to the Attitude Era, in a way. But alas, the original Shotgun Saturday Night was not long for this world. After just six episodes, the WWF took the show out of the nightclubs and into the arenas, taping the episodes following Monday Night Raw, effectively turning it into a regular B-show until it was replaced by Jakked/Metal in 1999. Shotgun Saturday Night has effectively been cast aside in modern times, as none of the episodes are available on Peacock (or, if you live outside America, on the WWE Network you lucky bastard) as of writing this.

Luckily, various users have uploaded the episodes to YouTube, including the fourth episode from January 25th, 1997. It was here where Rocky Maivia and Savio Vega squared off in singles action for the first time. Rocky was just over two months into his WWF career at this point, while Vega had literally just turned heel earlier in the day at a Madison Square Garden house show, turning on his partner Ahmed Johnson in a tag match and seemingly joining the Nation of Domination. This is a weird time for the Nation, as it comes before the most famous iteration of the group that formed later this same year, and instead featured guys like Crush and the tag team PG-13. Fun fact about PG-13, they're the only two members who were part of both the WWF's version and the original group United States Wrestling Association. But with that out of the way, let's get into this.

Rocky's already in the ring when the show comes back from a recap of the 1997 Royal Rumble. It's here that we get another thing that was unique about Shotgun Saturday Night's presentation; less-than-serious chyrons:

A young Adam Page takes notes. Meanwhile, Todd Pettengill interviews Savio Vega as he heads to the ring, questioning what happened at Madison Square Garden. Vega also gets a fun chyron saying he's "had a real bad day." Vega says that he hasn't joined the Nation of Domination, but that his "hot Puerto Rican temper" got the best of him. He ends by cutting a promo in Spanish before entering the ring. The bell rings before the two trade waist locks. The two go back and forth, trading holds and shoulder blocks as the crowd chants for the Blue World Order. More holds are traded before Vega gets a two-count off a pinning combination. Rocky tries to respond with a wristlock, but Vega takes him down and puts on a leg lock. Suddenly, the Nation of Domination comes down to the ring before a commercial break.

When the show comes back, the match has come to a complete standstill, as Rocky & Vega stand side by side while the Nation throws up the fist salute. Vega takes the opportunity to clock Rocky, beating him down before throwing up the fist himself, officially joining the Nation. Vega chops Rocky before beating him down in the corner. Vega follows up with a back body drop before beating him around the ring some more. Rocky gets some offense in with a crossbody for a near fall, but Vega quickly pounces on him, taking Rocky down with a snapmare before locking in a nerve hold. Get used to reading that. As this happens, Todd Pettengill tries to interview Faarooq at ringside, but he has none of it before Crush threatens him. Vega has kept the nerve hold on this whole time, eventually breaking it to stomp Rocky before hitting a snap suplex for a near fall. Vega beats down Rocky before locking in another nerve hold. A follow-up attempt at a knee lift is countered, however, when Rocky counters with a roll-up for a near fall.

Rocky follows up with a clothesline and a chop, but Vega regains control with a nice spinning heel kick. Vega quickly goes back to the nerve hold, eventually breaking to beat down on Rocky. Rocky starts to fight back, but Vega catches Rocky with a knee in the corner for a near fall. Right back to the fucking nerve hold for Vega. That's four in this match alone, it's like it's the only rest hold he knows how to do. Vega continues beating down Rocky, eventually locking in YET ANOTHER NERVE HOLD. Just to make it worse for the WWF, this is when we get some very audible "ROCKY SUCKS" chants from fans on the hard camera. This apparently motivates Rocky, however, as he begins trading blows & chops with Vega. Vega gets the better of the exchange, however, and hits a snapmare before giving us NERVE HOLD #6. Please end this. Rocky eventually turns the tides, dodging a corner splash from Vega before punching him to the ground. Rocky runs wild, hitting two clotheslines and a back suplex for a near fall. Vega responds by tossing Rocky out of the ring, where Rocky injures his knee, leaving him unable to get back in the ring and get counted out. I sat through all of that for a COUNTOUT. I hate this. Vega drags Rocky back into the ring, targeting his injured knee as he beats him down. The rest of the Nation enters the ring to join in on the beatdown, with Faarooq whipping Rocky with his belt. Referees run in to try to stop the beatdown, only for Vega to toss Rocky back out of the ring. The Nation stands tall to close the segment.

The Verdict

Painfully uninteresting. Very few actual spots in the match, and none of them are all that exciting. Not to mention that Savio Vega just keeps putting on nerve holds throughout the entire thing. Rest holds are generally pretty unexciting, as their purpose is to allow wrestlers to regain their energy mid-match, but nerve holds are easily the most boring rest hold of them all. It is doesn't even look good, it's just putting a hand on your opponent's shoulder. Doing two is pushing it, doing six is just taking the piss at that point. On top of all that, a countout finish after a match this lame just adds insult to injury. There was just about nothing enjoyable about any of this.

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

Match #2: Monday Night Raw

Apparently, the WWF didn't learn from how poor Rocky and Vega's first match was, because two and a half months later, the company decided to not only have them wrestle on TV again, and not only to have them wrestle on the main show Monday Night Raw, but to have them wrestle to build to a pay-per-view match. The New Generation was an awful time to be alive. Our second match comes to us from the April 14, 1997 edition of Raw. The show is a weird mash-up of matches from a live event in Johannesburg, South Africa, and one from a live event in Indiana. I don't know why they did this. One of the matches from the South Africa event was yet another match-up between Rocky Maivia and Savio Vega. By this point, Vega was firmly a member of the Nation of Domination, while Rocky had beaten Hunter Hearst Helmsley two months prior to win the Intercontinental Championship. Would their second match-up fare better than the first? This was one of the matches that actually got recommended to me, so take your best guess with that in mind.

The two trade holds and arm drags to start the match. The two continue to go back and forth as we get a picture-in-picture interview with Ahmed Johnson. Nothing of note is said and nothing interesting happens in the match. More back and forth action goes down until Rocky hits a nice back elbow followed by an arm drag. Rocky works the arm, eventually breaking the hold before...hitting another arm drag and going back to working the arm. The two trade blows in the corner before Vega hits a spinning heel kick before choking Rocky three times. That's enough variety because it's time for the NERVE HOLDS. This time, however, Vega does switch it up a bit by applying a chinlock at the same time. It's the thought that counts, I guess. Rocky fights back, scoring a near fall off a sunset flip, but Vega quickly regains control with yet another nerve hold. That is eight between these two matches so far. Also, at this point, the commentary disappears, so there is nothing to focus on other than the match. Faarooq comes down to ringside with his arm in a sleeve as the show goes to a commercial.

We come back to basically the same thing, with Vega holding Rocky in a nerve hold/chinlock combo. I don't even wanna know how many times he put it on during the commercial break, but for now, we're at three for this match, and nine over the two matches. There's still no commentary as Rocky fights out, only to get knocked right back down with a nice spinning heel kick. Vega goes back to the nerve hold for the 4th time this match (10 in total), with Vega cutting off a comeback attempt with punches and stomps before going RIGHT BACK TO THE NERVE HOLD. I have now watched Savio Vega apply a nerve hold 11 different times in two matches. I'm starting to think I need a new hobby. Vega goes for a cocky pin with one foot on Rocky's chest, but Rocky kicks out. More stomps before we get ANOTHER NERVE HOLD (#12), but Rocky eventually fights out and hits a crossbody for a near fall.

Vega quickly regains control and, after some punches and stomps, does exactly what you think he's going to do. ANOTHER NERVE HOLD (#13) is applied as Rocky starts to fade, prompting the referee to raise his hand and drop it three times. We're really doing this spot for a FUCKING NERVE HOLD? Rocky keeps his hand up on the third drop and fights out of the hold, but an attempt at a slam is countered when Vega slips out and rolls up Rocky, who quickly kicks out. Commentary has finally come back as Vega quickly follows up with a crossbody off the second rope for a near fall, only for Rocky to respond with a slingshot into the corner. Rocky goes for a monkey flip in the corner, but Vega blocks it and sends Rocky into the corner. Rocky dodges a charging Vega and hits a back suplex, leaving both men on the mat. Rocky eventually crawls over to make the cover, but Vega kicks out. Rocky runs wild, punching away at Vega before dodging a spinning heel kick and hitting a fisherman suplex for a near fall. Vega pounces on Rocky, only for Rocky to hit a not-yet-named Rock Bottom for a near fall. Rocky follows up with a DDT and a kip-up before going to the top rope for a diving crossbody. Rocky calls for his finisher, the running shoulder breaker, but Vega slips out, shoves Rocky into the corner, and rolls up Rocky with a handful of tights for the three and the win. The rest of the Nation of Domination pounces on Rocky, with Faarooq whipping Rocky with a leather strap before Ahmed Johnson runs down with a 2x4 in hand. Johnson clears the ring to close the segment.

The Verdict

This match was brutally boring. Granted, when Rocky and Vega are actually doing spots, it's a pretty fun time. But those moments are so few and far between, and so much of this match is just Savio Vega putting on a nerve hold. Seven fucking times in this match alone. I actually can't believe I'd never heard about how bad this match was until I got the recommendation and I watched the episode of Reliving the War from Wrestling Bios about this episode. This match does have a little bit more going on than when the Shotgun Saturday Night match, and at least this match had some kind of an actual finish. But still, this is a match you should absolutely skip at all costs.

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

Match #3: Revenge of the Taker

Well, both of these matches have been complete dog ass, but the WWF had Vega pin the Intercontinental Champion, so now they've got a pay-per-view match. Six days after stinking up the joint in South Africa, Rocky Maivia and Savio Vega were set for one last clash, this time with Rocky defending the Intercontinental Championship against Vega at In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker. Revenge of the Taker is pretty much a two-match show and, needless to say, Maivia/Vega III is not one of those matches. Let's wrap up this trilogy with one of The Rock's lowest-rated matches ever.

Vega tries to get the jump on Rocky when he enters the ring, but Rocky gains the upper hand, punching away at Vega before knocking a member of PG-13 (I have no idea which one) off the ring apron. Rocky continues the offense, hitting two arm drags as Faarooq, his arm still in a sling, comes down to join commentary, where he challenges Ahmed Johnson to face the entire Nation of Domination. During this time, Rocky stays in control with two more arm drags before working over the arm. Rocky stays in control until Vega hits a spinning heel kick in the corner. Vega beats down on Rocky before tossing him into the corner, eventually deciding that the match has been too exciting at this point because he locks nerve hold #14 of this series. I am now a verified Savio Vega hater having watched these matches and all his nerve holds. I hope he has a terrible day. 

Rocky fights out and hits a crossbody for a near fall, but Vega fires back with chops before going back to the nerve hold (#15.) He literally breaks the hold just so can stomp Rocky once and then reapply it. I don't care if they're three seconds apart, that's nerve hold #16. Rocky fights out of the hold and scores a near fall on a roll-up, but Vega responds with a big boot. Vega chokes Rocky twice before putting the nerve hold (#17) on once again, but Rocky fights out and hits a fisherman suplex. Rocky holds on to make the cover, but the Nation's D'Lo Brown hops up on the ring apron to distract the referee, allowing Vega to regain control with a nice spinning roundhouse kick. Vega can actually do some really cool & exciting kicks, it's just that they're usually followed up by a boring nerve hold. Vega chops Rocky in the corner before hitting a hip toss for a near fall. Just like I said, we get ANOTHER FUCKING NERVE HOLD (#18), but Rocky fights out and ducks a spinning heel kick before hitting the float-over DDT, but a delayed cover allows Vega to kick out.

Vega slips out of a slam attempt and rolls up Rocky with a hand full of tights, but history doesn't repeat itself, as Rocky kicks out, sending Vega into the ring post in the process. Rocky dodges a charging Vega in the corner before hitting a back suplex followed by a kip-up and a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall. Rocky follows up with the pre-Rock Bottom for a near fall, followed by a backslide for another before Vega tosses Rocky out of the ring and onto Crush at ringside. Vega distracts the referee as Crush delivers the Heart Punch to Rocky. Vega then MAKES NO EFFORT TO GET ROCKY BACK IN THE RING, letting him get counted out and costing himself the Intercontinental Championship. He then argues with Crush as the rest of the Nation intervenes. Faarooq orders PG-13 to drag Rocky back into the ring so the Nation can beat him up while Faarooq whips him with his leather strap. It is the EXACT SAME THING THAT HAS HAPPENED AFTER ALL OF THESE MATCHES. Ahmed Johnson runs down with his 2x4 to make the save...which is the EXACT SAME THING THAT HAPPENED ON RAW! I hate this. Johnson then accepts Faarooq's challenge as he & Rocky stand tall.

The Verdict

This match is significantly easier to digest than the other two matches. There is a lot more happening throughout, which probably has to do with the shorter length. It's still not good, however, as it's a pretty bland match without much going on, and it ends in a countout. On a pay-per-view. For shame. It's not as bad as the other two matches, but it's still not worth watching, and thankfully, it was the last time Rocky Maivia and Savio Vega wrestled each other one-on-one.

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

Thanks for reading! Be sure to share if you enjoy and leave any suggestions for matches you'd like to see covered in the Worst in the World in the comments. Next time, I'll be going back to New Japan and taking a look at their disastrous attempt to elevate a midcarder into the main event. Until then...