Worst in the World: Mabel: King Nothing

(NOTE: Hey everyone, before I start this post, I just wanted to let everyone know what's coming up on the site for October. Starting in two weeks, I'll be going to a weekly schedule for the entire month, with every post centered around WCW. It's gonna be a "Very WCW October." So with that out of the way, onto the post.)

1995 was a rough year for the WWF. With Hulk Hogan & Randy Savage gone, the company badly needs a new top babyface. The push for Lex Luger to take that spot flopped hard, so now Diesel has been the nod as the company's new front runner. But who will he face? Ric Flair is long gone by 1995, having returned to WCW. The Ludvig Borga experiment failed pretty quickly, Sycho Sid has been in and out of the company, and Yokozuna, while talented, is heavily hindered by his ever-growing weight issues. Shawn Michaels & Bret Hart have each had their shot, and while they did have The Undertaker, it was clear the field of challengers was thin. They were going to have to build up a new top-level heel. But it couldn't just be anybody. Diesel is a big guy a 6'10, most people don't look like credible threats compared to him. The WWF needed someone big, and they had just the person in mind...Mabel, from Men on a Misson.

There were two major roadblocks in the way of Mabel's rapid ascent to the main event. The first was that Mabel had been a less-than-serious character for his entire WWF career up to that point. Men on a Mission weren't outright comedy characters, but it's not like they were genuine threats in the tag division either. Mabel was one of the four Doinks not even two years prior to this, and now he's supposed to be a contender for the WWF Championship? It was always going to be an uphill battle, and that doesn't even take into account the second issue; Mabel just wasn't all that good. I get that wrestling in the 90s was far different than the high work rate, spot-heavy style of today, but even then, Mabel's lumbering offense was a chore to watch. But what's even worse than being bad? Being dangerous. Kevin Nash (aka Diesel) has since done interviews saying Mabel had injured multiple people in the lead-up to their title match. It was abundantly clear that making him a main eventer would be pushing Mabel well beyond his abilities.

But none of that was enough to stop the WWF from pushing forward, and what better way to jumpstart that push than with the King of the Ring tournament. The last two years have seen the tournament elevate the stock of the winners in Bret Hart in 1993 and Owen Hart in 1994, so why wouldn't it work for Mabel? What could possibly go wrong?...A lot. Mabel's run as King of the Ring is infamous nowadays, and is widely considered the worst run in the history of the gimmick. The only two who can be considered in competition with Mabel are Billy Gunn in 1999, and Bad News Barrett in 2015. But Gunn's push seemed to be abandoned quickly when the WWF just let The Rock verbally bury him on route to their SummerSlam match, while Barrett being given the crown seemed like a thing the company did just to do it and never really even bothered to make him look good throughout his run (which, if we're being honest, could sum up a lot of Wade Barrett's WWE career.) With Mabel, the company put A LOT of effort behind making him a big deal, but it failed big time. Today, I'll be going through that failure and taking a look at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the reign of King Mabel

Match #1: The Coronation

The reign of King Mabel officially began at the 1995 King of the Ring event, an event that featured arguably the worst bracket in the history of the tournament. The Roadie, aka Road Dogg during his stint as Jeff Jarrett's roadie, made the semifinals...THE ROADIE. Mabel had advanced past the first round following a dud of a match with The Undertaker before getting a BYE past the semifinals thanks to Shawn Michaels and Kama going to a time limit draw. The only one standing in the way of Mabel becoming King of the Ring was my least favorite wrestler of all time, Savio Vega. Vega, who had previously worked under a mask as Kwang, debuted under this gimmick just a month prior at the inaugural In Your House, entering from the crowd & saving Razor Ramon from a 2-on-1 attack from Jeff Jarrett & The Roadie, with Ramon saying he was a childhood friend. Vega would wrestle just a handful of matches before he was very suddenly thrust into a prominent spot in the King of the Ring tournament, replacing Ramon after he went down with an injury. Vega actually qualified for the tournament by beating Irwin R. Schyster on the Free for All (the pre-show) prior to the show, before beating Yokozuna in the first round and the Roadie in the semifinals. The WWF obviously tried their damnedest to get Vega over by having him fight an uphill battle to win the tournament, especially compared to Mabel, but even then, it was still a pretty big ask for the crowd to get behind someone they were just introduced to a month ago to win a major tournament in the company, just because he was Razor Ramon's friend. An out-of-the-blue babyface vs a barely credible tag guy. This was the finals of a King of the Ring tournament. The New Generation was an awful time to be alive. Maybe they could've made up for this lackluster final with a good match, but its negative one-star rating from Dave Meltzer and 1.40 rating on Cagematch.net should tell you all you need to know.

Mabel makes his way through the double doors on the stage, accompanied by Mo. Also present as the men opening the doors are Matt & Jeff Hardy, almost three years before they'd properly debut for the company.

Vince McMahon lays on the praise of Savio Vega hard at this time, comparing Vega's journey to the finals to Rocky Balboa (the event was in Philadelphia.) The crowd is pretty quiet for Mabel's entrance, and they don't really get more enthusiastic when Vega comes out, accompanied by Razor Ramon. The match starts with a lock-up, which Mabel quickly shoves Vega out of. They repeat the spot before Mabel goes for a corner splash, which Vega dodges. Vega strikes away at Mabel in the corner, chopping him multiple times before hitting ten punches in the corner. Mabel counters an Irish whip across the ring, but Vega dodges a follow-up clothesline and goes back to striking away at the big man. Mabel, however, takes control with an eye rake before hitting a body slam.

Mabel tries to follow up with an elbow drop, but Vega dodges it and clotheslines Mabel out of the ring. Mabel drags Vega out of the ring and tries to slam his head into the ring steps, but Vega blocks it before slamming Mabel's head into the post. Mabel finally takes control when he throws Vega into the steps, opting for a count-out win, but Vega quickly gets back in the ring. Mabel chokes Vega against the ropes by leaning on him before whipping Vega into the corner. Mabel follows up with a bear hug that goes on for TWO STRAIGHT MINUTES. Vega doesn't start to fight out of the hold until a minute and a half, so there are literally just 90 seconds of the two standing in the middle of the ring. The referee eventually raises & drops Vega's arm three times, but Vega springs to life and starts to fight out of the hold. Mabel shuts down the comeback with a headbutt before whipping Vega across the ring and...going right back to the bearhug. Vega thankfully fights out of this one quickly with a head clap, but Mabel keeps control with a jumping clothesline for a near fall. I say "jumping" but he gets a maximum of three inches off the ground.

Mabel locks in a headlock, giving us another whole minute of rest spots before Vega fights to his feet. Mabel keeps control with corner splashes. Around this time, the Philadelphia crowd starts very clearly chanting for ECW. Yeah, the goal of getting Savio Vega over in the short amount of time they had has clearly not worked. Mabel whips Vega across the ring, but Vega dodges a follow-up corner splash and rolls up Mabel for a near fall. Vega follows up with a jumping spinning heel kick, but Mabel kicks out. Vega tries to follow up with a crossbody, but Mabel catches him and slams him down, but Vega kicks out. Mabel, however, wastes no time hitting a splash for the three, the win, and the crown. After the match, Mo taunts a downed Vega, prompting Ramon to try to fight the two, only to get double-teamed as Mabel targets his injured ribs. Mabel follows up with a body slam, an elbow drop, and a follow-up second elbow drop. The 1-2-3 Kid runs down to make the save (after Ramon's already been beaten up pretty badly) and hits Mo with a spinning heel kick before taking the fight to Mabel. Mo proceeds to recover in record time, however, attacking the Kid from behind and holding him in place for Mabel to hit another second rope elbow drop. A weird little moment there.

Referee's run down to prevent another elbow drop, prompting Mabel & Mo to head up to the throne on stage. Mo sends Todd Pettengill away before putting the robe on Mabel and giving him a sword. Mo then takes a scroll and reads the proclamation as fans throw trash at Mabel, including one dickhead who nails him right in the head. Mo finally puts the crown on Mabel's head as Vega, Ramon, and the Kid tries to rush the throne, only to be stopped by referees. With perfect comedic timing, the show then cuts backstage to Jerry Lawler throwing up in the bathroom. It's poetic, really.

The Verdict

Very boring. Quite literally, nearly half of this match is just rest holds. It's painfully uninteresting. Genuinely, the last 40 seconds or so is really the only enjoyable part of the match. Skip this match 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. The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
8. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
9. Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
10. Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
11. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
12. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
13. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
14. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
15. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
16. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
17. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff
18. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
19. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
20. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
21. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
22. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
23. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
24. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
25. Chyna vs Ivory-WrestleMania X-Seven
26. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
27. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
28. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
29. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
30. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
31. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
32. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
33. Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
34. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
35. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
36. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
37. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
38. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
39. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
40. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
41. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
42. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
43. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
44. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
45. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
46. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
47. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
48. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
49. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
50. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
51. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
52. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
53. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
54. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
55. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
56. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
57. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
58. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
59. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
60. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
61. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
62. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
63. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
64. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
65. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
66. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
67. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
68. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
69. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
70. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
71. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
72. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
73. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
74. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
75. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
76. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
77. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
78. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
79. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
80. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
81. Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
82. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
83. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
84. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
85. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
86. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
87. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
88. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
89. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
90. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
91. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
92. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
93. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
94. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
95. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
96. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
97. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
98. Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
99. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
100. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
101. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
102. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
103. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
104. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
105. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
106. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
107. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
108. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
109. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
110. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
111. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
112. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
113. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
114. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
115. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
116. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
117. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
118. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
119. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
120. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
121. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
122. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
123. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
124. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
125. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
126. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
127. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
128. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
129. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
130. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
131.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
132. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
133. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
134. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
135. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
136. Mabel vs Savio Vega-King of the Ring 1995
137. Monty Brown vs Trytan-Destination X 2005
138. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
139. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
140. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
141. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
142. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
143. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
144. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
145. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
146. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
147. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
148. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
149. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
150. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
151. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
152. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
153. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
154. Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
155. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
156. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
157. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
158. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
159. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
160. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
161. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
162. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
163. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
164. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
165. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
166. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
167. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
168. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
169. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
170. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
171. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
172. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
173. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
174. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
175. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
176. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
177. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
178. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
179. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
180. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
181. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
182. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
183. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
184. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
185. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
186. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
187. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
188. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
189. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
190. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
191. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
192. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
193. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
194. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
195. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
196. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
197. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
198. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
199. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
200. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
201. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
202. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
203. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
204. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
205. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
206. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
207. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
208. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)

Match #2: The Crusade

With the crown on his head, King Mabel was born, and now he would be embarking on a quest for another piece of gold; the WWF Championship held by Diesel. Mabel made his intentions known when he attacked Diesel during his Lumberjack title defense at In Your House 2. The two were set to face off for the title in the main event of SummerSlam 1995. The crowing of King Mabel was a dud of a match, would the biggest match of his career go any better? Not really, as it holds just a half-star rating from Meltzer and a 1.39 rating on Cagematch. Let's get into this.

With Sir Mo by his side, King Mabel is out first, being carried to the ring on a throne.

It must be miserable being one of the local talents carrying him like that. We then get a promo backstage from Diesel, who says he's gonna get medieval on Mabel. Well, it's not the worst promo about going medieval on someone. Diesel then makes his way out to the ring and hands Earl Hebner the belt, only for Mabel to steal it and pose with it. The match starts with Diesel striking away at Mabel, only for Mabel to floor him with a shoulder block. Mabel follows up with a second shoulder block before ramming Diesel's head into the top turnbuckle. Mabel then chops Diesel before choking him, but Diesel turns the tables when he reverses an Irish whip and hits a big clothesline in the corner. Diesel follows up with a second clothesline before elbowing him in the corner. Diesel goes for a body slam, but Mabel doesn't budge, allowing Mabel to strike him down.

Diesel fights back, striking at Mabel before he sends him out of the ring with a shoulder tackle to the back. In what might be the most surprising spots I've seen in a while, Diesel hits a dive over the top onto Mabel at ringside. Kevin Nash did a dive. Aside from him bumping off a ladder at TLC 2011, that's the craziest spot I've seen Kevin Nash do. Mabel regains control of the match when he whips Diesel into the ring post, but Diesel cuts off the comeback when he blocks a Mabel splash into the post with a big boot. Back in the ring, Diesel beats down Mabel, only for Mabel to send Diesel into the corner (which got exposed off camera so I have no idea when it happened) before hitting a side slam for a near fall. And then it happens. You know what I'm talking about.

Mabel proceeds to deliver an incredibly reckless & dangerous sit-down splash on Diesel's back. Unlike when someone like Earthquake does it and lands on their feet to minimize how much weight actually comes down on their opponent, Mabel kicks his legs out and crushes Diesel with all the 500+ pounds of his body. The result was Nash suffering a badly strained abdomen. It's rough to watch, and despite Diesel's attempts to muffle himself, you can pretty clearly hear him yell out "GOD DAMMIT MABEL" and quite a few "FUCK"s right after it happens.

Mabel then locks in an incredibly lazy camel clutch as Diesel fights to his feet, only for Mabel to ram into the exposed turnbuckle. Mabel follows up with a body slam, only to then just mow over the referee as he goes for an elbow drop, which Diesel dodges. I'd say it was an accident, but Mabel could clearly see him and just runs him over anyway. This allows Sir Mo to run in, allowing the Men on a Mission to double-team him until Lex Luger runs down to make the save...only for Diesel to, for quite literally no reason, attack Luger and clothesline him out of the ring. It is hilarious. Might rival Brian Kendrick & Paul London getting Pedigreed by Triple H for the worst instance of a babyface getting treated like a chump by another babyface.

Mabel follows this up by clotheslining Diesel out of the ring before following him out and hitting a leg drop. Mo rolls Diesel back in the ring, only for him to be chased to the back by Luger. Say goodbye to Luger, cause this confusing run-in was his final televised appearance in the WWF. He'd leave to go back to WCW eight days after SummerSlam. Getting punked out for no reason by another babyface, what a way to go. Back in the ring, Mabel hits a belly-to-belly suplex and makes the cover, but Diesel kicks out. Mabel goes to the second rope for a diving splash, which Diesel just narrowly avoids. Like, if he had moved just a quarter of a second later, he would've been gotten squashed. Diesel then, because there was a less than 0% chance of him hitting a Jackknife on Mabel, goes to the second rope and hits a diving clothesline for the three and the win to retain his title.

The Verdict

For the most part, the match is not the worst thing I've ever seen. Sure, it's a pretty standard big man vs big man match, but most of the match isn't too bad, and Diesel put on a fairly decent performance. That being said, that sit-down splash is horrible to watch. It's not all that surprising that this incident not only likely ended any chance Mabel had as a main eventer, but very nearly cost him his job according to Kevin Nash. On top of that, the weird run-in from Luger really didn't make a lot of sense. Overall, most of the match is fairly uneventful, but the ending portion really knocks it down a bit in my book.

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. The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
8. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
9. Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
10. Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
11. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
12. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
13. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
14. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
15. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
16. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
17. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff
18. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
19. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
20. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
21. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
22. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
23. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
24. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
25. Chyna vs Ivory-WrestleMania X-Seven
26. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
27. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
28. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
29. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
30. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
31. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
32. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
33. Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
34. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
35. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
36. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
37. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
38. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
39. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
40. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
41. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
42. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
43. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
44. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
45. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
46. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
47. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
48. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
49. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
50. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
51. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
52. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
53. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
54. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
55. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
56. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
57. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
58. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
59. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
60. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
61. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
62. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
63. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
64. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
65. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
66. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
67. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
68. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
69. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
70. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
71. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
72. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
73. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
74. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
75. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
76. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
77. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
78. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
79. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
80. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
81. Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
82. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
83. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
84. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
85. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
86. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
87. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
88. Diesel vs King Mabel-SummerSlam 1995
89. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
90. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
91. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
92. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
93. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
94. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
95. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
96. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
97. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
98. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
99. Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
100. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
101. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
102. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
103. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
104. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
105. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
106. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
107. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
108. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
109. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
110. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
111. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
112. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
113. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
114. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
115. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
116. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
117. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
118. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
119. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
120. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
121. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
122. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
123. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
124. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
125. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
126. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
127. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
128. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
129. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
130. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
131. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
132.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
133. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
134. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
135. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
136. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
137. Mabel vs Savio Vega-King of the Ring 1995
138. Monty Brown vs Trytan-Destination X 2005
139. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
140. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
141. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
142. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
143. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
144. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
145. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
146. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
147. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
148. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
149. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
150. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
151. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
152. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
153. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
154. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
155. Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
156. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
157. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
158. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
159. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
160. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
161. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
162. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
163. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
164. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
165. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
166. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
167. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
168. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
169. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
170. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
171. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
172. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
173. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
174. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
175. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
176. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
177. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
178. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
179. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
180. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
181. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
182. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
183. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
184. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
185. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
186. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
187. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
188. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
189. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
190. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
191. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
192. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
193. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
194. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
195. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
196. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
197. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
198. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
199. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
200. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
201. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
202. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
203. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
204. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
205. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
206. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
207. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
208. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
209. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)

Match #3: The Collapse

As I mentioned before, King Mabel's time as a challenger for the world title came to a screeching halt following SummerSlam and the sitdown splash that injured the company's top babyface. However, his time in the upper ranks of the WWF roster were not over, as he was soon put into a feud with The Undertaker. Again, as I mentioned, Mabel had beaten Taker in the first round of the King of the Ring en route to winning the tournament. While he was clearly demoted following SummerSlam, he could've done a lot worse than feuding with one of the company's top names, and a strong feud could've possibly elevated him so long as he didn't injure The Undertaker through his own recklessness. Mabel then proceeded to injure The Undertaker through his own recklessness. During a post-match beatdown where Mabel attacked Taker, Mabel delivered a series of leg drops to Taker. However, because Mabel landed his leg across Taker's face instead of his chest, Taker suffered an orbital bone fracture that sidelined him for two months. If Mabel's time in the WWF wasn't coming to an end before that, this all but confirmed it, with his Casket match against Taker at In Your House 5: Season's Beatings being his final singles match on pay-per-view until he returned as Viscera. Admittedly, it doesn't have the worst ratings, earning a star and a half from Meltzer and a 3.72 rating on Cagematch, but it's still a poor showing. Let's get into this.

During The Undertaker's entrance, we get a good look at the protective face mask Taker wore for a bit after his orbital bone fracture.

I think it looks awesome, like a full version of the Phantom of the Opera's mask. Mabel dips out of the ring, walking away from Taker when he follows him out. When Mabel re-enters the ring and Taker follows him in, Mabel pounces on him, headbutting Taker repeatedly. Taker fights back, however, with strikes of his own, sending Mabel into the corner where he promptly chokes him. Taker follows up by whipping Mabel to the opposite corner and splashing him. Mabel, however, fires back by reversing an Irish whip, sending Taker into the opposite corner before hitting a side slam, only for Taker to sit right up. Mabel responds by clotheslining Taker, but Taker sits up again. Mabel follows up with a bodyslam and goes for the second rope for a splash, but in a cool spot, Taker sits up just in time to dodge the splash.

Taker strikes away at Mabel, but a distraction from Mo allows Mabel to hit a belly-to-belly suplex before following up with a leg drop. I am stunned that Taker let Mabel hit a leg drop on him after what happened the last time he did that. Mabel follows up with a splash before Mo drags Taker out of the ring, carrying him over to the casket. Mo drops Taker in the casket and lets Mabel go to shut the lid, but Taker reaches up and keeps the casket open. Taker goes back to striking away at Mabel, finally knocking him off his feet with a jumping clothesline. Taker follows up with a chokeslam before hitting a big boot, sending Mabel through the ropes and into the casket. Taker goes to shut the lid, but Mo runs in to stop him, even hitting him with the giant chain that Kama made out of Paul Bearer's urn. It has no effect, and Taker hits a falling chokeslam on Mo before rolling him into the casket as well. Taker reaches into the casket, grabbing the chain.

Vince McMahon on commentary says it's because it's made out of the urn, but I contend that The Undertaker, even as an undead mortician with supernatural powers, knows the importance of having quality drip. Taker finally slams the casket shut for the win.

The Verdict

Far better than their match at King of the Ring, but still not a very good match. Outside of the sit-up to avoid the splash, there's really nothing that stands out. It's mostly just strikes with a few actual moves in between. Not even close to the worst match I've ever seen, but it's still a lackluster affair.

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. The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
8. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
9. Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
10. Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
11. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
12. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
13. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
14. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
15. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
16. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
17. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff
18. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
19. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
20. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
21. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
22. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
23. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
24. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
25. Chyna vs Ivory-WrestleMania X-Seven
26. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
27. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
28. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
29. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
30. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
31. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
32. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
33. Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
34. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
35. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
36. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
37. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
38. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
39. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-WrestleRock
40. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
41. The Undertaker vs King Mabel-In Your House 5: Season's Beatings
42. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
43. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
44. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
45. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
46. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
47. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
48. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
49. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
50. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
51. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
52. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
53. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
54. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
55. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
56. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
57. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
58. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
59. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
60. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
61. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
62. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
63. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
64. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
65. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
66. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
67. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
68. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
69. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
70. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
71. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
72. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
73. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
74. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
75. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
76. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
77. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
78. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
79. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
80. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
81. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
82. Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
83. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
84. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
85. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
86. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
87. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
88. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
89. Diesel vs King Mabel-SummerSlam 1995
90. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
91. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
92. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
93. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
94. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
95. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
96. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
97. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
98. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
99. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
100. Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
101. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
102. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
103. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
104. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
105. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
106. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
107. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
108. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
109. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
110. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
111. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
112. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
113. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
114. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
115. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
116. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
117. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
118. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
119. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
120. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
121. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
122. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
123. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
124. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
125. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
126. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
127. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
128. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
129. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
130. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
131. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
132. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
133.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
134. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
135. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
136. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
137. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
138. Mabel vs Savio Vega-King of the Ring 1995
139. Monty Brown vs Trytan-Destination X 2005
140. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
141. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
142. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
143. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
144. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
145. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
146. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
147. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
148. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
149. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
150. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
151. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
152. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
153. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
154. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
155. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
156. Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
157. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
158. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
159. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
160. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
161. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
162. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
163. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
164. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
165. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
166. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
167. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
168. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
169. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
170. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
171. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
172. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
173. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
174. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
175. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
176. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
177. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
178. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
179. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
180. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
181. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
182. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
183. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
184. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
185. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
186. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
187. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
188. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
189. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
190. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
191. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
192. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
193. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
194. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
195. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
196. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
197. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
198. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
199. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
200. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
201. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
202. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
203. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
204. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
205. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
206. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
207. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
208. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
209. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
210. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)

Thanks for reading! Be sure to share if you enjoyed and leave any suggestions for matches you'd like to see covered on the Worst in the World in the comments. As I mentioned, in two weeks I'll be starting "A Very WCW October", where I'll be going to a weekly schedule for the entire month. And what better place to start than with an episode of Thunder in 2000, where I'll be taking a look at the WCW's attempt to have their own Royal Rumble. Stay tuned.