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Worst in the World-The Countdown to Armageddon Match-WCW Thunder (10/18/2000)

Rest in Peace, Antonio Inoki, a true icon of professional wrestling

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

(NOTE: Hey everyone, I just wanted to remind everyone that October is going to be "A Very WCW October" here at the Wrestling Section, meaning that I'll be posting every week instead of every other week. Now, onto the post!)

Every company wants to have its own Royal Rumble. That can mean one of two things. The first is the simpler version, where the company just has a timed battle royal, either with the same rules (like the Ring of Honor's Honor Rumble) or with an added spin (like Lucha Underground's Aztec Warfare or AEW's Casion Battle Royale.) The second way is by creating their own signature battle royale match. WCW has tried both ways, and neither really worked. I'll look at their attempts at the latter later in the month, but this week, let's take a look at the time they tried to book their own version of the Royal Rumble; The Countdown to Armageddon match.
On the October 18th, 2000 episode of Thunder, WCW decided to put on the Countdown to Armageddon, a 30-man (keep that number in mind) timed battle royal where a new person enters every 30 seconds, with the winner receiving a WCW World Heavyweight Championship match on the October 30th episode of Monday Nitro. The reason?...I don't really know. There's not really any storyline that goes along with the match. There's not even a hype package before the match, and outside of a few backstage promos on the show, there's barely even any promotion of the match at all. It just kind of happens. Let's get into this.
Before the match starts, Tony Schiavone says that it all comes down to 30 men. I only mention that because I just want to reiterate that you should remember that. 30. Men. Remember it. Entrant #1 is the current Cruiserweight Champion "Above Average" Mike Sanders. "Above Average" has to be up there with the lamest nicknames in wrestling history. Proof that wrestling is scripted, Sanders' current rival, and his opponent at Halloween Havoc for the role of WCW commissioner, Ernest "The Cat" Miller, is entrant #2. Sanders rushes Miller as soon as he gets in the ring, but Miller takes control when he ducks a clothesline and hits a thrust kick. Miller follows up with an elbow before punching Sanders into the corner, where he hits 10 punches in the corner before we get proof that wrestling is scripted #2, as entrant #3, Shawn Stasiak, enters the match.
Stasiak, who is teammates with Sanders in the Natural Born Thrillers, quickly runs over to save Sanders, only for Miller to turn his attention to him. The Thrillers, however, end up gaining the advantage on Miller before proof that wrestling is scripted moment #3, as Chuck Palumbo, who is also part of the Natural Born Thrillers, enters at #4. Right off the bat, you can tell that 30 seconds between entrants is way too fast. Nothing gets a chance to settle or make an impact in the match because there is always someone new coming in. Despite the 3-on-1 advantage, infighting between Stasiak & Palumbo allows Miller to survive before Disqo (Disco Inferno) enters at #5. Disqo takes the fight to Palumbo & Stasiak, but quickly gets double-teamed by the two. Proof that wrestling is scripted #4, entrant #6 is Alex Wright, Disqo's Boogie Knights tag partner. Did nobody think to space these entrances out? All but one entrant in this match has had some sort of storyline relation to one another, whether it be a rivalry or a tag partner.
Wright makes the save for Disqo as Miller takes out Disqo with a flurry of kicks. Entrant #7 is Crowbar during his time hanging around That 70's Guy Mike Awesome, a gimmick I genuinely did not know was a thing before this match, who runs in and takes the fight to everyone he comes across. Tony Schiavone calls him a "Psycho Gas Station Attendant" on commentary, a nickname that greatly offends fellow commentator Stevie Ray for some reason. Entrant #8 is Big Ron (Ron Harris) who also runs in and beats up everyone. Jesus Christ, proof that wrestling is scripted #5, entrant #9 is Heavy D (Don Harris), the brother and tag partner of Big Ron, who also runs in and beats up anyone he comes across. I wish something interesting would happen in this match. Recent American turncoat & Team Canada member Jim Duggan is entrant #10...who also just runs in and punches people. I hate this. Oh my fucking god, proof that wrestling is scripted #6, entrant #11 is Lt. Loco (Chavo Guerrero Jr.), who is part of the Misfits in Action, who Jim Duggan turned on to join Team Canada at Fall Brawl and is still feuding with. I know Vince Russo's bad writing around this team is well known, but I'm shocked the guy who's become notorious for the "swerves, bro" could write something this formulaic and obvious.
Finally...mercifully...something interesting happens, as Kevin Nash enters at #12, who dumps Duggan & Loco out of the ring for the first eliminations of the match. Ernest Miller then quickly tosses Mike Sanders out of the ring, only for Nash to dump him out right after. David Flair enters at #13 as Disqo eliminates Crowbar. Disqo then very blatant tells Nash to throw him over the top rope...so he does, eliminating Wright along with him. Meanwhile, Chuck Palumbo eliminates both Big Ron & Heavy D (good) so he & Stasiak can go back to their Natural Born Thrillers in fighting. Stasiak punches Palumbo, who very obviously jumps over the top rope, only for Stasiak to jump over the top rope himself when Nash turns his attention to him. Corporal Cajun (Lash LeRoux) of the Misfits in Action enters at #14 as Nash shrugs off Flair's offense and eliminates him with ease. Cajun hits a back elbow on Nash, which is more than I thought he'd get on him. That's enough selling for Nash though, as he quickly hits a big boot before tossing Cajun out of the ring.
Entrant #15 is Kwee Wee, accompanied to the ring by Paisley (Sharmell), who quickly gets clotheslined and tossed out of the ring. Entrant #16 is Rey Mysterio Jr. Mysterio fares better than he did in the New Blood Gauntlet, hitting a springboard dropkick and knocking Nash off his feet, only for Nash to floor him with a big boot. Nash goes for the Jackknife Powerbomb, but Mysterio fights out of it and holds on for entrant #17...Booker T...who is the current World Heavyweight Champion...I don't really know why he's in this match. The reward is a title shot...for a title he already has. The commentators never explain it either. WCW, everybody. Booker takes the fight to Nash before entrant #18, "That 70's Guy" Mike Awesome enters the match. Awesome, Booker, and Mysterio gang up on Nash until Sting enters at #19, who joins in on the beatdown. Awesome & Booker hold Nash in place for Sting to hit two Stinger Splashes before Mysterio hits another springboard dropkick. Just in case you forgot, proof that wrestling is scripted #7, Jeff Jarrett, who Sting is facing at Halloween Havoc (see Worst in the World #117) enters at #20 just as everybody teams up to eliminate Nash. Also, completely out of nowhere, Scott Steiner runs down and gets in the ring, attacking Booker. I genuinely don't know if Steiner is part of this match. The Internet Wrestling Database says he is, Cagematch.net says he isn't. The commentators just say Steiner "didn't want to wait", but there are never any numbers that show up on the screen like they do in the Royal Rumble, so I have no idea if he's actually supposed to be in the match. Jarrett enters, quickly brawling with Sting before Sting stupidly takes himself out of the match when his clothesline takes both him & Jarrett out of the ring.
Meanwhile, Awesome & Mysterio dump both Booker & Steiner out of the ring right before Billy Kidman enters at #21. The Filthy Animals teammates Mysterio & Kidman double team Awesome, with Mysterio hitting a springboard moonsault before Lance Storm enters at #22. Nothing really happens before Big Vito enters at #23...nothing really happens before one half of the Tag Team Champions Sean O'Haire of the Natural Born Thrillers enters at #24...nothing really happens before proof that wrestling is scripted #8, O'Haire's tag team partner & the other half of the Tag Team Champions Mark Jindrak enters at #25. Jindrak doesn't even get the usual "run in and brawl", immediately getting jumped by the Filthy Animals when he slides in the ring. Jindrak eats a dropkick from Mysterio before he brawls with Kidman. Proof that wrestling is scripted #9, Konnan of the Filthy Animals (who are feuding with the Natural Born Thrillers) enters the match at #26, quickly stomping away at O'Haire before Jindrak hits him from behind. The Animals & Thriller brawl before, apparently, KroniK (Brian Adams & Bryan Clarke) both enter at #27. Sure, why not, the company's dying anyway. Adams immediately gets a pop-up powerbomb reversed with a hurricanrana by Kidman. Adams, however, ends up getting the better of the exchange by tossing Kidman out of the ring, with Clarke eliminating Mysterio & Konnan soon after.
Awesome follows this up by eliminating Lance Storm before KroniK eliminates Vito. O'Haire, Jindrak, and KroniK quadruple team Awesome before Adams piledrives him. Suddenly, Goldberg's music hits and he runs down to the ring. He is not the next entrant, however, as the current storyline was that he couldn't challenge for the World Heavyweight title unless he replicated his previous undefeated streak, and his next loss would force him to retire. Goldberg runs through O'Haire & Jindrak before KroniK double-teams him. O'Haire & Jindrak try to eliminate Awesome, but Awesome ducks a clothesline and sends both men out of the ring. Meanwhile, Goldberg hits the Spear on Clarke as Adams slips out of the ring. Goldberg throws Clarke over the top rope as Adams tries to hit him with a chair. Awesome, however, grabs the chair out of his hands, leaving him open to a Spear from Goldberg. Awesome & Goldberg both clothesline Adams out of the ring.
After that long pause between entrants, up next is entrant #28...nobody. There are no more entrants. The match is over. Mike Awesome won. The commentators explicitly said it was a 30-man match. This "30-man" match only has 28 men in it, two of which enter at the same spot. If you count Steiner as an entrant despite him not having an actual entrance, then it's 29 men, which, if my math is correct, is still not 30. How do you fuck up counting how many wrestlers are in a match? This was WCW in 2000.

The Verdict

Dog shit. What an incomprehensible shit show. Pretty much every part of this match is bad. The first third of the match is blatant filler, just a bunch of lower card guys filling the ring and waiting for the big star in Kevin Nash to come in and demolish everyone. The second third of the match starts with more of Nash just running through jobbers, and while it picks up when guys like Sting, Booker T, and Mike Awesome get into the match, it still suffers from the rapid pace and the confusing bit with Steiner. The final third is just as much filler as the first, even with the bigger names coming in. All of this along with the quick entrances, the complete lack of anything interesting happening, the lazy booking with teammates and rivals coming out right after each other, and the various other confusing decisions (Why does Steiner randomly run in? Why do KroniK come out together at the same spot? Why are there only 27 or 28 entrants in this 30 man match?) makes this an absolutely miserable watch. I'd actually argue this is the worst battle royal I've ever seen. Worse than the 2015 Royal Rumble, and even worse than the Miss WrestleMania match at WrestleMania 25. Don't watch this nightmare of a wrestling experience.

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. The Countdown to Armageddon Match-WCW Thunder (10/18/2000)
  167. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  168. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  169. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  170. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  171. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
  172. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  173. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  174. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  175. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  176. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  177. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  178. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  179. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  180. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  181. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  182. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  183. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  184. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  185. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  186. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  187. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
  188. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
  189. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  190. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  191. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  192. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  193. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  194. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
  195. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  196. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
  197. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  198. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
  199. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
  200. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  201. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  202. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  203. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  204. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  205. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  206. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  207. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  208. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  209. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  210. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  211. 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. Next week, since it's the 30-year anniversary of Mortal Kombat's arcade release, I'll be taking a look a few matches from WCW's "Blood Runs Cold" storyline, an angle centered around the company's not-so-subtle knockoff of an MK character. Stay tuned...

Comments

  1. I don't know what made WCW think Glacier would attract new fans, even gamers would of laughed at him.

    And it's back to Punjabi Prison for you my friend because my next request is Undertaker vs Big Show (Great American Bash 2006)

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    1. What's even wilder is how much money WCW invested in him. From what I've read, his entrance alone cost half a million dollars.
      Also, I'll defiantly add the Taker/Big Show Punjabi Prison match to the list. Since I've already done the Randy Orton/Jinder Mahal one, I might have to throw in the Batista/Khali one from No Mercy 07 just to complete the trilogy. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  2. Half a million dollars!? Yep sounds like WCW to me, wasting alot of money on someone who would unfortanately become a jobber go figure!

    You're welcome man it's always a pleasure!

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    1. Check out the Wrestling Bios video on Glacier, it is very interesting! Glacier was the first character that particular writer/promoter worked on, so he wanted to make him memorable. And if there is an individual case study of why WCW failed, Glacier can be used to refer to a lot of the downfall: overspending, spending too long to build, unclear direction, and many unsatisfactory payoffs. People thought the Veer Mahan build was too long and overdone, wait until you see Glacier.

      Side note, good call on the Punjabi Prison suggestions. My friend went to Orton-Jinder, and he told me that the worst part about it was how difficult it was to see. Granted he didn't miss much, but bamboo isn't the best material for fans to see through.

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    2. I'll give it a look, now i'm intrigued to see how the Glacier build is worse then Veer Mahaan's!

      Yeah alot of people couldn't see anything because of all the bamboo and some members of the crowd were leaving because of it. I chose it because of it being the first especially since it was a gimmick match dedicated to Khali but because of not being medically cleared he was replaced by Big Show. I also think think Show crying and whimpering over the actual thing made him look like a chump considering he was ECW champion but, he never freaked out in the far more intimidating Hell in a Cell a couple of months later.

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    3. Totally agree with the Wrestling Bios suggestion, they are great.

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  3. YES WE ARE GETTING GLACIER! If you want, check out the Wrestling Bios channel again as they have a video all about Glacier there! And credit to him for coming back and having a few matches!
    But yes, this was an absolute mess. And the 30 motif was so clear to begin with: 30 man BR, 30 seconds between entrants, match on the 30th, and yet they managed to make this absolutely SUCK. But I am intrigued to see how this stacks up against the WW3 matches in your eyes, because one of the things that makes those matches so difficult to watch is that there is too much happening at once.

    PS Can we just acknowledge that WCW managed to put on a BR concept worse than the Reverse Battle Royal?

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  4. Hey, I'm not sure if you have it planed as a part of our very WCW October celebration, but Bash at the Beach '99 had some absolute bombs. The first three matches sucked, the main event was a minus according to Papa Meltzer, and I don't know if this has made the recommendation list yet but I saw a youtube video that mentions this travesty: The Junkyard Invitational.

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    1. I didn't have Bash at the Beach '99 for this month (but I do have another pay-per-view with multiple bad matches for the last week of the month) but I'll definitely add it to the list. Just looking over that match ratings (both Meltzer & Cagematch) and the fact that only one match has anything close to a good rating there's definitely plenty of material there. Thanks for the suggestions!

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  5. I got dream match gone wrong for you as a request

    Randy Savage vs Dusty Rhodes Summerslam 1990

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