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Worst in the World: Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation-Deutsche Wrestling Allianz Wrestling Legends Tour 2010 (Day 2)

So...let's talk about this.
The Worst in the World looks at the worst-reviewed matches in the history of professional wrestling. The key word there is "reviewed." Aside from matches requested in the comments, matches that I add to the list myself are generally based on how the wrestling community received them, whether it be ratings on Cagematch.net, Dave Meltzer's star ratings, or matches listed in various "Worst Wrestling Matches of All-Time" lists online. Because of that, the vast majority of the matches featured in this series (I'm talking 99.5% of them) are matches that the majority of the community would have seen. Plenty of WWE, a good chunk of WCW, a little bit of TNA and New Japan, and even an All Japan or a CMLL match every now and then. Even shows like Heroes of Wrestling or companies like World Wrestling All-Stars were sold on established names the average wrestling fan would recognize, so it's understandable why those matches are known. Out of the 226 entries in the Worst in the World, easily the most obscure match was The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik, a match that took place at a fundraising event for the United States Maccabiah Games fencing team. And again, that match still featured a former WWF Champion/internet micro-celebrity in the Iron Sheik. This match, however, lives on purely through infamy. This is Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation from Day 2 of the 2010 Wrestling Legends Tour held by German promotion Deutsche Wrestling Allianz in Rotenburg an der Wümme, Lower Saxony.
Now, before I go any further, you might be asking "CJ, this is a random match featuring two completely random wrestlers on a German indy show where the most high-profile name on the card is Al Snow. Isn't this a bit of an easy target?" While this is a really obscure match, the reason I feel it's fit for this series is from Cagematch.net. Because they're less accessible than something like WWE or AEW, matches on independent shows don't get nearly as many ratings on Cagematch, many of which don't even get enough to pass the five rating threshold needed for an overall rating on the site. Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation has 87 different ratings. More than Hogan vs Warrior at Halloween Havoc, more than the Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal at WrestleMania 25, and even more than Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell, one of the most infamously bad wrestling matches ever. And, while Cagematch is also run out of Germany, there are plenty of comments & ratings in English, so it's not just some match that's infamous locally. And even then, 87 ratings is still high for a random German indy show. For reference, Westside Xtreme Wrestling, a much more prominent German-independent promotion, held its annual 16 Carat Gold tournament earlier this year. The final match of that tournament, which featured one of the most prominent independent wrestlers going today in Jonathan Gresham, has just 9 ratings on Cagematch. A match on a random show featuring two wrestlers, one of whom hadn't worked for a prominent wrestling company in over a decade, the other hadn't worked for one ever, to achieve this level of infamy is not normal.
So, to kick off a big month of December here, I thought I talked about one of the most obscure bad matches in wrestling history, one that holds an abysmal 0.23 out of 10 rating on Cagematch, currently sits as the 3rd worst-rated match in Cagematch.net's history, and features two of the site's worst rated wrestlers ever. Because this match isn't just poorly received, but the people involved in the match are too. That's why, before I get into the actual match, let's take a look at the two men in this match

Part 1-One Warrior Nation and Knock-Off Gimmicks

Professional wrestling has seen its fair share of rip-off gimmicks of other wrestlers. Whether it be a wrestler copying someone's look, gimmick, or even name, they've all popped up in their own right. Nowhere is this better showcased than on the independent scene. The most famous example is probably the various fake Doink the Clowns that have popped up over the years. I've mentioned this before, but my favorite is the one Heidenreich wrestled in a Golden Corral parking lot. Classic. Hell, former WWF wrestler Tom Brandi (aka Salvatore Sincere) has been working under a mask as "The Patriot" without the permission of the original Patriot Del Wilkes, and even after Wilkes passed away in 2021, Brandi has continued to work under the gimmick as recently as August this year. With that in mind, let's talk about One Warrior Nation
Take a moment, if you would, to think about the name "One Warrior Nation", and think of what that name conjures up in your imagination. You probably don't have to think too hard, you're probably picturing The Ultimate Warrior. And that's not just because "Warrior" is in the name, "One Warrior Nation" was the name of Warrior's stable (if you can call it that) when he popped up in WCW. Now, with that in mind, this is One Warrior Nation:
You thought The Renegade in WCW was a blatant knockoff? This blows that gimmick out of the water. He's got the face paint, the hair, and the tassels, he runs down to the ring and shakes the ropes, he is quite literally just doing the Ultimate Warrior routine. It's so blatant that you'd think it's a parody, but it's not like he's mocking the actual Ultimate Warrior when he wrestles or makes his entrance...he's just being the Ultimate Warrior. And from what I've found, it doesn't seem like One Warrior Nation got permission from the actual Warrior to use the gimmick, and based on how Warrior apparently felt about The Renegade popping up, I can't imagine he would've been OK with another person doing the gimmick, especially one as blatant as One Warrior Nation. The One Warrior Nation had a brief independent career, first popping up in 2007, and had his final recorded match in 2013, and it earned him a 0.29 rating of 10 on Cagematch, the second-lowest individual rating on the site. But between then, he traveled to Germany for a match in the DWA with the next subject of this post; Eddy Steinblock.

Part 2-Eddy Steinblock and Making Yourself The Star

In a business like professional wrestling where people can wrestle well into their later years and gain booking & political power while still active in the ring, wrestlers booking themselves as the main guy is always going to be a thing. When Verne Gagne broke away from the NWA and started the AWA in 1960, he made himself the AWA World Heavyweight Champion right away. When Antonio Inoki was fired after failing to take over the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance, he started New Japan Pro-Wrestling and booked himself to be the first IWGP Heavyweight Champion. When Jeff Jarrett needed a new promotion to call home after WCW closed, he founded TNA, hired the guy who booked him to be world champion four times in WCW in Vince Russo as the head booker, and Jarrett went on to hold the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship six times during his time with the company. Even this past year, we've seen former Game Changer Wrestling staple Atticus Cogar break away from the company to form Circle 6, where he is currently the company's top champion. Booking yourself as the top guy is a fixture of wrestling. But even then, people are generally able to look past the vanity booking if the person vanity booking is...talented...anyways, on to Eddy Steinblock
German-born 6'7 Eddy Steinblock began his wrestling career in 1980, primarily wrestling in the Austrian promotion Catch Wrestling Association. After wrestling his final match with the company in 1998, Steinblock would wrestle in his home country before branching out in 2004 and starting his own company; European Professional Wrestling. And for this new company, Eddy Steinblock had the perfect person in mind to build around...Eddy Steinblock. Even at nearly 50 years old, Steinblock made himself the face of EPW. EPW kicked off with the inaugural Carnage Cup to crown the first EPW World Heavyweight Champion, which saw Steinblock defeat Terry Funk in the final to win the belt. Eddy Steinblock would go on to hold that title for 4,737 days straight. That is not a typo. From 2004 to 2017, Eddy Steinblock booked himself to go over every single person he faced. Along with Funk, he'd beat guys like Colt Cabana & Gangrel, got a DQ win over Masahiro Chono, and even beat a young WALTER. I get not putting the title on guys like Cabana who are only in for the one show, but he was even beating local guys. For 13 years straight. In fact, his win-loss record in EPW is 34-1 while he held the title, with his only loss coming in 2017 when he & Mike Schwarz lost the EPW Tag Team Championships to the Helsinki Bruisers. And yes, that means he also booked himself to win the Tag Team Championships too. And better yet, he & Schwarz won the titles back THE SAME NIGHT IN AN IMPROMPTU MATCH RIGHT AFTER THEY LOST THEM. This is insane levels of booking only possible when the guy who owns the company is also booking it. 
After 13 years with the title, Steinblock ended up having to vacate the title in 2017...because he passed away. He booked himself so strong for so long that he died before he could lose the title...if he ever planned on losing it. EPW retired the title after his death and, now run by Andre Steinblock (not sure of the relation) the promotion is actually still active, having run a show as recently as this past October. In the end, Eddy Steinblock lives on as an infamous example of vanity booking, as he currently sits at a 0.66 out of 10 rating on Cagematch, putting him as the 10th lowest-rated person on the site.
So, with all that out of the way, let's get into this.

Part 3-The Match

Steinblock's out first, with a woman I do not know the name of carrying his EPW World Heavyweight Championship. That title is on the line, by the way. Steinblock comes out to Queen's "We Will Rock You", which I imagine he's allowed to use because I doubt Queen Productions is checking to make sure German indy wrestling promotions are playing Queen's music on a broadcast without their permission. The Warrior is out next, and if you're gonna just do Ultimate Warrior's whole routine, might as well just come out to his entrance music too. Yes, he does come out to the actual Warrior's WWF theme. Again, I imagine WWE is not checking to see if German indy promotions are using music they own without permission. Then again, after Rob Van Dam showed up in Pro Wrestling NOAH using his WWE theme, maybe I just don't know shit about music rights. Warrior runs down to the ring. He also has a title belt (the WCW World Heavyweight Championship/Big Gold Belt with a white stripe, to be specific) but from what I've looked, apparently it's not a belt he defends or one that belongs to a promotion, he just kind of...brings it with him. I don't know, I'm almost 1,900 words deep in this post and the match hasn't even started yet, we're so far past asking questions.
After both men are in the ring, they decide to play the National Anthem for each man's country. This is Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation in a city with a population 17 times smaller than Cleveland, Ohio, not the World Cup, you really don't have to do this. They play the United States' anthem first. Warrior does not put his hand over his heart because he is not a patriot, I guess. The song cuts out halfway through for some reason before they play Germany's anthem all the way through. The match finally starts as the two circle each other in the ring. The two lock up, with both men pushing out. Twenty seconds later, we get another lock-up followed by another double push-out. More circling follows before Steinblock slaps on a headlock. Warrior fights out and goes for a shoulder block, but Steinblock shrugs it off. Warrior does take control, however, with a kick to the gut and a wristlock takedown. Warrior holds on to the wristlock, dropping knees on Steinblock while he does. Steinblock fights to his feet, but Warrior keeps the hold on until Steinblock forces him into the corner to break the hold. That's enough wrestling for now, back to circling for a bit before another lockup.
Warrior runs the ropes, ducking a clothesline and a back elbow before Steinblock knocks him down with a clothesline. Somebody's been studying their Savio Vega tapes, Steinblock slaps on a double shoulder claw before twisting Warrior's head. After dropping down on Warrior, he goes back to the double-shoulder claws before going back to the head twist. Steinblock switches to a wristlock until Warrior reaches the ropes to break the hold. Back to the circling before Warrior goes for a clothesline. Steinblock ducks the first one, but Warrior catches him with the second one. Steinblock stays on his feet, however, and ducks a follow-up clothesline, which prompts even more circling each other in the ring. They are five and a half minutes into the match and they are stalling, which is even crazier given that they were stalling right out of the gate.
Warrior hits another kick to the gut before whipping Steinblock into the corner. Warrior hits a splash before hitting some not great looking kicks. Steinblock charges out of the corner for an awkward transition into a bear hug from Warrior. Steinblock breaks the hold by clapping Warrior's ears before hitting a double axe handle. Steinblock follows up with a snapmare before making the first pin attempt of the match. The ref takes a minute to get down and the Warrior kicks out before one. Pain. Warrior rolls out of the ring, only to eat a double axe handle when he gets back in the ring. Steinblock follows up with a stomp, a chop, and a double chop, but an Irish whip attempt gets reversed, allowing Warrior to send Steinblock into the corner. Warrior hits a shoulder block and whips Steinblock across the ring, but a second shoulder block gets countered with a big boot. Steinblock then goes for the "Eddiegree." It's the Pedigree...and his name is Eddy...In what might be one of the worst finishes I have ever seen, Steinblock does not even go down to his knees for the Pedigree, instead just having Warrior jump and fall to the ground. It is so bad that you can hear someone laughing in the crowd. Steinblock gets the three and the win, and Warrior gets to do Warrior stuff before leaving.

The Verdict

Brutally uneventful. Granted, given its atrocious rating on Cagematch, my expectations were about as low as they could go, but this is still a tough watch. So much stalling from the get-go, zero spots outside of basic moves and holds, and one of the most laughably bad finishes you'll ever see. As for where it'll go on the list, I'm in agreement that it's not the absolute worst match I've ever seen, but it's still going down toward the bottom.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

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

Comments

  1. Oh yeah man one of my requests (the XPW match) is getting reviewed I can't wait!

    My next request is the match between Abdullah the Butcher/Tiger Jeet Singh at AJPW's Budokan Hall Show which took place on June 8th 1990.

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    1. That's an interesting one. It's been a while since I've looked at an All Japan match so I'll definitely add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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    2. You're welcome man! The match got a -3.25 rating from Meltzer and from seeing the match on YouTube I can say that it was not very good and had a crappy finish.

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  2. Holy moly, this Steinblock guy must've had a bigger ego than Vince Russo.

    Oh wait how did I ever manage to forget about that request? It took me a moment to recall, but I am excited for this next installment! But it makes me wonder: were those two matches truly that bad? Or is this going to be an instance of an infamous moment overshadowing an otherwise passable match? (In other words, a reverse Hogan-Andre WMIII.)

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    1. Learning about Steinblock was certainly interesting.

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