Worst in the World: The Time New Jack Tried To Murder Vic Grimes (And The Incident That Led To It Happening)

It was only a matter of time before New Jack popped up in the Worst in the World. Over the course of his near 30-year career, New Jack developed two reputations. One as someone who fully embodied the high-risk, violent brawling style that made ECW popular. The other, which is more prominent, is of someone who's more than willing to take liberties with & shoot on his opponents with little to no provocation. There were no shortage of incidents that saw New Jack, at best, take things a bit too far to put it mildly, and worst, engage in some genuinely criminal behavior. New Jack is so infamous for these incidents that you can probably think of more matches where he did shoot on an opponent than matches where he didn't. Today, at the request of both frequent contributors to the recommendations Frost and an anonymous user, I'll be taking a look at one of these incidents. That incident being New Jack's Scaffold match against Vic Grimes from Xtreme Pro Wrestling's Freefall event in 2002, a match that features, as New Jack himself has stated multiple times, a genuine attempted murder. But that story doesn't actually start there, because, as New Jack has also stated, the reason he tried to kill Vic Grimes stemmed from an incident two years prior at ECW's Living Dangerously event in 2000. So, if I'm gonna cover the conclusion of this story, might as well cover the beginning.

Match (?) #1: Living Dangerously

As I mentioned, this story starts in 2002  at ECW's Living Dangerously pay-per-view in Danbury, Connecticut with the ninth match on the card. Actually, calling this a "match" is a bit generous. Everything I read (Wikipedia, the Internet Wrestling Database, Cagematch.net) lists it as a match, but I don't think a referee ever comes out during the whole thing, so I don't know. This match was an impromptu contest that came about following Balls Mahoney's win over Kintaro Kanemura. Mahoney would be attacked by Da Baldies, (Vic Grimes, Angel, and Tony DeVito), with Grimes putting Mahoney through a table with a senton bomb off the top rope. This cues up Natural Born Killaz by Dr. Dre & Ice Cube (or if you're watching on Peacock or the WWE Network, you get "Hip Hop Song #6") as New Jack joins the fray, wheeling a trash can full of weapons down to the ring with him. New Jack cleans house, breaking a crutch over Angel's back before bodyslamming DeVito, attempting to place an original Playstation on his dick, and then smashing both the console and DeVito's penis with another crutch. New Jack then smashes a guitar over Angel's head, which Angel sells by staying on his feet, flailing around, and then falling to the mat. New Jack then gets attacked from behind by Grimes, so now the "match" can actually start, I think.

Grimes wastes no time with the violence, cutting New Jack's forehead with a pizza cutter. A young Nick Gage takes notes. New Jack fights back, biting Grimes' forehead before hitting him across the back with a snow shovel. Grimes responds by tossing New Jack out of the ring and hitting a diving clothesline off the apron, which ends with Grimes taking a rough-looking bump to the unpadded floor. Grimes throws New Jack over the barricade, leading to the two brawling through a packed crowd. This isn't like WWE there are open areas for crowd brawls, they're just moving through big groups of people while they're brawling. The two make their way over to a scaffold, where Grimes hits New Jack with one of those posts that creates a line at a movie theater before setting up a table. Grimes sets New Jack on the table before stacking a second table on top. Grimes starts to climb the scaffolding, but New Jack gets off the table and meets him at the top.

The two brawl on the top before Grimes tries to powerbomb New Jack, but Jack blocks it with a low blow. This is where a not-very-good brawl turns incredibly scary. The plan seems to have been the two of them were supposed to take a dive off the 15-foot-high scaffold. However, once up there, Grimes could go throw with it, prompting New Jack to, on the fly, jump off while dragging Grimes down with him after.

New Jack lands feet first and breaks the tables, while Grimes falling after New Jack causes him to land on Jack's head & against the concrete floor. The result was New Jack suffering multiple serious injuries with a broken leg and a skull fracture, was permanently blinded in his right eye, and suffered brain damage. It is horrifying to watch. Grimes is helped to his feet and to the back by security, while the last we see of New Jack before they cut to Joey Styles & Cyrus (Don Callis) on commentary is him being attended to by other members of security. There's no pinfall or anything, but the near-death of a wrestler is as good a reason as any to end a match, in my opinion.

The Verdict

The infamous ending is obviously why this match is remembered. It's already a super dangerous spot jumping from 15-feet up onto tables (in an area that, like the rest of ECW, had zero padding and was just a concrete floor), but the messy execution and horrible outcome makes it even worse. But what about the actual match. Again, if you can even call it that, this match is not good. It's a straight up brawl that is almost 50% just walking through the crowd. Outside of the pizza cutter and the scaffold, there's nothing really all that memorable. There's really no reason to watch any of this.

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. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-Living Dangerously 2000
203. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
204. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
205. Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation-DWA Wrestling Legends Tour 2010 (Day 2)
206. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
207. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
208. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
209. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
210. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
211. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
212. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
213. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
214. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
215. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
216. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
217. The 1996 World War 3 Match
218. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
219. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
220. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
221. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
222. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
223. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
224. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
225. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
226. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
227. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)
228. The 1995 World War 3 Match

Match #2: Freefall

So, we've seen someone almost kill someone on accident, now it's time to see someone almost kill someone on purpose. Nearly two years after Living Dangerously and a year after ECW went under, New Jack and Vic Grimes would face off once again, this time in an actual Scaffold match, or a "Freefall match" as it's billed as. What kind of company would book a scaffold match between two people who were involved in a near-fatal accident involving a scaffold years prior?

XPW, that's the company. Yes, Xtreme Pro Wrestling, a company owned by pornographic film company owner Rob Black that was founded almost entirely out of spite when a deal between Black & Paul Heyman to help ECW expand into the West Coast fell apart when ECW signed a network deal with TNN. Looking back, XPW feels like a fever dream. Presenting hardcore & deathmatch wrestling with super-risque storylines & writing, along with a noticeable amount of porn stars present, XPW probably has more infamous moments (both in the ring & out) than actual memorable matches...kind of like New Jack, who was among the many ECW alumni that joined XPW when the former closed down. And so, with the match set for the main event of XPW's Freefall event, New Jack, a man known for taking liberties with opponents, holding a grudge over an incident that caused him serious & lasting pain (along with Jack stating Grimes did not contact him after the incident at Living Dangerously while he was injured), and about to wrestle the man who was involved in the incident (even if it was accidental), it's hard to imagine this would be anything less than a disaster

Right at the start, we get a wide shot showing the set-up.

They say the scaffold is 40-feet high & the tallest scaffold ever built for a wrestling match, and while there's a lot of inflation when it comes to numbers in wrestling, it's hard to argue it's not just by looking at it. There's also 12 tables stacked up 4x4 in the ring to break the fall. Well, there supposed to break the fall. New Jack's out first with his garbage can of weapons, tossing them in the ring before grabbing a mic. He still comes out to Natural Born Killaz, and I don't believe for a second Rob Black paid for the rights to use it. He says he wanted to have the kind of match he wanted and that he's putting it on the line. He says he'll quit the business if he doesn't beat Grimes. He thanks the fans for sticking by him when he got hurt, when he got in trouble with the law ("not guilty as fucking usual" as he puts it), and when he got thrown off the balcony, before telling Grimes to come out because one of them "ain't gonna walk out this motherfucker tonight."

Grimes obligies, walking out and into the ring. New Jack quickly pounces on Grimes, wrapping his chain around Grimes' neck before raking his eyes and hitting him in the head with a keyboard. Jack then pulls a fork out of pocket and stabs Grimes in the head with it multiple times. Jack follows up by hitting Grimes across the back with a crutch, but Grimes turns the tables with a low blow. Grimes grabs a pizza cutter, cutting New Jack's forehead. A less-young Nick Gage takes more notes. Grimes then grabs what the commentators describe as a "quintuple pizza cutter" but I'm fairly sure that's a thing you score dough with when baking bread.

Regardless, Grimes goes back to cutting New Jack's forehad with it, prompting Jack to roll out of the ring. Grimes follows him out and smashes a "Wet Floor" sign before New Jack chops him in the throat. Jack goes back in the ring and grabs barbed wire whip, whipping Grimes before dragging it across Grimes' forehead. Grimes fights back, smashing a water jug on New Jack. Grimes then drags the barbed wire whip across Jack's face, which Jack responds to by choking Grimes with a camera cable. This is all on the ground, by the way, they haven't even attempted to go up on the scaffold.

New Jack drags Grimes over to the stage, throwing him down onto the ramp before throwing him into the guard rail. Grimes fights back by hitting Jack with another drink, prompting Jack to grab a golf club (I think it was a driver) and break it over Grimes back. A fair trade off, really. New Jack throws Grimes back n the ring, but Grimes retreats when Jack follows him in. They finally climb the scaffold, where the two traded blows before kicks Grimes low. And now is when New Jack stops working. He pulls out a taser, tasing Grimes multiple times before we witness, again, as New Jack himself has said multiple times, an attempted murder.

New Jack grabs and tosses Grimes off the scaffold and down to the ring, missing all but two of the 12 tables, landing on the ropes and bouncing into the ring. It is impossible to state through words just how close Vic Grimes comes to dying here. If he goes a little further, he lands outside the ring and hits the cement. The fact that a dislocated ankle is apparently the worst thing Grimes suffered is a miracle. If he goes a little to the right, he hits the ring post. New Jack celebrates as the show ends with medics attending to Grimes.

The Verdict

So...here's the thing. Ranking this match the way I normal do doesn't feel right. Because this match is a pretty standard hardcore brawl followed by a standard scaffold match...but it includes an attempted murder, as stated by the person who committed it. I've covered matches that have devolved into one person shooting on the other, but they never devolved into anything like this. It feels weird to rank something like this the same way I rank a match something like the 1995 World War 3 match or Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant. I tried to think about what to do with cases like this where a match goes beyond just being a bad wrestling match, and what I'm gonna do it essentially create a second tier of the list. Tier 1 is matches that are just bad in general, while Tier 2 are matches that venture past just being bad and range from blatantly negligent to morally wrong. Tier 1 is gonna be the normal white font, while Tier 2 will be in red. So, with that said...

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. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-Living Dangerously 2000
203. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
204. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
205. Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation-DWA Wrestling Legends Tour 2010 (Day 2)
206. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
207. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
208. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
209. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
210. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
211. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
212. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
213. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
214. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
215. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
216. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
217. The 1996 World War 3 Match
218. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
219. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
220. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
221. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
222. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
223. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
224. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
225. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
226. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
227. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)
228. The 1995 World War 3 Match
229. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-XPW Freefall

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