The Wrestling Section

(Special thanks to an anonymous user for suggesting this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.) On July 3, 2022, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla held their Nineteen event. Among the six-match card was a match pitting Masha Slamovich against Yuka Sakazaki. At first glance, this doesn't seem too out of place on an independent show, as Slamovich is one of the most popular women in the scene right now, and Sakazaki's work in Japan makes her an excellent fit for the company. For PWG, however, this match was highly significant, as it was the first straight-up women's match to take place in the company in over 12 years. Founded in 2003 by a group of Southern California-based independent wrestlers Super Dragon, current AEW commentator Excalibur, Disco Machine, Scott Lost, Top Gun Talwar, and nobody else , PWG was way ahead of the times, as the high work-rate style of the company would become the norm throughout the independen...

(Special thanks to an anonymous user for suggesting several of these matches. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.) The mid to late 1980s were not kind to the American Wrestling Association. As Hulk Hogan & the Rock 'n' Wrestling Connection propelled the WWF while WCW was gaining steam behind Ric Flair, the AWA took a noticeable backseat as the territory days were coming to an end. Essentially, the company would become what ECW would be during the Attitude Era and what Ring of Honor would be after that; a third promotion whose talent would get poached by the bigger companies. It was this status that led to the AWA forming a partnership with two other declining promotions, the Jerry Jarrett & Jerry Lawler-owned Championship Wrestling Association (the former Continental Wrestling Association) and Fritz Von Erich's World Class Wrestling Association (the former World Class Championship Wrestling.) With the CWA ...