(NOTE: Hey everyone, I just wanted to remind you that, for the entire month of April, I'll be upping my schedule to once a week, starting this Sunday. With that out of the way, I hope you enjoy!)
All and all, 2022 was a pretty damn good year wrestling-wise. We saw Ring of Honor return under Tony Khan's management and give us an excellent trilogy between FTR and the Briscoes, AEW and New Japan continue to put on some top-notch in-ring work, Cody Rhodes giving one of the gutsiest performances in wrestling history against Seth Rollins at Hell in a Cell, and guys like Konosuke Takeshita and Josh Alexander quietly put themselves in the Wrestler of the Year conversation. On top of that, there really weren't that many truly awful matches, as no matches got lower than a 1/10 rating on Cagematch.net, and only one match got a DUD or lower rating from Dave Meltzer. That one match was Vince McMahon vs Pat McAfee from night 2 of WrestleMania 38, which received a negative two-star rating, and was subsequently won Worst Match of the Year in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards. This puts me in an unfamiliar situation. Usually, if the Worst Match of the Year is one I've already covered, I'd cover another match that got a DUD or worse rating, but there aren't any. So, I turn to Cagematch, and the lowest-rated match from 2022 on the site comes to us from Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide's Monterrey portion of Triplemanía XXX between two veteran luchadors in El Rayo de Jalisco Jr. and Blue Demon Jr.Jalisco was last seen in this series back at entry #116 as part of the trios main event of CMLL's Leyendas Mexicana 2017. He was 57 years old then, which, yes, means he was 62 when this match happened. But even if you ignore his age, having Jalisco wrestle at all is pretty dicey in general, as he's dealt with multiple serious, career-altering injuries. I didn't touch on this last time I covered one of his matches (admittedly, bad research on my part), but the fact that Jalisco's been wrestling for as long as he has is shocking. Back in 1999, Jalisco would defend the CMLL World Heavyweight Championship against Universo 2000. During the match, a miscue on a Tombstone Piledriver caused him to injure his neck, an injury that kept him out of action for six months and nearly ended his career. Five years later in 2005, when he would've been 45 years old, Jalisco would again suffer a big injury, tearing ligaments in both his knees when he dove out of the ring. That was 17 years ago, and he's still wrestling.
Blue Demon Jr., while not quite as old as Jalisco, is still 56 years old here. American fans might recognize Demon from the first season of Lucha Underground, participating in the show's debut match with Chavo Guerrero Jr., along with being Mil Muertes first televised opponent. Demon is also a former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and is the only Mexican wrestler to hold the belt throughout its nearly 75-year history. While past his prime, Demon is still able to put on a solid match, even at 56, with the right opponent. Needless to say, a 62-year-old with a history of injuries like El Rayo de Jalisco Jr. is not the right opponent.
These two would face off as part of the "Ruleta de la Muerte" (Wheel of Death) eight-man tournament. Unlike a normal tournament, the loser of each match would move on to the next round, with the final match of the tournament seeing the loser unmasked. This match would be part of the first round, with the loser facing the loser of Ultimo Dragon and Pentagon Jr. in the next round. In a fun bit of history, Jalisco's father El Rayo de Jalisco was unmasked back in 1989 after losing a match against the original Blue Demon (he & Blue Demon Jr. are not blood-related, but Blue Demon Jr. is the original's adopted son.) However, the match itself was not well received, as it holds a 1.28 rating on Cagematch, beating out notable duds like the Men's Royal Rumble, Ric Flair's Last Match, and Tyrus vs Trevor Murdoch vs Matt Cardona for the title of the worst rated match of 2022 on the site (McMahon vs McAfee was under five minutes, making it ineligible for a rating on the site.) Let's get into this.
There is A LOT of stalling to start this match, with a good minute of the two just playing up to the crowd. The two eventually interact, trading shoves. This leads to even more stalling, as the two circle the ring for another full minute. The two go to lock up, but Demon ducks out and goes for a strike. Jalisco blocks it, however, and slaps Demon, knocking him down to the mat. Jalisco follows up with another slap, sending Demon into the corner. Jalisco continues striking Demon in the corner, hitting him with chops, slaps, and punches until Demon fights back, appearing to kick Jalisco directly in his left ass cheek. Demon begins slapping & punching away at Jalisco in the corner before whipping him across the ring and hitting a running-back elbow. Demon begins to choke Jalisco against the ropes, tearing at his mask as he does it. Demon then transitions to a wrist lock before slapping Jalisco, who sells by just kind of lying down.
With Jalisco down, Demon leaves the ring and grabs a variety of weapons, including a baking sheet, a chain, and just a straight-up hammer.Demon brings his weapons into the ring, first hitting Jalisco in the head with the baking sheet and sending him out of the ring. Demon then grabs the chain and follows him out, wrapping his fist in the chain and punching Jalisco, busting him open. Demon continues punching Jalisco with the chain before standing on his head. Demon grabs the chain again and starts choking Jalisco before throwing him back in the ring, where he hits him in the head with the baking sheet again. Demon then tries to hit Jalisco with the hammer, but the referee steps in and stops him. Demon instead opts to set the baking sheet up in the corner and throw Jalisco's head into it, knocking it down to ringside.
Jalisco rolls out of the ring, with Demon following him. Jalisco turns the tables, however, by grabbing the sheet and hitting Demon in the head with it. Jalisco follows up with a shot across the back, but Demon regains control with a punch to the gut. Demon continues punching Jalisco before ramming his head into the ring post. Demon follows up with a slap before punching him in the face. The two exchange strikes before Demon kicks Jalisco in the shin and throws him back in the ring. Only, Jalisco is so tired, even though they've barely done anything, and so broken down at this point that he can't even be thrown into the ring, he has to stop and slowly climb up onto the apron.This isn't even funny, it's just kind of...sad.
Demon makes the cover, but Jalisco kicks out at two. Demon follows up by chopping Jalisco in the corner and whipping him across the ring. Watching Jalisco barely be able to run is also very sad.Demon follows up with a clothesline in the corner, but a second Irish whip is reversed by Jalisco, who sends Demon across the ring. Jalisco follows up with a back body drop before hitting a plethora of headbutts for a near fall. Demon regains control with a low blow and makes the cover, but Jalisco kicks out again. Jalsico fires back with an uppercut to the junk and makes the cover, but Demon also kicks out. The two trade blows before Demon avoids a second back body drop and goes for the pin off a sunset flip, but Jalisco kicks out. Demon tries to follow up with a hip toss, but Jalisco blocks it and locks in an abdominal stretch. Jalisco rolls over and turns it into a pin, but Demon gets a foot on the ropes to break the pin.
The two trade more strikes before Jalisco bodyslams Demon and stands on the bottom rope, but if you think for a second a guy who ran like that is doing anything resembling a dive off the rope, then you are sorely mistaken. Jalisco calls for a diving* headbutt, but really just kind of steps down and gets booted in the face by Demon. Demon makes the cover, but Jalisco kicks out again. In the biggest move of the match, Demon goes to the top rope, only for Jalisco to pop up and throw him down to the mat. There have been three bumps in this match, and Demon has taken all of them. I'm 13 minutes in. Jalisco makes the cover, but Demon kicks out again. Jalisco takes his first thing resembling a bump all match, hitting a leg drop before making the cover for a two count. Demon tries to respond by locking in a Scorpion Deathlock, but Jalisco powers out of it and slaps Demon to the ground. Jalisco goes to put Demon in the Romero Special, only for music to play and for Los Hermanos Dinamitas' music to hit, bringing out Cien Caras and Máscara Año 2000. Both men were also part of the Leyendas Mexicana 2017 match, so it's like a reunion I never wanted. Also, 73-year-old Caras now uses a cane to walk.He's doing a run-in...and he needs a cane to walk.
Caras and Máscara walk down to the ring, but this is only a distraction, as Nueva Generación Dinamita (Caras' sons Sansón and El Cuatrero, and his and Máscara's nephew Forastero) run in from the crowd, with Sansón carrying a guitar. For reference, Jalisco and Cien Caras would have a Mask vs Mask match all the way back in 1990 at Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre's (CMLL before it became Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre) 57th Anniversary Show, where Caras would hit Jalisco with a guitar. Forgive me if I mix up the names in this next part, as the members of Nueva Generación Dinamita all wear pretty similar masks and the version I'm watching has the Spanish commentary, so I'm not 100% sure. Jalisco fends off Forastero and El Cuatrero before dodging a guitar shot from Sansón. Jalisco punches Sansón and grabs the guitar, smashing it over Demon's head. Jalisco makes the cover and gets the three, earning the win and protecting his mask.
After the match, Nueva Generación Dinamita attack Jalisco from behind as Caras & Máscara get in the ring. Unsurprisingly, 73-year-old Cien Caras trying to stomp Jalisco is......not very convincing. The rudos beat down Jalisco until security breaks them up. The rudos, however, end up rushing the ring again to continue attacking Jalisco as medics attend to Demon. The medics put Demon on a stretcher as Jalisco takes the mic. Again, since I don't speak Spanish, I'm assuming he is making a challenge, kind of like how he seemingly challenged Caras after the Leyendas Mexicana match. That match never happened, and while Caras being, again, 73 years old and needing a cane to walk would lead me to believe him to wrestle, the fact that Caras has already wrestled a match in 2023 means I'm not entirely, I just hope he's not challenging him.
The Verdict
Obviously, this is pretty damn bad. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. can't really do anything physically at this point, and it shows with how little he actually does in this match. Legitimately, he takes one thing that could even be considered a bump. Blue Demon Jr. does a bit more than Jalisco and takes more bumps, but his age still shows in this match. And this isn't a short match. 14 minutes of slow strikes and the occasional move. It's an uneventful brawl that goes on for way too long and ends with a cheap finish. It's going pretty low on the list, and it definitely deserves its 1.28 rating on Cagematch.
The Rankings (Best to Worst)
- Sgt. Slaughter vs Colonel DeBeers-AWA SuperClash III
- Tommy Dreamer vs Bully Ray-Victory Road 2011
- Corporal Cajun & Lt. Loco vs The Perfect Event-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Triple H vs Kevin Nash-TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs 2011
- Wrath vs Glacier-World War 3 1998
- The Rock's 25th Anniversary Battle Royal-Survivor Series 2021
- Wendi Richter & The Top Gunns vs The Diamond Exchange-AWA SuperClash III
- Wahoo McDaniel vs Manny Fernandez-AWA SuperClash III
- Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
- Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
- Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
- Ernest Miller vs Norman Smiley-Fall Brawl 1998
- The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
- Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
- Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
- Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
- The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
- The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
- Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
- Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
- Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
- T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
- David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff-WCW Thunder (4/26/2000)
- Tyson Fury vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2019
- The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
- Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
- Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
- Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
- Candice LeRae vs Christina Von Eerie-PWG DIO!
- Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
- The Rock 'n' Roll Express vs The Stud Stable-AWA SuperClash III
- Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
- Carmella vs Asuka-Money in the Bank 2018
- Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
- General Rection vs Lance Storm & Jim Duggan-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Chyna vs Ivory-WrestleMania X-Seven
- Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
- The Last Rites Match-Destination X 2007
- Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
- The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
- The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
- Gunner vs Garett Bischoff-Against All Odds 2012
- Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
- EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
- The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
- Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
- Glacier vs Wrath-The Great American Bash 1997
- The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
- Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
- ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
- Rachel Evers vs Marti Belle-Mae Young Classic (Episode 2)
- Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
- Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
- Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-AWA WrestleRock
- The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
- The Undertaker vs King Mabel-In Your House 5: Season's Beatings
- Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
- Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
- Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
- Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
- The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
- Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
- The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
- Greg Gagne vs Ron Garvin-AWA SuperClash III
- Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
- The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
- The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
- Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
- Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
- Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
- Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
- The First Blood DNA Match-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
- Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
- Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
- Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
- The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
- Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
- The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
- Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
- Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
- Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
- Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
- El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
- Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
- Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
- Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
- The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
- Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
- Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
- Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
- Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
- Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
- Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
- Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
- Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
- Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
- The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
- British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
- Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
- Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
- Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
- Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
- Diesel vs King Mabel-SummerSlam 1995
- Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
- Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
- Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
- Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
- Goldberg vs KroniK-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
- The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
- Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
- Jimmy Valiant vs Wayne Bloom-AWA SuperClash III
- Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
- Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
- Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
- Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
- Glacier vs Mortis-Slamboree 1997
- Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
- The 1997 World War 3 Match
- The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
- Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
- Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
- The 1998 World War 3
- The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
- Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
- Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
- Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
- Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
- The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
- The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
- Carmella vs Asuka-Extreme Rules 2018
- Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
- D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
- Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
- Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
- Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
- Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
- Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
- Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
- Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
- Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
- Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
- Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
- Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
- Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
- PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
- Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
- Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
- The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
- Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
- Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
- Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
- Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
- Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
- Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
- King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
- Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
- Mabel vs Savio Vega-King of the Ring 1995
- Monty Brown vs Trytan-Destination X 2005
- The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
- The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
- The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
- AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
- Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
- Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
- Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
- The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
- Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
- Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
- David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
- The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
- Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
- The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
- Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
- Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
- The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
- Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
- Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
- Mike Sanders vs Ernest Miller-Halloween Havoc 2000
- Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
- Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
- Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
- Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
- Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
- Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
- The Countdown to Armageddon Match-WCW Thunder (10/18/2000)
- Rayo de Jalisco Jr. vs Blue Demon Jr.-AAA Triplemanía XXX: Monterrey
- Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
- Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
- Mr. McMahon vs Pat McAfee-WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)
- Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
- Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
- Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
- Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
- Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
- The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
- The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
- The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
- Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
- Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
- The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
- The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
- Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
- Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
- WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
- Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
- Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
- Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
- Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
- Konnan & Tygress vs Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson-Halloween Havoc 2000
- The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
- New Jack vs Vic Grimes-Living Dangerously 2000
- The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
- Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
- Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation-DWA Wrestling Legends Tour 2010 (Day 2)
- Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
- Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
- The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
- "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
- Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
- Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
- Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
- Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
- The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
- Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
- Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
- The 1996 World War 3 Match
- Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
- Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
- The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
- James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
- John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
- Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
- The Shark Cage Match-Big Time Wrestling (1976)
- Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
- Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
- Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
- The Lingerie Street Fight Battle Royal-AWA SuperClash III
- Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)
- The 1995 World War 3 Match
- New Jack vs Vic Grimes-XPW Freefall
Thanks for reading! Be sure to share if you enjoyed and leave any suggestions for matches you'd like to see covered on the Worst in the World in the comments. As I said at the start, April is gonna be a big month where I'll be posting every Sunday, so come back to the blog this Sunday, where I'll be covering multiple matches from WrestleMania XV. Stay tuned.
Another great review as always man! Yeah having a singles match between two elderly luchadores is not going to turn into something great this is what Heroes of Wrestling would of booked!
ReplyDeleteHere's a bad Raw main event: The Rock vs Billy Gunn/Chyna (Raw July 26 1999)
Thank you! Yeah, it's always dicey having two 50+ year old wrestlers together in a singles match. Granted, sometimes it works out fine (the LA Park/Villano IV match got pretty solid ratings from Cagematch and from Meltzer) but other times you get something like this.
DeleteAlso, I'll add that match to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!
Remember when Vince McMahon won the WWE Title? Well here's the match that made it happen!
ReplyDeleteVince McMahon vs Triple H (Smackdown Sept 16 1999)
I'll take a look at it. Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteHere's a match from Starrcade 1990!
ReplyDeleteVictor Zangiev/Salmon Hasimikov vs Bull Johnson/Troy Montour
This is an interesting one. Hashimikov is probably the most obscure IWGP Heavyweight Champion ever and I've been interested in checking out one of his matches. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteHere's a few matches from Summerslam 1991
ReplyDeleteHulk Hogan/Ultimate Warrion vs Sgt Slaughter/Gen Adnan/Col Mustafa
Greg Valentine vs IRS
Natural Disasters vs The Bushwackers
I'll add them to the list. Thanks for the suggestions!
DeleteDo you critique indie matches if there’s video proof? If so, here’s one from November 2013 in Real Canadian Wrestling (which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year if you can believe it) that’s five minutes long that you might want to check out. The match ends with the worst frog splash you will ever see and the referee still makes the three count!
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/p4wOPKztlow
Katana was the veteran in the match and had no excuse for performing the move. For all intents and purposes, he never wrestled a single match again except for three random bouts in 2020.
I'll take a look at it. I'll definitely look at indy matches in the series (I try to, at the very least, find exactly what show the match took place at.) Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteNovember 9, 2013 Real Canadian Wrestling - Road to Redemption - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Katana has a Cagematch profile that extends back to the early 90s although he took over an entire decade off before this match. Zen Hero El Robotica was probably a guy doing his first match and he donned a mask. After that performance, that was probably his last match too.
DeleteGotcha. I'm not 100% sure, but I think Cagematch requires a certain amount of people attend a show for it be on the site, so big gaps like that might just be smaller shows not listed.
DeleteHere's a match request from Summerslam 1992
ReplyDeleteCrush vs Repo Man
I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteThis same show also features a match in the same tournament where a 70 year old Canek tries to wrestle and goes over on one of AAA’s top stars in Psycho Clown.
ReplyDeleteSay what you will about the shameful display that was Ric Flair’s Last Match, at least they had the decency to make that a tag.
Yeah, it's crazy. On one hand, I kind of understand not having a 70-year-old lose and advance in the tournament to avoid having him wrestle more than once. Then again, it's probably a better idea to just not book a tournament where that's a possibility.
DeleteI might have to take a look at that Canek/Psycho Clown match now
DeleteHere's a match that led to one of the most lame finishes in Summerslam history and made the challenger look like a goof!
ReplyDeleteYokozuna vs Lex Luger Summerslam 1992
I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteI got the year wrong it was 1993 when this match happened
DeleteIs the Braun Strowman match from WrestleMania 34 where he teamed up with the (10?) year old kid Nicholas to win the tag team titles over The Bar amongst the matches on your list?
ReplyDeleteIt is now! Thanks for the suggestion!
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