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Worst in the World: New Jack vs Mustafa-Living Dangerously 1999

Watching former tag team partners face off is a staple of professional wrestling. Former friends turned enemies after one wrestler stabs the other in the back, leading to an incredibly heated feud chock full of the emotion that pro-wrestling thrives on. Over the years, we've seen plenty of fantastic rivalries & matches come out of these kinds of feuds, whether it be the top-notch in-ring work of the Johnny Gargano-Tommaso Ciampa series (excluding One Final Beat, which was...something) to intense drama of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage's feud going into WrestleMania 5, a tag team break up can create magic in the ring. However, the magic isn't always there, and sometimes former tag partners facing off doesn't lead to memorable matches. This is the case for this match, as the former Gangstas teammates New Jack and Mustafa faced off at ECW's Living Dangerously 1999. In fact, this match-up between the former Gangstas created so little buzz that many of you reading this probably didn't even know this match ever happened.
Pairing up in 1994, New Jack and Mustafa first gained prominence in Smoky Mountain Wrestling, where they would be joined by D'Lo Brown and Killer Kyle, before making the jump to ECW in 1995. The Gangstas would become one of the most popular tag teams in the company, holding the ECW World Tag Team Championships on two occasions. In 1997, however, the team would split, as Mustafa left ECW. Following the split, New Jack, while never holding singles gold, would remain a staple of ECW until the promotion closed, even adding another tag title run with John Kronus. Mustafa wouldn't be seen in ECW again until 1999, returning at Crossing the Line '99. Initially reuniting with New Jack, Mustafa would turn on him, siding with the Dudley Boyz with the goal of running Jack out of ECW. The two would have their only televised singles match at the following month's Living Dangerously. Unfortunately, the match was a bust, earning a show-low quarter-star rating from Dave Meltzer. Let's get into this.
New Jack comes down to the ring with a garbage can full of weapons, but not the steel cans you normally see in wrestling, he's got one of those big plastic ones with wheels you have at your house.
Jack chucks the can into the ring before grabbing a crutch and hitting Mustafa in the gut. Jack breaks the crutch over his back before grabbing a computer keyboard and hitting him over the head, keys flying off of it. Jack hits a snapmare before setting a street sign on Mustafa's crotch and smashing it with a golf club. Mustafa pleads with Jack, but Jack taunts him before kicking and punching him. Mustafa is able to turn the tables, however, with a headbutt to Jack's groin. Mustafa grabs a children's toy lawnmower and hits Jack over the head with it before doing the same with a bucket of some kind.  New Jack matches are essentially just people hitting each other with literally any random object you can think of.
Mustafa chucks the trash can at Jack before hitting him over the head with a baking sheet. Mustafa beats down Jack in the corner before knocking him down with a very clunky clothesline. Jack sells this for about a second before grabbing the keyboard and smashing Mustafa over the back. Jack then grabs a guitar and tries to hit Mustafa with it, only for the body of it to fly off as Jack swings it and into the crowd.
Thankfully, the crowd tosses it back to Jack, who promptly smashes it over Mustafa's head. Mustafa fires back with a, as Joey Styles on commentary puts it, "straight right hand to the scrotum" before the two roll out of the ring.
The two trade blows at ringside before Jack tosses Mustafa over the barricade and into the crowd. The two brawl through the crowd before Mustafa tosses Jack into a wall. Mustafa beats down Jack before hitting him with a chair. Mustafa follows up with an elbow drop before beating him down with the ground and pound. Jack fires back with a punch followed by a chair shot of his own to Mustafa's back. Jack grabs a table, setting it up before laying Mustafa across it. Jack grabs a roll of electrical tape and tapes Mustafa down to the table. Jack walks through the crowd up to a balcony, where he takes a big dive and crashes down onto Mustafa & through the table. A doctor runs out to check on both men before security pick both men up and carry them back to the ring. New Jack crawls over onto Mustafa, makes the cover, and gets the win.
After the match, the Dudley Boyz, along with Sign Guy Dudley and Joel Gertner, run in to attack New Jack. Gertner lands some of the funniest shitty little slaps you'll ever see before Buh Buh Ray & D-Von chuck Jack out of the ring and onto the entrance ramp. This all leads into the next match, a tag match pitting the Dudley Boyz against their brother Spike and Sid, which is...not very good.

The Verdict

It's a big, chaotic weapons brawl, and that's about it. Granted, it's better than the other New Jack matches I've covered on this series, even if the main reason is because nobody almost died in this one. There's very little actual wrestling in this, and while it's far from the worst match I've ever seen, it's not going very high on the list.

The Rankings (Best to Worst)

  1. The Rock, Hulk Hogan, and Kane vs The nWo-Friday Night SmackDown (3/28/2002)
  2. Steve Austin & Bradshaw vs The Undertaker, Scott Hall, and X-Pac-Monday Night Raw (4/15/2002)
  3. Steve Austin & Bradshaw vs Scott Hall & X-Pac-Monday Night Raw (4/29/2002)
  4. Sgt. Slaughter vs Colonel DeBeers-AWA SuperClash III
  5. The Mexicools vs The Blue World Order-The Great American Bash 2005
  6. The nWo vs Steve Austin & The Rock-Monday Night Raw (3/11/2002)
  7. Jake Roberts vs George Wells-WrestleMania 2
  8. Jeff Jarrett & Owen Hart vs D'Lo Brown & Test-WrestleMania XV
  9. Tommy Dreamer vs Bully Ray-Victory Road 2011
  10. Corporal Cajun & Lt. Loco vs The Perfect Event-Halloween Havoc 2000
  11. Melina vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2005
  12. Scott Hall vs Crash Holly-Sunday Night Heat (4/7/2002)
  13. Triple H vs Kevin Nash-TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs 2011
  14. Wrath vs Glacier-World War 3 1998
  15. The Rock's 25th Anniversary Battle Royal-Survivor Series 2021
  16. Hardcore Holly vs Billy Gunn vs Al Snow-WrestleMania XV
  17. Wendi Richter & The Top Gunns vs The Diamond Exchange-AWA SuperClash III
  18. Wahoo McDaniel vs Manny Fernandez-AWA SuperClash III
  19. Rick Rude vs Jake Roberts-WrestleMania IV
  20. Too Much vs Al Snow & Head-King of the Ring 1998
  21. Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns-Greatest Royal Rumble
  22. The Fatal 4-Way Intercontinental Championship Match-WrestleMania XV
  23. Ernest Miller vs Norman Smiley-Fall Brawl 1998
  24. The Concrete Crypt Match-The Great American Bash 2004
  25. Shane McMahon vs Eric Bischoff-SummerSlam 2003
  26. Mordecai vs Hardcore Holly-The Great American Bash 2004
  27. Luther Reigns vs Charlie Haas-The Great American Bash 2004
  28. The Tag Team Gauntlet-Extreme Rules 2010
  29. The Gimmick Battle Royal-WrestleMania X-Seven
  30. Hernandez vs Matt Morgan-Victory Road 2011
  31. Randy Orton vs Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 33
  32. Vampiro vs Sting-Great American Bash 2000
  33. T&A vs Head Cheese-WrestleMania 2000
  34. Jake Hager vs Wardlow-AEW Dynamite (6/6/2021)
  35. David Arquette & Diamond Dallas Page vs Jeff Jarrett & Eric Bischoff-WCW Thunder (4/26/2000)
  36. Tyson Fury vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2019
  37. The Texas Tornado vs Dino Bravo-WrestleMania VII
  38. The Women's Tag Team Turmoil-WrestleMania 37 (Night 1)
  39. Triple H vs Sgt. Slaughter-D-Generation X: In Your House
  40. Konnan vs One Man Gang-SuperBrawl VI
  41. Ultimate Warrior vs Hercules-WrestleMania IV
  42. Candice LeRae vs Christina Von Eerie-PWG DIO!
  43. The Fabulous Moolah vs Velvet McIntyre-WrestleMania 2
  44. Rick Rude vs Hawk-Clash of the Champions XXV
  45. The Rock 'n' Roll Express vs The Stud Stable-AWA SuperClash III
  46. Ernest Miller vs Disco Inferno-Bash at the Beach 1999
  47. Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera-New Year's Revolution 2006
  48. Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)
  49. Carmella vs Asuka-Money in the Bank 2018
  50. Steve McMichael vs Reggie White-Slamboree 1997
  51. General Rection vs Lance Storm & Jim Duggan-Halloween Havoc 2000
  52. Chyna vs Ivory-WrestleMania X-Seven
  53. Lars Sullivan vs Lucha House Party-Super Showdown 2019
  54. The Last Rites Match-Destination X 2007
  55. Alexa Bliss vs Bayley-Extreme Rules 2017
  56. The Tag Team Fatal 4-Way Match-WrestleMania 13
  57. The Barbed Wire Christmas Tree Match-TNA iMPACT (12/20/2007)
  58. Gunner vs Garett Bischoff-Against All Odds 2012
  59. Tag Team Battle Royal-WrestleMania XIV
  60. EVIL vs Tomohiro Ishii-Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Day 1)
  61. The Chamber of Horrors-Halloween Havoc 1991
  62. Toru Yano vs Great O-Khan-New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 6)
  63. The Rock vs Scott Hall-Friday Night SmackDown (3/7/2002)
  64. Legion of Doom vs Power & Glory-WrestleMania VII
  65. Steve Austin & The Big Show vs Scott Hall & X-Pac-Monday Night Raw (4/22/2002)
  66. Corporal Kirchner vs Nikolai Volkoff-WrestleMania 2
  67. Glacier vs Wrath-The Great American Bash 1997
  68. The Mountie vs Tito Santana-WrestleMania VII
  69. The Natural Disasters vs Money Inc.-WrestleMania VIII
  70. Ivan Koloff vs Paul Jones-Clash of the Champions IV
  71. ODB, Taylor Wilde, and Roxxi vs The Kongtourage-Genesis 2009
  72. Kane vs Triple H-WrestleMania XV
  73. Rachel Evers vs Marti Belle-Mae Young Classic (Episode 2)
  74. Jake Roberts vs Rick Martel-WrestleMania VII
  75. Kazushi Sakuraba & Yuji Nagata vs Daniel & Rolles Gracie-Wrestle Kingdom 8
  76. Ivory vs Tori-SummerSlam 1999
  77. Giant Baba vs Bulldog Bob Brown-AWA WrestleRock
  78. The Reverse Battle Royal-Impact! (10/26/2006)
  79. The Undertaker vs King Mabel-In Your House 5: Season's Beatings
  80. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-In Your House 14: Revenge of the Taker
  81. Jerry Blackwell vs Boris Zhukov-SuperClash II
  82. Nikita Koloff vs Bobby Eaton-Bunkhouse Stampede
  83. Alex Wright vs Steve McMichael-Halloween Havoc 1997
  84. The Great Khali vs Kane-WrestleMania 23
  85. Genichiro Tenryu & Koji Kitao vs Demolition-WrestleMania VII
  86. Savio Vega vs Crush vs Faarooq-Ground Zero: In Your House
  87. The Shockmaster vs Awesome/King Kong-Starrcade 1993
  88. Greg Gagne vs Ron Garvin-AWA SuperClash III
  89. Total Divas vs Other Divas-Survivor Series 2013
  90. The Undertaker vs Muhammad Hassan-The Great American Bash 2005
  91. Randy Savage vs George Steele-WrestleMania 2
  92. The Intercontinental Championship Elimination Chamber-Elimination Chamber 2015
  93. The Oddities vs Kaientai-SummerSlam 1998
  94. Paul Orndorff vs The Magnifcent Muraco-WrestleMania 2
  95. Team RAW vs Team SmackDown Men's Elimination Match-Survivor Series 2017
  96. Earthquake vs Greg Valentine-WrestleMania VII
  97. Scott Hall vs Spike Dudley-Monday Night Raw (3/4/2002)
  98. Rick Steiner vs Van Hammer-Bash at the Beach 1999
  99. Triple H vs Randy Orton-WrestleMania 25
  100. Hulk Hogan vs Sid Justice-WrestleMania VIII
  101. Paul Ellering vs Teddy Long-Capital Combat
  102. Dusty Rhodes vs Big Boss Man-Saturday Night's Main Event (10/31/1989)
  103. The First Blood DNA Match-Halloween Havoc 2000
  104. Konnan vs Scott Hall-Fall Brawl 1998
  105. Damian Priest vs The Miz-WrestleMania Backlash
  106. Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards-Unforgiven 2004
  107. Kane vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2009
  108. The 2022 Women's Royal Rumble
  109. Rick Steiner vs Scott Steiner-Fall Brawl 1998
  110. The Extreme Elimination Chamber-December to Dismember 2006
  111. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Hog Wild
  112. Hollywood Hogan vs The Giant-Souled Out 1997
  113. Dustin Rhodes & King Kong vs Awesome Kong & The Equalizer-Battlebowl
  114. Finlay & Little Bastard vs The Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman-No Way Out 2007
  115. Mr. Anderson vs Rob Van Dam-Victory Road 2011
  116. Hulk Hogan vs Sgt. Slaughter-WrestleMania VII
  117. Jake Roberts vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania V
  118. El Gigante vs Nailz-G1 Climax 1994 (Day 1)
  119. Yokozuna vs King Mabel-In Your House 4
  120. Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989
  121. Sting & Hawk vs Meng & Kurasawa-Clash of the Champions XXXI
  122. The Hurt Business vs RETRIBUTION-WWE Monday Night RAW (10/26/2020)
  123. Mankind vs Paul Wight-WrestleMania XV
  124. Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage-Uncensored 1998
  125. Santino Marella vs Heath Slater-WWE Friday Night SmackDown (9/27/2013)
  126. Al Snow vs Big Boss Man-Unforgiven 1999
  127. Vince Russo vs Ric Flair-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  128. Allie vs Leva Bates-Fyter Fest 2019
  129. Mickie James vs Ashley-Royal Rumble 2006
  130. Antonio Inoki vs The Great Antonio-NJPW Sumo Hall Show (12/8/1977)
  131. Christy Hemme vs Big Fat Oily Guy-Against All Odds 2007
  132. New Jack vs Mustafa-Living Dangerously 1999
  133. Kenzo Suzuki vs Billy Gunn-The Great American Bash 2004
  134. The Big Show vs Erick Rowan-TLC: Tables, Ladders, Chairs 2014
  135. British Bulldog & Jim Neidhart vs The Dancing Fools-Fall Brawl 1998
  136. Stevie Ray vs Konnan-World War 3 1998
  137. Vampiro vs The KISS Demon-Bash at the Beach 2000
  138. Team WCW vs nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood-Fall Brawl 1998
  139. Vampiro vs Oklahoma-Starrcade 1999
  140. The nWo vs The Rock & Hulk Hogan-Monday Night Raw (3/25/2002)
  141. Steve Austin vs Scott Hall-Monday Night Raw (4/8/2002)
  142. Steve Austin vs Scott Hall-WrestleMania X8
  143. The Rock & Hulk Hogan vs Scott Hall & Kevin Nash-Monday Night Raw (3/18/2002)
  144. Diesel vs King Mabel-SummerSlam 1995
  145. Big Swole vs Penelope Ford, Rebel, and Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D.-AEW Dynamite (8/27/2020)
  146. Hulk Hogan vs Andre the Giant-WrestleMania III
  147. Scott Hall vs Bradshaw-Backlash 2002
  148. The Undertaker vs The Big Bossman-WrestleMania XV
  149. Jinder Mahal vs Randy Orton-Battleground 2017
  150. Van Hammer vs Terrance Taylor-Clash of the Champions XVI
  151. Goldberg vs KroniK-Halloween Havoc 2000
  152. Junkyard Dog vs Moondog Spot-Wrestling Classic
  153. The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)
  154. Chris Jericho vs "Goldberg"-Fall Brawl 1998
  155. Jimmy Valiant vs Wayne Bloom-AWA SuperClash III
  156. Hulk Hogan vs Kevin Nash-WCW Monday Nitro (1/4/1999)
  157. Sting vs Hulk Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1999
  158. Hulk Hogan vs Jeff Jarrett-Bash at the Beach 2000
  159. Randy Savage & Sid Vicious vs Kevin Nash & Sting-Bash at the Beach 1999
  160. Kazuchika Okada & Toru Yano vs EVIL & Dick Togo-The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 (Day 2)
  161. Glacier vs Mortis-Slamboree 1997
  162. Steve Austin, Bradshaw, and Ric Flair vs The nWo-Monday Night Raw (5/6/2002)
  163. The Junkyard Invitational-Bash at the Beach 1999
  164. Michael Nakazawa vs Alex Jebailey-Fyter Fest 2019
  165. The 1997 World War 3 Match
  166. The 2022 Men's Royal Rumble
  167. Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania 33
  168. Konnan vs Stevie Ray-Slamboree 1999
  169. The 1998 World War 3
  170. The Undertaker vs Goldberg-Super ShowDown 2019
  171. Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee-All Japan Pro Wrestling 1988
  172. Jim Duggan vs Big Boss Man-Royal Rumble 1990
  173. Meng vs Jim Duggan-Uncensored 1995
  174. Jim Steele vs The Equalizer-SuperBrawl IV
  175. David Flair vs Dean Malenko-Bash at the Beach 1999
  176. The Golden Truth vs Breezango-Money in the Bank 2016
  177. The Undertaker vs Giant González-WrestleMania IX
  178. Carmella vs Asuka-Extreme Rules 2018
  179. Sting vs Tony Palmore-Battle 7
  180. D-Generation X vs Brothers of Destruction-Crown Jewel
  181. Wendi Richter vs Leilani Kai-WrestleMania
  182. Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar-WrestleMania XX
  183. Hornswoggle vs Chavo Guerrero-WWE Monday Night Raw (7/20/2009)
  184. Edge vs Triple H vs Vladimir Kozlov-Survivor Series 2008
  185. Rosita & Sarita vs Angelina Love & Winter-Victory Road 2011
  186. Kevin Sullivan vs Dave Sullivan-SuperBrawl V
  187. Steve McMichael vs Brian Adams-Road Wild 1998
  188. Scott Hall vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl IX
  189. Boris Zhukov vs Paul Samson-Beach Brawl
  190. Roddy Piper vs Hollywood Hogan-Halloween Havoc 1997
  191. Kane vs The Great Khali-Breaking Point
  192. Hollywood Hogan & Dennis Rodman vs Diamond Dallas Page & Karl Malone-Bash at the Beach 1998
  193. PN News & Bobby Eaton vs Steve Austin & Terrance Taylor-Great American Bash 1991
  194. Scott Steiner vs Sid Vicious vs Jeff Jarrett vs Road Warrior Animal-Sin
  195. Hollywood Hogan vs Roddy Piper-SuperBrawl 1997
  196. The 2015 Royal Rumble Match
  197. Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 2)
  198. Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007
  199. Sting vs Hollywood Hogan-Starrcade 1997
  200.  Sable vs Tori-WrestleMania XV
  201. Super Invader vs Todd Champion-WrestleWar 1992
  202. Brock Lesnar vs Cain Velasquez-Crown Jewel 2019
  203. King Kong Bundy & Jim Neidhart vs Yokozuna & Jake Roberts-Heroes of Wrestling
  204. Sid Vicious vs The Nightstalker-Clash of the Champions XIII
  205. Mabel vs Savio Vega-King of the Ring 1995
  206. John Bradshaw Layfield vs Batista-The Great American Bash 2005
  207. Monty Brown vs Trytan-Destination X 2005
  208. The 8-Divas Tag Match-Survivor Series 1999
  209. The Fabulous Freebirds vs The Renegade Warriors-Halloween Havoc 1990
  210. The Knockouts Gauntlet-One Night Only: Live! 2016
  211. AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg-No Surrender 2008
  212. Rick Rude vs Masahiro Chono-Halloween Havoc 1992
  213. Mike Awesome vs Vampiro-Halloween Havoc 2000
  214. Bray Wyatt vs John Cena-Extreme Rules 2014
  215. Brothers of Destruction vs KroniK-Unforgiven 2001
  216. The Miss WrestleMania Battle Royal-WrestleMania 25
  217. Mabel vs The Undertaker-King of the Ring 1995
  218. Abdullah the Butcher vs Zeus-Capitol Sports Promotions 17th Aniversario 1990
  219. Wendi Richter vs The Fabulous Moolah-The Brawl to End it All
  220. David Flair vs Kimberly Page-Mayhem 1999
  221. The Truth Commission vs The Disciples of Apocolypse-Survivor Series 1997
  222. Daffney vs Miss Hancock-Bash at the Beach 2000
  223. The Bushwhacker vs The Fabulous Rougeaus-WrestleMania V
  224. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-WrestleMania 37 (Night 2)
  225. Lex Luger vs Sting-WWA The Retribution
  226. The Beverly Brothers vs The Bushwhackers-Royal Rumble 1992
  227. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Monday Night Raw (4/14/1997)
  228. Teddy Long vs Eric Bischoff-Survivor Series 2005
  229. Adrian Adonis vs Uncle Elmer-WrestleMania 2
  230. Mike Sanders vs Ernest Miller-Halloween Havoc 2000
  231. Savio Vega vs Rocky Maivia-WWF Shotgun Saturday Night (1/25/1997)
  232. Greg Valentine vs George Steele-Heroes of Wrestling
  233. Abdullah the Butcher vs One Man Gang-Heroes of Wrestling
  234. Major Gunns vs Miss Hancock-New Blood Rising
  235. Vince Russo vs Booker T-WCW Monday Nitro (9/25/2000)
  236. Bradshaw & Trish Stratus vs Christopher Nowinski & Jackie Gayda-WWE Monday Night RAW (7/8/2002)
  237. The Countdown to Armageddon Match-WCW Thunder (10/18/2000)
  238. Rayo de Jalisco Jr. vs Blue Demon Jr.-AAA Triplemanía XXX: Monterrey
  239. Triple H vs Scott Steiner-Royal Rumble 2003
  240. Goldberg vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Super ShowDown 2020
  241. Mr. McMahon vs Pat McAfee-WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)
  242. Santina Marella vs Vickie & Chavo Guerrero-Extreme Rules 2009
  243. Kevin Nash vs Scott Steiner vs Goldberg-New Blood Rising
  244. Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker-WrestleMania XXX
  245. Hollywood Hogan vs The Warrior-Halloween Havoc 1998
  246. Mr. T vs Roddy Piper-WrestleMania 2
  247. The Royal Family vs Clowns R' Us-Survivor Series 1994
  248. The House of Horrors Match-Payback 2017
  249. The Blacktop Bully vs Dustin Rhodes-Uncensored 1995
  250. Buff Bagwell vs Roddy Piper-Bash at the Beach 1999
  251. Team Dos Caras vs Team El Canek-Leyendas Mexicanas 2017
  252. Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco-King of the Ring 2000
  253. The Wyatt Swamp Fight-The Horror Show at Extreme Rules
  254. The Four Doinks vs Team Bigelow-Survivor Series 1993
  255. Sting vs Jeff Hardy-Victory Road 2011
  256. Bret Hart vs Mr. McMahon-WrestleMania XVI
  257. WarGames 2000: Russo's Revenge-WCW Monday Nitro (9/4/2000)
  258. Oz vs Tim Parker-SuperBrawl
  259. Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman-Crown Jewel 2018
  260. Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet-Super ShowDown 2020
  261. Toru Yano vs KENTA-G1 Climax 2021 (Day 1)
  262. Konnan & Tygress vs Shane Douglas & Torrie Wilson-Halloween Havoc 2000
  263. The Fabulous Moolah vs Ivory-No Mercy 1999
  264. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-Living Dangerously 2000
  265. The Mighty Maccabee vs The Iron Sheik-Maccabiah Mania II: Shekel Slam
  266. Van Hammer vs Doug Somers-Halloween Havoc 1991
  267. Eddy Steinblock vs One Warrior Nation-DWA Wrestling Legends Tour 2010 (Day 2)
  268. Ultimate Warrior vs Andre the Giant-Saturday Night's Main Event (11/25/1989)
  269. Jeff Jarrett vs Sting-Halloween Havoc 2000
  270. The Doomsday Cage Match-Uncensored 1996
  271. "Donald Trump" vs "Rosie O'Donnell"-WWE Monday Night RAW (1/8/2007)
  272. Kane vs The Undertaker-Judgement Day 1998
  273. Toru Yano vs Jado-New Japan Cup 2020 (Day 1)
  274. Rebel vs Shelly Martinez-One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown
  275. Sable vs Torrie Wilson-The Great American Bash 2004
  276. The Evening Gown Pool Match-Armageddon 1999
  277. Kaitlyn vs Maxine-NXT (10/19/2010)
  278. Sabu vs The Sandman-November to Remember 1997
  279. The 1996 World War 3 Match
  280. Seth Rollins vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt-Hell in a Cell 2019
  281. Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler-WrestleMania XXVII
  282. The Bushwhackers vs Iron Sheik & Nikolai Volkoff-Heroes of Wrestling
  283. James Storm vs Chris Harris-Lockdown 2007
  284. John Laurinaitis vs John Cena-Over the Limit 2012
  285. Hulk Hogan vs The Giant-Halloween Havoc 1995
  286. The Shark Cage Match-Big Time Wrestling (1976)
  287. Ultimate Warrior vs Goldust-In Your House 7
  288. Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemania XXIII
  289. Jenna Morasca vs Sharmell-Victory Road 2009
  290. The Lingerie Street Fight Battle Royal-AWA SuperClash III
  291. Akira Maeda vs Andre the Giant-NJPW Big Fighter Series 1986 (Day 15)
  292. The 1995 World War 3 Match
  293. Butterbean vs Bart Gunn-WrestleMania XV
  294. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-XPW Freefall
  295. Mickie Knuckles vs Mike Levy-IWA Mid-South Queen of the Deathmatch 2008
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Comments

  1. Gorilla: “I’m really looking forward to the Match Made in Hell!”
    Brain: “What? The wedding?”
    That was probably the greatest main event in Summer Slam history, nobody objected to it! *sniff* I love weddings!

    On a serious note, the wrestling main event of the show is undoubtedly the worst one in Summer Slam history. Did anyone think the Triangle of Terror stood a chance of defeating Hulk Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior? At least they plant a reason of doubt during Roman Reigns matches.

    A few other SummerSlam requests from two specific shows:

    2017 - John Cena vs Baron Corbin
    The Big Show vs Big (C)ass (a reference to a picture where his head blocked the C when he was heading to the ring)
    Jinder Mahal vs Shinsuke Nakamura (although I suspect someone beat me to the punch already)

    1988
    Bad News Brown vs Ken Patera
    Junkyard Dog vs Rick Rude
    Powers of Pain vs Bolsheviks
    Don Muraco vs Dino Bravo


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    1. The Cena/Corbin and Nakamura/Jinder match have been requested, and I'd actually added the Big Cass & Big Show match to the list myself as part of a look back at the break-up of Enzo & Cass.
      The Summerslam '88 matches are all new requests, I believe, so I'll add them to the list. Thanks for the suggestions!

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    2. Did you add the SummerSlam 1991 main event also?

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    3. That one was already on the list.

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  2. It's me, the "recommends matches the day after they happen" fairy, back from SummerSlam, and wow, people do not like Ronda vs. Shayna in the MMA Rules match. Maybe that's one for the list.

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    1. I had a feeling that was gonna get requested while it was happening. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  3. I got a match from No Mercy 2003!
    The Basham Brothers vs APA

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    1. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  4. I got some matches from Taboo Tuesday 2004!
    Fulfill Your Fantasy Battle Royal
    Gene Snitsky vs Kane
    Eugene vs Eric Biscoff
    Lingerie Pillow Battle Royal

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    1. I'll add them to the list. Thanks for the suggestions!

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  5. What's the most boring match you've ever seen? I guarantee it's not as boring as this one: Scott Norton and Super J vs. Mike Barton and Jungle Jim Steele from NJPW's G1 Tag League on December 7, 2001.

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    1. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  6. Here's a match that took place during the Kane/Lita relationship storyline and led to a less historic battle of the irresistible force vs the immovable object!
    Kane vs Viscera (Backlash 2005)

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    1. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  7. Time for another example of "bad matches recommended just after they happen"!

    Negro Casas vs. Nicho el Millonario, AAA TripleMania XXXI Mexico City

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    1. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  8. I got a match from THe Great American Bash 2006!
    Ashley Massaro vs Jillain Hall vs Kristal Marshall vs Michelle McCool

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    1. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  9. Couple of Brutus Beefcake match suggestions:

    vs. Honky Tonk Man at WM 4
    vs. The Genius at 1990 Royal Rumble

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    1. I'll add them to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  10. Here's a match which happened during Bobby Lashley's not so extreme feud with the McMahons/Umanga, a feud which was the final nail in the coffin for the ECW brand!

    Bobby Lashley vs McMahons/Umanga (Judgement Day 2007)

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    1. That's one I've thought about covering in the past. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  11. So, how 'bout that Texas Chainsaw Deathmatch huh? That was dumb. Maybe you actually enjoyed it though

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    1. Yeah, that was rough. I don't know if it was as bad as the Zombie Lumberjack match from a couple of years ago, but I definitely expected to get a request for this match. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  12. Here's a match where John Cena won his first WWE Title but unfortunately the wasn't an I Quit Match!
    John Cena vs JBL Wrestlemania 21

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    1. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  13. Have you taken on the matches from that one Nitro where everything was "New York Rules" (no referees, no structure, nothing)? Especially the battle royal

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    1. I had gotten a request for the Kidman-Flair match from that show (maybe the battle royal also, can't remember exactly.) I'd never actually heard about the New York Rules episode (I think it was actually Thunder) and once I looked it up, I figured the whole show deserved an entry.

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