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Worst in the World: Booker T vs Buff Bagwell-Monday Night Raw (7/2/2001)

Hey everyone. Since this will be the last post before October, I wanted to announce that, like last year, I'll be going to a weekly schedule for October. Last year, I did "A Very WCW October", but this year, since it's the Halloween season, what better time of year to cover some matches that fit the Halloween spirit. These will be matches that either feature horror or horror-adjacent wrestlers, matches with horror-adjacent gimmicks, or matches set at Halloween-themed shows. I've had this planned out for a while, so I'm not gonna be doing the poll for this month, but that will resume for November. With that out of the way, I hope you enjoy this edition of the Worst in the World. On paper, Buff Bagwell seems like a guy who would've fit right in with the WWF. After he turned on his fellow American Male Scotty Riggs and joined the nWo, Marcus Bagwell would go from a pretty bland babyface to the incredibly vein and boastful Buff Bagwell. From there, Bagwell wou

Worst in the World: The Reina de Reinas Championship Four-Way-AAA Triplemanía XXV

  Rest in peace to both Terry Funk and Bray Wyatt. Two incredible performers who will be missed dearly. Click the link here to vote in the poll and help decide the next edition of the Worst in the World. In 2014, Lucha Underground would premiere on the El Rey Network. Combining high-flying, death-defying wrestling with heavily stylized, cinematic segments that more closely resembled an AMC show than what you'd see on Monday Night Raw, Lucha Underground was a hit. Along with just being a unique, enjoyable wrestling experience, the show also provided a launching pad for several of the wrestlers, whether they be American wrestlers getting their biggest exposure to date in Ricochet (Prince Puma) and Jeff Cobb (Matanza Cueto), ex-WWE superstar John Morrison finding new life as Johnny Mundo, or luchadors like Pentagon Jr. and Fenix branching out into the United States. The latter is the case for Sexy Star. Debuting in 2006, Sexy Star would spend the first eight years of her career wrestl