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 would cement himself as a staple of the WCW midcard up until the company closed in 2001. Even without a decorated resume (only a single tag title reign between 1996 and 2001), Bagwell stood out. Sure, he's by no means a great wrestler, and he's not gonna put on a must-see match, but the man was undeniably charismatic and had a great look. Like I said, if there was anywhere someone with tons of charisma and a great look would thrive, at the very least in the midcard, it would be in the WWF. And if Vince McMahon's gauging of opinion on the first Raw after the WWF bought WCW was anything to go by, the WWF audience was interested in Bagwell in the WWF. Again, this should've worked. But, as you probably know, nothing about Buff Bagwell in the WWF worked.

Bagwell would join the WWF following the purchase of WCW, agreeing to a buyout of his AOL Time Warner contract. He'd work a single house show match on July 1st before making his first televised appearance for the company on the July 2nd episode of Monday Night Raw. By the next episode of Raw, he'd be released from the company. How did it go so wrong so fast? Well, things got off on the wrong foot almost immediately, when Bagwell was involved in an altercation with fellow ex-WCW wrestler Shane Helms, during which Helms hit Bagwell with a water bottle (whether it was frozen or not depends on who's telling the story.) There have also been allegations that Bagwell had faked an injury following a powerbomb from the APA, and had even had his mother Judy call the WWF and request time off for the injuries & complain about his travel arrangements, the latter of which Bagwell has denied. And then, of course, there's this match; Buff Bagwell's one and only televised WWF match, where he challenged Booker T in the main event of that July 2nd Raw for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship.

This match, the first of future "WCW matches" in the WWF at the start of the Invasion angle, was seemingly to see if a separate WCW brand was viable within the WWF. Any plans of that flew right out the window with this match, which was soundly rejected by the fans and journalists. Another person who hated this match was Vince McMahon himself, and aside from a few matches on the following SmackDown, solely WCW matches, and a WCW-centered brand, would be no more, and we'd instead get the WWF vs WCW/ECW alliance. Let's take a look at this infamous match.

Before the match, Jim Ross & Paul Heyman sign off as the show officially changes to WCW, complete with the logo projected onto the ramp & mat, WCW logos on the TitanTron, announce table, and ring apron, and even the little WWF chyron in the bottom left corner changing to WCW.

WCW owner Shane McMahon comes down to the ring, a WCW nameplate popping up on the screen. Shane brings out his commentators, former WCW commentator Scott Hudson and Arn Anderson, and the ring announcer, Stacy Keibler. Stacy announces that the referee for the match will be former WCW referee Nick Patrick. She is interrupted, however, by WWF Commissioner William Regal and his assistant Tajiri. Regal says that, while WCW is entitled to a match tonight, Shane doesn't have to be involved, so he has security escort him out of the building, specifically "to his car and to his hotel." Shane doesn't protest, instead saying that he doesn't need the spotlight like his father, and that tonight, and promotion, will always be about the WCW superstars. Security then escorts Shane to the back.

Booker T's out first, and while he is both World Heavyweight & United States champion, and his nameplate even says so, he only comes out with the World Heavyweight title. Bagwell comes out next. Bagwell takes a cheap shot on Booker, punching away at him as he hands the bell to Patrick. The bell rings as Bagwell continues laying into Booker with punches & kicks. Booker blocks a punch and fires back, but Bagwell keeps control with an eye rake. Booker reverses an Irish whip and goes for a clothesline, but Bagwell ducks it and hits a double-arm DDT, which gets a two count. The crowd is already getting antsy, which is a little harsh considering the match started about 25 seconds ago. Bagwell makes another cover, but Booker kicks out again and gets to his feet. Bagwell punches Booker in the corner before whipping him into the opposite corner. Bagwell charges at him, but Booker catches him with a boot before hitting a spinning heel kick.

Booker follows up with a back elbow for a two-count, but Bagwell regains by flapjacking Booker onto the top rope. Bagwell follows up with a swinging neckbreaker before choking Booker against the mat. Bagwell lays into Booker with punches as the crowd starts loudly chanting "BORING." Again, I don't know if that's really justified. This has been a pretty mediocre match, but it's not boring, there's still action. I might be in the minority on this, but based on how quickly this crowd turned on the match, they weren't gonna be down for this regardless of what actually happened in the match.

Bagwell follows up with a suplex for a two count before slapping on a chinlock. Booker fights to his feet, but Bagwell quickly throws him back down to the mat. Bagwell goes back to the chin lock before switching to a seated surfboard stretch. Booker again fights to his feet and, after fending off Bagwell fires back with punches before hitting a dropkick. Both men are down, but Bagwell gets to his feet first and quickly kicks Booker in the ribs. He then loudly yells at the crowd to shut up. Bagwell chokes Booker against the ropes before trying to toss him across the ring. Booker reverses it, however, and hits a jumping leg lariat. Booker runs wild, clotheslining Bagwell twice. Bagwell ducks a third clothesline, but Booker keeps control with a forearm for a two-count. Booker follows up with a Scissor Kick and a Spinarooni before calling for the Book End (an Uranage.)

However, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kurt Angle run down to the ring and attack Booker, beating him down. The nWo might be 4 Life, but WCW is not, as Bagwell joins in on the beatdown. The three men drag Booker to the back, punching & stomping away at him the entire time. The segment ends there, but there's one other part of this story I didn't want to leave out. Following a backstage segment between Vince McMahon, Torrie Wilson, and Linda McMahon, we cut back to Austin, Angle, and Bagwell beating down Booker. Austin tosses Booker into a podium and a wall before throwing him out the door. Bagwell celebrates, only for Austin & Angle to quickly turn on him, beating him down and tossing him out with Booker. Outside of being a background character in a backstage beatdown on the following SmackDown, this is the last we see of Buff Bagwell in the WWF.

The Verdict

How bad this match actually is is definitely blown out of proportion. I'm not saying this is all that good of a match or one that you should go out of your way to watch, and it's definitely not main-event caliber, but it's just kind of unremarkable. If it weren't for the crowd pretty immediately voicing their displeasure for the match, then it probably would've just been another match the WWF did. The only part of the match I thought was all that boring was when Bagwell was putting on rest holds, but the crowd was chanting "BORING" well before that. I'm probably in the minority on this, but to me, this match is just not that bad.

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

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. In two weeks, I'll kick off a Halloween-themed month of October with a match featuring the one and only WrestleMania match of The Boogeyman. Stay tuned...