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

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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 wrestling primarily in Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion (the future Lucha Libre AAA World Wide) and almost exclusively in Mexico. That was until she signed on for Lucha Underground. Debuting on the premiere episode, Sexy Star stood out as one of the few female wrestlers on a roster of primarily male wrestlers. Over the course of three seasons, Sexy Star would find a lot of success in Lucha Underground, first winning the Gift of the Gods Championship before going on to win Aztec Warfare III (the show's version of the Royal Rumble, but with pins & submissions) and the Lucha Underground Championship. Sexy Star was the only woman to hold the show's top title, and Lucha Underground would be the most prominent company a woman had held the top title in until Tessa Blanchard won the Impact World Championship in 2020. Side note that kind of gives away where I'm going with this, the fact that two of the biggest milestones in women's wrestling were done by two women who are shitty people is very disappointing. Following the third season of Lucha Underground, the sky seemed like the limit for Sexy Star. However, seven years later, Sexy Star's wrestling career is just about dead. What happened to Sexy Star? Well, since I looked at one wrestler shooting on another wrestler two weeks ago, we might as well stay on the topic.
Rewind back to 2017, when AAA held Triplemanía XXV. In the second match on the card Sexy Star, who had just returned to the company a month prior, defended the Reina de Reinas Championship in a four-way match against former TNA wrestler Ayako Hamada, Lady Shani, and current Impact wrestler Rosemary, who was brought in as part of a partnership with Global Force Wrestling (which Impact was briefly known as following a merge with Jeff Jarrett's original GFW.) Remember that last name, it will be important for later. Sexy Star had won the vacant title after a messy split between AAA and then-champion Taya (Valkyrie), with the company's Director of Talent Vampiro claiming Taya was stripped of the title for using an illegal chokehold (in a no-disqualification match) and later for no-showing a TV taping (that she apparently was scheduled to be at), while the Wrestling Observer has reported that AAA tricked Taya's then-boyfriend (now husband) Johnny Mundo into giving them the physical belt, only to vacate the title. That, however, would not be the most controversial thing to happen with the Reina de Reinas Championship in 2017. Not by a long shot.
This match is far less infamous for what happens during the actual match, and more for what happens after it. A little over a week after Triplemanía, Sexy Star would be stripped of the title, and would never wrestle for AAA again (the Sexy Star that currently wrestles in AAA is a different wrestler.) In addition, Sexy Star would receive pretty unanimous condemnation, with Cody Rhodes saying she'd never be allowed in one of his locker rooms and multiple people calling for her to be blacklisted. While she hasn't been completely blackballed, any chance she had of working for a major company, or even a major independent, was out the window. WrestleCade would pull her from that year's events, SHIMMER Women Athletes would quietly cut ties with her after only about five months and three matches, and she was notably absent from Season 4 of Lucha Underground. All of that because of her post-match actions. You would be hard-pressed to find a wrestler who effectively derailed their own career in the ring like Sexy Star did on August 26th, 2017. So, let's take a look at how she did it.
Lady Shani immediately tries to clothesline Sexy Star, but Star ducks it. Sexy Star can't avoid a right hand from Ayako Hamada, which is followed by Rosemary giving her a German suplex. Sexy Star rolls out of the ring, leaving Hamada & Shani to double-team Rosemary. Shani takes Rosemary down with a snapmare before kicking her in the back of the head, and Hamada follows up with a kick of her own.  Shani makes the cover, and Hamada makes zero effort to break up the pin for some reason.
Rosemary kicks out, only to get kicked in the face by Hamada right after. Shani puts Rosemary in the Camel Clutch, holding her in place for Hamada to hit a low dropkick. Hamada takes her turn putting Rosemary in the Camel Clutch, only for Shani to boot her in the face instead. Shani follows up with a low dropkick to Hamada before she and Rosemary exchange strikes. The strikes are broken up by Sexy Star, who climbs to the top rope and hits a crossbody on both women.
Hamada grabs Sexy Star and holds her in place for Shani & Rosemary, only for Star to duck, causing Shani & Rosemary to double-club Hamada. Sexy Star chops & punches Shani before ducking a back fist from Hamada. Sexy Star whiffs on a clothesline, however, allowing Hamada to give her a German suplex. Hamada follows up with a DDT before Shani hits another low dropkick. Shani chokes Sexy Star against the ropes as Hamada rolls out of the ring and grabs a chair. Shani continues working over Sexy Star with chops & kicks before Hamada hits a bodyslam on Star, which gets a two-count. Hamada grabs the chair as Shani whips Sexy Star towards her, only for Star to catch her with a dropkick. Sexy Star avoids a clothesline from each woman, only for Rosemary to spit green mist in her face, which you can barely see because they cut to a super wide shot.
This is followed by Shani holding Sexy Star in place while Hamada hits her in the back with a chair. Sexy Star sells this by just kind of walking away & out of the ring, looking slightly annoyed.
The partnership of Shani & Hamada doesn't last, as Shani boots the chair into Hamada's face. Shani follows up by locking Rosemary in a guillotine choke, but Hamada breaks it up by hitting her in the back with the chair. Hamada rolls out of the ring and grabs a trash can. She tosses the lid into the ring and tries to throw the whole can over the top rope, but comes up short.
Rosemary ends up reaching over the top rope so Hamada can hand her the can. Rosemary sets the can in the corner before beating down Shani. Hamada gets back in the ring, and there's a weird 20 seconds or so where everyone stops what they're doing before Rosemary & Hamada double-team Shani. Rosemary sets the chair up and sits Shani down while Hamada places the trash can on her head. Hamada hits the ropes and starts to charge at Shani, only for the chair to crumble and Shani to fall to the mat.
Rosemary ends up holding Shani in place for Hamada to hit a low dropkick. Hamada makes the cover, but Rosemary pulls her off. Rosemary then tries to get the pin, but Hamada kicks her in the face. Hey, remember Sexy Star? She hops back in the ring, only for Hamada to hit her with the trash can lid. Sexy Star completely no sells this and tries to hit Hamada with the lid, but Hamada blocks it and suplexes her. Hamada climbs to the top rope, only for Sexy Star to pop up and powerbomb her down to the mat. Sexy Star makes the cover, but Rosemary rushes over and breaks up the pin.
Rosemary & Shani exchange slaps, and then strikes, before Shani starts laying into Rosemary with kicks. Rosemary catches one, however, and takes Shani down to the mat before locking in a Muta lock (minus the leg-trap.) Sexy Star breaks it up with a stiff-looking double stomp to Rosemary before hitting a low dropkick to Shani. She follows that up with the knee to Rosemary's face, only for Rosemary to catch her with a spear. Rosemary goes to the top rope, only for Sexy Star to yank he down to the mat and lock in an armbar. Rosemary taps out, and this is where Sexy Star decides to end her career in professional wrestling.
Even after Rosemary taps, the referee ends the match, and Sexy Star's music starts playing, Sexy Star  keeps the armbar locked in, and even wrenches back while she has the hold on. The referee manages to get her let go, only for her to immediately reach over and lock it back in. It's very blatant that this is going beyond the match. Eventually, Sexy Star breaks the hold and celebrates. In a moment that is now incredibly awkward, two-time Reina de Reinas champion Martha Villalobos comes down to the ring with the title, and she embraces the woman we just saw injure her opponent.

The Fallout

So...what happened? From what I've read, it seems like Sexy Star and Lady Shani got into it during the match and were trying to shoot on each other. There are a couple of moments where it seems like things get testy between the two, but they never really just start blatantly attacking each other. It also doesn't explain, and definitely doesn't excuse, why Sexy Star decided to do what she did to Rosemary. Rosemary would suffer a strained tricep/bicep, an injury that thankfully only sidelined her for a few weeks. Reportedly, Sexy Star left the arena following the match, only for Vampiro to tell her to return and apologize. Based on Rosemary's initial response outright calling Sexy Star and liar who tried to claim it was a work initially, I don't think she accepted that apology. Sexy Star's own response pretty explicitly said Rosemary was lying about her injury, a sentiment she's maintained as recently as 2019. And as I mentioned, Sexy Star would be stripped of the title, lost everything resembling a major booking, and would never reach the heights she'd reached ever again.

The Verdict

Like I said, the actual match is nowhere near as infamous as Sexy Star injuring Rosemary. Outside of Sexy Star not selling most of the offense and spending the majority of the match outside of the ring, there's really nothing memorable about the match. That being said, the fact that this ended with Sexy Star going out of her way to injure her opponent means you know exactly where this is going.

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. The Reina de Reinas Championship Four-Way-AAA Triplemanía XXV
  294. Butterbean vs Bart Gunn-WrestleMania XV
  295. New Jack vs Vic Grimes-XPW Freefall
  296. Yoshiko vs Act Yasukawa-Stardom Queen's Shout
  297. Mickie Knuckles vs Mike Levy-IWA Mid-South Queen of the Deathmatch 2008
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  1. Here's a one of the worst WWE PPV's of the modern era filled to the brim with unnecessary filler and the main event ending with no new champion because of a Big Show temper tantrum : Battleground 2013

    Dolph Ziggler vs Damien Sandow (Kickoff rated two stars)
    Real Americans vs Santino Marella/Great Khali
    Curtis Axel vs R Truth
    AJ Lee vs Brie Bella
    Bray Wyatt (Rest in Paradise Father Firefly) vs Kofi Kingston
    Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton

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    1. I'll add them to the list. I'm gonna hold of on doing Bray matches for the foreseeable future out of respect (same for Terry Funk and other wrestlers who have recently passed) but thanks for the suggestions!

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    2. That's understandable

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    3. I'm wondering if Taylor Rotunda goes back just being Bo Dallas or he continues being Uncle Howdy by being the fireflies Uncle Howdy and turning face

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  2. WCW Bash at the Beach 1995 produced quite a few candidates.

    Renegade vs Paul Orndorff
    Jim Duggan vs Kamala
    DDP vs Dave Sullivan
    Hulk Hogan vs Vader (the final nail in the coffin of Vader’s WCW career)

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  3. Here's a match which saw a future world champion lose to Los Matadores' mascot!
    Drew McIntyre vs El Torito Raw May 26 2014

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  4. A list of Nia Jax matches is long overdue. Some of these matches have probably been requested already but I'll list off the candidates in case some of them were missed.

    vs. Charlotte (April 10, 2017 RAW)
    vs. Kairi Sane (June 1, 2020 RAW)
    vs. Asuka (Backlash 2020)
    w/Shayna Baszler & Lacey Evans vs. Charlotte, Dana Brooke & Mandy Rose (January 25, 2021 RAW)
    vs. Lana (Tables Match "MY HOLE!" moment - February 8, 2021 RAW)
    vs. Charlotte (August 30, 2021 RAW)

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    1. It absolutely is overdue. the latter three were already on the list, but I believe those first three aren't, so I'll add them to the list. Thanks for the suggestions!

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  5. Here's how not to do past stars vs future stars matches!
    New Age Outlaws vs The Ascension Royal Rumble 2015

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  6. Here's a match which saw WWE try to make Darren Young great again bt the result ended up not only being a stinker but also turned Bob Backlunds's shirt into the worlds largest bib!

    The Miz vs Darren Young Battleground 2016

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  7. How about Wrestlemania 11? Also Taker vs Sycho?

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    1. Taker vs Sid is already on the list, and I believe Taker vs Bundy from WrestleMania 11 is only match from that show that's been requested. Were there specific matches from Mania 11 you wanted covered or just the whole show?

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  8. Here's a couple of stinkers from No Mercy 2017!
    Neville vs Enzo Amore
    Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman

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    1. I feel like Lesnar/Strowman's on the list, but I think Neville/Enzo is new. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestions!

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    2. The Lesnar/Strowman encounter that's on the list was the one from their Crown Jewel 2018 encounter it's currently at 259

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    3. Sorry, I meant I think the No Mercy one has already been recommended

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  9. The Recent Matches Fairy is back again here to sprinkle some poorly-received recent matches into your comments section

    Bayley vs. Shotzi from the September 1 SmackDown (overbooking hell and Charlotte hijacking the match)
    Kris Statlander vs. Robyn Renegade from the September 9 Collision (tradition of short AEW women's matches featuring overly green wrestlers who can't work)
    Bully Ray vs. PCO from Impact Victory Road (I actually didn't hate this but a lot of other people did)

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  10. Here's a match which saw top guys getting dismantled by the elderly and a faction that didn't stay together for long!
    Revival vs Gallows/Anderson (Raw 25)

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  11. I got a PPV that only had one amazing opener and a great WWE Title match which sadly ended on a double count out in a No DQ match because WWE didn't like clean finishes at the time, but the rest of the show was riddled with awful performances, Daniel Bryan's return wasted and a main event so bad that audiences were looking to beat the traffic (Backlash 2018)

    Bayley vs Ruby Riott (Kickoff)
    Alexa Bliss vs Nia Jax
    Jeff Hardy vs Randy Orton
    Daniel Bryan vs Big Cass
    Carmella vs Charlotte Flair
    Bobby Lashley/Braun Strowman vs Sami Zayn/Kevin Owens
    Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe

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  12. I see you haven't taken on Fall Brawl 2000 yet... how could you not have, it has so much awfulness on it

    KroniK vs. the Harris Brothers in a First Blood Chain Match
    Lance Storm vs. General Hugh G. Rection for the United States Title
    The Natural Born Thrillers vs. the Filthy Animals and Paul Orndorff (red match because Orndorff is so obviously physically screwed he collapses in the ring)
    Kidman and Madusa vs. Shane Douglas and Torrie Wilson in a Scaffold Match
    Sting vs. Vampiro vs. Muta
    Jeff Jarrett vs. Mike Awesome in a Bunkhouse Brawl (EVERYONE interferes)

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  13. Here's a couple of bad womens matches from Monday Night Raw April 22 2019
    Becky Lynch vs Alicia Fox
    Naomi vs Billie Kay

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  14. Well... Nia Jax is back. Maybe it might be time to "celebrate" her "abilities" with a compilation of the times she legit hurt people?

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    1. There's definetly a few on the list, but there's some I can add to that. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  15. Here's a title defense where many say was the weakest/bad title defense during Jon Moxley's first run as AEW World Champion!

    Jon Moxley vs Jake Hager (AEW Dynamite 4/15/2020)

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    1. That one has to be up there for the most forgettable AEW World title match. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  16. Twitter alerted me to this match:
    Madusa vs. Sister Sherri on WCW Monday Nitro, Jan 29 1996

    The main reason it's negatively received is Madusa dropping Sherri on her head with a suplex, knocking her out cold, and then still getting her spot in on Sherri's unconscious body

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  17. While All Out 2021 was an amazing show that featured the debuts of Bryan Danielson/Adam Cole, CM Punk's return match, an amazing steel cage match between the Young Bucks/Lucha Bros and a very great main event between Kenny Omega/Christian Cage however it did have one bad egg that most people would tend to skip when watching said PPV!

    Paul Wight vs QT Marshall (All Out 2021)

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    1. That is the one match that really feels out of place on, at least at the time, AEW most pivotal show. I'll add it to the list. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  18. UWF International's show on December 22, 1991 had a "match" between Nobuhiko Takada and former world boxing champion Trevor Berbick that went awry. In this Different Style Fight, Berbick was mad that Takada was doing leg kicks when he'd been told they weren't allowed (hence Different Style... maybe he should have known that). He just stopped working, and then left the ring within three minutes.

    This is a bizarre display that I think you should see.

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    1. I'd actually never heard about that match until now, but after reading up on it, I'll absolutely cover it. Thanks for the suggestion!

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  19. If you want weird bad matches you can't go wrong with B-tier puro companies from the 2000's. World Japan's MAGMA01 from 3/15/2003 has some astonishingly odd matches.

    The Road Warriors vs. The Crushers (a.k.a. the Shane Twins / Gymini / Johnsons)
    Kenzo Suzuki vs. Steve Madison
    Kensuke Sasaki vs. Big Vito

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    1. I've heard so much about how disastrous World Japan was, but I've never actually seen any matches from it. I'll absolutely take a look at those matches. Thanks for the suggestions!

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