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A Worst in the World RE:MATCH: Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus-Triplemanía XXIII

NOTE: Hey everyone, I just wanted to remind everyone that there will still be a brand new Worst in the World tomorrow. With that out of the way, I hope you enjoy!)
300 entries in the Worst in the World. Back when I first started this series in 2016, I had a list of 99 matches to cover, almost exclusively covering one match in each post and mainly covering just WWE, WCW, and occasionally TNA. And now the list is three times as long, there are plenty more entries in the future, the number of matches covered in one post has gone as high as 14, and covered everything from new promotions, to classic failures, to even the most random companies. I genuinely cannot thank everyone enough for the support and the suggestions for new matches to cover. It means the absolute world to me. So, in honor of 300 entries, I'm going to try something new.
About a year ago, I got a comment from a frequent commenter Frost about Los Villanos vs Los Psycho Circus from Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide's Triplemania XXIII, a match that formerly held the title of the absolute worst match I've covered, and possibly re-ranking it. That gave me the idea to revisit it. It's been over seven years since I last watched it, and I think my writing has changed a lot from when I first started this series. There are some posts I go back and look at that I think I can do better now. And since I've written that entry, four matches (excluding Red Tier matches) have all surpassed it in the rankings. Maybe going back and visiting it will lead to it reclaiming its spot at the bottom. Let's see.
This match, a trios match pitting Psycho Clown, Monster Clown, and Murder Clown of the killer clown-themed Los Psycho Circus against Villano III, IV, and V of Los Villanos, almost instantly became infamous thanks to Dave Meltzer, who gave the match the lowest possible rating of negative five stars. Not only is it the first match since 1999 to get that rating, it's only the second match since 1999 to get a rating lower than negative four stars. Cagematch.net currently has the match sitting 2.43 out of 10 on the site, which is not good, but still better than its atrocious star rating.
This match came about as part of a family vs family feud between Los Villanos and the Alvardo wrestling family, which Pyshco Clown is a part of. This rivalry included Villano I, IV, and V defeating Pyshco Clown's father Brazo de Plata, and uncles Brazo de Oro and El Brazo in a trios mask vs mask match back in 1988. Because of this, Villano IV would claim that the Villanos were better than the Alvardos, setting up this match. This would also be billed as the final match for Villano III, an end to his 45-year career, but in classic wrestling fashion, Villano III wrestled two more matches after this match. Villano III was 63 and had been dealing with knee & eyesight issues, so the fact that he's even wrestling here is...alarming. Let's take another look.
Before the match, referee Pepi "Tropi" Casas, who would also be working his final match, gets a big entrance. There's also a second referee that I don't know the name of for this match. The Villanos are out first, carrying what I believe are the company's Americas Trios Championships. They are not on the line in this match. Also, despite Villano III and IV having lost their masks in 2000 and 2009, respectively, both men come out with and wrestle in their masks. Los Psycho Cirus comes out with a variety of circus performers, including a man on a unicycle, men on stilts, and hula hoopers.
They throw up a match graphic, causing us to miss the first move of the match as two of the Villanos headbutt Monster Clown, knocking him to the ground. Murder Clown runs over and shoves the two back, which leads to about forty seconds of everyone standing around. The match just started and they're already stalling. Eventually, Pyshco Clown and one of the Villanos (I'm not sure which one, and the only version I could find is not great quality and has the Spanish commentary) lock up, tussling into the ropes. The unnamed referee breaks them up before Psycho Clown hits two arm drags. Villano pushes Psycho Clown, who responds by chopping him, knocking him to the ground. Another Villano runs in and chops him, so Monster Clown runs in and chops the second Villano. The last Villano runs in and chops Monster Clown, so Murder Clown runs in and clotheslines him to the ground.
All six men brawl in the ring, during which a charging Murder Clown gets dumped out of the ring by a Villano. That Villano follows up with a dropkick through the ropes before all three Villanos whip Psycho & Monster Clown into each other. Monster Clown rolls out of the ring as two Villanos hit a double backbody drop on Psycho Clown. The two follow up with a double elbow drop before the third Villano hits a very soft kick. The three rip Psycho Clown's mask before dragging him onto the apron and tossing him into the ring post. Monster Clown re-enters the ring, but quickly gets clotheslined by a Villano. All three beat him down in the corner before whipping him into the ropes, with two Villanos catching him with back elbows when he bounces back. The third Villano follows up with a low dropkick.
The three dump Monster Clown onto the apron, where they pretty slowly toss him into the ring post. Murder Clown enters, but the Villanos quickly swarm him and beat him down in the corner. They boot him out of the ring, with two of them exiting right after so they pick him up like a battering ram and run him into the post. All the Villanos enter the ring as Psycho & Monster Clown re-enter. The three Villanos beat down the two clowns, chopping away at them. Two Villanos hit the ropes, only for Murder Clown to grab their ankles and yank them out of the ring. This puts them in position for Psycho & Monster Clown to hit dual suicide dives.
Murder Clown enters the ring, and the remaining Villano tries to fend him off, but Murder Clown quickly picks him up in a gorilla press. Murder Clown slams him down before Monster Clown hops up on his back. Psycho Clown does the same before Muder Clown splashes the Villano with his team on his back.
Another Villano runs in and tries to fight, but he's quickly taken out by a double spinebuster from Monster & Murder Clown. Psycho Clown goes up to the top rope as his fellow clowns hold him in place for, essentially, the Dudley Boyz "WHASSUP!?" diving headbutt. They don't show Psycho Clown doing the actual "WHASSUP!?" taunt, but I'm going to believe that he did with all my heart.
The remaining Villano (based on later parts of this match, I believe this is Villano IV) runs back in the ring, but he's quickly swarmed by the clowns. Monster Clown holds Villano IV in place while Psycho Clown launches Murder Clown over him for a seated senton. All of this while the other Villanos don't really sell they just kind of...watch.
Psycho Circus begins ripping Villano IV's mask. One of the other Villanos did get booted by Psycho Clown, so I was wrong when I said he just started selling without getting hit in my original post. The other one just starts selling for no reason, so I was only half wrong.
The other Villanos rejoin the fight, with one sending a charging Psycho Clown out of the ring. Monster Clown runs over and tries to hold the Villano in place for a Murder Clown big boot, but the Villano ducks, and Monster Clown eats the boot. Murder Clown quickly body slams the Villano right after and goes to the top rope, only for the other two Villanos to run over and stop him. The Villanos try for a double superplex, but Psycho & Monster Clown run in and hit them right in the asses with baking sheets. They quickly hit a Tower of Doom spot, allowing the remaining Villano to crawl over and cover Murder Clown, but Murder Clown kicks out. Psycho & Monster Clown both take the opportunity to roll up the other two Villanos, but they both kick out as well.
Two Villanos clothesline Murder Clown out of the ring, and one of them avoids a dropkick from Psycho Clown. Another Villano backdrops Monster Clown out of the ring, dumping him onto Murder Clown, before two Villanos take out the outside clowns with dual suicide dives. It's just Psycho Clown and Villano III in the ring. I only think it's Villano III in this one spot specifically because Dave Meltzer said it was and, just based on the storyline, it makes the most sense for this to be Villano III. Psycho Clown whips Villano III in the back with what I think is a strap before grabbing a chair. However, Psycho Clown refuses to hit him, probably out of respect given what's about to come. This is quite literally five seconds after he hit him with a strap.
The two exchange chops before Psycho Clown floors Villano III with a clothesline. Psycho Clown goes to the top rope and hits a diving headbutt. He makes the cover and the unnamed referee counts the pin, only for Psycho Clown to stop the pin himself. Psycho Clown refuses to pin him out of a sign of respect, instead bowing to him. This made 2016 me have an aneurysm, and seven years later, I still find this incredibly dumb. What's the point of having the match if you don't want to pin one of the people in it. It makes no sense.
Psycho Clown, instead, challenges Villano IV to enter the ring. The two trade slaps while Villano V distracts both referees. This is where it's clear the respect only goes one way, as Villano IV kicks Psycho Clown low. Considering Psycho Clown had used a baking sheet and a strap earlier in the match, I'm not really sure why they had to distract the referee for that, but I really just want this to end, so I digress. Villano IV makes the cover, gets the three, and the win for family honor. That final pin was the only one Pepi Casas counted, by the way.

The Verdict

Pretty much as bad as I remembered. Granted, I think I was a bit harsh, as the match isn't outright horrible when Los Psycho Circus is on the offensive, but everything else is not good. All the Villanos were very obviously past their prime, and it showed in how little they were able to do. It doesn't help that they dominated a portion of this match despite being so limited at this point. The ending with Psycho Clown showing respect sounds good on paper, but when you remember things like him already using weapons, it doesn't make any sense. Add all that to the fact that this went way too long. With participants as worn down as the Villanos, this had zero business going 11 minutes. A match half that long might have been pushing it, even.
As for a re-ranking, I still don't think this is worse than any of the matches that were below it on the list right now. If anything, re-watching this match, seeing that there were some parts I thought weren't the worst, and looking at what was ahead of it on the list, just made me realize how much I despised that Ultimate Warrior-Goldust match from In Your House: Good Friends, Better Enemies. There's legitimately, and intentionally, nothing happening in that match. There's not a lot happening in this match, but it's more than that one.

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

Comments

  1. I don’t have a request, but if someone were to ever look at an old Coliseum VHS tape and decide one match would qualify for the list, would you consider it? thehistoryofwwe.com website is a great historical resource for house show and SuperStars and Wrestling Challenge taping results and they indicate any matches recorded for later release on VHS and or DVD.

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  2. i have got a few suggestions for you
    Kelly Kelly vs. Layla ECW, November 2007
    Eve torres vs Kaitlyn Survivor Series 2012
    Nikki Bella vs Aj Lee TLC 2014
    Little Bastard & Finlay vs Little Boogeyman & The Boogeyman No Way Out 2007
    Shelton Benjamin vs Maven New Years Revolution 2005
    Kelly kelly and mike knox vs Ariel and kevin Thorne ECW December to Dismember

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    1. I think some of these are already requested (Bella vs AJ, and I think I added Kelly Kelly & Mike Knox vs Ariel & Kevin Thorn) but I'll add these new ones to the list. The Finlay & Little Bastard/Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman is one I'll end up re-covering. Thanks for the suggestions!

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  3. Here's a couple of matches from Summerslam 1998

    Edge/Sable vs Jacqueline/Marc Mero
    New Age Outlaws vs Mankind

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

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  4. ECW Wrestlepalooza 1998 has to be the weakest ever ECW major show.

    Justin Credible vs. Mikey Whipwreck (meaningless spotfest with random run-ins)
    Storm and Candido vs. Axl and Mahoney (hardcore guys no-selling everything)
    Bam Bam Bigelow vs. New Jack (every bit as bad as you'd expect)
    Dudley Boyz vs. Dreamer and Sandman ("this is hard to watch", says Joey Styles, not even in character)
    RVD vs. Sabu (how can an RVD/Sabu match be boring? Like this! A meaningless spot, then a few minutes of rest hold, then another meaningless spot, repeat until time limit draw)
    Shane Douglas vs. Al Snow (Snow fighting off Triple Threat members and getting 0 offence on Douglas)

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    1. I've had that show on my radar for a while now. I'll add these to the list. Thanks for the suggestions!

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