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Worst in the World: Kane vs The Great Khali: The Trilogy of Terror

Great wrestling is built on great rivalries. Stone Cold vs The Rock. Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat. But Kane vs the Great Khali? Not so much. Kane was a solid wrestler but was never really great in the ring, and by the time these two first wrestled he was having less than stellar matches. The Great Khali, however, was always bad. Outside of his one Falls Count Anywhere match against John Cena at One Night Stand 2007, pretty much every match the Great Khali ever had was, at best, terrible. Put them together and you have one of the worst pairings in wrestling history. A pairing that would put on matches so bad that they have not one, not two, but THREE DIFFERENT matches that have earned a negative star rating from Dave Meltzer. Rather than cover them individually, I'm going to lump them all together for one giant, three-tiered mountain of crap that these two called "wrestling." Without further ado, let's get into this. Match #1: Wrest...

Worst in the World: Batista vs The Great Khali-SummerSlam 2007

I can't believe I'm 37 entries into Worst in the World and this is only the first time The Great Khali has shown up. Standing at 7'1 and debuting in WWE in 2006, Khali was booked as an unstoppable monster squashing the likes of then-World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio and even the Undertaker. The only problem was that Khali was about as mobile as a brick, horribly uncoordinated, and couldn't cut a promo to save his life. Eventually, Khali became a comic relief character and pretty much stayed that way until his release in 2014, ending his 8-year run in the company. He is now seen as a blight on WWE history and is often considered one of the worst professional wrestlers of all time. Despite that status, that didn't stop WWE from pushing him as a main eventer, challenging John Cena & Triple H for the WWE Championship on separate occasions and even WINNING THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP! You might think I'm kidding, but I'm not. Here it is on his...