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Worst in the World: Dusty Rhodes vs The Honky Tonk Man-SummerSlam 1989

Well, it's finally here; the last match on the list for the Worst in the World! Yes, this nine-month journey through some of the worst professional wrestling has to offer comes to a close after this entry. It's been one hell of a ride, but this is it. The final match in the series is Dusty Rhodes vs the Honky Tonk Man from SummerSlam 1989. Dusty had just come into the WWF after his main event run in Jim Crockett Promotions, and in only his third match in the WWF, he faced off against the longest reigning Intercontinental Champion of all time in the Honky Tonk Man. It's too legends, so it can't be that bad. Let's get into this. The two dance around the ring before locking up. Dusty back body drops Honky and goes for the Bionic Elbow,  but Honky avoids it and bails from the ring. Dusty locks in a wristlock before tussling Honky's hair and hitting an atomic drop followed by a Bionic Elbow. Dusty gets 10 punches in the corner before locking in...something: H...

12 Terrible Things That Happened To The Intercontinental Championship (That Are Worse Than a Diva Winning It)

WWE.com On New Year's Day, WWE.com put up an article titled " 10 things we want to see in 2016 " with the above picture of Sasha Banks with the Intercontinental Championship as the picture on the first page. This goes with #9 on the list; "A Diva wins a male championship". While this would of course be impossible due to WWE's views on male-on-female violence, it would be cool to see someone like Banks win a male title, as she has shown to be a better wrestler than some of the men on the roster, and has experience with intergender matches (like this one, where she says her future fiancee has a tiny dick and gets kicked in the mouth by said future fiancee ). In an era where people like Candice LeRae can fight in hardcore matches with three other male wrestlers and we have independent pay-per-views where every match is intergender, it seems wrestling has grown to accept intergender wrestling as another kind of wrestling, instead of just "watch this g...