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(Special thanks to an anonymous user for suggesting this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.) The main event of WrestleMania is the one match above all else that the WWE should want to get right every year. After all, it's the finale to the company's biggest show of the year, they absolutely want to end their biggest show with the biggest bang possible. On top of that, having their marquee match get overshadowed by a better match earlier on the card really doesn't do them any favors, and it just makes that marquee match come off as less than. Last week, I looked at Hulk Hogan vs Sgt. Slaughter, a bottom-five WrestleMania main event from WrestleMania VII, and one that was vastly outdone by the match between The Ultimate Warrior and Randy Savage earlier in the show. This week, we'll take a look at another one of those overshadowed main events, that being the main event of WrestleMania 25 between WWE Champi...

Special thanks to  RETROMANIACOS  for suggesting this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.  BRAND WARFARE! Since the brand split in 2016, Survivor Series has become WWE's yearly event where RAW and SmackDown superstars square off, all in the name of brand superiority. Admittedly, the allure of brand warfare has been snuffed out due to how often the show's rosters change (and the ill-fated Wild Card rule), but back when the new brand split first started, the new format for Survivor Series was still a fun idea. And considering how great the 2016 Survivor Series' Men's match was, you'd be forgiven for having high hopes for the next year's installment. And low and behold, WWE brought out plenty of big boys for 2017. It's Team RAW, consisting of Braun Strowman, Finn Bálor, Samoa Joe, Triple H, and RAW general manager Kurt Angle (whose job was on the line in this match), versus Team SmackDown, consi...

I don't normally jump the gun on choosing matches for the Worst in the World so soon after they took place, but...man, what the fuck was this? WrestleMania 37 was actually a pretty good show despite having a very lackluster build. The main events of both nights were great, Cesaro had a killer match with Seth Rollins, and Bad Bunny heavily exceeded expectations and had arguably the best celebrity match in the history of wrestling. That being said, there were definitely some missteps over the course of the weekend. Big E vs Apollo Crews was going well, but the finish was pretty underwhelming, and the women's tag team gauntlet was easily the worst match of Night 1. Going into Night 2, it was going to be hard to be worse than that gauntlet match...and then Night 2 started. Randy Orton vs "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt opened Night 2 of WrestleMania 37, which proved to be a massive downgrade from the opener of Night 1. I don't mean Bobby Lashley vs Drew McIntyre, I'm talki...

( NOTE: Before I start this post, I wanted to give my condolences to the family and friends of Brodie Lee. He was an incredible wrestler and, from everything I've seen and heard, an incredible man, friend, and father. He will be missed.) How did this happen? On April 18, 2017, Jinder Mahal became the #1 contender for the WWE Championship. On May 21st, Mahal beat Randy Orton to win the WWE Championship. This came after Mahal had been little more than a jobber for three years before being released from the company and returning in 2016...where he continued to job until this match. And that is quite literally what happened. The week before Mahal earned his title shot, he lost in under three minutes to Mojo Rawley. He went from jobber to main eventer in the span of seven days. Now, telling the tale of a lower-level wrestler's sudden rise to the top isn't impossible. ECW did it with Mikey Whipwreck pretty successfully. There is a story you can tell here. However, that's not ...