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Worst in the World: That Match From the Cody Rhodes Story

Click the link here to vote in the poll and help decide the next edition of the Worst in the World. I'll be honest, the only reason I gave this entry that title is because I'm 99.9% sure Google would not be cool with me titling something "The Fuck on Me Match." On paper, this match doesn't seem like one that would really stand out. A six-man tag match pitting Daniel Bryan, the original Sin Cara, and Ezekiel Jackson against Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase Jr., and Wade Barrett on a random episode of SmackDown (The June 17, 2011 episode, t doesn't even sound too bad in general, let alone an all-time bad match. Sure, there's a pretty obvious botched finish, but that's about it. The match itself probably would've stayed a random multi-man midcard match, had it not been for one of the participants, Cody Rhodes, recounting his experience of "the worst match of his career." Cody first told this story during a YouTube livestream in 2017 alongside his t...

Worst in the World: WWE's Worst Casket Matches

Click the link here to vote in the poll and help decide the next edition of the Worst in the World. It's only fitting that a legend like The Undertaker would have not just one, but multiple signature matches in the WWE. Easily the most iconic of the bunch is the Hell in a Cell, a match that became so legendary that it expanded beyond Taker himself, and has become a fixture of the company. Right behind it is the Buried Alive match, a stipulation that might not produce the must-see in-ring work, it creates a must-see, over-the-top spectacle. And then there's the Casket match, which is...also there. Out of the three, the Casket match, even as the oldest of the bunch is definitely the lesser of Taker's signature matches. It doesn't have the same history of match quality that the Hell in a Cell does, and while it's pretty similar to the Buried Alive match, it doesn't match the presentation the Buried Alive match brings. It also doesn't help that throughout histor...