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Worst in the World: Vince Russo Ruins Nitro

(Special thanks to Frost for suggesting these matches. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.) Vince Russo. What can you really say about Vince Russo that hasn't already been said thousands of times online before? He's the man who headed up the WWF's creative team during the most successful period in the company's history, but was also the head of WCW's creative team during their complete collapse. Some people see him as a creative genius that wrote some of the highest-rated segments in WWF history. Others see him as a terrible writer whose ideas led to the death of WCW. He's easily one of, if not the most polarizing figures in the history of professional wrestling. But even the most adamant Vince Russo supporters have to agree on one thing...Vince Russo should never have stepped foot in a wrestling ring. Vince Russo began appearing on screen for WCW in April 2000, and while Russo as an on-screen character...

Worst in the World: The New Blood Gauntlet-WCW Monday Nitro (6/5/2000)

 (Special thanks to Frost for suggesting this match. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.) WCW in the year 2000; the gift that keeps on giving. You would be seriously hard-pressed to find a single year for a single company that has gotten covered as much as 2000 WCW has. Even 1995, one of, if not the worst year for professional wrestling as a whole, hasn't had as many contributions to Worst in the World that just WCW has for just 2000. But so far, I've only ever looked at bad pay-per-view matches from WCW in 2000. Those are obviously worse, mostly in the sense that putting bad matches on free TV is far less egregious than putting on bad matches on a show that you're charging people money for. That being said, if you thought WCW had their shit together on the weekly shows then you are sorely mistaken. WCW Monday Nitro had plenty of stinkers grace TNT in 2000, and today, I'm taking a look at one of them with this ...

Worst in the World: Victory Roadblock

(Note: I began writing this post last week. In that time, the Dark Side of the Ring episode on the infamous Plane Ride from Hell has released. I bring this up because one of the matches I cover here (a match that I enjoyed) involves Tommy Dreamer, who made disgusting comments regarding & defending an alleged sexual assault by Ric Flair. Any positive comments I make regarding the match are by no means support for Tommy Dreamer as he faces the consequences of his own actions) (Special thanks to Frost for suggesting these matches. If you'd like to see a match covered on the Worst in the World, leave a comment down below.) When you see the words "Victory Road 2011", what's the first thing you think of? I can bet with almost 100% certainty that it's the main event, where Jeff Hardy walked down to the ring, clearly in no condition to compete, before Sting quickly gave him a Scorpion Death Drop and shoot pinned him to end the match in under 90 seconds, which was so b...