NintendoLogic Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 Figured this would be a fun topic to discuss. To make things interesting, I'm excluding matches that were ruined by overbooking or a ridiculous gimmick. I'm also excluding matches involving celebrities and the like. I'm looking for matches where trained and experienced wrestlers completely stink out the joint and have no one to blame but themselves. Quote
rainmakerrtv Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 Don't have the exact dates, but one seriously bad match involving good wrestlers took place around 1996 that was a ladder match between Great Sasuke and Super Boy. Nothing they tried was succesful and for a while afterwards I was convinced Super Boy sucked based on this match. Quote
JerryvonKramer Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 Bob Backlund vs. Harley Race (9/22/80) Rick Martel vs. Brad Rheingans (9/9/84) I kid, I kid. Though those are both E-rated matches in my book (about -**). Then of course there was this travesty: Steve Regal vs. Buck Zumhofe (11/28/85) Ughhhhhhhh Pretty much ANY match featuring Kung-Fu Billy Graham in JCP, who is just sooo shit and awful that it's actively sad to see him. But for the worst match that was so bad it almost broke wrestling my vote goes for the 3-minute atrocity that Chad and I watched recently on Clash of the Champions 13: Sid Vicious vs. The Nightstalker In the hundreds of matches we've watched on WTBBP, that has got to be the absolute worst. It's a total clusterfuck, awful, awful work, execution and so on, clusterfuck booking that makes no sense, a CARDBOARD AXE. All inside 3 minutes. If it's not the worst match of all-time, it's got at least to be a contender for worst match of the 90s and worst match of WCW period. Quote
Karl Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 11th March 1993 - Wembley Arena - London Rick Rude v Davey Boy Smith - this will haunt my dreams until the end of time. Two guys who clearly could not be bothered and subsequently decided to sit in rest holds virtually the whole match. So bad it almost stopped time itself. Quote
peachchaos Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 What was that lucha match from the IWA King of the Death Match? Quote
soup23 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 Zeus vs. Abby from Puerto Rico is still my clubhouse leader for two guys in a decent marquee spot that had at least some experience up to this point. Quote
Al Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 What was that lucha match from the IWA King of the Death Match?Iceman vs Kamikaze? Though I have to say, putting a card like that almost requires booking bad matches. You need something to contrast among the seven death matches, to quiet the crowd before building them up again. Quote
Al Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 Sid Vicious vs Nightstalker is a great pick btw. I love the concept, that two wrestlers had no excuse to suck. No bullshit or gimmicks holding them back. They just sucked. Quote
JNLister Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 The most common choice for worst match on British TV: It's the blow-off to one of the few long-term TV storylines with manager Charlie McGee bringing in guys to face Daddy and eventually having to get in the ring itself. To make things better it was the last week of Joint's exclusive contract and was followed the next week by the All Star debut (including a young Jushin Liger and a wacky ladder match) and the week after that the first WWF show. Quote
Grimmas Posted January 17, 2014 Report Posted January 17, 2014 I haven't watched it lately, but the Triple H vs. Michaels hell in a cell is the most boring piece of shit ever! Quote
slabinski611 Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Steiners v. Muta and hase Heroes of Wrestling: The Jake Roberts incident. If you want to give that show a pass for being a one time indy show that was in over its head, then I would say The Demon vs Vampiro BATB 2000. Really, the whole Vampiro/Sting/Kiss Demon thing around that time was one of those embarassed to be a fan type angles. Quote
Blehschmidt Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Undertaker and Kane vs Brian Adams and Brian Clark I was there live.......Uggggh Quote
Loss Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Does anyone remember that infamous tag from RAW with I think Trish & Bradshaw against Jackie Gayda & Chris Nowinski? That match was pretty amazing in how bad it was. Trish even mentioned it in her HOF speech. Quote
Lust Hogan Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Sting vs. Jeff Hary when Jeff was "under the influence" is one that popped in my head. Booker T. Vs Bagwell and Goldberg vs Lesnar. Although I understand the circumstances I really dislike Hogan vs. Michaels at SummerSlam when Shawn oversold everything in the match. Quote
ButchReedMark Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Tiger Ali Singh vs Edge from WWF Capital Carnage is pretty fucking shocking. Ali Singh was horrible, and I've never been mad on Edge. The whole card stank of boiled egg shits to be honest. The only bright spot was Jackie Moore's superduper tits. The first ever time I knew what it felt like for people in the US paying for a pay per view and wanting to put your foot through the telly and send WWF the bill. Quote
Loss Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Oh, pretty much everything from the Sting vs Vampiro feud in 2000 WCW is worth a mention. Quote
Busterira Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Tiger Ali Singh vs Edge from WWF Capital Carnage is pretty fucking shocking. Ali Singh was horrible, and I've never been mad on Edge. The whole card stank of boiled egg shits to be honest. The only bright spot was Jackie Moore's superduper tits. The first ever time I knew what it felt like for people in the US paying for a pay per view and wanting to put your foot through the telly and send WWF the bill. Well his father was Tiger Jeet Singh, long considered one of the worst wrestlers of all time. I remember getting a batch of Japanese footage a very long time ago and there was a ton of Tiger Jeet Singh matches on them. He was a huge star over there but man did his matches suck. Quote
Steven Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Tomko vs Steven Richards. Utterly bizarre, boring and heat-less. Quote
El-P Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Oh, pretty much everything from the Sting vs Vampiro feud in 2000 WCW is worth a mention. FUCK YES ! Eye gouging stuff. Quote
jdw Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Baba vs Raja Lion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsZaJqiyE54 Quote
Busterira Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Baba vs Raja Lion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsZaJqiyE54 Winner Quote
Grimmas Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Tiger Ali Singh vs Edge from WWF Capital Carnage is pretty fucking shocking. Ali Singh was horrible, and I've never been mad on Edge. The whole card stank of boiled egg shits to be honest. The only bright spot was Jackie Moore's superduper tits. The first ever time I knew what it felt like for people in the US paying for a pay per view and wanting to put your foot through the telly and send WWF the bill. Rock and X-Pac was pretty good! Quote
ButchReedMark Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Actually, it was. But I think they had pretty much exactly the same match on Raw a week or two before which took a bit of lustre off it. Quote
Bix Posted January 18, 2014 Report Posted January 18, 2014 Baba vs Raja Lion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsZaJqiyE54 Somewhat recently I heard this was supposed to be a comedy match to parody Inoki's "mixed martial arts" matches but I have no idea how true it is. Quote
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