Worst match(es) you've ever seen?
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Berniewood Hogan
IT'S BERNIE SANDERS WITH A STEEL CHAIR!
THOSE DOGS WERE TAUGHT TO SHAKE HANDS BUT THEIR HANDSHAKES WERE A LITTLE STIFF, SO EVERYBODY KNEW THERE WAS SOME HEAT, BROTHER!Dogs no sold the entire match
Berniewood Hogan
IT'S BERNIE SANDERS WITH A STEEL CHAIR!
Cartier Murphy
Apathy’s a Tragedy & Boredom is a Crime
Actually on further review, I might change my answer to the 2015 Royal Rumble Match. They managed to somehow fukk up the most bulletproof match type ever 
It just might be the worst booked match in the history of wrestling.
There are more bad and boring worked matches, and more harmful individual booking calls and more harmfully booked matches but I can't think of a match that had as much wrong with it as that did. The very point of a Rumble is that it should be impossible to not be AT LEAST entertaining. There's boring Rumbles and bad Rumbles, but they're at least watchable and there's some logic to it, some quality storytelling, and match lay out. But that match, that match
It blowed away most of even the boring or bad ones.
Even if you ignored the Daniel Bryan thing which is also
So much else was squandered here. The first third of this was a boring, pedestrian mess with mediocre return gimmicks that didn't last long. They blew through a cool Wyatt Family story in the span of one entry, blew the chance to do a cool Miz/Mizdow thing in a program that needed it, and mostly nothing happened between Bryan's elimination and the ending run, which might have helped get the crowd to stop booing or chanting for the guy they wanted to win. Meanwhile, Roman did nothing but get beaten up almost all match, and came off like a scrub, as opposed to the world beater that he was in the 2014 Royal Rumble. He needed help to win too, so he looked like the Rock’s sidekick rather than his equal. Nothing good came of it. Nobody benefited, except for the guy whose elimination caused the crowd to turn on the match entirely with half of it still left to go. The company ruined its big hope for the future in this match. In an hour, there were maybe five good and exciting minutes. That’s atrociously bad. You could’ve rebooked that thing like 30 different ways and every option would come out better. It’s not even entertaining to watch the crowd turn on it like 2014’s. It’s all around just to ingest all of its awfulness
It just might be the worst booked match in the history of wrestling.
There are more bad and boring worked matches, and more harmful individual booking calls and more harmfully booked matches but I can't think of a match that had as much wrong with it as that did. The very point of a Rumble is that it should be impossible to not be AT LEAST entertaining. There's boring Rumbles and bad Rumbles, but they're at least watchable and there's some logic to it, some quality storytelling, and match lay out. But that match, that match
It blowed away most of even the boring or bad ones.
Even if you ignored the Daniel Bryan thing which is also
So much else was squandered here. The first third of this was a boring, pedestrian mess with mediocre return gimmicks that didn't last long. They blew through a cool Wyatt Family story in the span of one entry, blew the chance to do a cool Miz/Mizdow thing in a program that needed it, and mostly nothing happened between Bryan's elimination and the ending run, which might have helped get the crowd to stop booing or chanting for the guy they wanted to win. Meanwhile, Roman did nothing but get beaten up almost all match, and came off like a scrub, as opposed to the world beater that he was in the 2014 Royal Rumble. He needed help to win too, so he looked like the Rock’s sidekick rather than his equal. Nothing good came of it. Nobody benefited, except for the guy whose elimination caused the crowd to turn on the match entirely with half of it still left to go. The company ruined its big hope for the future in this match. In an hour, there were maybe five good and exciting minutes. That’s atrociously bad. You could’ve rebooked that thing like 30 different ways and every option would come out better. It’s not even entertaining to watch the crowd turn on it like 2014’s. It’s all around just
to ingest all of its awfulness
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
I’ve argued since it ended that it was the worst booked pro wrestling match ever over even the 2014 edition. To have a 30 man match that’s forgettable, lacking any big moments, makes nobody look better, and manages to make all the people involved look infinitely worse all at once takes a degree of deliberate sabotage only the McMahon family can pull off. You didn’t even elaborate on the whole Kane and big show taking out everyone who was over after Bryan gets eliminated. The only match I’ve seen as bad was a backyard wrestling match in a backyard promotion I worked as a ring hand and referee in that was competed between a guy with no training and a guy who thought it was real so he couldn’t work any spots at all.Actually on further review, I might change my answer to the 2015 Royal Rumble Match. They managed to somehow fukk up the most bulletproof match type ever
It just might be the worst booked match in the history of wrestling.
There are more bad and boring worked matches, and more harmful individual booking calls and more harmfully booked matches but I can't think of a match that had as much wrong with it as that did. The very point of a Rumble is that it should be impossible to not be AT LEAST entertaining. There's boring Rumbles and bad Rumbles, but they're at least watchable and there's some logic to it, some quality storytelling, and match lay out. But that match, that match
It blowed away most of even the boring or bad ones.
Even if you ignored the Daniel Bryan thing which is also
So much else was squandered here. The first third of this was a boring, pedestrian mess with mediocre return gimmicks that didn't last long. They blew through a cool Wyatt Family story in the span of one entry, blew the chance to do a cool Miz/Mizdow thing in a program that needed it, and mostly nothing happened between Bryan's elimination and the ending run, which might have helped get the crowd to stop booing or chanting for the guy they wanted to win. Meanwhile, Roman did nothing but get beaten up almost all match, and came off like a scrub, as opposed to the world beater that he was in the 2014 Royal Rumble. He needed help to win too, so he looked like the Rock’s sidekick rather than his equal. Nothing good came of it. Nobody benefited, except for the guy whose elimination caused the crowd to turn on the match entirely with half of it still left to go. The company ruined its big hope for the future in this match. In an hour, there were maybe five good and exciting minutes. That’s atrociously bad. You could’ve rebooked that thing like 30 different ways and every option would come out better. It’s not even entertaining to watch the crowd turn on it like 2014’s. It’s all around just
Cartier Murphy
Apathy’s a Tragedy & Boredom is a Crime
Very true. And you’re right, I missed those parts. They tossed Dolph out like he was literally just dead weight and basically killed him off for good, motivation and status wise after this
They seemingly wanted to build up Bray as a Big Bad for Roman to overcome at the end, but that's not a thing that happened because he got tossed like he a piece of trash too
Dean got it too and his motivation never recovered either
Kane and Big Show came out of this seemingly met 100% with
reactions since, poisoning the well forever.
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
This is what I was referring to. Dean, Wyatt, and Ziggler all got buried in this match for no reason whatsoever. I think Barrett did too. I don’t see how this can accomplish anything but tell the locker room that it doesn’t matter how hard they work or how over they get unless :flabbyvince: decides that he wants them to be the sole top star of the company. All the guys you showed in those gifs were crazy over and got the shaft all of 2015. Two of them found themselves jerking the curtain at Wrestlemania in a “we have nothing for these 6-8 guys so let’s throw them in a ladder match for a meaningless title” and the other worked a feud with taker where he was the only guy on tv. None of them have been booked well at any point since then. If anything, this type of booking shows the locker room that there’s little to no incentive to put any effort into their craft at all. The fact that this came just 6-8 weeks after punk did his podcast and specifically mentioned them only prioritizing making Cena and Roman look strong while having no plans for anyone else and them refusing to properly push the people who are actually overVery true. And you’re right, I missed those parts. They tossed Dolph out like he was literally just dead weight and basically killed him off for good, motivation and status wise after this
They seemingly wanted to build up Bray as a Big Bad for Roman to overcome at the end, but that's not a thing that happened because he got tossed like he a piece of trash too
Dean got it too and his motivation never recovered either
Kane and Big Show came out of this seemingly met 100% with
After recent events we may have a new contender
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
Link?After recent events we may have a new contender
It all comes down to opinion but the recent HHH/Taker battle was MISERABLE imo
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
May 2014 to April 2015 was such a miserable ass periodThis is what I was referring to. Dean, Wyatt, and Ziggler all got buried in this match for no reason whatsoever. I think Barrett did too. I don’t see how this can accomplish anything but tell the locker room that it doesn’t matter how hard they work or how over they get unless :flabbyvince: decides that he wants them to be the sole top star of the company. All the guys you showed in those gifs were crazy over and got the shaft all of 2015. Two of them found themselves jerking the curtain at Wrestlemania in a “we have nothing for these 6-8 guys so let’s throw them in a ladder match for a meaningless title” and the other worked a feud with taker where he was the only guy on tv. None of them have been booked well at any point since then. If anything, this type of booking shows the locker room that there’s little to no incentive to put any effort into their craft at all. The fact that this came just 6-8 weeks after punk did his podcast and specifically mentioned them only prioritizing making Cena and Roman look strong while having no plans for anyone else and them refusing to properly push the people who are actually over