Oh no, this thing that I’m doing is a disaster and I think I’m going to cry on camera.
No, not the title of your sex tape - but the reaction of any wrestler who’s had their well
planned out big time match fall apart in front of them as it’s going on. There are plenty of podcast
interviews of wrestlers talking about matches of theirs they hated. But it’s called professional
wrestling for a reason. Charlotte. Charlotte Flair. It’s called professional wrestling.
Most people keep those frustrations to themselves. Until the rare instances where they don’t,
and we get a glimpse behind the wrestling veil of kayfabe to see a grumpy,
grumpy Undertaker. Such a grumpy Taker. Sometimes, it’s bad booking. Others,
it’s the fans. And occasionally, things just go plain old wrong.
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10. Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns - WrestleMania 34
This will be one of the more unique entries on this list because the frustration shown
did not come during the actual match. The match that was, well, terrible.
WWE was determined to get Roman Reigns cheered at WrestleMania 34 whether we liked it or not,
and their genius way to do so was to completely ruin what made Brock Lesnar cool. So WWE crafted
a storyline that Lesnar hated wrestling, hated the fans, was lazy, and was about to leave for UFC.
Come see the biggest show of the year, folks. It’s so good, the main eventer doesn’t want to be here.
Unsurprisingly, this didn’t work. Rather than getting people to cheer Roman Reigns, the crowd
booed both guys instead. Which was double bad because
the match wasn’t very good to begin with anyway. This so frustrated Lesnar, that a camera crew
filming the WrestleMania 34 documentary captured him walking through the curtain backstage,
where he tosses the very heavy Universal Championship at Vince McMahon before storming off.
9. Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks - SummerSlam 2016
Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks, a tale as old as time. This match could be happening as you
watch this video, could be happening as it is being recorded, yet all of them will probably
be better than this match at SummerSlam 2016. While not a terrible match or anything, there
are several botched spots, including Charlotte dropping Sasha back first on the top rope
causing her to land on her head. Upon winning the Women’s title, Charlotte snatched the belt
from the referee and looked visibly annoyed. Charlotte later discussed this in an interview
with Ryan Satin, saying she was not there as a performer at the time of this match, and was
nervous and in her own head. She also said she’s love to redo the match now with more experience.
8. Brothers of Destruction vs. KroniK - Unforgiven 2001
Despite being one of the best of all time, The Undertaker isn’t particularly shy about hating
his own matches. One of the many low points of the Invasion storyline, The Undertaker and Kane
took on Bryan Clark and Brian Adams at Unforgiven 2001 and The Deadman was NOT enjoying himself.
KroniK weren’t known to be good workers on a good night, and this was them on one of their worst.
You can see Undertaker’s growing anger throughout the match, which finally peaks on his hot tag,
where he yells full volume at a tired Bryan Clark “FEED, FUCK, FEED” - not his todo list
for that weekend, nor an early version of Ryback’s eventual catchphrase, but instructions for Clark
to get to his feet quicker to ‘feed’ Taker’s hot tag offence. This moment has sadly been edited
off of the Peacock version of the match. Despite the two Brians being Undertaker’s
real life friends, he hated this match, Clark got released outright after the match, while
Adams was sent down to developmental and requested his release two months later.
7. Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit - One Night Stand 2005
Despite their storied history around the world, very little of Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit’s
kayfabe rivalry actually took place in WWE. One of their few matches there took place
at One Night Stand 2005 and it was ok. But to a perfectionist like Eddie Guerrero, just ok might
as well be minus five stars end of the world horrible. According to PWTorch at the time,
Guerrero became very frustrated by fans chanting obscenities at Edge, who was watching from the
balcony, instead of watching the actual match - which you can see on his face. Eddie wasn’t happy
with his own performance either, as you can see him say “I owe you one” to Benoit after the match.
6. Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar - WrestleMania XX
While they would have an excellent program over a decade later,
in 2004 both Goldberg and Lesnar wanted to get as far away from WWE as possible. So WWE booked them
in match at their biggest show of the year! Goldberg had signed a one-year deal in 2003,
where he was booked against what made him work in WCW. Lesnar, meanwhile,
had become fed up with the constant travel of life in WWE and was on his way out as well.
In front of a New York WrestleMania crowd, which is probably the most vocal and
in-the-know crowd possible - meaning they were well aware of the dirtsheet reports that both
guys were done with WWE - these men were roundly booed out of the building. Goldberg is livid,
shouting as he stomps around the ring while Brock took the time to give the big double bird to the
crowd. These are two men who were done with the fans and the fans were done with them.
5. Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase Jr. & Wade Barrett vs. Daniel Bryan,
Ezekiel Jackson & Sin Cara - SmackDown (June 17, 2011)
What a random match, what could have gone wrong OH WAIT ITS THE “THAT REFEREE WAS TRYING TO FUCK ON
ME MATCH”. If you haven’t heard Cody Rhodes famous story about Ted DiBiase Jr. angrily saying that
referee was trying to fuck on him it is a classic even if DiBiase denies it happened. It is still
real to me damnit. [USE ACTUAL MEME CLIP] As for the actual match, it’s a bit of a
mess because of one notoriously difficult to work with participant, the original Sin Cara.
Sin Cara messes up Wade Barrett’s heat spots and tags in Daniel Bryan instead of Ezekiel Jackson,
who was supposed to be the featured performer in the match, before DiBiase doesn’t kick out
of Bryan’s dropkick in the corner. Oh no, look at that referee trying to fuck on him. What
does fuck on him even mean? Feed, fuck, feed? Barrett is visibly pissed and before Rhodes
can tell him to jump the babyfaces to salvage the segment he had already stormed backstage.
Rhodes has said Ezekiel Jackson was also not happy about the match as he wasn’t able to get his big
comeback in but he did a much better job of hiding his disgust as he had to pretend to be happy that
his team had won the match. Not a good night but at least we got a lovely story out of it.
4. Brothers of Destruction vs. DX - Crown Jewel 2018
Shall we just pretend Shawn Michaels really did retire in 2010?
Shawn certainly wants to. [PICTURE OF ARTICLE] The infamously bad Brothers of Destruction vs DX
match from Crown Jewel 2018 is one of the worst examples of a legends match concept. Rather than
playing up their all-timer status, everything ended up going wrong to accentuate their advanced
years. Triple H tore his pectoral muscle, Kane’s mask fell off, Shawn Michaels is bald. It’s no
fun and it seems the guys in the ring knew it as well - which you can see in their faces at the end
of the match. If regret looked like four 50 year old men, well, here you go Dictionary Definition!
3. Shawn Michaels vs. Hulk Hogan - SummerSlam 2005
You know how if you push the positive ends of two magnets together it doesn’t really work out?
Well, that’s kind of how this match is but with egos instead of magnets.
[YEAH BITCH, MAGNETS CLIP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwVDDxoKBk4]
Hulk Hogan and Shawn Michaels have two of the biggest egos in WWE history.
Two guys very protective of their spots meeting in a match with a clean finish and no rematch?
What could go wrong? Shawn Michaels in full 90s dickhead mode can!
Michaels was annoyed about Hogan’s backstage politicking,
refusing to put over Shawn in a second match so HBK decided to completely sabotage the match.
This is probably the most overacted match in WWE history with Michaels popping up and doing
a little run in a circle while selling the big boot before the leg drop. The whole match
is like a performance art piece on someone sarcastically pretending to enjoy their job.
2. The Undertaker vs. Goldberg - Super Showdown 2019
Saudi Arabia… the true home of wrestling legends embarrassing themselves in terrible
nostalgia matches. And the worst of them all, yet again starting the Undertaker, was
the Deadman vs Goldberg at Super Showdown 2019. Because Goldberg suffered a concussion almost
immediately, the match became a slow motion trainwreck from the start.
The two can’t make a Tombstone reversal work, Goldberg drops The Undertaker on his head in
a botched Jackhammer and then The Undertaker gets the win with the limpest chokeslam of the decade.
He sits up with a face that says… “Well s***”. The match was discussed at length in The
Last Ride documentary series with Taker and Michelle McCool
revealing just how badly the botched Jackhammer messed up Taker’s back.
1. Sting vs. Jeff Hardy - TNA Victory Road 2011
In 2011, we got one of the saddest, most frustrating, and potentially dangerous matches
ever as Hardy challenged Sting for the TNA Heavyweight Championship at Victory Road.
Hardy walks to the ring clearly inebriated and in no condition to perform IN THE MAIN EVENT OF A PAY
PER VIEW. Eric Bischoff comes out and stalls for a bit of time before telling Sting to take the match
home immediately. Something probably better done before you let the guy walk out there.
The two lock up, Sting throws a kick, two punches and forces Hardy into the Scorpion Death Drop
before not letting Hardy kick out of the pin. The incident was a low point for the company,
which is saying something for TNA, and fans criticised the promotion
for letting the match get as far as it did. As soon as it’s over, Sting walks around looking
very pissed off as the crowd chanted “bulls***” - to which Sting responded to, turning around
and saying “I agree” as the show goes off the air. Thankfully Jeff Hardy has gotten help in the years
since this match took place but it remains one of the worst black marks in TNA’s history .
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