Matches that shouldn't have been on PPV

[King Kamala 0]

Norman Smiley Vs Prince Iaukea from Starrcade '98

 

Brian Adams and Scott Norton Vs Fit Finlay and Jerry Flynn from the same show

 

The Wall Vs The Demon in a "Special Main Event" from SuperBrawl X

 

Hammer Vs Mikey Whipwreck from The Great American Bash '99

 

The entirety of Heroes of Wrestling

 

 

Interestingly almost all of these are WCW though I'm sure given time, I could think of plenty from WWE/F and ECW.

[Boxer 0]

Shit, I read the title of the thread wrong.

 

Well, for pay per view matches, I gotta go with:

 

Jamie Noble vs. Nidia.

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From Uncensored 99:

 

Stevie Ray defeated Vincent in a Harlem Street Fight (6:30)

[SamoaRowe 0]

From the 2004 Great American Bash:

 

Mordecai vs. Hardcore Holly

Kenzo Suzuki vs. Billy Gunn

Charlie Haas vs. Luther Reigns

 

It was like, "Hey, let's give Velocity a pay-per-view!"

 

From December to Dismember:

 

Matt Striker vs. Balls Mahoney

Tommy Dreamer vs. Daivari

FBI vs. Sylvester Terkay and Elijah Burke

Kevin Thorn and Ariel vs. Mike Knox and Kelly Kelly

[J.B. Buzzkill 0]

Taz vs. Buh Buh Ray Dudley for the ECW Title at Hardcore Heaven '99.

[cabbageboy 0]

How about virtually any WCW undercard PPV match from May 1999 through October 1999? That covers a lot of ground and a lot of jobber matches.

[King Kamala 0]

HOW DARE YOU SPEAK ILL OF THE JUNKYARD INVITATIONAL?

 

Yeah- WCW went through the longest stretch of shitty PPVs and it was in the era of monthly PPVs (Slamboree '99 to Fall Brawl '00). I think they went a good year and a half without a PPV that was better than mediocre.

 

 

[Silence 0]

Bobby Lashley vs. Test for the ECW title at Royal Rumble 2007.

 

Lashley vs. Vince/Shane/Umaga at Backlash and Judgment Day the same year.

 

Wow, and they're both Lashley matches.

 

Survivor Series 2007: Khali vs. Hornswoggle.

[SamoaRowe 0]

 

Taboo Tuesday 2004:

 

Eric Bischoff vs. Eugene

Christy Hemme vs. Carmella

 

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Great American Bash 1991

Big Josh pinned Blackblood (5:39)

 

Fall Brawl 93

Charlie Norris pinned Big Sky (4:34)

 

SuperBrawl IV

Harlem Heat (Kane and Kole) defeated Thunder and Lightning (9:47) when Kane pinned Thunder

Jim Steele pinned The Equalizer (6:31)

Terry Taylor pinned Diamond Dallas Page (11:45)

 

Summer Slam 95

The Smoking Gunns (Billy and Bart Gunn) defeated Eli and Jacob Blu (6:10)

 

 

 

[HarleyQuinn 0]

I'm largely including matches that didn't have angles or just seem really purposeless.

 

WrestleMania 10 - Earthquake vs. Adam Bomb (0:32)

WrestleMania 12 - Triple H vs. Ultimate Warrior (1:36)

In Your House 01 - Mabel vs. Adam Bomb (1:53)

In Your House 03 - Savio Vega vs. Waylon Mercy (7:06)

In Your House 05 - Ahmed Johnson vs. Buddy Landell (0:42)

In Your House 10 - Jose Lothario vs. Jim Cornette (0:57)

In Your House 18 - Max Mini/Nova vs. Tarantula/Mosaic (6:43)

 

And the WWF wondered why they were so awful in 1994/1995?

 

[King Kamala 0]

Thought of another one

 

 

Marc Mero Vs Leif Cassidy from In Your House: Final Four

 

And for that matter, The Nation of Domination Vs Goldust, Flash Funk, and Bart Gunn (Talk about an odd trio) from the same PPV.

[Papacita 0]

WrestleMania 12 - Triple H vs. Ultimate Warrior (1:36)

Warrior's return shouldn't have been on PPV? For a lot of people, just his showing up was an automatic buy.

 

For me, pretty much any of the pointless diva stuff where they're fighting over hairspray and stupid stuff like that. Everything else I'm fine with.

[JJMc 0]

Bash at the Beach '96:

 

Steve McMichael VS. Joe Gomez

[Bruiser Chong 0]

WWF went through a stretch where they seemed hellbent on getting almost the entire roster onto its show. I'm thinking along the lines of Wrestlemania V through Mania VII. These three Wrestlemanias were probably the biggest offenders, with gems such as Koko B. Ware vs. Rick Martel, Texas Tornado vs. Dino Bravo, Bad News Brown vs. Jim Duggan, etc.

[Guest Smues]

WrestleMania 12 - Triple H vs. Ultimate Warrior (1:36)

 

Oh come on that match rules. I could watch that match on a loop for the entire length of a PPV and be entertained.

[Brocklock 0]

I remember the WWE having a bunch in 03 and 04.

 

Molly Holly vs Ivory - Armageddon 03

Sean O'Haire vs Rikishi - Backlash 03

Dudley Boyz vs Mack/Nowinski - Bad Blood 03

Steiner/Test vs La Resistance - Judgment Day 03

Matt Hardy vs Zack Gowen - No Mercy 03

The APA vs Basham Brothers - No Mercy 03

Eric Bischoff vs Shane McMahon - Summerslam 03

JR/King vs Coach/Snow - Unforgiven 03

Dan Puder vs The Miz - Armageddon 04

Basham Brothers vs Holly/Haas - Armageddon 04

Hurricane/Rosey vs La Resistance - Backlash 04

Torrie Wilson vs Dawn Marie - Judgment Day 04

Mordecai vs Scotty 2 Hotty - Judgment Day 04

Chavo Guerrero vs Jacqueline - Judgment Day 04

Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards - Unforgiven 04

 

And here's some TNA:

 

James Gang vs Diamonds In The Rough - Final Resolution 06

BG/Jeff Hammond vs Kazarian/Shane - Against All Odds 05

Christy Hemme vs Fat Oily Guy - Against All Odds 07

Lance Hoyt vs Dale Torborg - Against All Odds 07

Chris Sabin vs Chase Stevens - Destination X 05

Disciples Of Destruction vs Phi-Delta Slam - Destination X 05

Lance Hoyt vs Matt Bentley - Destination X 06

Voodoo Kin Mafia vs The Heartbreakers - Destination X 07

Bob Armstrong vs Konnan - Lockdown 06

Kip James vs Basham/Damaja - Sacrifice 07

Wycheck/Lynn vs Storm/Killings - Slammiversary 07

Bob Backlund vs Alex Shelley - Slammiversary 07

Mascarita Sagrada vs Pirita Morgan - Victory Road 04

Trinity vs Jacqueline - Victory Road 04

The Naturals vs Diamonds In The Rough - Victory Road 06

Raven vs Larry Zbyszko - Victory Road 06

Team Canada vs Siaki/Apolo - Hard Justice 05

Eric Young vs Johnny Devine - Hard Justice 06

Gail Kim vs Sierelda - Hard Justice 06

Chris Harris vs Black Reign - Hard Justice 07

Sonjay Dutt vs Mikey Batts vs Shark Boy vs Elix Skipper - No Surrender 05

Siaki/Apolo vs Diamonds In The Rough - No Surrender 05

Eric Young vs A-1 - No Surrender 06

Jay Lethal vs Petey Williams - No Surrender 06

Diamonds In The Rough vs Siaki/Apolo/Shark Boy - Bound For Glory 05

Eric Young vs Larry Zbyszko - Bound For Glory 06

Reverse Battle Royal - Bound For Glory 07

Raven vs PJ Polaco - Genesis 05

Voodoo Kin Mafia vs Serotonin - Genesis 06

The Naturals vs Dutt/Lethal - Genesis 06

Hoyt/Killings vs Shelley/Starr - Genesis 06

Badd/Keeney vs The NYC - Turning Point 04

Raven vs Chris K - Turning Point 05

Kip/Monty vs Apolo/Siaki - Unbreakable 05

 

Yes, I have lots of time on my hands.

[King Kamala 0]

WWF went through a stretch where they seemed hellbent on getting almost the entire roster onto its show. I'm thinking along the lines of Wrestlemania V through Mania VII. These three Wrestlemanias were probably the biggest offenders, with gems such as Koko B. Ware vs. Rick Martel, Texas Tornado vs. Dino Bravo, Bad News Brown vs. Jim Duggan, etc.

 

Hell, WrestleMania I through VIII seemed to do that. But most of the matches were somewhat short so I don't have too much against them.

 

Off the top of my head I can think of;

 

 

WrestleMania I

Tito Santana Vs The Executioner

David Sammartino Vs Brutus Beefcake

 

WrestleMania II

The Fabulous Moolah Vs Velvet McIntyire

Uncle Elmer Vs Adrian Adonis

 

WrestleMania III

Butch Reed Vs Koko B.Ware

 

WrestleMania IV

Hmmm...even though this is the worst out of the "old school" era Wrestlemanias, every match seemed to serve some kind of a purpose even if the purpose was "Let's just throw every guy who doesn't have a feud into a battle royal"

 

WrestleMania V

The aforementioned Hacksaw Vs Bad News Brown match

Brutus Beefcake Vs Ted DiBiase

 

WrestleMania VI

Koko Vs Rick Martel

 

WrestleMania VII

Kerry Von Erich Vs Dino Bravo

Tenyru and uh...the other guy Vs Demolition

 

WrestleMania VIII

Owen Hart Vs Skinner

[Diamonddust 0]

WWF went through a stretch where they seemed hellbent on getting almost the entire roster onto its show. I'm thinking along the lines of Wrestlemania V through Mania VII. These three Wrestlemanias were probably the biggest offenders, with gems such as Koko B. Ware vs. Rick Martel, Texas Tornado vs. Dino Bravo, Bad News Brown vs. Jim Duggan, etc.

 

Hell, WrestleMania I through VIII seemed to do that. But most of the matches were somewhat short so I don't have too much against them.

 

Off the top of my head I can think of;

 

 

WrestleMania I

Tito Santana Vs The Executioner

David Sammartino Vs Brutus Beefcake

 

WrestleMania II

The Fabulous Moolah Vs Velvet McIntyire

Uncle Elmer Vs Adrian Adonis

 

WrestleMania III

Butch Reed Vs Koko B.Ware

 

WrestleMania IV

Hmmm...even though this is the worst out of the "old school" era Wrestlemanias, every match seemed to serve some kind of a purpose even if the purpose was "Let's just throw every guy who doesn't have a feud into a battle royal"

 

WrestleMania V

The aforementioned Hacksaw Vs Bad News Brown match

Brutus Beefcake Vs Ted DiBiase

 

WrestleMania VI

Koko Vs Rick Martel

 

WrestleMania VII

Kerry Von Erich Vs Dino Bravo

Tenyru and uh...the other guy Vs Demolition

 

WrestleMania VIII

Owen Hart Vs Skinner

 

It was the company making sure as many people as possible were able to get a Wrestlemania pay-day, which was typically the biggest one of the year.

[cabbageboy 0]

I have to be the only one on this board who considers WM IV a personal favorite. But it was right when I started watching wrestling, so I remember all of the build for the show even if I watched Clash of the Champions instead that day (my parents wouldn't spring for PPVs).

 

 

[King Kamala 0]

Wow, I didn't even know Justin Credible was in TNA (Assuming he was PJ Polaco). Doesn't surprise me. The dude has wrestled for pretty much every semi- major promotion in the past fifteen years outside of Smokey Mountain and WCW.

 

 

Despite saying it was the worst of the old school WrestleManias, I don't really hate WrestleMania IV. I definitely hold some nostalgia for it as it was the first wrestling tape I "owned". I won Part 1 of the VHS as part of some cheapass raffle at a campground I used to stay at. Oddly enough, I didn't see Part 2 until about two years ago. It's not a terrible show (I'd definitely rank it ahead of IX, XI, XI, XIII and XV) but it's a chore to sit through in one sitting. Steamboat/Valentine, the Tag Team title match and the tourney final are all ***-***1/2 matches. And I'm a battle royal mark so the opener was a lot of fun for me.

[Epic Reine 0]

Scotty Riggs vs Mikey Whipwreck from Spring Stampede '99 complete with boring chants.

 

Naked Mideon vs William Regal for the Euro title at No Mercy 2000.

 

Jimmy Hart vs that fucking annoying radio host guy from SEVERAL WCW PPVs in 2000.

[Jingus 0]

I have to be the only one on this board who considers WM IV a personal favorite.

No, I'm another one. IV was the first old-school Wrestlemania I saw on video, so I have a soft spot for it. Plus I'm a mark for tournaments. Plus it was the only Mania which didn't have goddamn Hogan in the main event.

 

Wow, I didn't even know Justin Credible was in TNA (Assuming he was PJ Polaco).

Yes, he had a couple of brief runs. The Polaco thing was in, what, 2005? He also had a run sometime around 2003 with a mini-feud against Jerry Lynn. I fondly remember one time they were shooting a backstage fight between the two, and Justin thought that security was being too aggressive in their pulling-apart, and started screaming "Let go of me! It's fucking fake!"

 

 

Damn near every WCW ppv from their beginning to the bitter end had at least one match on there that absolutely nobody wanted to see.

[Bruiser Chong 0]

I have to be the only one on this board who considers WM IV a personal favorite. But it was right when I started watching wrestling, so I remember all of the build for the show even if I watched Clash of the Champions instead that day (my parents wouldn't spring for PPVs).

WM IV was the first Mania I ever saw and the second wrestling video I ever rented. One of my fondest recurring childhood memories is renting the two-VHS set of the event at the video rental place down the street. I've seen the event so many times and had such a strong positive bias against it that I was shocked to see how hated it was when I got the 'net back in 2000.

[Silence 0]

Jimmy Hart vs that fucking annoying radio host guy from SEVERAL WCW PPVs in 2000.

 

Mancow.

 

2000 WCW had too many celebrities between him, Arquette, and Gary Coleman.

 

[Jingus 0]

And KISS, and Beetlejuice, and the ICP, and Courtney Cox, and probably several others I'm forgetting, and that was just in 2000.

 

Of course, this is the company which brought us Jay Leno: Main Event Wrestler... and his match was BETTER than the abortions featuring Dennis Rodman. Hey, there's a great candidate: Rodman/Hogan vs. Malone/DDP. I want that forty minutes of my life back. A long WCW tradition, going back to Robocop running in on the Horsemen.

[Guest Yoouu'rree Fiiirrreed!&#]

Vengeance 2003

- Jamie Noble (w/Nidia) vs. Billy Gunn (w/Torrie Wilson) (5:00)

 

Judgment Day 2003

- John Cena and The F.B.I. (Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli) vs. Chris Benoit, Rhyno and Spanky (3:58)

 

Most the matches from Judgment Day 2004

 

[Guest Smues]

And KISS, and Beetlejuice, and the ICP, and Courtney Cox, and probably several others I'm forgetting, and that was just in 2000.

 

JAMES BROWN JAMES BROWN JAMES BROWN

[King Kamala 0]

That James Brown thing was baffling as his appearence was the blowoff for a feud that no one cared about between The Cat and The Maestro. The two never even wrestled, they just argued about whether The Cat really knew James Brown.

 

That's WCW for ya.

[Vampiro69 0]

That James Brown thing was baffling as his appearence was the blowoff for a feud that no one cared about between The Cat and The Maestro. The two never even wrestled, they just argued about whether The Cat really knew James Brown.

 

That's WCW for ya.

 

What made it even better was the WCW paid all that money for JB to show up and didn't even publicize to other news outlets that he was going to be there.