For nearly 40 years,WrestleManiahas been the biggest wrestling show in the world.
WWEs showcase of the immortals has gifted fans with unforgettable moments andall-time great matches.
It remains one of the cornerstones of the professionalwrestlingindustry.
Yet, for all its grandeur and history,WrestleManiais often a surprisingly reliable source of historically bad moments.
The biggest show of the year sometimes lets us down in ways that no lesser event ever could.
Thats especially true of the worst matches in the shows history.
Instead, Iwe focused on the matches that left the darkest clouds overWrestleManias history.
It was an ill-advised situation that could have been salvaged.
IfWWEplayed their cards right, The Miz could have emerged from this whole thing as a legitimized heel champion.
Ultimately, the match was ordered to continue under No DQ rules.
As many feared, the match was indeed just an elaborate set-up for next years Rock vs. John CenaWrestleManiashowdown.
Instead, it was aWrestleManiamain event.
Its a tragically appropriate extension of how WWE often treated the very concept of womens wrestling.
That title was being held by Stephanie McMahon as a prop in Triple Hs storyline.
Remarkably, its still not the absolute low point for womens wrestling atWrestleMania.
However, there is just enough thats special about this match to make it stand out.
This match is a reminder of the horrors that occur when The Bushwhackers fail to elicit any excitement whatsoever.
To be fair, this whole match feels like an existential crisis.
The same can not be said for his match against The Undertaker.
Thats the worst thing about this match (besides the match itself, I mean).
Instead, we got a match that The Undertakerlater apologized for.
The bodysuit, much like the crowds patience, threatened to wear thin.
This may be the ultimate example of a match that accomplished both.
The build to this match was classic pro wrestling.
Taylor later turned against Heenan, resulting in this match.
On paper, the payoff seemed simple.
Naturally, thats not what happened.
The problem with a blindfold match is that youre wearing a blindfold that prevents you from seeing your opponent.
Its a contradiction that few wrestlers have ever managed to successfully navigate.
Jake Roberts and Rick Martel were not two of those wrestlers.
If you watch this as a so bad its good comedy match, it does have some value.
Unfortunately, this match was supposed to be the culmination of a bitter feud involving two incredibly talented wrestlers.
Yes, these two participated intwoshockingly bad WrestleMania matches.
A distracted Wyatt was beaten by Randy Orton shortly thereafter.
Well, you get this.
If the final day of school was aWrestleManiamatch, it would be this one.
So, when Big Show says thisWrestleManiamatch was themost embarrassing moment of his career, hes saying a lot.
The idea was that Mr. T was tired of Piper telling him he wasnt a real fighter.
So, he would set out to prove Piper wrong by beating him in a real boxing match.
At least that was the idea at the start of the night.
In other words, the face had essentially proven the heel right by virtue of exhibiting his own incompetence.
Showcase of the Immortals, indeed.
Well, this battle royal will (hopefully) always be the low point of that approach.
Even still, this match was the culmination of a truly shocking series of indefensible and unexplainable decisions.
There are countless behind-the-scenes examples of Hogan throwing his weight around for the benefit of Hogan.
This, however, may just be the most high-profile example of him doing that on-screen.
The truly terribleWrestleMania 9show seemingly ended with babyface Bret Hart losing to the unstoppable heel monster, Yokozuna.
It was a shocking conclusion orchestrated not by Bret Hart and Yokozuna but by Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon.
See, Hogan wanted to end the night as world champion.
In return, Hogan would let Bret Hart beat him for the championship later that year.
Well, Hogan won the match, but that whole letting Bret beat him thing never happened.
That change in personality put him in direct conflict with fellow announcer Jerry Lawler.
It began as a fairly interesting angle that quickly lost steam.
Regardless, it was leading to a seemingly inevitable conclusion.
Lawler would beat Cole atWrestleManiain the grudge match nobody wanted to see.
At least it would almost certainly be over quickly.
