GOTNW Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 As the thread title says I will try to collect the most, ahem........bizarre, notorious, inexplicably amusing, terrible, so bad they're great, so bad they're just terrible matches. Recommendations would be welcome. Antonio Inoki vs Great Antonio (NJPW 12/8/1977) Antonio Inoki vs Masa Saito (Island Death Match; NJPW 10/4/1987) Hiroshi Wajima vs Tom Magee (AJPW 4/22/1988) Mokujin Ken vs Survival Tobita (Saitama Pro 8/23/1999) Al Snow vs Big Boss Man (WWF Unforgiven 09/26/99, Kennel in a Cell) Scott Hall & Kevin Nash vs Porn Stars (WCW Monday Nitro 10/25/99) Jerry Lawler vs Dean Malenko (Over The Top Rope, Off With The Top; WWF 6/26/2000) Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Ultraman Robin (F*CK 10/9/2006) Sting vs Jeff Hardy (TNA Victory Road 3/13/2011) John Cena vs John Laurinaitis (WWE Over The Limit 5/20/2012) John Cena vs Michael Cole (WWE Raw 6/4/2012) John Cena vs Alberto Del Rio (Miracle on 34th Street Fight, WWE Raw 12/18/2012) Heidenreich vs Doink The Clown (AWF 5/21/2016) Chris Jericho vs Dean Ambrose (WWE Extreme Rules 5/22/2016) Matt Hardy vs Jeff Hardy (The Final Deletion) 7/5/2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loss Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Jeff Jarrett vs Dutch Mantell (Kentucky Orchestra Match 1988) Abdullah The Butcher vs Zeus (WWC Anniversario 07/07/90) Hiroshi Hase vs Tiger Jeet Singh (NJPW 12/08/91, Island Death Match) Undertaker vs Yokozuna (WWF Royal Rumble 01/22/94, Casket Match) Atsushi Onita, Katsutoshi Niiyama & Mr. Gannosuke vs Mr. Pogo, The Gladiator & Hideki Hosaka (FMW 09/25/94, No Rope Barbed Wire Electrified Dynamite Pool Hell Death Match) Survival Tobita vs Ken The Box (Saitama Pro 08/23/99) Scott Hall & Kevin Nash vs Porn Stars (WCW Monday Nitro 10/25/99) Pat Patterson vs Gerald Brisco (WWF King of the Ring 06/25/00, Evening Gown Match) Trish Stratus & Bradshaw vs Jackie Gayda & Christopher Nowinski (WWE RAW 07/08/02) Minoru Suzuki vs MECHA Mummy (Ultimo Dragon Fiesta 06/23/06) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Chief Jay Strongbow vs Don Kent (Detroit, Fall 1975, Shark Cage Match) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 We had a lot of fun, in the moment, with Shane vs Taker this year after 8 hours of Wrestlemania. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Flair vs Hogan WCW Uncensored 1999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rah Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 My personal pick for most unintentionally hilarious trainwreck I've witnessed. Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. LA Park vs. Mascara Sagrada vs. Pirata Morgan vs. Hijo de Dos Caras vs. Demon Clown (IWRG 20/07/2014) After breaking the only two ladders they had, a one-sided step-ladder is found. Pirata and the referee are forced to hold the ladder for Dos Caras to climb (all while trying to maintain kayfabe - badly), naturally, everybody else just stops caring. Parka walks off for a good portion of the match, Demon Clown put in an all-time worst performance and when Caras finally managed to grab the belt, he couldn't pull it loose, leading to him dangling awkwardly for minutes while Pirata tries tugging on him as aid. There are Smackdown TV matches that are shorter than the time Caras spent tugging at his belt. It was so awful that IWRG ran the same match type again; much to the same horrible outcome. The Botchamania highlights start at 10:10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...TG Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 HHH v Sting (WWE WrestleMania 31 3/29/2015) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin' Brian Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Kurt Angle vs Shane McMahon King of the Ring 2001. I cringe every time Shane gets thrown into the glass like a bug against a windshield and it doesn't break, but I can't stop watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimArg Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Sting vs Jarrett from Halloween Havoc 2000 definetely. The weird cage/X Division trios match from 2015 Triplemania was an awful trainwreck. Another one AAA related is the La Parka vs Cibernetico apuestas match from Triplemania, I won't spoil it because the ending minutes are wonderful. Taker vs Warrior body bag match might also deserve a mention but it isn't very amusing to watch. I recall a wrestling match in a fed here in Argentina that ended with a wrestler hanging his opponent on a crane in the middle of the street, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetlag Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 I randomly stumbled over this today reading an old DVDVR looking for info on Arsion: INDY WORLD JAPAN PRO- 5/21/98 Goro Tsurumi/ Apollo Sugawara vs Bulldog/ Devil #1 (byRASMUSSEN)Phil Schneider in DVDVR #84 had THIS to say about the Devils match in Indy World Japan Pro Wrestling 5/21/98: "Kind of fun despite the hideous wrestling involved. The Devil's are these three little guys, in matching skeleton outfits (kind of like someone described La Parka's gear to them but they had never seen it) they do this thing where they stand in a circle and spin around so you can never tell whether the guy getting back in the ring is the one who left the ring, kind of human three card monte. They also do this shoulder shrug thing, which I don't get but kind of dug.... The Devil's win with a switcharoo they stole from the Power Twins." Don't get me wrong, Phil Schneider is VERY knowledgable wrestling fan and great human being and a true patriot who loves dogs and the kids, but I think his gift for understatement in trying to keep his veneer of objectivity about this match is pushing the limits of SANITY here. THE DEVILS #1,#2, and #3 ARE ABSOLUTELY FRICKING GREAT. They do this thing where they swirl around in a cluster and then one jumps into the ring! YOU CAN'T TELL WHICH ONE COMES OUT! THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN BE CHEATING! ISN'T THAT FUCKIGN GREAT OR WHAT!! And they do this shoulder shrugging thing that totally baffles me. This compares to the Space Aliens that cheated for Silver X against Ryama Go at the Tokyo Dome, the whole Antichristo interview and the freaked out procession taking Green Ant Boy Yakushiji in his masked debut as weirdest motherfrucking things I've seen in pro wrestling. Inexplicably baffling and that facet of greatness you ONLY get in the indies. Comparison to Antichristo is pretty high praise. Anybody have a video of this? Oh yeah and add that Ryuma Go vs. space jews match from the Tokyo Dome. Also, Keita Yano is entirely a meme by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bierschwale Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Aw, I was so gonna say the Go match. Ibushi vs. Yoshihiko for the KO-D title is a pretty perfect example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 IWA Bathhouse Death matches. HeadHunters vs Tarzan Goto & Mr. Gannosuke. In a bathhouse. WIth nekkid women running scared. What else ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pol Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Wajima vs. Magee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El-P Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Actually, the Great Kojika (I think, or maybe it was Kendo Nagasaki), destroying a small town market while beating on rookies on a special BJPW video tape may take the cake of fucking bizarre and awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOTNW Posted December 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Wajima vs. Magee? Great call, gonna check if there's a thread for it. Japanese microindies are full of weird stuff so naturally that'll be up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 I sure feel that way about Hansen/Brody vs Mil/Caras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravJ1979 Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 I remember talk of a four way ladder match on DVDR board awhile back where each ladder was a different color and you had to climb your designated colored ladder to win? Does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conker8 Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 The Destroyer vs. Victor the Bear (11/25/67) from the Olympic Auditorium is a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpst Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Given that KeMonito is himself a meme, does he have any good meme matches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Given that KeMonito is himself a meme, does he have any good meme matches? The greatest spot in wrestling history.. not sure the match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Not sure if Jerry Estrada vs. Javier Cruz 10/22/89 counts for this but it was probably the biggest example of a guy (Estrada) being obviously fucked up yet still having a match (and a LONG match at that) before the Jeff Hardy/Sting debacle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Schneider Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 I remember talk of a four way ladder match on DVDR board awhile back where each ladder was a different color and you had to climb your designated colored ladder to win? Does anyone have any idea what I'm talking about? Here is the Segunda Caida review I did of that show http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2009/07/hybrid-wrestling-theory-of-evolution.html Here is a youtube clip video of the match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravJ1979 Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 awesome thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Boricua Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 There's this Mineros de Carbon match from either December 88 or January 89. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Terry Funk vs Rick Martel from WWC is the winner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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