10 Most Hated WWE PPV Main Events Ever
All's crap that ends crap.
In two weeks at the Survivor Series, Brock Lesnar and Bill Goldberg will lock horns in an anticipated main event. Despite the fact that the general reception to the program has been good so far, though, there's no guarantee that the match itself will deliver. In fact, given how lousy their WrestleMania XX match against each other was, and the fact that Goldberg hasn't wrestled in the twelve years since, the match could easily be a major bomb.
It wouldn't be the first time that a WWE Pay-Per-View event closed on a low note. Though in recent years, there's been a greater focus on match quality (leading to men like CM Punk and Daniel Bryan, and then AJ Styles and Seth Rollins as main eventers), there have been some real flops over the past few decades.
This list looks at the worst of the worst - ten PPV main events that were so disappointing that entire shows were ruined, and that even years later, they're remembered for the wrong reasons. Some were booked poorly, some featured bad wrestling, but most of them boasted both.
With any luck, there won't be a new entry on the list come November 20.
Here are the 10 most hated WWE PPV main events ever:
10. DX Vs. The Spirit Squad - Vengeance 2006
Vengeance 2006 was one of the more stacked "B" shows that WWE has ever run. Not only did the card feature dream matches such as Ric Flair versus Mick Foley and John Cena versus Sabu, but Rob Van Dam took on Edge for the WWE Championship. Still, the main event slot was reserved for the reformed D-Generation X, who took on The Spirit Squad.
Though the quintet of male cheerleaders had been a near-ubiquitous presence on Raw, getting in Shawn Michaels's hair for months, they had never been treated like actual threats - they only picked up wins using their numbers advantage, and even as World Tag Team Champions, they often had to play cannon fodder.
They were in full "cannon fodder" mode at Vengeance. Despite weaponry and cheating (and a five-on-two advantage), The Spirit Squad wasn't able to put DX away, and after an uninspired heat, HBK made the hot tag to HHH. The two middle-aged superstars scored simultaneous pins on two of the squad members, then easily beat up the other three to end the show. The DX reunion already felt like it had gone on too long.