10 Worst Wrestling PPV Endings

From no contests to bad matches to Yetays, there's plenty of bad ways to end a show.

Dean Ambrose Hell in a Cell 2014
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The most important aspect of any wrestling PPV is the ending. You can have the most lackluster card imaginable, but if you deliver in the main event, the thing people ostensibly came to see, people will go home happy.

For example, at last year's Hell in a Cell, while the opening match delivered, the rest of the card was a real snoozefest. It looked like things were going to end on a sour note with Kevin Owens and Shane McMahon's cell match that lasted roughly five years. However, at the end, with Sami Zayn's shocking heel turn to save his best friend Owens, the perception of the show took a 180. Now people were speaking positively about the PPV, as all they could talk about was the effective swerve of Zayn's turn.

Whether it's a good match, a memorable angle, or just the right person coming out on top, the ending can make or break a PPV. These are the endings that very much broke their shows. Be it a no contest, a nonsensical run-in, a bad match, or a really bad booking decision, there are plenty of ways you can end your PPV on a really sour note.

10. WWE Hell In A Cell 2018

Dean Ambrose Hell in a Cell 2014
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In many ways, this year's Hell in a Cell PPV was WWE's greatest tribute to WCW ever. It was a show that had a strong, diverse undercard, and a main event that was overly-gimmicked, overbooked, and featured a craptacular ending. Eric Bischoff would be proud.

Seriously though, you can chalk this up to recency bias, but come on. How could WWE have a main event Hell in a Cell match end in a no contest? Moreover, it went to a no-contest in such a preposterous manner, as despite the fact Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman had a nice 10-minute nap while Dolph Ziggler and Seth Rollins tussled around atop the cage, both big men were still done in by a few F5s, according to the refs. Mind you: the F5 is a move Roman himself has kicked out of so many times, we had to send our findings to NASA to calculate the total (and then they got angry that I was wasting their time and yelled at me).

While you could sort of see why they went down this path (they were setting up a triple threat, and it's way too early in Braun's new heel run to be pinned by Roman), this was still a cheap, eye roll-worthy way to end a good PPV.

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