10 Most Infamous Matches In Wrestling History

10. Hulk Hogan Vs. Kevin Nash - WCW Monday Nitro (January 4, 1999)

By early 1999, WCW's status as North American top dog was in critical condition, but contrary to WWE's revisionist history, the competition for ratings supremacy was very much alive - until WCW managed to commit suicide twice in one night.

Tony Schiavone gave away the result of the taped Rock Vs. Mankind match which aired on RAW that night. "That'll put some butts in the seats," he oozed. It was, of course, deeply ironic. Viewers flocked in their droves to witness Foley's moment of triumph. It wasn't quite the watershed moment it has since been portrayed as; those viewers returned in almost the same number to watch the three hour Nitro's main event.

The WCW World title match between Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan was a catastrophe. It was a major, much-anticipated match between two former allies and massive stars. It was never going to be a classic, but that much was beside the point. It was huge. It was epic.

It didn't happen. After Nash pushed Hogan into the turnbuckle, detonating the crowd, Hogan responded by gently poking Nash in the chest with his finger. Nash flopped to the mat exaggeratedly. The ruse was revealed; the New World Order - the very faction WCW fans were sick at the sight of - had been reformed.

It was meant to generate controversy, and relaunch the storyline, but the angle only underlined to fans that WCW was manipulative and entirely devoid of original thought. Never again did the company win a ratings battle.