10 Times The Main Event Was The Worst Match On A WWE Show

10. Randy Orton Vs Bray Wyatt (No Mercy 2016)

WWE was and is desperate for these two legacy stars to have a hot match, but they demonstrated here, as they’d demonstrate again at WrestleMania 33 and will seemingly continue to demonstrate indefinitely, they just don’t gel.

Their No Mercy match is mercifully lacking bugs projected onto the mat, but they make up for this with 15 punishing minutes of rest holds and other heatless offence. The match is all build to the return of the late, much-missed Luke Harper, and while that spot is cool, it wasn’t worth tanking the main event of a PPV for.

What’s worse is there were two sizzling matches that could and should have headlined: the Triple Threat for the WWE Championship, and Dolph Ziggler’s career vs. title match with The Miz. The latter had a feelgood finish and all the crowd support you could ever want - a natural close to the show.

Instead, we were left with this limp conclusion, showcasing both (undeniably talented) stars at their slow, “methodical” worst. It’s not hard to see why the bookers would think this would work once - it’s harder to see why they won’t realise it just doesn’t.