10 Worst WWE Moments Of 2001

10. “Duchess Of Queensbury Rules”

And the award for least convincing English accent goes to...whichever WWF staffer was asked to play the role of the "Duchess Of Queensbury" for Backlash 2001. Being fair, the company almost certainly went for the cheap in-house option rather than hiring in an actual actress for the gig. It could've worked too, but the billed match between William Regal and Chris Jericho proved to be bland.

It was maybe one of the most disjointed bouts of the entire year, which was unexpected. Hell, even this writer didn't think he'd dislike it so much when sitting down to re-binge some of '01's content for this piece. After all, everything else Regal and Jericho touched was gold. You know the drill: 'Y2J' pee'd in William's tea (which led to some astonishing facial expressions), and they worked some top bouts on other pay-per-views.

Backlash was the outlier of the feud. On paper, it was going to be a relatively simple night. The so-called "Duchess" would keep interrupting to change the rules of the match just as it looked like Jericho might win. Everything would be stacked in Regal's favour, but that made the match more suited to free television like Raw or SmackDown than a full on PPV.

Jim Ross was onto something when he openly doubted whether or not this "Duchess" was qualified for the job or the genuine article. Sherlock Holmes has nothing on good ol' JR, folks. Not 2001's worst offender in terms of an attempt at storytelling by any means, but this just wasn't good.

Mediocrity from performers who are usually anything but and might've been ranked as some of the absolute best in the world at the time always stings.