10 Worst WWE Pay-Per-Views Of The Ruthless Aggression Era
10. No Mercy 2006
The first PPV on the list highlights some of the issues with brand-exclusive PPV events. No Mercy 2006 was a PPV that took place in the middle of the World Title reign of King Booker. The World Title reign of Booker was most well known for the comedic segments and Booker's fake English accent. Sadly, the majority of the matches during his reign were underwhelming at best.
The main event of the PPV featured Booker defending his World Title against Batista, Finlay and Bobby Lashley. The problem with the fatal-four-way was that Batista was the only one who had a chance of taking the title from Booker. Finlay was nothing more than a mid-carder and Lashley was yet to put it all together to be a top star in WWE. This meant that the match felt kind of flat and didn't really feel like it belonged in a PPV main event slot.
Elsewhere on the show, Chris Benoit and William Regal had the match of the night which shouldn't come as a surprise. Sadly, it wasn't even announced prior and was added as a "PPV surprise". Rey Mysterio would defeat Chavo Guerrero in a Falls Count Anywhere match in another good contest.
The PPV was unfortunately full of filler matches that either served no purpose or served to further a storyline for a later date. Matt Hardy would face Gregory Helms in the opening match. MVP would defeat Marty Garner in his PPV debut. Mr Kennedy would defeat the legendary Undertaker by DQ in a finish that received audible groans from the 9,000 WWE fans in attendance.