10 Worst WWE Smackdown Main Events Ever

10. Hardcore Holly Vs. Big Show - January 8, 2004

A lot of things came together in this match, a number of ingredients that make for a pretty wretched main event.

For one, Big Show as at his most immobile here. Maybe not the most immobile of his entire career, but immobile enough to make the match a dull affair, no matter the plunder. Show was the United States Champion at the time but there was a look in his eyes that said he had stopped caring, and his work didn't exactly dispel that myth. When 50% of the match isn't really doing much, you really need an all-time great worker on the other side of the ring to make the difference.

No offence to Bob Holly, but an all-time great worker he is not. Holly's brief push to the main event at the beginning of 2004 is maligned by most, but it is easy to see why it was done. At this time, the Royal Rumble often served as a testing ground for fresh championship challengers, allowing the Rumble match itself to be stacked with talent. Also, the story of Brock Lesnar and Bob Holly was too obvious not to go with, especially as Lesnar wasn't dropping the title until the next month.

But still, the crowd wasn't overly convinced, and that gave us a Bob Holly vs. Big Show main event featuring a disinterested crowd and Show, with Holly doing all within his limited powers to make something of it all. Those powers extended no further than head shots and choking, at one point even attempting to put a Full Nelson on the bloated Show.

The main positive was Brock Lesnar playing uber-jock on commentary. Always a joy.