15 Worst PPV Main Events Ever
The worst of the worst pay-per-view main events ever.
A bad wrestling match isn't the end of the world, because once it's over you can put it out of your mind and move onto the next one. A bad pay-per-view main event, however, leaves a sour taste in the mouth because that's all you get, and you're left reflecting on the mess that you just saw.
Bad main events can ruin careers of perfectly good superstars, and cause fans to lose faith in a promotion entirely, so it's no small matter when one occurs that can be ranked as one of the worst of all time.
While some of the matches on this list are just bad examples of pro wrestling, it really focuses on matches that were bad examples of what we think a main event should be, and a lot of the time this is due to reasons beyond the performers' control.
Whether it's bad booking, technical glitches or poor scheduling, a main event can be ruined for a number of reasons and there's no saving a pay-per-view once the star attraction has proved to be a stinker. Here are fifteen of the worst main events in wrestling history.
15. John Cena Vs. R-Truth - Capitol Punishment 2011
Capitol Punishment stands as one of the oddest one-off pay-per-views in WWE's recent history, solely based around the fact that it emanated from Washington, D.C. with a White House set, a poster featuring Barack Obama and had a controversial commercial where Obama answered questions about the upcoming event.
Such an odd pay-per-view needed an odd main event, which it got in the form of R-Truth vs John Cena for the WWE Championship.
In his defence, R-Truth worked hard to earn a WWE Championship at pay-per-view, reinvigorating his character as a whacked-out conspiracy theorist who quite rightly pointed out that he had never received a singles main event before.
It would have worked better if it didn't feel so disingenuous, as Capitol Punishment was nothing but filler to give Cena something to do and someone to beat for that month, before he moved into his feud with CM Punk leading into Money in the Bank 2011.