20 Worst Wrestling PPVs Of All Time

20. NWA Bunkhouse Stampede 1988

Starting in 1985, the Bunkhouse Stampede was an annual tournament held by Jim Crockett Promotions. Initially devised as a way to increase fans' interest in JCP, it was a standard battle royal-style match in which the wrestlers competed in "bunkhouse gear" (blue jeans and cowboy boots, apparently), with weapon use encouraged.

1988 saw the Bunkhouse Stampede given its own pay-per-view event, and it was a complete shambles. Nikita Koloff and Bobby Eaton wrestled a turgid time-limit draw, and the Barry Windham vs. Larry Zbyszko stall-fest that followed was just as laborious. The worst was yet to come, however, and the near 30-minute Bunkhouse Stampede main event failed to deliver on any conceivable level.

This particular Stampede saw the 8 competing wrestlers locked inside a steel cage together, with the objective being to throw the opponent out of the cage door or send him over the top of the cage. It was a dishevelled, chaotic mess of a match with very little in the way of actual wrestling, and an incredibly contrived ending saw The Barbarian scale the cage of his own volition, before Dusty Rhodes knocked him off with an elbow.

Not only that, but hundreds of fans showed up an hour late for the event after a printing error on their tickets. The building was only half sold-out in the first place, and this cold start perfectly set the tone for the most laughable PPV the NWA ever produced.