8 Awesome WWE Matches Ruined By DQ Finishes

Wow, this is going great, what an amazing ma...ah, it's ruined.

By Jacob Trowbridge /

The best WWE matches are the ones that tell a strong story and engross the audience. They suck you into the action while guiding you through the highs and lows with finesse and patience, building on each hair-raising spot and tense near-fall. The best matches revel in making the audience gasp every time the fan favorite is put in a precarious situation that looks like the end of the road, and they're willing to let suspense build to a natural boiling point. The best matches do not then suck all the air out of the building by tacking on a weak disqualification to end and ruin the whole thing. When used creatively (and sparingly), disqualifications can serve multiple purposes and enhance, not detract. They can add some instant fuel to a feud, create some real heat for burgeoning heel or, in the case of underdog title matches, they present a main-event caliber talent to the world without having them steal away the belt too quickly. Still, it does seem like WWE have too often resorted to a disqualification because they ran out of other, more creative ways to end things. There are certainly large chunks in the promotion's history that used DQs as a crutch, popping them onto the end of way too many major matches. These are the worst of the worst.