WWE's 12 Fails Of Christmas

12. Big Show Vs The Big Boss Man - Armageddon 1999

Though the angle has become something of a cult classic in later years due to the dark humour of the infamous Funeral Home vignette (and as a posthumous tribute to Big Boss Man’s fabulous commitment to a ridiculous heel character), as a World Title programme and Pay-Per-View match for a brand new World Champion, it was completely unacceptable.

Already a struggling titleholder with the familial squabbles between Triple H and Vince McMahon taking pride of place on Raw and Smackdown, The Big Show watched his momentum completely disintegrate in December.

Mirroring Show's complete destruction of Boss Man and his cronies at Survivor Series, this co-Main Event of Armageddon '99 clocked in at a pathetic three minutes and 16 seconds, and highlighted how little faith the company had in both challenger and champion.

By January, his title loss to top heel Triple H felt like the biggest inevitability in wrestling, and wasn't even greeted with any sense of disappointment or injustice from a crowd that still despised 'The Game'.

Authored by Michael Hamflett

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First Posted On: 3rd Dec 2016

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