10 Absolute Worst Matches In The History Of WrestleMania
5. Genichiro Tenryu & Koji Kitao Vs. Demolition - WrestleMania VII
Genichiro Tenryu was an incredible performer; his series opposite Jumbo Tsuruta in All Japan Pro Wrestling just two years prior to WrestleMania VII was seminal, but the WWF didn't give two sh*ts about that. Their hilarious inability to speak English was just funnier.
At that event, they faced the retooled Demolition tag team. Ax was medically unable to compete, having suffered an allergic reaction to shellfish. The infamously inept Crush was drafted in as his replacement, and never has a physically imposing wrestler undermined his aura between the ropes as much as he did. His most notable contribution to the match saw him leap from the top rope and lightly graze Kitao with a double ax handle smash. The smash was nominal; perhaps he was fearful of Kitao's legendarily ornery reputation.
The quality of the action intensified exponentially when Tenryu entered the fray. It was as if the preceding minutes were wrestled in slow motion. He performed the match-winning move - a powerbomb on Smash - but it was a faint and careful approximation of his All Japan work.
Crush moved with the pace of a glacier. It's ironic - that was one of the few gimmicks he wouldn't go on to occupy in a massively schizophrenic 1990s career.