10 Great Matches Starring Dud Wrestlers
4. Mankind Vs. The Big Show - WWF Backlash 1999
It would be pithy to describe The Big Show, taking the whole of his career into consideration, as a dud - but he damn sure was in 1999.
A fattened husk of the man who could perform a Moonsault back in 1997 (sadly but understandably, nobody was willing to take it), Show's conditioning was so shoddy that he was sent to a weight loss farm early on in his gigantically disappointing early WWF career.
His non-gimmicked singles matches were uniformly rotten - but he had the help of a unique stipulation and and an opponent who was selfless to a fault here. The chaotic backstage environment allowed the WWF to depict him in a more positive light than they had done previously. Show at one point lifts heavy-looking table with jaw-dropping ease, before naturally cracking Foley over the head with it.
There's one glaring botch. Show at one point inadvertently traps Foley under some staging, which would have allowed him to win the match by escaping the boiler room in which it was contested - but it wasn't finished, so he senselessly lifted it up.
That can be forgiven since Foley then smashes Show in the face with a pane of glass, in the sort of spot which, while guilty, is a pleasure nonetheless.