10 Great Wrestling Matches Hidden On Terrible Pay Per Views
3. The Usos Vs. Luke Harper & Erick Rowan - WWE Battleground 2014
Battleground 2014 was almost the definitive filler Pay Per View - headlined by a blah and almost insultingly predictable Fatal Four-Way main event, designed to both crown John Cena as a transitional champion and tease what WWE thought was a tantalising prospect in Cena Vs. Roman Reigns.
The muted crowd reaction confirmed otherwise.
It peaked after the first match, a scintillating Two Out of Three Falls affair. The stipulation practically guarantees dramatic tension, and even though it invariably results in a babyface disadvantage, predictability gives way to genuine investment when it's wrestled well - and this match was executed with an awesome degree of quality. It remains the best non-NXT tag match of the modern era.
Like Bryan Vs. Wyatt before it, part of its power lies in the awesome talent of Harper in particular. The plight of The Usos looked dire in the face of his frightening power game - when he starts matching them by launching himself through the ropes with his still jaw-dropping suicide dives, their task looks impossible.
Watching it back now, one can understand WWE's reluctance to turn The Usos; in their pomp, they were incredible babyfaces, able to deftly time their and make credible their comebacks to maximise the crowd response.