10 Monster Wrestling Matches That Were Devastating Disappointments

7. ECW Monster Mash

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WWE's bastardised version of ECW in 2006 had already commenced eating itself by the time the brand's first and only pay-per-view nearly sunk the entire project in December.

Just shy of a year removed from that debacle, the company elected to present a Halloween big man battle royal that was at least a horror show by design as well as execution.

2007's 'Monster Mash' pit The Great Khali, Kane, Mark Henry and Big Daddy V against one another in an effort to reproduce the bulkiest part of every Royal Rumble match without the presence of six relatively normal-sized Superstars to enhance their stature.

All decked in black and...well...monstrous, the match flattered to deceive with the size of each man cancelling out the traditional threat of any of them. Opportunities for visually impressive scenes were most neglected, despite Henry's best efforts to give The Great Khali an unfamiliar airborne beating.

It would be the future ECW and World Champion that would scoop victory too, with a final elimination of Kane after V and Khali were unspectacularly hauled over.

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