10 Most Unwatchable Wrestling Matches Ever
4. Hollywood Hogan Vs. Warrior (WCW Halloween Havoc 1998)
A horrible, horrible mess in every conceivable way, this was fourteen minutes of some of the worst wrestling in the history of the sport: a rematch from WrestleMania VI, in which Hulk Hogan had put over the Ultimate Warrior to pass the torch for the WWF Championship and main event status.
Eight years later in WCW, neither Hogan nor Warrior were in the same position anymore. Warrior was still a babyface, but not remotely as over as he had been in 1990 in front of a WWF audience. Hogan had gone Hollywood in the interim, and was playing a gutless heel character the trouble was, the crowd didn't care enough about Warrior to get behind him in facing Hogan.
A good crowd and a great story can lift even mediocre wrestling to Big Fight levels: thats what happened at WrestleMania VI after all, two huge personalities, proper babyface stars, duking it out for the top spot. All WCW had in October 1998 was a cheating heel and the sugar-free version of the Ultimate Warrior - he wasn't even allowed to use all of the name.
Neither man was a competent enough wrestler to save the match, or carry the match on their own. Hulk Hogan could have drawn on his connection with the crowd and created a pacing that made sense. Hollywood Hogan, on the other hand, refused to put Warrior over on the test of strength, and allowed it to go on long enough to get boring chants from the crowd.
It goes on, and on and on, mistimed move after mistimed move, everything a botch or near botch, culminating in a screwed-up flashpaper spot that blows up in the heels face instead of blinding the babyface. Hogan gets a double axe-handle from the turnbuckle and decides this is the perfect spot to blade on, seconds from the end.
It takes a weak chair shot while Eric Bischoff has the referee in a headlock to pin the Warrior, to audible relief from the crowd.