10 Reasons Why The 1995 King Of The Ring Is WWE's Worst PPV Ever

3. No Title Matches At All

Jerry Lawler 1993
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We've already discussed how the lack of a world title defense can negatively affect a PPV, but usually the other title defenses on the card make up for it.

As previously referenced, at SummerSlam '91, in lieu of a WWE Championship match, the company delivered on both the Intercontinental and Tag Team Championships, as well as a match for the rarely-defended Million Dollar Championship.

But the 1995 King Of The Ring had no title matches. At all.

In addition to Big Daddy Cool Diesel, the champions included Jeff Jarrett (Intercontinental), Alundra Blayze (Women's), and Yokozuna & Owen Hart (Tag Team Champions). Out of these 5 champions, only 2 of them actually wrestled on the show, with Yokozuna losing in first-round tournament action.

How could WWE have thought this was a good idea?

Even more than now, WWE championships were very prestigious and almost exclusively defended on pay-per-view back in 1995. To produce an event with a non-title, tag team main-event was nothing new and, in fact, had been a WWE strategy for many years, but usually those events made up for it with a strong undercard and multiple other title defenses.

For some reason, WWE thought they could get away with it in June '95, but the result was perhaps the worst PPV event of all-time.

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A former stuntman for Paramount Pictures, Matt enjoys sports, water skiing, driving fast, the beach, professional wrestling, technology, and scotch. At the same time, whenever possible. Having attended many famous (and infamous) shows including WrestleMania XV, In Your House: Mind Games, and the 1995 King of the Ring, Matt has been a lifelong professional sports and wrestling fan. Matt's been mentioned in numerous wrestling podcasts including the Steve Austin Show: Unleashed, Talk Is Jericho, and Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard. As a former countywide performer, Matt has been referred to as Mr. 300 for his amazing accomplishments in the world of amateur bowling. He is also the only man on record to have pitched back-to-back no hitters in the Veterans Stadium Wiffle Ball League of 2003.