10 Terrible Matches WWE Champions Don't Want You To See
8. Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs The Undertaker (Backlash 2002)
The Royal Rumble-to-WrestleMania stretch foreshadowed brighter days for 'The Deadman' in 2002, with a pleasing Hardcore Title reign morphing into enjoyable mini-feuds with Maven, The Rock and Ric Flair as the worst of the 'American Bad Ass' was seemingly banished forever.
Ahead of another return to form ahead of a pre-thanksgiving injury exit though, he had a few turkeys left to share. His opponent was an all-too-familiar face in these peculiarly putrid efforts.
Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker hadn't ever really delivered something memorable in the ring despite their matches setting various pay-per-view and television ratings records at the incomparable height of the Attitude Era. They were often buoyed by crash TV's relentless pace, but that acceleration was just one of the aspects of the time completely abandoned during the doldrums of 2002.
Though neither man was fully fit and Ric Flair was installed to ensure a cheap finish to further his own tepid rivalry with 'The Rattlesnake', the boring brawl went 27:03 - longer than the WWE Title main event between Hulk Hogan and Triple H and between two and three times the length of everything else on the show too.
Seemingly paying tribute to Hiroyuki Umino, even Flair's vibrant red shoes couldn't save the day.