10 Terrible Wrestling Matches You MUST Watch!

10. Rebel vs. Shelly Martinez (TNA One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown 2016)

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Any wrestling match that can be sufficiently defined by two simple words is special.

"I quit" may take fans of a certain age back to Terry Funk vs. Ric Flair, or their juniors to John Cena vs. JBL. When you hear "double turn," your mind goes to Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin. "Ask him!"? That'd be Tully Blanchard and Magnum TA's bloodcurdling screams at Starrcade '85, partner.

But "my vag!"? Well, here you go.

Watch the bout itself to learn how Rebel drew this iconic scream from Shelly Martinez. It is unquestionably the highlight moment of a historic omnishambles of a match, though Martinez becoming stuck in the ropes when attempting the world's worst dive runs it close. An all-timer of a performance from the former Salinas in all the worst (read: best) ways.

Too awful to earnestly critique, everything that could fall apart, did fall apart. The result was a classic of the good-bad genre deserving of being mounted on a plinth and displayed in a museum. Rebel, not exactly Manami Toyota herself, would've been better off wrestling a bag of clay.

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