10 Terrible Wrestling Matches You MUST Watch!

5. D-Generation X vs. The Brothers of Destruction (WWE Crown Jewel 2018)

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In which Shawn Michaels did the one thing he promised he'd never do, breaking his eight-year retirement for one last hurrah alongside Triple H in Saudi Arabia.

Schadenfreude is reason enough to revisit this Crown Jewel nightmare. Trading personal integrity for blood money, Michaels shed his tag as the only truly retired retired wrestler to partake in a match that will forever taint its participants' legacies. Incredible, though, he was the best thing about it. That isn't to say Michaels was good (he wasn't), but his role in this sham was at least less humiliating to him than Kane, Triple H, or The Undertaker.

That Hunter tore a pectoral muscle minutes into the match doesn't give it a pass. That brutal injury only emphasises that it shouldn't have happened. Old, out of practice, and working only for a payday, DX and the Brothers of Destruction put themselves at risk in an unwinnable situation, farting out a bloated, botch-addled fumbler, marring millions of childhood memories worldwide.

And it's p*ss-funny.

Kane's mask and wig falling off brought unintentional comedy to a risible parody of a legendary professional wrestling match, purveyed by four icons who should have known better. The regret in Shawn's voice and on his face as he vowed never to do this again in his post-match interview said it all: this was a horror show.

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