5. WCW Mayhem 1999
Vince Russo's WCW had a habit of loading too many matches onto pay-per-view cards and as a result, what could have been an otherwise promising shows were bogged down with too much filler or too many matches that had no business being on major events. The November 1999 show Mayhem was one such match. For months, the company conducted a huge tournament to fill the WCW Championship vacancy. Heading into the show Chris Benoit, Jeff Jarrett, Bret Hart and Sting were the remaining four stars battling for the title. Given the talent of those men, there was plenty of potential for three strong matches to decide the top prize in the company. Instead, those matches were limited in time thanks to such matches as Lex Luger vs. Meng, Norman Smiley vs. Brian Knobs and the head scratcher between David Flair and Kimberly. Two of those matches were storyline-heavy schlock that could have easily been saved for another crappy edition of WCW Monday Nitro and the other, Smiley and Knobs' battle for the Hardcore title, was pure Thunder material at best.
A card limited to the three tournament matches, Goldberg vs. Sid Vicious in an "I Quit" match, the eight-person elimination match between the Revolution and the Filthy Animals and Scott Hall vs. Booker T could have made for a strong first showing for Russo and writing partner Ed Ferrara. Evan Karagias vs. Disco Inferno and Vampiro vs. Berlyn would have joined the other useless bouts on the scrap heap while fans desperate for a good show from Ted Turner's wrestling promotion would have gone home happy. Instead, what they received was an incoherent mess.