10 Terrible WWE Main Events One Tweak Away From Excellence

1. The Undertaker Vs Bill Goldberg (Super ShowDown 2019)

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Why it's terrible: In unbearable Saudi Arabian heat, two men too old to be going longer than a couple of minutes instead go nearly 10. There are injuries, botches and a badly blown finish, but the inexcusable agenting of the match suggested that most of it would have played out the same even without the dangerous flubs.

One Tweak: Keep it simple, stupid.

On one glorious night in 2016, WWE unleashed a monster they'd spent months struggling to even discover over a decade earlier. At that year's Survivor Series, the pop for Goldberg's entrance had barely died down before he ploughed through the seemingly unstoppable Brock Lesnar and defeated him within 90 seconds.

The formula barely needed tinkering with as he rolled on to the Royal Rumble, a Universal Championship win at Fastlane and finally a WrestleMania 33 mini-classic where he returned the favour to 'The Beast'. This match in particular - rather than the 2003 template, was the one Crown Jewel should have injured.

No fuss, no muss, no concuss.

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