10 TERRIBLE WWE Matches (You Should Watch Anyway)

2. The Miz Vs. Damian Priest

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Where: WrestleMania Backlash 2021

Why You Should Watch: Zombies. That's it - that's the entry.

Not really, but it does sum up what WWE tried back at WrestleMania Backlash in 2021. The Miz and Damian Priest seemed set to work a routine lumberjack bout, but those lumberjacks turned out to be the undead. Y'know, because why the sh*t not have Scotty 2 Hotty dress up as a zombie and prowl ringside?

Everyone agrees that this was all-round awful, but you should still watch it for a few facepalm moments. In particular, seeing The Miz be eaten alive by zombies only to return to TV without a scratch around a week later is quite something. The announcers tried to sell it as semi-serious too. Bless 'em for that.

Matches like this showcase everything that can go wrong when WWE tricks itself into thinking "clever" cross-promotions are the way forward. All of that for a throwaway Dave Batista zombie flick, eh? What were they thinking?

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