10 WORST Matches From WWE’s Biggest Gimmick Bouts

9. Iron Man

The Miz Jimmy Wang Yang
WWE.com

The Match: The Miz and John Morrison vs. Shannon Moore and Jimmy Wang Yang on the 8 January 2008 episode of ECW.

Why It Was The Worst: Some of the best 'Iron Man' bouts in WWE history include names like The Rock, Triple H, Brock Lesnar, Sasha Banks and Bayley. By comparison, this 15 minute long attempt on the old ECW show involving Jimmy Wang Yang wasn't going to cut it. The 'Fifteen Minutes Of Fame' gimmick worked for Miz and Morrison, but it shouldn't have been an abbreviated 'Iron Man'.

15 minutes is just too short for anyone to get invested in the stipulation. Both teams ended up drawing 1-1, and nobody really cared. The average ECW main event was anywhere between 10-15 minutes during this era anyway, so nothing made sense.

Booking an 'Iron Man' match that was 45 mins shorter than the best was never going to fly.

Advertisement
Contributor

Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.