10 Worst Matches From WWE's Saudi Arabia PPVs

10. Braun Strown Vs. Tyson Fury (Crown Jewel 2019)

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There are a lot of celebrity and part-timers on this list for good reason: they either are past their prime and not capable of delivering in the ring, or they just don’t have what it takes to be believable in a match.

Tyson Fury versus Braun Strowman was all about the spectacle, and maybe two years ago, critics gave it a bit of a pass because that’s all it had to be – a spectacle. After all, it was the lineal heavyweight boxing champion against WWE’s resident monster. But after watching Bad Bunny’s performance at WrestleMania 37, you have to re-evaluate these other performances.

Sadly, Fury really wasn’t up to the task of putting on a decent match. The showmanship was there, but without a great dance partner to lead (Braun wasn’t going to carry Tyson to a serviceable match), we were left with a clunker of a contest.

Really, you can’t fault either guy. Strowman is capable of coming up to someone’s level, and Fury was energetic and game, but those two things don’t add up to good wrestling.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.