10 Worst WWE Matches Ever (According To The Internet)
1. John Cena Vs Michael Cole (Monday Night Raw, June 4th 2012)
A wretched exhibition of WWE's grim culture Then, Now, Forever, Together, Michael Cole and John Cena's protracted bullying/"comedy" match was the worst of the worst of the worst and Cagematch gatekeepers and the wider online wrestling fanbase were right to designate it as such.
When WWE's at its worst, it barely resembles a wrestling organisation.
When WWE's at its worst, there's not a star alive capable of elevating the material or raising the sinking ship.
And when WWE's at its worst, it seems as though fans are forced to endure an unholy amount of it, in keeping with the more-is-always-more philosophy espoused by its leader.
This wasn't even the payoff to Michael Cole's own reign of terror as WWE's heel announcer. That had happened almost a full year earlier, allowing Cole to phase it back in a project that took so long it rendered the original idea more hassle than it was worth. And even when he was a heel, 'The Champ' was one of the few wrestlers the villainous voice openly adored anyway.
Cena picked Cole on random Raw when offered any match he wanted from then-GM John Laurinaitis, beat Lord Tensai to get it, then physically abused the commentator for five and a half minutes that felt like twice as many hours. WWE's audience-of-one problem had never been more pronounced.