10 Worst WWE Matches Ever (According To The Internet)

The overall in-ring quality of professional wrestling at present is in a strange state of flux.

Between WWE and AEW, fans of mainstream North American pro wrestling can expect at a minimum between one and three matches per week that exceed almost everything over the last century in terms of in-ring athleticism, innovation and wild physical feats. As with all sports and sports-adjacent pursuits, the performance bar is only ever raised higher as old standards are put to the sword by newer, faster, riskier and stronger displays. Meanwhile, on NXT and sometimes Rampage, Dark and Dark: Elevation, rookies or inexperienced hands make their mistakes on a far bigger stage and highlight just why there's nothing quite like experience in something as skilled as pro wrestling.

The watermark has risen to the point where a match like Ariel & Kevin Thorn Vs Kelly Kelly & Mike Knox would simply not happen on Raw, SmackDown or Dynamite. It's bad, but unremarkably so, and seems included here because it's the worst thing on an all-time worst show. That counts for a lot, but watch it back - two women that hadn't been in the industry all that long with partners that didn't exactly have rich histories of their own made for an amateur hour performance worked earnestly if with almost no redeeming features.

WWE TV matches are rarely this shoddy, but they're often more boring. Plenty would argue that the former is preferable.