10 Wrestling Matches That Pissed You Off Straight Away
5. Extreme Elimination Chamber (ECW December To Dismember)
The December To December 2006 pay-per-view used to be the go-to event that could show any fan what the very worst of pro wrestling could be capable of before WWE entered this particularly putrid era of experimenting with the very form of the thing they're supposed to be the market leader in.
But when legendary snake oil salesmen Paul Heyman could flog this sh*t in a promo just before the bell rang, you knew the wrestlers were doomed.
Bobby Lashley was the eventual winner, and his victory was not received as WWE would have liked. But the start barely matters compared to what went down at the beginning. Sentimental favourites CM Punk and Rob Van Dam were the last two hopes for an audience that had endured a rotten evening's entertainment, reduced in their number by one when Sabu was kayfabe injured on the night and replaced by Bob Holly. Naturally, to ensure there was absolutely nothing to enjoy about this thing, Punk was eliminated by first by Van Dam himself before the 'Whole F'N Show' was easily dispatched by Test.
The rationale was to get them gone so big Bobby could have his moments, but Vince McMahon - as with today's product - forgets that fans can remember things that only just happened moments ago. Most things in wrestling age well eventually, but it's been 15 years and we're all still waiting for this stale old cheese to mature.