10 Wrestling Matches That Were Sent Out To Die
1. Buff Bagwell Vs. Booker T (WWE Raw - 2 July 2001)
Ask Buff Bagwell today and he'll rant about how unnecessary it was to put Booker T and himself in a no-win situation on 2 July 2001. According to Buff, the WWF's decision to air the match in Tacoma, Washington (a place he considered a company stronghold) rather than push it back to the next week's show in Atlanta, Georgia (WCW's home) was deliberate.
Vince McMahon, seemingly, was merrily letting the WCW guys sink.
Of course, that makes zero sense from a business perspective, but it's not hard to see why Bagwell thinks he was set up. His match with Booker lasted less than five minutes, was overshadowed by interfering WWF stalwarts like Steve Austin and Kurt Angle, and played before disinterested fans who didn't want watered down 'Dubya-C-Dubya' on a WWF show.
Why would they? They'd paid good money, probably months in advance, for the WWF. Seeing Buff and Book struggle their way through the main event was hardly a worthy substitute for something involving Austin, Angle or any other number of established main eventers.
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