12 Worst WWE Pay-Per-Views Without A World Title Match

1. King Of The Ring 1995

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The lowest creative point of the company's commercial nadir, King of the Ring 1995 remains the WWE pay-per-view to match all horrific shows against.

2006's December to Dismember is worthy of similar disdain, but was swallowed hole by the collapse of a relationship between Vince McMahon and Paul Heyman and the former's desperate attempt to magic wand a WrestleMania main eventer in Bobby Lashley. Big Bobby at least made a small impact on the monolithic 2007 'Show of Shows', but King Mabel was long gone in under 12 months after failing to even inspire fans to stick with that August's SummerSlam.

The pay-per-view not only played host to a disappointing Jerry Lawler/Bret Hart contest and an awful tag team main event featuring Diesel and Bam Bam Bigelow brushing past Sid and Tatanka, but also offered fans three matches with Savio Vega (four if you watched the pre-show) and only one with Shawn Michaels, the company's most dynamic and versatile performer.

Edited from the WWE Network edition, Shawn infamously tried on the crown during his entrance, but as a piece of tat custom-built for Mabel's ample dome, it wouldn't rest on his head. Like just about every aspect of Vince McMahon's product in 1995, the prop was another ill fit.

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