15 Wrestling Nightmares Somehow WORSE Than Imagined

This writer will never forget a friend calling him up (someone who never called, but only text or sent voice notes) to say, 'WWE are running with Goldberg vs. The Undertaker? Really?! That's going to be a disaster!'. Said pal was proved correct once Super ShowDown 2019 came along in June of that year and both Bill and 'Taker ended up stinking the joint out with a smelly, wretched and highly dangerous botchfest.

Amazingly, it actually started off on the right footing. Goldberg and 'Taker traded powerful blows, but then Bill smacked his head, got a concussion and barely remembers anything after that. One of the most alarming spots came when Goldberg hoisted Undertaker up for a Jackhammer, appeared to lose his strength/balance, and almost dropped a fellow legend right on top of his head.

Thank God both were alright, but that was scary. Really, really scary.

Even Goldberg and 'Taker super-fans must've realised that it'd be a tall order for them to gel or come up with anything worthwhile by this stage in their respective careers. Hell, Goldberg vs. Undertaker would've been a slog had it gone longer than a few minutes in 1999, never mind giving them almost 10 to work with a full 20 years on.

'Taker's annoyed facial expression post-match told the tale of somebody who knew time had come for him as an active worker. WWE ran this dream-style bout for money and because the Saudi paymasters asked for it, but they somehow green lit a match that was worse than it looked to skeptics on paper.

What other wrestling nightmares were somehow worse in execution? For more WWE, check out 10 Things We Learned From The Undertaker On Stephanie McMahon's WWE Show and 13 Things We Learned From Dark Side Of The Ring: The Original Sheik!