15 Wrestling Nightmares Somehow WORSE Than Imagined

Controversial statement time, maybe: Giant Gonzalez was far better than Tyson Fury in-ring. Sure, Fury was a boxer not a wrestler, but you'd think a slugger would have some decent footwork. Nope. That stood out when re-watching Tyson's match with Braun Strowman at Crown Jewel 2019 - it was like Fury had two left feet.

The dude just had no business being in a featured match on an international stadium show at all. Boxing? Sure, he's been a box office smash hit in that world and has nothing to prove. Wrestling? Nah, it didn't click. Fans attending episodes of Raw and SmackDown barely cared about the sports star, and Braun was a questionable choice of foe anyway. This was late-80s/mid-90s 'monster meets monster' fare all over again, and it happened during an era when that defo wasn't too welcome.

Tyson Fury got more ring time than Brock Lesnar on this Saudi Arabian PLE. That was arguably a mercy killing because Brock was up against the similarly unwanted Cain Velasquez, but still; nobody called for Fury to go nearly 10 minutes with Strowman, or for him to perform The Undertaker's iconic sit up routine mid-match.

What was that all about? It was like someone backstage told Tyson to insert some of WWE's greatest hits in a last-minute bid to save the match. He and Braun couldn't. They were in a no-win situation from minute one, and everybody who tuned into Crown Jewel knew they'd be palming their forehead once this match hit the ring.

Fury's count out win over Strowman was the crap-covered cherry on top of one decidedly wretched cake.