20 Worst Wrestling PPVs Of All Time
4. WWE King Of The Ring 1995
King of the Ring has always been marketed as a shortcut to superstardom. Bret Hart, Randy Savage, Steve Austin and countless others have enjoyed immense success after winning the tournament, and now find themselves among the most celebrated athletes in wrestling history.
Others? Not so much. Endless paragraphs could be written about Wade Barrett and Billy Gunn's failings as "king," but nobody matches the Man on a Mission himself: Mabel.
A sloppy, awkward wrestler with a penchant for accidentally injuring his opponents, the immobile Mabel could barely execute a punch without looking laboured. He left the PPV as the most unwanted King of the Ring in WWE history, and the crowd were so vociferous in their rejection of the tournament that Vince McMahon even acknowledged it on commentary.
It could've been oh so different, though. Lex Luger, the British Bulldog, and Razor Ramon were left out of the tournament entirely, while The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels were eliminated in the first round. This left the likes of The Roadie and Savio Vega to fight for the crowd, and the Philadelphia crowd destroyed it.
As if the tournament wasn't bad enough, Diesel and Bam Bam Bigelow mailed it in during a main event with Sycho Sid and Tatanka, and Bret Hart defeated Jerry Lawler in a "kiss my foot" match. When The Roadie and Bob Holly wrestle your event's most competent match, you know you're in trouble, and KOTR '95 represents WWE at the lowest of lows.