20 Worst Wrestling PPVs Of All Time

14. WCW Uncensored 1996

nWo Souled Out
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Our list's second WCW PPV, but don't worry, it's far from the last. Months before Scott Hall and Kevin Nash would invade WCW to form the nWo and change the company's fortunes, WCW were still routinely putting on some of the most embarrassing shows in the sport's history, and Uncensored 1996 is right up there with the very worst.

Konnan and Eddie Guerrero put on a decent opening match marred by a nonsensical missed low blow finish, and the Fit Finlay vs. Steven Regal shoot-style brawl fell completely flat with the live audience. The Robert Parker vs. Madusa intergender match was ever bit as terrible as you imagine, while The Giant's clash with Loch Ness earned the remarkable achievement of being a 2-minute match that felt like it ran for at least 20.

Nothing can touch the night's main event, though. Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage combined to take on EIGHT other competitors in a triple-tier "Doomsday Cage" match. In one of the most poorly-shot matches in the sport's history, Hogan & Savage fought their way through the cage's three tiers to mercifully end one of the botchiest matches in PPV history.

The Doomsday Cage match might be the worst PPV main event of all time. Seriously, don't watch this thing, because it may just kill your wrestling fandom for good. Uncensored '06 marked the end of Hulkamania as a babyface force, and this match had much to do with it. Marred by interference, awful production values, and a contrived finish, this match represented a nadir for pre-nWo WCW.

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