25 Things You Learn Binge Watching Every WWE Ruthless Aggression PPV
22. Some Main Event Choices Were Flat Out Odd
Luminaries such as Triple H, Kurt Angle, John Cena and more headlined loads of pay-per-views during the RA days, and rightly so. Batista, The Undertaker and Edge were also right up there as reliable main eventers WWE knew they could depend on. Then, there are the trivia answer headliners.
Confused? Not as confused as people were when plonking down hard-earned cash for these oddities.
‘Taker vs. Dudley Boyz at Great American Bash 2004 is a prime example. Not only did it suck, but it also went on last when the card offered JBL vs. Eddie Guerrero in a 'Texas Bullrope' encounter. Honestly, Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero for the Cruiserweight Title would've flown (perhaps literally) as a more tolerable send off than this handicap snore.
Elsewhere, DX vs. Spirit Squad at Vengeance 2006 stood out as odd, and the “Extreme” Elimination Chamber at December To Dismember in late 2006 was decidedly lacking in star power. Finally, there's Undertaker vs. Mark Henry, which was a strange choice to close out Unforgiven 2007. That's 4 notable examples there of headliners that either looked random on paper or that everybody knew would tank on the night before they even happened.
‘Taker vs. Bubba Ray and D-Von ranks as one of the weakest main events on paper. It went on last at GAB '04 because Paul Bearer was about to suffer a cement-y fate and get buried alive in a "concrete crypt", but that was no excuse for how brutally ponderous the actual match itself was.
Bearer wasn't the only one shrieking in horror, put it that way. Some people paid anywhere between $40-50 for this.