5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (Sept 7)

3. A PPV Poster Spewed From The Depths Of Hell

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This week, WWE released a new poster for the Hell In A Cell pay-per-view. This filtered through the Internet on Tuesday, but is so unforgettably terrible that it is difficult to get over in more ways than one. Is it the absolute worst ever created?

Let's look at some more honourable mentions.

You may remember Money In The Bank 2011 as one of the greatest pay-per-views ever promoted, by any company, but you may not remember the promotional poster, on which The Big Show read a bedtime story to Hornswoggle. "And nobody lived happily ever after, because CM Punk didn't even get his sh*tty Kevin Nash match. The end."

In Your House: Badd Blood saw the Undertaker, his own head intact, lift his decapitated head by the hair (!). What was the intent there? Given that he recommended Kronik for a WWF gig in the autumn of 2001, it was in character, at least. The Dead Man was never above a self-own. Royal Rumble '95 was a self-own on WWE's part; there were hardly any real stars on the roster back then, so, brilliantly, they just went with a picture of an empty beach.

For WrestleMania 22, WWE chose an image of John Cena flattening Booker T with a bulldog. His opponent on the night, Triple H, was conspicuous by his absence. It was around this time that THQ, WWE's video game publisher, were instructed not to show HHH in a position of weakness - so perhaps Trips flexed his muscle and told WWE's marketing department to just bin off Booker instead.

"Just go with the guy I racially abused and buried two years ago. He's not worth a d*mn now."

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!