5 Worst wrestling matches Of 2010
Usually, when a new decade begins, people like to start things off with a BANG. In pro wrestling, however, the current decade started off with a whimper.
Unlike the 2000s, which began on a really high note for WWE, the 2010s began with one of the most forgettable years of all time. While most people remember the generally-terrible year that was 2009, most fans don’t even remember 2010 at all. Very little of note happened, and the biggest and most high-profile occurrences were generally negative.
In WWE – the company that still controlled most of the wrestling in North America – precious little happened thanks to that company’s juggernaut position on top of the industry. Without any major competition – TNA tried and failed hard at restarting the Monday Night Wars with (surprise, surprise) Hulk Hogan as the centerpiece – WWE treated their own product with lackadaisical effort and little creativity.
That led to only a tiny handful of great matches, a lot of average matches, even more subpar matches, and a small handful of truly dreadful matches. It’s this fourth and final category that we’ll be looking at today.
#5 Extreme Rules Tag Team Gauntlet Match
This is not one match but is instead a series of short, illogical matches that all added up to a complete mess that didn’t really entertain as it should’ve.
The first match was ShoMiz facing John Morrison and R-Truth. That match ended in just over three minutes due to a disqualification. On a show called ‘Extreme Rules’ which is booked on the premise that normal rules don’t apply.
The second match goes a measly 2:17, and involves little action or story of any kind, before Big Show decked Miz with his knockout punch finisher. Then, the Hart Dynasty – the only team that wasn’t composed of thrown-together teams – won with the Hart Attack in mere seconds.
What made this so bad was it was just thrown-together nonsense with no story and not enough build to get the fans excited. The Hart Dynasty won, but they didn’t have any odds to overcome, nor could they actually get the fans to rally behind them.
This entire segment looked like it was hastily added at the last possible second and no one had enough time to put together anything coherent. It goes to show just how bad things can be when WWE announces an ‘impromptu match’ without any reason as to why.