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Wrestlemania Top 10 Worst Matches (WMX8-WMXXVIII)

Welcome to part one of my three part series of WrestleMania lists. Let me set this up for you. This is not an all-time list. There are plenty of those out there. I feel in order to make true lists you need to be emotionally involved. I didn't get truly into wrestling till after WrestleMania X7, but because I didn't watch that show in full at the time I don't include that as my first WrestleMania, that was X8. That being said, that's where we start these countdowns. So all matches on these lists will includes match from X8-XXVIII. Finally these lists are subjective but if you want to voice your opinion, comment below, tweet @EReport1 or email us entertainreport@gmail.com.

Okay today's list is the worst list. These matches are here for one or more of three reasons, the match flat our sucked, the concept was poor or it just didn't click. So let's get into it...

#10

WrestleMania 21

WWE Women's Championship Match

Trish Stratus (c) vs. Christy Hemme (w/ Lita)

I feel so bad putting one of the best divas ever, and soon to be hall of famer Trish Stratus on this list but I just can't let this match pass. #1, looking back Christy Hemme had no business being in the ring in this match and I'm convinced now that she was only here because Lita was injured. This was slow, sloppy and just boring, which was unfortunate especially since as a whole this as great show. For those reasons, this is #10.

#9

WrestleMania XX

Cruiserweight Open

Chavo Guerrero (c) (Chavo Guerrero, Sr.) vs. Ultimo Dragon vs. Shannon Moore vs. Jamie Noble vs. Funaki vs. Nunzio vs. Billy Kidman vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Taijri vs. Akio

This one will not sit well with people. Let me clarify I LOVE the cruiserweights. But this match was just bad. I'm sorry people. It was too fast paced, it's hard to follow and just too much going on. Plus it just was too short. If you are going to have some of the best wrestlers on your show in one match at least give them the time to put together something great. This was great, it wasn't even good.

#8

WrestleMania XXIV

Smackdown vs. Raw

Batista vs. Umaga 

So what happens when you put the two big men in a match together especially after having good matches the year before? Well you get this boring pile of shit. Just being honest. I remember also falling asleep when this match was going on which says alot because it came on after a very exciting MITB ladder match. I was really exciting alot from this match and it failed.

#7

WrestleMania XXV

Beth Phoenix, Melina, Alicia Fox, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Eve Torres, Gail Kim, Jackie Gayda-Hass, Jillian Hall, Joy Giovanni, Katie Lea Burchill, Santina Marella, Kelly Kelly, Layla, Maria, Maryse, Michelle McCool, Mickie James, Molly Holly, Natalya, Rosa Mendes, Sunny, Tiffany, Torrie Wilson and Victoria

Okay on paper this should be been innocent fun. 25 past and present divas coming together for a battle royal to determine Miss WrestleMania. It should have been special and something cool. But then word comes down that Trish and Lita will NOT be coming in for this battle royal. Red flags should have went up right there. But fine the match happens. If you have the DVD, you don't realize that Kid Rock actually sang the girls to the ring. This took out the factor of any kind of cool entrances for the girls especially the returning Divas. Then it happened super fast and you didn't even see the likes of Sunny, Molly Holly, Torrie Wilson and Victoria that came back for the night. Finally the ending happened. Santino dressed as a woman, Santina won the match. What a clusterfuck and a disater and a joke.

#6

WrestleMania 23

Kane vs. The Great Khali

Why did this match happen? Seriously why? This had terrible written all over it. Khali can't walk around let alone move in the ring. Kane CAN be good, but even his lifting of Khali couldn't save this disaster.

#5

With all due respect to Jerry Lawler, this match is not on here for the obvious reasons. I actually understood why this match on the show. It had a long storyline and meaning. It was actually one of the top three matches on the card that night. I have two major issues. #1, the length of the match. This should have been quick and painless. Five minutes tops with Lawler destroying Cole and Stone Cold taking care of Swagger. Instead we got a close to 15 minute borefest of a match. #2, the ending was bullshit. I'm sorry I know the Anonymous Raw GM storyline was in full effect at this point but the fact that King was DQed because of Stone Cold stunning Cole was a load of shit and just pushed it over the limit.

#4

WrestleMania 20

So this match happened. I remember this match for the same reason everyone else does. The New York crowd. The same New York crowd that made Brock Lesnar a star at Summerslam 2002, totally shit all over  both of them. Brock and Goldberg were both leaving WWE after this match and of course the fans had found out and wow they weren't happy about it. Okay they were really pissed off. They tore them apart and it really affected the match. It got so bad that JR had to address it on the air which never happens. On the night I was so stunned by the crowd I didn't even watch the match, looking back this match was awful on top of it all. 

#3

WrestleMania 21

Sumo Match

The Big Show vs. Akebono

This match is still embedded in my brain. If you weren't watching yet and are new to wrestling in general, press play above. This did actually happen. There's not much else I could say. It was that bad and I still why it happened.

#2
WrestleMania 22

Boogeyman vs. Booker T and Sharmell

Okay first of all, no that's not a typo. It was a handicapped mixed-tag match. I still don't know why Boogeyman has a WrestleMania match to his credit. This was awful. The gimmick was bad, this match was worse. It was awful. Not much else to say.

#1

WrestleMania 26

Bret Hart vs. Mr. McMahon

I dare you to watch this match and make it through it in one sitting. It's impossible. It's not possible at all. This should have been a quick match. This should have been simply Bret beating the holy hell out of Vince, get the crowd to go crazy and go out with his music playing. Instead we got this extremely boring match which really amounted to Bret beating up Vince with a chair what 20 times? Ugh. Seriously I understood why it happened but it was too long and so boring that it almost lost a very hot crowd.

Entertainment Report Issue #24 (TNA Lockdown, Celebrity Apprentice, Glee, Comic Book Men and more!)

This past week has been a very busy one for us here at the Report.

First of all, Scotty, @ScottFellows23, has informed me that there will be no Wave report this because of their elimination from the playoffs last week. I don’t really blame him but he has told me that he will be doing some other soccer coverage down the road.

#2, last week I launched our official podcast. I already have plenty of topics and guests lined up for the next month. So hopefully you come back and take a listen. I’m actually recording right after I post this with a possible special co host.

#3, aside from the podcast there will be additional posts over the next month mostly wrestling related. Look for a best matches, worst matches and underrated matches list since Wrestlemania X8. Also I’m working on a new series call “Then and Now”, running down wrestling cards from the past and where they are now. I hope you enjoy them as they post.

Alright, finally, I would like to formally announce that we are partnering with Puzzled and Polished for a March Madness 50/50 poll. If you want to participate please email us at entertainreport@gmail.com or tweet us @EReport1.

Alright let’s get on with the show….

Results

• Kenny King defeated Christian York & Zema Ion to retain the TNA X Division Champion when King pinned York
• Joseph Park pinned Joey Ryan
• Velvet Sky pinned Gail Kim to retain the TNA Knockouts Championship
• Robbie T pinned Robbie E
• Bobby Roode & Austin Aries defeated Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels & Kazarian) and Chavo Guerrero & Hernandez when Roode pinned Daniels
• Wes Brisco defeated Kurt Angle in a cage match via escape
• Team TNA defeated Aces & Eights in a Lethal Lockdown match when Young pinned Knox
• Bully Ray pinned Jeff Hardy in a cage match to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

Thoughts

I'm so torn. I'm really excited that Bully Ray is the World Heavyweight Champion. It's a long time coming as I mentioned in my preview, he's come a long way. That being said, I'm pissed I was right that he was going to turn. I wanted to be wrong. But I did love the promo after the match,

"Hey Devon, let that stupid bitch cry. Hey Hulk, I used you. Brooke, I screwed you."

Bully is amazing and now he's the president of Aces & Eights.

The rest of the show just happened. No title changes, Eric Young surprisingly for the pinfall for Team TNA and D-Lo helped Wes beat Angle.

Overall the show surrounded around one match angle and it was pretty huge.

I guess if you want to get the fans' attention after a short Idol induced break, this was a great way to do it. It was a music filled jammed packed episode that was alot of fun.

The theme of the night was movies because Will needed a bit of a distraction after still not being able to final Emma which led to a dream sequence of You're All the World To Me. It was a cute start and it was nice to actually start the show with a song.

Will & Finn challenged the group to the annual girls vs. guys mash up contest based on movies and the winners will get starring roles in Artie's first student film. Now that the stage was set, it was one of the best mash up contests we've seen.

Before the contest Blaine suggested that they have a bonding moment with a big group number, Shout, and wow that was exciting. Also this was Glee's 500th performance, which meant they had to go all out, I for one appreciated it.

Let's quickly get the New York stuff out of the way. When we arrived Kurt, his "boyfriend" Adam, Rachel and Santana were snowed in, without Brody. Santana though was well in uber bitch mode, going through everyone's stuff and really get the audience up to date on story lines. She pretty much accused Brody of being a drug dealer, which Kurt loved, and by the end of the show she confronted Rachel about her pregnancy. Tear, tear, tear, hug, hug, hug, you get the point. Anyway during the snow storm they did watch Moulin Rouge, which led to a fantasy sequence of Kurt & Blaine sing Come What May. That was actually really sweet and I loved it.

Alright back to Ohio. I want to quickly address one issue that Mandy brought up about the contest. Why was Wade allowed to sing along with the girls as Unique when Kurt always had to to sing with the guys? I know he's more comfortable dressed up like a woman but considering the show's history it seemed weird. That being said, let's get in with the competition.

The guys performed Old Time Rock and Roll/Danger Zone as a tribute to early Tom Cruise movies. Artie, Blaine and Joe were dressed up like they were in Top Gun and Sam, Ryder and Jake were in Risky Business white tshirts, tighty whites and glasses. I will admit that it was awesome and super dirty at the same time. The girls performed Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend/Material Girl which was really sweet and simple. In my opinion, the guys were better than the girls for sure. It was just more entertaining. It ended up being a tie because well Artie wanted then all in his futures.

Now onto the two big stories. First of all, Jake apologized to Marley about how Ryder helped him with Valentine's Day. He then set up a recreation of Ghost and sang Unchained Melody which turned into a fantasy duet in Marley's confused mind with Ryder. After the song, she told Jake that Ryder kissed her. The funny part about this was that this was after she told Kitty, for whatever dumb reason, to keep it between them. Well, so much for that.

Finally, the big story. Finn and Artie went on a mission to find Emma for Will and even convinced her parents that they were gingers and she runs the Ginger Appreciation Club. (Btw did you know that Gingers smell like pennies?) This led to an uber romantic performance of In Your Eyes complete with a boom box over his head and New Directions behind him. The hilarious part for me was when Will had to turn around and tell them to go after Emma said she would talk to him. So they reunited under the guides that they will get to know each other again. But then Finn pulled Will aside, for some weird reason, and told him that he kissed Emma. The show then ended with a random but fun performance of Footloose.

 Episode: Just As Simple As Making Soup

This week's show the celebrities were instructed to create a 3D photo experience for Universal Studios. It was set up to be a fun night especially since it started on Trump's plane.

Team Power
Project Manager: Omarosa

As crazy as Omarosa is, she warned the win. The set up was way inventive concentrating on Harry Potter, Despicable Me & Spiderman. The one thing I just to say is, SPIDERMAN DOES WEAR WEB SHOOTERS IN THE MOVIES YOU MORON!!!!!

Winnings:$40,000

Team Plan B
Project Manager: Dee Snider
Missing from this task: Trace Adkins (Was doing a cruise show with Blake Shelton)

Seriously if you are at Universal where Harry Potter is the biggest attraction, and you have one of the best illusionists in history on your team in Penn Jillette, wouldn't you turn to him to put together something amazing especially when he could pull it off? Of course you would. Dee instead went with cardboard cutouts of the celebrities in costumes. My highlight was Gary Busey getting everyone excited and really losing his mind in a good way.

Brought Back to the Boardroom: Dee Snider, Gary Busey, Stephen Baldwin

Fired: Dee Snider

Dee pretty much threw himself under the bus, didn't even put up a fight and got deservedly fired.

Gary Busey Weekly Quote

"FUN means Finally Understanding Nothing."

Episode: Con Men

This episode surrounded around an auction that Walt wanted to put together for a long time friend of the Stash, Gary Conover. Gary had fallen on hard times due to medical bills and needed to unload his collection dating back 50 years. They were able to raise over $3,000 for the cause which was absolutely cool.

The items discussed throughout the night were a pair of He-Man animation cells, but the value was low because of the lack of overlays. We discovered Walt's hatred of Star Trek when a customer came in with an autographed 12 inch Captain Kirk action figure from Wrath of Khan. The final item to come in was a 1960ish Superman poster. Finally someone came in to pick up Amazing Spiderman #300 which includes the debut of Venom. This sparked a debate on why people love Venom so much.

3/7/13-Buffalo at New Jersey

The Devils finally got off the losing streak they were on and did it in amazing come from behind fashion. After the Sabres took a 2-0 lead on goals by Thomas Vanek and Brian Flynn, it looked like New Jersey would fold and lose their seventh straight for the first time since 1986. That was until Adam Henrique scored a power play at 13:30. Then Patrik Elias tied the game in dramatic fashion with a minute and six second left in regulation. The game went to a shootout when David Clarkson and Elias scored to secure the victory.

3/9/13-New Jersey at Carolina

Um well this game happened. The Hurricanes, led by two goals by Jiri Tlustz, destroyed the Devils 6-3. Despite a late effort by Ilya Kovalchuk, with his second of the game, and Patrik Elias, it was a long rough night. Johan Hedberg got pulled again which led to Jeff Frazee's NHL debut.

3/10/13-Winnipeg at New Jersey

After losing both games in the home and home last week, the Devils finally got their revenge against the Jets, winning 3-2 in a shootout. New Jersey took a 2-0 lead on goals by Ryan Carter and Stephen Gionta in the first and just couldn't hold on. Mark Stuart and Evander Kane tied the game and it went all the way to the shootout. Patrik Elias won the game for the Devs scoring the lone shootout goal. Johan Hedberg redeemed himself with 23 saves on the night.

3/13/13-Philadelphia at New Jersey

Wow, what a difference a week makes. Led by two goals and an assist by Adam Henrique, the Devils beat up the Flyers 5-2. Despite it being a close game in the beginning of the night, it got blown out of the water. Patrik Elias, Ilya Kovalchuk and Andrei Loktionov all scored for New Jersey in the win. Johan Hedberg made 25 saves on the night.

On Friday night, the Devils head to Philly to complete their home and home (on the NHL Network). After that they host the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night then finally welcome the New York Rangers to town on Tuesday night.

3/8/13-Chicago at Milwaukee

The Amtrak Rivarly took center stage in a classic game at the BC. The Ads started the game with an early 1-0 lead on a Kevin Henderson goal. The Wolves though took a lead heading into the 3rd on goals by Mark Matheson and Darren Archibald. In the 3rd the Admirals' scoring exploded when Mark Halischuk scored two goals and Jusso Puustinen added one. Chicago added one late but Milwaukee held on for a 4-3 win.

3/9/13-Milwaukee at Chicago

The crazy game environment continued the next night in Chicago. After a scoreless first period, Andrew Ebbett gave the Wolves a 1-0 lead. Cam Reid tied the game for the Ads but quickly Andrew Gordon, gave the lead back to Chicago. With just over four minutes left in regulation, Brad Winchester tied the game to send it to overtime. It went to a shootout where the Ads won 3-2.

3/13/13-Peoria at Milwaukee

For the second time this season, Magnus Hellberg recording a shutout, this time making 30 saves, against the Rivermen leading the Admirals to a 2-0 victory. Brad Winchester and Mattias Ekholm got the goals for Milwaukee and Austin Watson assisted on both goals.

The only game on the docket for the Admirals this upcoming week is a home game on Saturday night against the Grand Rapids Griffins.

• TNA announced that the Slammiversary PPV will be held in Boston at the Agganis Arena on the campus of Boston University on June 2^nd.
• Nicole & Bri Bella surprised the WWE audience and returned on Raw for a “double date” with Team Rhodes Scholars. Oh joy!
• Mexican promotion AAA has announced its plans to expand to the US in 2014 under the banner “Luche Libree AAA. This is such random news.

• Dancing with the Stars announced The Bachelor’s Sean Lowe will be partnering with Peta Murgatroyd. Talk about a random announcement. 

• The Phoenix Coyotes signed Mathiew Brigebois to a three year entry-level contract (3/6/13)
• The New York Rangers claimed Roman Hamrlik off waivers (3/6/13)
• The New Jersey Devils claimed Tom Kostopoutos off waivers (3/6/13)
• The St. Louis Blues signed Joel Edmundson & Yannick Veillenx to three year entry level contracts (3/6/13)
• The Anaheim Ducks signed Ryan Getzlaf to an eight year contract extension (3/8/13)
• The Phoenix Coyotes signed Darian Dziurzynski to a two year entry level contract (3/8/13)
• The Winnipeg Jets traded Spencer Machacek to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Tomas Kubalik (3/10/13)
• The Anaheim Ducks traded Dan Sexton to the Tampa Bay Lightning from Kyle Wilson (3/11/13)
• The Philadelphia Flyers traded Matthew Ford to the Columbus Blue Jackets for future considerations. (3/12/13)
• The Minnesota Wild traded Matt Kassian to the Ottawa Senators for a 2014 sixth round draft pick. (3/12/13)
• The Minnesota signed Brett Clark to a one year contract.

Alright that’s it for this week. Next week there will be two issues of the Report. First on Monday, Blake, @Reilly21106, and Joe, @RADickey043, will be posting their official NCAA Tournament bracket predications. Then on Wednesday we will look at the beginning of the NCAA Tournament, review the latest episodes of Glee, Comic Book Men and Celebrity Apprentice:All Stars and much more!

Alright thank you again for reading, see you next week and continue to spread the word!