So my friends, let us not pretend that we do not enjoy some bad wrestling here and there.

In fact, sometimes it's much better than good wrestling, because good wrestling has to be really good, but to do bad wrestling where you just have to suck. Now we are going from 1989 to 2025, so of course a lot of this is going to focus on the World Wrestling Federation, but we'll try and get some AEW in there as well, and of course some wonderful takes from the old WCW. There's some things that are

going to be missed off as well because it is quite difficult so make sure you drop them in the

comments below. But otherwise, I am Simon Miller. This list was put together by what culture

wrestling and it is the worst wrestling moment every year from 1989 to 2025. Number 37,

1988 and the debut of the ding-dongs.

So one day the people in charge of WCW woke up and thought we need a new leader,

so why don't we reach out to Pizza Hut, Executive Jim Hurd, and tell him to focus on our sports

entertainment, even though he knew nothing about the business.

Now, Jim's big plan was to try and look at what the World Wrestling Federation was doing

and make World Championship wrestling even more kid-friendly, even though the core audience there was into stuff like Rick Flair v. Terry Funk, Sting versus the Great Muter, or of course, Rick Flair versus Ricky Steamboat. A lot of that did go down in 1989, which is why it was crazy when all of a sudden we had the debut of the ding-dongs. You can see them here right now.

They have bells on their weird BVC clothes.

Let's just face it, it's a little bit kinky and shouldn't be aimed at kids. The idea was children love bells, I suppose, and my eyebrows raising even though you can't see it. And yes, this was absolutely atrocious. Because they were called the ding-dongs as well, they would also ring a bell all the time and never do that because it is so damn annoying.

And surprise, surprise, this team didn't last very long and it fell apart. Also did nothing for business, but I could have told you that. And the irony being, is that a five-year-old could have told you that too. And your WCW still did it in 1989. Number 36, 1990, the gobbledygooker. So, of course, ahead of the 1990 Survivor series, the WWF started to wheel out a gigantic egg prop and tell you, you should buy the pay-per-view to figure out what's inside. I mean, what the flood was it going to be, people? It wasn't going to be, I don't know, stone-cold Steve Austin. I mean, that makes. Now, the rumor has always been that Vince McMahon wanted to introduce a W-WF mascot because he had seen what the likes of Mario and Nintendo and Sonic and Sega had done. But I think that may have been made up to try and rectify this. And really, we just had a terrible idea. Poor Mark Calloway, who was about to debut as The Undertaker, was also terrifying that he was going to be putting the egg and become Eggman. And actually that would have been better because what popped out was an absolute monstrosity. You already know it was the gobbledygooker. And look at it right now. I get that it's meant to be a turkey and the Survivor series happens around Thanksgiving. But if this was meant to be a permanent mascot, how the hell would we explain it in April? Poor Hector Guerrero, of all people, had to dress up like this, although I guess we can't

see his face, so he gets away with it, and the whole thing was just an abomination. Even children were like this absolutely sucks, and you should stop doing it, and honestly, it did not last long at all, after a month or so, it was gone. There was also a disaster at House Show in which Guerrero felt on his ass after attempting a handspring.

So listen, I think a lot of drugs must have been consumed. so it was gone. There was also a disaster at house show in which Guerrero felt on his ass after

attempting a handspring. So listen, I think a lot of drugs must have been consumed before we did debut this thing. I mean, I've had nightmares about it. Look at those eyes. Number 35, 1991 and the finish of horrors. Really, it was not a bad year for WCW because they had not learned from the ding-dongs, which brings us to Halloween Havoc. We did have a match that saw Sting,

El Guante and the Steiner brothers. bad year for WCW because they had not learned from the ding-dongs, which brings us to Halloween

havoc. We did have a match that saw Sting, El Guante and the Steiner brothers defeat Abdullah the But the Butch of the Diamond Stud, Cactus Jack and Vader, but the twist here is that the loser was going to be electrocuted. I am not joking. It also read that eight men in a cage just attacked each other with plunder for around about 32 minutes, whatever the flub it was.

But that was another issue with this.

Hopefully we have some of the weapons on screen right now. I mean, they look like B-movie horror props, and they certainly did not look like they hurt. This was also when WCW decided to launch a ref cam, which was utterly abysmal, although the finish is what will get you the most. Poor Abdullah the butcher did have to sit in the chair and poor Cactus Jack did have to turn it on, but Abdullah clearly wasn't into this at all because he barely reacts. He kind of wiggles a little bit before he just stops moving, but also does that mean that he was dead? I mean, he didn't because he just turned up on TV a few weeks later,

but what the hell were we doing? Seriously, if you have never seen this, you have to go check it out, but make sure before you get to the finish, watch what Scott Steiner accidentally does. Because when he was in the chair, poor old Cactus Jack thought, oh, this is the time I'm meant to flip the switch, and of course he did, and nothing happened because that wasn't meant to be the ending, this was shit. Number 34, 1992, and a very high profile mistake. So you simply cannot make an error in the main event of WrestleMania and not walk away with the worst moment, because again, especially back in 1992, this was meant to be the biggest match in the WWF calendar. It all went down at WrestleMania 8 where you had the main event of Hulk Hogan versus Sid Justice, and that was kind of stupid too because they were not fighting over the WWF title. The only reason this did go on last was because of two words, Hulk Hogan. Clearly nobody could agree to a finish either, so Papashanga was meant to interfere in this, and as I'm sure you know, all you're about to learn, he missed his cue. Now, this came after Hogan and dropped the leg on Sid, so Justin had no choice but to kick out, and that was a massive no-no in 1992, hence why the WWE never talk about it today. Now, why Shango was late, I do not know, but eventually he did run in the ring to cause a disqualification, but the whole thing is an absolute mess. If you do check it out today, you'll be able to feel the awkwardness

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