That subtle laugh when announcing Shane McMahon at #2 made me laugh way too hard. The more I look back at WWE from 2014 to today, the more I realize there were a LOT of dark times.
1:03- That match will never make any sense...Asuka was undefeated for so long and then jobbing to Carmella whom Bayley legit defeated...Only Vince's book would do that
Here's a fun fact about that Universal Championship triple threat: before Roman went down with his diagnosis, he informed WWE officials in September that he wasn't making the trip to Saudi Arabia.
Top 10 worst things in WWE 2018: 10. Mixed Match Challenge Season 2 9. Baszler's NXT Women's title reign 8. Crown Jewel's "Best in the World" Cup 7. Strowman's Money in the Bank contract 6. Raw dominated SmackDown on Survivor Series 5. The rise of Charlotte getting title opportunity after opportunity 4. Rousey dominated Raw 3. Asuka's defeated streak 2. Corbin's title as Acting GM 1. Lesnar's Universal title reign
The thing that gets me about Joe and Roman was that they had a good match on Raw a few months earlier. They were perfectly capable of putting on a decent show.
Y'know, despite all the negatives, 2018 was kinda awesome for the company. For the most part Smackdown, NXT, 205 Live and the PPVs were usually a really good time around then, especially when compared to the next...3 years.
I was at hiac 2018 and it was quite a show but the entire crowd was so confused and the super stars literally had to tell us to leave because the show was over
Wasn’t Ambrose vs Rollins supposed to be a TLC match? I swear I remember WWE announcing it as a TLC match then it randomly changing to a singles match.
The Greatest Royal Rumble in 2018 was awesome Especially Titus Worldslide that was the entire highlight of the event can't believe it happened only 4-years ago it felt like a week 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Actually, 2018 was why I stopped watching WWE. I felt so insulted by what they were trying to force feed us that I booed out completely. Canceled my network subscription abruptly. I haven’t watched since. Vince is gone so I may give them a chance again, but I don’t do cable tv or Peacock so I’m not sure.
Personally I just like to block that DX/BOD match out of my mind completely. Michaels has stayed retired since WM26. Just never happened. I will never admit otherwise.
The fact that Ambrose and Rollins was on this list disappoints me overall. I liked the story but the progression gets worsen and I didn't mind it until they announced their match at TLC. It's surprising that this emotional-driven match doesn't have any stipulation! Why did they think Corbin and an injured Strowman would be a good idea?! If I were them, I'd put the former having a stipulation rather than the latter.
I'm really glad HHH has got rid of Hell in a Cell, it's just lame only having a big match like that just because it's the name of the PPV so you HAVE to... a match like that should only appear if there's a big rivalry.
asuka was a sacrificial lamb just for carmella to keep the smackdown women's title warm going into summerslam when she dropped it back to charlotte leading to that angle where becky lynch attacked charlotte "turning heel" in the process. but tbh the smackdown's women's roster at that time was in bad place where asuka's booking was affected badly, they went all in on charlotte to lead the roster but that didn't work out for the best because people were getting tired of her being in main event scene all the time & a lack of credible babyfaces & heels played a role in why wwe tried to turn becky lynch heel
Universal Champion Roman Reigns Intercontinental Champion Solo Sikoa SD Tag Team Champion Jimmy & Jey Uso SD Women's Champion Naomi Cruiserweight Champion Sean Maluta
WHAT?! 5:45 - 5:57 Brock Lesnar ruins everything dude lmao. Seriously. That's how the match ended? Garbage. I'm much more accepting of the match between Seth Rollins and The Fiend. Why was it necessary for Lesnar to even get involved in the match between Strowman and Reigns?
To this day, I still don't get the hype around the revival. They were absolutely boring in NXT. They were boring on the main roster. They're still boring now. And to say they did nothing on the main roster is asinine
OK let me clear up this weird idea that in a stipulation match, like hell in the cell, there can’t be ref stoppage. I know it’s scripted, and that they can make anything happen, but it would make sense if the violence that occurred inside the cage could not lead to one. yes, I know that it’s scripted, and that they can work around that to give it of more satisfying ending. But sometimes in a real fight, things do get stopped by the ref like an MMA or boxing I’m not saying that this specific instance was a good way of showing that, but down the line it would make sense for there to be stoppage because at the end of the day that’s almost more impressive if someone beat somebody so bad that even in an extreme match, they feared for their life and stopped it. That’s pretty brutal. It’s a really good way to tell a story.
Charlotte going over on two people in particular I’ll never be able to forgive her or wwe for. 1. Auska at wrestlemania 34. 2. Rhea Ripley at wrestlemania 36.
Yeah I’m not sure if you even remember the TLC match between Rollins and Ambrose, it was fantastic. Reigns vs. Joe was also great outside of the finish, it wasn’t even a slow match like you’ve falsely argued
Can we just all agree that the best thing from this time was Braun Strowman as an absolute Monster? When he screamed 'I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!' and then absolutely destroyed Roman Reigns Was beautiful for All Fans who where sick and tired of his superman push.
Rollins vs ambrose at tlc should've been a tlc match for the title instead of just a normal match... the fact that the entire crowd was yelling this is boring.
What are you even on about? That match being called bad was completely justified. You have to be a completely biased moron to think otherwise(and that you are) I’m a huge Undertaker fan but sometimes you have to face reality. All 4 men involved in the match even admitted it was a disaster 🤣
The Undertaker has never had a bad match in his career, the fact is that too many wrestling fans these days especially the internet and TH-cam ones are wrestling purists so unless a wrestler rolls around the canvas hugging his opponent for 20 minutes or takes to the sky like a fly on speed then internet wrestling fans will say it's bad and because Undertaker couldn't do either for the last few years of his career he gets unjustifiably slated
"One of them is Samoa Joe, the other is a Samoan called Joe" that was hilarious 😭😂
Asukas booking that year was deplorable and tbh she’s never fully recovered from it.
Even though she has won every womens title, she’s always been overshadowed by Charlotte, Becky and even……..Lana and Nia Jax 😑
@Zane Thind I remembered Nia saying “my hole” and Lana going through tables for 7 weeks more than Asuka’s Raw Women’s title reign
Blame Vince she had that title a few months she debuted
@zanethind it wasn't a question of skill.
@@theharv1490 how?
That subtle laugh when announcing Shane McMahon at #2 made me laugh way too hard.
The more I look back at WWE from 2014 to today, the more I realize there were a LOT of dark times.
1:03- That match will never make any sense...Asuka was undefeated for so long and then jobbing to Carmella whom Bayley legit defeated...Only Vince's book would do that
Here's a fun fact about that Universal Championship triple threat: before Roman went down with his diagnosis, he informed WWE officials in September that he wasn't making the trip to Saudi Arabia.
Ellsworth really was an awkward time for WWE.
Roman too
He’s a cool guy irl
@@434444334 I heard he was sentenced to 2 years for selling porn to a 16 year old girl.
he's now doing wrestlecon's now.
saw him at wrestlecade selling
his merch.😂
@@434444334 saw him at wrestlecade.
he was at his booth selling his stuff.
TLC 2018 was a strange ppv cause the first half had mixed match challenge finals but the ending was stacked with like 4 consecutive huge matches
This series of videos is giving me a greater level of appreciation for all that Triple H has done so far
Replying to this so you can come back to it and appreciate the man even more bro
@@Reecewardd 🥲
Top 10 worst things in WWE 2018:
10. Mixed Match Challenge Season 2
9. Baszler's NXT Women's title reign
8. Crown Jewel's "Best in the World" Cup
7. Strowman's Money in the Bank contract
6. Raw dominated SmackDown on Survivor Series
5. The rise of Charlotte getting title opportunity after opportunity
4. Rousey dominated Raw
3. Asuka's defeated streak
2. Corbin's title as Acting GM
1. Lesnar's Universal title reign
DX vs Brother Of Destruction would’ve been great if it was 10, 15 or 20 years prior to 2018
Me thinks cultaholic just found a new series to carry them through the year 😂
Yeah in between covering news stories 10+ news sites have already broken.
The thing that gets me about Joe and Roman was that they had a good match on Raw a few months earlier. They were perfectly capable of putting on a decent show.
Brock's HIAC Return wasn't several months like 2021's return, it was only a month after Brock dropped the belt at Summerslam.
Y'know, despite all the negatives, 2018 was kinda awesome for the company. For the most part Smackdown, NXT, 205 Live and the PPVs were usually a really good time around then, especially when compared to the next...3 years.
I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT ELLSWORTH. New memory unlocked.
He's set to beat Reigns for the WWE title
I was at hiac 2018 and it was quite a show but the entire crowd was so confused and the super stars literally had to tell us to leave because the show was over
I had forgotten just how bad some of those matches were.
Wasn’t Ambrose vs Rollins supposed to be a TLC match? I swear I remember WWE announcing it as a TLC match then it randomly changing to a singles match.
4 years?? I remember these as they aired 😬
Could you make the best matches as well? It's always great to have some positively
The list will just be NXT though. It was on 🔥 that year
These matches are the best at being the worst.
It is *amazing* how different Dean Ambrose is from MoX. Always blows my mind.
2:06- Only Vince can take top tier talent like Gallows and Anderson vs The Revival and put them in a horse shit of a match
Have you seen FTR’s booking lately?
@@TimTE01
You mean the show were they only push the Young Bucks?....no.
Asuka to me always felt like a woman’s division Roman Reigns, overly pushed into the main event too quick
Cedric Alexander Vs. Kalisto was by far the best reason to watch the Greatest Royal Rumble.
New Japan gave us some bangers in 2018
It’s sad, but this list is making me remember all these off of matches I had forgotten blocked from my brain lol
It would have been a good idea if randy orton vs bray Wyatt was a boiler room brawl or a street fight
I guess you've forgotten that the 4th ever hell in a cell ended in a no contest....
2018 was a pretty bad year
This was the year I started watching WWE
@@stuartpenzer773 same
Godbless you
What about the HHH vs Undertaker match from Super Show-Down? Also, remember Super Show-Down (the one in Australia) had some bad matches on it as well.
James Ellsworth made me stop watching WWE for years.
2017-2019 will go down in history as the single worst time to be a wrestling fan. No wonder people were so happy when AEW became a thing
Remember when WWE listened to fans.
"Go to hell... Von Wagner" killed me xD
Asuka and Charlotte should definitely been on the list. Instead of a great new champion, we got the second WWE reign of terror.
The Greatest Royal Rumble in 2018 was awesome Especially Titus Worldslide that was the entire highlight of the event can't believe it happened only 4-years ago it felt like a week 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Let’s be honest, people remember that Rumble is because of Titus World Slide, and Braun Strowman becoming the figurehead of Grade-A Saudi propaganda
@@MovieEggman and I forgot about Jinder's selling of the whisper in the wind
Roman & Braun could’ve been the feud of the decade but noooo just had to drop the ball 🙄
i met James Ellsworth and got a high five from him. yeah that was weird.
Thank god we had nxt in 2018
It’s not that bad either right now. For me it’s an alternative to HHH’s Raw and SmackDown
Shayna Bazzler surpassed Asukas record and soon Mandy will surpass Shaynas
@@unholyperiodza5442 Unfortunately
Actually, 2018 was why I stopped watching WWE. I felt so insulted by what they were trying to force feed us that I booed out completely. Canceled my network subscription abruptly. I haven’t watched since. Vince is gone so I may give them a chance again, but I don’t do cable tv or Peacock so I’m not sure.
Do 2017 next!
I still sing Rusev Day in Aiden's accent from time to time :(
Yeah. I'm glad that NJPW was firing on all cylinders at the time and that All Out happened. 2018 is where mid-2010's WWE optimism died.
Personally I just like to block that DX/BOD match out of my mind completely. Michaels has stayed retired since WM26. Just never happened. I will never admit otherwise.
We get it already! The Saudi shows were awful and all the TH-camrs and IWC hate them!
Name fans from any community.
The fact that Ambrose and Rollins was on this list disappoints me overall.
I liked the story but the progression gets worsen and I didn't mind it until they announced their match at TLC. It's surprising that this emotional-driven match doesn't have any stipulation! Why did they think Corbin and an injured Strowman would be a good idea?! If I were them, I'd put the former having a stipulation rather than the latter.
I'm really glad HHH has got rid of Hell in a Cell, it's just lame only having a big match like that just because it's the name of the PPV so you HAVE to... a match like that should only appear if there's a big rivalry.
asuka was a sacrificial lamb just for carmella to keep the smackdown women's title warm going into summerslam when she dropped it back to charlotte leading to that angle where becky lynch attacked charlotte "turning heel" in the process. but tbh the smackdown's women's roster at that time was in bad place where asuka's booking was affected badly, they went all in on charlotte to lead the roster but that didn't work out for the best because people were getting tired of her being in main event scene all the time & a lack of credible babyfaces & heels played a role in why wwe tried to turn becky lynch heel
Universal Champion
Roman Reigns
Intercontinental Champion
Solo Sikoa
SD Tag Team Champion
Jimmy & Jey Uso
SD Women's Champion
Naomi
Cruiserweight Champion
Sean Maluta
WHAT?!
5:45 - 5:57
Brock Lesnar ruins everything dude lmao. Seriously. That's how the match ended? Garbage. I'm much more accepting of the match between Seth Rollins and The Fiend. Why was it necessary for Lesnar to even get involved in the match between Strowman and Reigns?
3:52 Brother Nero 💀
Honestly Charlotte didn't need that win over Asuka at all it pretty much ruined her momentum
Does FTR mean anything or is it just letters
Pretty much just initials now though at one time it stood for F' the revival.
@@jessica.reed1986 thanks
The phase was coined by the Young bucks during the start of AEW and as ftr was leaving WWE. The cover a this more in depth on Being the Elite.
It means Forever the Revival
To this day, I still don't get the hype around the revival. They were absolutely boring in NXT. They were boring on the main roster. They're still boring now. And to say they did nothing on the main roster is asinine
Thanks 🙏
I started watching in 2018. Fortunately, i had the pink-teinted glasses to look at all that !
I honestly miss James Ellsworth. At least he can wrestle unlike Eva Marie
He can beat Roman Reigns in a matter of seconds
It’s almost like Dean Ambrose/Jon Moxley…..isn’t a very good wrestler.
OK let me clear up this weird idea that in a stipulation match, like hell in the cell, there can’t be ref stoppage. I know it’s scripted, and that they can make anything happen, but it would make sense if the violence that occurred inside the cage could not lead to one. yes, I know that it’s scripted, and that they can work around that to give it of more satisfying ending. But sometimes in a real fight, things do get stopped by the ref like an MMA or boxing I’m not saying that this specific instance was a good way of showing that, but down the line it would make sense for there to be stoppage because at the end of the day that’s almost more impressive if someone beat somebody so bad that even in an extreme match, they feared for their life and stopped it. That’s pretty brutal. It’s a really good way to tell a story.
I was at backlash 2018, it was a whole lot of not good
Charlotte going over on two people in particular I’ll never be able to forgive her or wwe for.
1. Auska at wrestlemania 34.
2. Rhea Ripley at wrestlemania 36.
And now Wrestlemania 38. Now you know you hate her match there.
5:47 several months? It had been a month.
The entire Asuka vs. Carmella feud was AWFUL! And made Asuka look like such an imbecile the whole way through.
Seems like everyone forgot about Cena vs Undertaker.
That match wasn’t bad it was just far too short to really give it a proper analysis lol
That Asuka match was the reason I stopped watching WWE and wrestling overall for at least a year. Such a dumb decision
Man 2018 was not a good year for the main roster. Especially RAW
Raw sucked that year. Seth was the only good part of it
"... and then Brock Lesnar arrived" sure seems to be the introduction t a lot of recent WWE disappointments, huh?
Why’s Ellsworth in the thumbnail when he was the lifeblood of WWE at the time?
This should be called, WWE booking is crap. The revival was great. Roman sucked and still does.
No Nia Jax Match WOW
I know it’s like she fell in a hole.
Clown. She can put on great matches
2018 was not a good year for Roman Reigns. I don’t blame Roman, I blame the idiots at WWE Creative.
saw james ellsworth at wrestlecade.
Roman vs mahal must be number 1
Yeah to be honest 2018 Was a Disastrous Year for WWE on my opinion
Bring back Ellsworth, he can beat Roman Reigns no sweat.
I rather have a hell in a cell match end in a no contest then a disqualification
Also HiaC has ended in a No Contest before.
I miss James Ellsworth
Yeah I’m not sure if you even remember the TLC match between Rollins and Ambrose, it was fantastic. Reigns vs. Joe was also great outside of the finish, it wasn’t even a slow match like you’ve falsely argued
4:44 "tone it down"
"Tone it down," is what happened to that match
The year I stopped watching
2017 is next
I'm sure he will put roman vs taker bray vs randy Randy vs jinder and jinder vs Shinsuke
Leave Ellsworth alone lol
Can we just all agree that the best thing from this time was Braun Strowman as an absolute Monster?
When he screamed 'I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU!' and then absolutely destroyed Roman Reigns Was beautiful for All Fans who where sick and tired of his superman push.
WHERE İS TAKER VS CENA AWFUL MATCH
First
Rollins vs ambrose at tlc should've been a tlc match for the title instead of just a normal match... the fact that the entire crowd was yelling this is boring.
🤦😅
Hmm, seems Roman Reigns had a ton of bad matches in 2018. Well, why not go ahead and give him a nearly 3 year title run as a reward?
Should've made him heel not Ambrose.
@@unholyperiodza5442 Well he is a heel now
@@theharv1490 And it took him 5 years since 2015 he should've becoma a heel.
I would say badly booked matches
2018 WWE was 2000 WCW levels of bad
Another unfunny Wrestling fan who thinks they're funny and has an agenda against Undertaker
What are you even on about? That match being called bad was completely justified. You have to be a completely biased moron to think otherwise(and that you are) I’m a huge Undertaker fan but sometimes you have to face reality. All 4 men involved in the match even admitted it was a disaster 🤣
The Undertaker has never had a bad match in his career, the fact is that too many wrestling fans these days especially the internet and TH-cam ones are wrestling purists so unless a wrestler rolls around the canvas hugging his opponent for 20 minutes or takes to the sky like a fly on speed then internet wrestling fans will say it's bad and because Undertaker couldn't do either for the last few years of his career he gets unjustifiably slated
Of course your idea of the best wrestler is kenny