@@jansmitowiczauthor78 nah it's not that. It's called learning to mellow out and growing up. We're all fans, otherwise we wouldn't be here, but wrestling as a whole really isn't all that serious, and by proxy we fans don't need to be taking fights online about it all too seriously either
@@justanotheryoutuber1997 it does. Things we look at as life-changing as a child appear to become just another nice quirk about us as adults. The firey passion we have for these things do fade later on, but never outright disappear.
@@jansmitowiczauthor78 I'll add that not every occasion had me calm, I won't lie. I just don't get overtly angry to the point of hate over it, moreso just confusion
Man, it's weird that Adam made a list where there was no number one on it. Shawn Michaels in Saudi Arabia? Nah, he retired years ago and never un-retired. You must be having a nightmare.
If that does happen, Alberto Del Rio is guaranteed to be on that list. He was there to see Del Rio get forced out of a WCPW show because he was drunk and has called him out for, to put it nicely, not being nice since leaving WWE.
@@burnthetrolls5971so many things could have been a factor to someone deteriorating mental health. Even things that were once enjoyed by that said someone.
Easily my most hated match is Seth v Fiend, HIAC 2019. Never has there been a match that genuinely infuriated me more than when they completely destroyed Bray's momentum YET AGAIN via bs rulings. It could've been so much easier for them to just feed Seth to The Fiend without the belt on the line and let him move on. But nah- WWE saw how popular he was and thought, "Mmmmmnah"
Agreed. The fact that the Mania match with Orton made it instead of this Cell match confused me... Because, BOTH Orton vs. Wyatt matches were bad, but you could recover from them. That Cell match... I'd willfully sit through 10 Kennels from Hell if it meant that this match was scrubbed from existence.
Nowadays I can look back on it more like a horror villain being killed off by a final survivor kinda thing he had to do this crazy spot to put the fiend away and if it ended there id get it... He should have put his foot on him ended the match with a 3 count... But the fact he was dq'd no sold the ending then their segment finished is what ruined it to me.
@@insertgenericusernamehere2402 Heck, you could end with a DQ if the Fiend escapes under the ring when under that absurd pile of stuff and apparently vanishes, that's a great slasher movie "...or is he?" moment to end the arc on.
Brock beating Kofi like that had so much potential to lead to a great story of redemption for Kofi as he slowly gets his confidence back up to a rematch. So many ideas there, instead the only reference was Kofi subtly squeezing a pancake in anger during a promo where Brock(or the title i don't remember which) was brought up
Exactly. They could have had Kofi distraught and depressed after the loss because it finally hit him how much carrying that belt meant to him. He could have spent months turning himself into a better, tougher version of himself. I don't mean becoming a humorless ass-kicker, but someone who can fight and claw and dig way, way deep to win when he needed to. He still could have been funny, entertaining Kofi Kingston, but a funny entertaining Kofi Kingston who could get *very* serious when his back was against the wall. Then have him rematch Lesnar and show him as a much tougher out. Have Kofi show tremendous guts and fighting spirit by taking whatever Brock threw at him but refusing to stay down. In the end Kofi doesn't need to actually win as long as he shows himself as an tough-as-nails son-of-a-bitch that even a monster like Brock Lesnar had a hard time defeating. After the match was over they could have had Lesnar celebrating in the ring and then walk to and loom over a devastated Kofi still lying on the mat. After allowing some time for fans to believe Brock was going to continue his assault, have him pull Kofi to his feet and raise his hand. That allows Kofi to come out looking like a winner even in defeat. It would have built Kofi up in the eyes of the fans and made up for the shameful way in which he lost the title.
I agree with Mr. Blampied. In our childhood, wrestling looks fantastic and nothing is wrong...until we grow up for the next 10-15 years and see reality slap us in the face. And yeah, bad matches are part of pro-wrestling as a whole.
I was at the michaels vs Bret Ironman match in Anaheim... as a kid it was the most amazing match ever... just shawn flying in from the sky was great but watching it later its so boring
My most hated match: John Cena vs Rey Mysterio WWE championship match on Raw. Rey just won the title and they couldn’t even let him hold it for a day for fucks sake.
I think my most hated match is Goldberg vs Undertaker. With every other bad match there's at least some kind of schadenfreude about it. Not this match. There's nothing funny about watching 2 aging legends nearly kill each other.
Ya know its a bit comforting to know adam isnt as big into wrestling anymore and it cushions the blow a bit that we dont get more adam on partsfunknown
@@TheMatacon yep, Adams stuck by his “retirements from TH-cam” as often as Ric Flair has stuck by a retirement from wrestling. ….. what else does ric and Adam have in common 🧐
I’m an HBK mark, I refuse to watch the Saudi tag team match, I pretend it didn’t happen. In my mind Shawn retired at mania 26 and never wrestled again.
I think the Ironman match at WM12 is a great example of a Marmite match. I love it; I loved it in 1996 and I still love it now. Meanwhile, my girlfriend hates it, but she’s used to high-octane spot-heavy NXT-style matches. While *any* match works so long as there’s a good story, I will always prefer a slower-paced match with storytelling to a faster one that’s aiming for TH-cam views.
We don’t need to see it constantly, but I love when the true angry Adam is unleashed. Not because I enjoy his misery, but because I feel bad that I get worked up over wrestling. Knowing that someone else is out there, giving as much of a damn as me and articulating it masterfully, makes me feel a little better. I hate everyone of these matches too man. Thanks for putting into words how it feels to struggle enjoying a hobby.
My most hated will always be the Twice in A Lifetime match at Wrestlemania 29. It threw an entire Wrestlemania under the bus (27) to set up a main event that lied to everyone (28) to give us one of the most frustrating spam-filled finisher matches in WWE history. And of course, the ending with Cena shaking hands and hugging the Rock made no sense when he just blamed the Rock for his failed marriage and downfall from the year prior 🤦🏾♂️
I agree for 2/3rd on ya statement. The only good thing about the whole thing is that the match at 28 was good... Hell 28 was a good Wrestlemania but 27 and 29 were just... so easy to forget what happened outside of the Cena vs Rock thing
@@basbogie7730 oh yeah I actually put Wrestlemania 28 in one of my top 5 Wrestlemanias ever. I just hate how it was used as a plot device to build up Cena especially through its false tagline. If it had said “champ vs peoples champ”, I probably wouldn’t hate it as much
@@tinotica Now just thinking this: but Mania 28 is sorta what Starrcade 97 should've been like. Main event delivers, at the very least a memorable undercard, great matches.
First women's Money in the Bank match, where a dude brought down the briefcase. My daughter never watched a match with me after that. I'll never forgive WWE.
My only problem with this list is that I loved Eugene as a wrestler. As a person with mental health issues, the character was a reminder that someone like me could still accomplish what they wanted to.
2019 really was the nail in the coffin for me (apart from parts of the pandemic, but I was watching AEW more by then). That Rollins & Fiend HIAC, Brock vs Kofi... terrible year for the fed
I’m a bit younger than Adam, got into wrestling around 2004/2005. My version of him enjoying Taker/Bossman was finding Eugene both funny and endearing, because I was a kid and had no idea
I usually forget stuff that I hate after the initial rage. The only one I remembered was The Kofi squash. AEW "Dynamite" had debuted a few days before the squash. I liked Kofi and seeing him humiliated turned me off of WWE.
@@letoyblacksmith8376 It was best up to say up to All Out 2021. MJF is an amazing promo. The Acclaimed are great fun. AEW has had its first real rough time with injuries, CM Punk, The Brawl and more.
@@letoyblacksmith8376 It's getting a lot of hate at the moment but it's still a very good watch imo, red hot crowds, very over fresh acts like the two you named, plus some other great new talent like Jade Cargill and Hook who have really high ceilings, consistently excellent matches, spectacular spots and some great promos. Once the dust settles and some injuries clear up I don't see why they can't get back to the level they were at before, or even higher, MJF is a potential megastar so they've got a lot to look forward to with giving him the belt.
The good thing about wrestling today is there is so much of it. I also agree sometimes there's too much tribalism dumb arguing drama etc. When I see too much of that I just shift somewhere else. I'll watch some indie matches with new people I've never heard of before become a fan of someone new, I'll watch random old matches from different eras, if wwe is rubbish I'll enjoy aew, if aew has too much drama I'll go catch up on impact. Thankfully there's options, because I feel you can love this. But some people just take it way way too seriously and just gotta overall enjoy again.
I felt unjustified when Big "Face-Turn-and-Heel-Turn" Show came out and interrupted DB from winning the championship, being removed from the storyline towards the Wyatts, and Show faces Orton at Survivor Series...WHY?!!!!!
Reigns Vs McIntyre at Clash at the Castle. The match itself may not be bad, but the buildup and payoff are basically: "It doesn't matter how much you're built up as the ultimate challenger, the bookers will just throw another interference simply to keep a worn out title run going."
I feel so validated for the ninth placement. Adam's sentiment for it, was exactly mine as well lmfao. I do not need another rest hold from that snoozefest of a match!!!
What makes the 2015 Rumble even worse is by the end, the crowd was chanting HARD for Rusev and he actually showed back up since he did the "wasn't actually eliminated the whole time" spot and they were happy because it seemed like WWE was actually aware Roman winning wasn't gonna go down well and then WWE was WWE and for some reason thought let's have the guy we want to be our top babyface eliminate the very man everyone is chanting for now that the other guy everyone is cheering for was already gone.
I think everybody knew that Rusev wasn't going to WIN that, but it might at least have been different, you know? It was done only a couple of years after they did the same thing with Santino, mind, and the fans KNEW Rusev was still in, they were chanting for him, but WWE let him look like a chump and eliminated him again in about 10 seconds. Clearly the aim was the "surprise pop" for him returning, then to immediately get vanquished, but if they'd let Rusev get a couple of hope spots and look like he'd eliminate Roman, it wouldn't have SAVED that trainwreck of a match, but it might have put a little shine on it at least. You know, the Marc Antony principle from Julius Caesar - the last impression is the lasting one, so if there'd been a fun 2-3 minute back and forth between Reigns and Rusev to wash out the bad taste of the Show/Kane beatdown and tortoise-paced stupidity, then the event would only have been hated, not despised to the point where it will go down as an all time catastrophe of booking as it is today.
What doesn't help the Kofi squash match is that not only was the WWE Fans was going to suffer through HIAC (yes That one) but AEW aired its first ever Dynamite episode on that same week. The biggest threat to your empire in 2 decades and to fight it you do this to your own product Vince?
After 'that' match at HIAC, the fans in attendance started to chant AEW. Vince allegedly was laughing backstage while they did this. From all accounts EVERYONE, from Bray, Seth, most of the roster, most of the backstage crew, most of the writing team, even some of his own family members, told Vince that his plan for 'that' match was a bad idea. But it still happened because Vince wanted it and if you went against him you would be fired. 'That' match was the BIGGEST evidence as to why Vince was no longer fit to be running creative. He's gone now, and we'll see what HHH does with Kofi and Bray.
This match also sure as heck didn’t paint a good picture for WWE in the racial side either Your FIRST episode of FOX and you have Black Champion Kofi crushed by giant white bully Brock in seconds Yeah how do some people NOT get uncomfortable drawing those lines?
DX Vs Brothers of Destruction truly made me hate nostalgia for awhile. If this match happened 20 years ago, then it would've been one of best matches of all time
The one-two punch of Ricochet vs Brock and Goldberg vs The Fiend killed my enjoyment of WWE. I cancelled my Network sub after that, and have never gone back.
Roman winning in 2015 made sense since we wanted him to win the year prior. the only 2 problems i had in that match is #1: Bryan should've lasted til the end then get eliminated by Wyatt and #2: Big Show&Kane should NOT have been that dominant
@@joejames1794 Yeah, but Reigns still wasn't ready for anything like that at all. Wrestlemania main evented by the hot tag of an over stable ahead of literally any current main eventer at the time? No way in hell. But between Reigns and Batista? People would prefer anything that wasn't Batista vs Orton.
The Fiend returning losing to Orton at WrestleMania 37 after being burned alive months earlier is like if Undertaker returns as the Deadman at WrestleMania XX after being buried alive months then just losing to Kane . It made no sense with the buildup.
Omega wrestling a blow up-doll, Jericho vs Eddie Kingston "Barbwire everywhere"-match or the AEW "exploding ring"-bollocks should REALLY be on this list :P
I got Peaccock for Premier League Soccer and Indycar bur decided to check out the WWE stuff available and I liked what saw. I'll probably never again become a die-hard fan who watches Raw and Smackdown every week but I usually tune into tne -PPVs- premium level events because most feature good wrestng at least and the WWE's video crew are masters at telling the story of went down on the weekly showes.
I've always had a similar opinion about that Bret-HBK ironman match. I'm not against one still being 0-0 at the end of 60 minutes; but not the FIRST one ever....defeated the whole purpose of that stipulation. You could of just had a regular match with a 60 min. time limit and accomplished the exact same thing.
Drama in wrestling depends upon knowing the audience's expectations and subverting those expectations. The audience needs to be trained about what to expect before any drama can be built. At WM12 we'd never seen an Iron Man match before; we were basically blank slates. Then they never did _anything_ to help generate tension in the match. As you say it could have been a match with a 60 minute time limit with overtime thrown on at the end. It's such weird booking.
My Most Hated Wrestling Matches are as Follows: 10. Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns: Wrestlemania 38 Night 2. 9. Paige Vs. Charlotte Flair: Survivor Series 2015. 8. Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar: Wrestlemania XX. 7. Triple H vs. Roman Reigns: Wrestlemania 32. 6. DX Vs. The Brothers of Destruction: Crown Jewel 2018. 5. Teddy Long vs. Eric Bischoff: Survivor Series 2005. 4. Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole: Wrestlemania 27 3. The Royal Rumble Match: Royal Rumble 2015. 2. Seth Rollins vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt: Hell in a Cell 2019. 1. Stephanie McMahon vs. Mr. McMahon: No Mercy 2003.
I don't hate the Ironman Match, but I 100% agree that it was a terrible idea to have it end 0-0. I've always maintained that match would be vastly improved if someone scores a pinfall like 45 minutes in and the last 15 minutes are the other wrestler scrambling to tie things up. Otherwise it's just 60 minutes of waiting for something to happen that never does, and "who's going to be the first one to actually score a fall" drama slowly turns into "is anybody going to win this thing?"
Adam having the healthiest perspective on wrestling is really nice to hear. It took me a while, but yeah, I got there as well. It's just a TV show. Also he's slowly making me fall in love with board games. Please send help.
Don't forget, the Rumble match in 2015 didn't really end after Kane and Big Show were eliminated because Rusev wasn't eliminated at all. That is, until Roman properly eliminated him, thus actually winning the match. You really seem to forget that one detail. But what do I know? It's a bad match, so I guess it doesn't matter
I remember tons of people thinking Reigns deserved a push up until Daniel Bryan came back. I had just gotten back into wrestling and didn't know about him. Everyone immediately thought he was going to win. They shouldn't have brought him back until after the Rumble if they weren't going to have him win. The Rusev thing was an extra kick in the pants. If neither of those things happened things would have worked out very differently. Also, they were in Philly, where they punch horses and flip over cop cars even when they get what they want. Not getting Daniel Brian as the winner and booing Reigns for being the winner is what really drove the hatred of Reigns for many fans and set things back for years. Thanks Philly!
Honestly, you not being into wrestling as much anymore sadly comforts me, because the tribalism and toxic fans are quickly turning me off from Wrestling.
My most hated match is Rollins and The Fiend in Hell in A Cell. When I heard how bad it was, I checked it out and when it started I thought it was just standard Fiend no selling and Seth trying to beat him anyway and then, the finish happened. It was alright in my book and then it shot itself in the foot. And all four of it's limbs. HOW DO YOU HAVE A DQ IN A HELL IN A CELL MATCH?! THE WHOLE POINT OF IT WAS SO THEY COULD MAKE SOMETHING BRUTAL.
Wheh I got online 20+ years ago the internet was great because it allowed people to find others who shared their passions and talk about what they loved. Over the years however it's just turned into a toxic mess of tribalism and people seemingly arguing just for the sake of arguing. Apparently it was decided that you have to unconditionally support whatever you're a fan of and that anyone with an opposing point of view is just a biased hater. It's come to the point where there's no room for discussion, let alone thoughtful nuanced discussion. It's not just wrestling that has this problem either. Other fandoms I'm a big part of like superhero comic books and Formula One to name a couple have gone down the same path. The rise of Twitter seemed to make things exponentially worse. Now everyone's hot takes are limited to 280 characters so it seems whomever can be the most outrageous within that limit gets the most attention. Even worse is that people who *aren't* fans can come across a topic on Twitter and now feel they're entitled to enter into discussions of things they don't understand. At first the whole situation is annoying, then it becomes infuriating and finally exhausting. In the end it's not the smartest, most perceptive fans we see talking about what they love but those who are the loudest and most obnoxious.
I was there in the crowd in Buffalo for that Battleground match… my memory suppresses it until somebody brings it up, but it belongs on this list… my goodness.
Best comedy matches imo 5. Orange Cassidy vs Colt Cobana 4. Minoru Susuki vs The Swamp Monster 3.Kenta Kobasi vs Yoshikiku 2. Kenny Omega vs a 9 year old girl 1. Invisible man vs Invisible Stan.
Kofi vs Lesner legitimately made we rage-quit WWE. It helped that AEW had just started up, but, still! I have not watched any live WWE tv since that day....
To me, the DX vs brothers of destruction match has never happened. My brain just refuses to believe that the match has happened. It just feels like a stupid fantasy booking to me.
Also started watching in 2000 and also knew even as a mark that something was seriously off with that main event 🤣 I generally liked the rest of the show, I was too young to truly appreciate that it wasn't as good as Mania should be and I'd seen bits on VHS of WM15 which I found incredibly boring so it wasn't so bad by comparison, but the Main Event felt so so long, hated the Foley/Trips team up and the finish. I guess I just loved the Triangle Ladder Match so much it saved the whole show for me.
I can't argue about Number 1 - that match NEVER should have happened - but I'm surprised that nothing from WrestleMania 9 made the list. That event ended up a turd shined up with some Ceaser's Palace polish.
Thinking about my most hated matches, I deadass didn't even think about Brothers of Destruction vs. DX purely because my brain erased that match entirely, so thanks for reminding me that the god awful thing exists.
I forget the year, but the Money in the Bank match that Brock Lesnar won despite never officially being in the match and coming out at the very end. That is my least favorite match.
The only saving Grace was Brock using the briefcase as a boom box- that was surprisingly entertaining. Otherwise I agree. And it sucked cause until the ending, that match was awesome from what I remembered. Then Ali stands on the ladder for an awkward amount of time, Brock saunters in, he wins it and that’s it. God i was pissed
5:50 you book The Fiend Vs Rollins in the call like this: The Fiend kicks out, again and again and again, until Seth is forced to grab a sledgehammer. Then, as Seth swings the hammer at the downed Fiend's unprotected head, the lights go out, and the Fiend disappears. The lights come back up, the ref looks under the ring, the Fiend is nowhere to be seen. The confused ref calls off the match. Holds up Seth's hand. The cage raises, Seth, baffled, walks slowly to the back, holding his belt. When Seth's at the top of the ramp, the lights go down again, when they come back up for a second, revealing that the Fiend has Seth in the Mandible Claw. When they go back up properly, Seth is on the floor, belt draped over him, Fiend nowhere to be seen. End of feud. Fiend isn't seen on TV for a couple of weeks, when he comes back, he's haunting someone else. Simples. Cool visual, keeps Seth strong because he won, keeps the Fiend looking ethereal and unstoppable, but just not interested in the belt. Booking dead end successfully escaped.
Adam hates Eugene because of what Eugene is. Cornette does too, but he hates it more because Nick Dinsmore was the face of OVW and had so much potential. Between Dinsmore, Mike Mondo, Rico Constantino and Dirty White Boy, there’s a track record of Vince burying all of Cornette’s best faces.
My most hated match has to be Wresltemania Roman vs Triple H in the main event. We knew Roman was going to win, a five year old could see that. The show had gone for so long and that main event was just so boring. I remember watching it after saving it as a recording due to me being in the UK and it would’ve went way into the morning, and I had work the next day. Got to the main event and I was bored out of my mind. None of the big moments got me excited and I was glad when it was over.
I miss Blampied being involved with wrestling a lot, I’ve tried getting into NRB several times but just can’t do it and it sucks sinxe Blampied and Laurie mainly focus on that channel now :(
With how many terrible matches Crown Jewel/Super Showdown has had since day 1, it's hard to tell if Saudi Arabia hates wrestling or if wrestling hates Saudi Arabia.
Being a wrestling fan is pretty much exactly what it's like to be a DC or Halo fan - mostly pain to the point of becoming unhealthy to keep close to your heart.
Wait, Adam was a sketch comedian? Is it possible to find any of that material online? I'd quite like to see that. Adam is a very funny man (that's the entire reason I watch these lists after all), and I'd like to see where he developed those skills.
It's really awesome content where I have a hunch on 8 of the matches and you still surprise me with sheer snark and wordplay, thank you Adam. As I have gotten older I have mellowed out a bit in regards to pinpointing matches I hate but I suppose here are my big 3. Undertaker vs HHH at wrestlemania 27. It goes on forever, it's full of shortcuts and I have never seen two legends take up so much time just laying down after exactly 1 spot, over and over. Ambrose vs Lesnar. Brock didn't care so weeks of build and a lot of potential were just wasted. Foley and the Rock's IQuit match. The match tells a hell of a story and has monster heat but as somebody who has been seriously messed up by one concussion, I just can't watch it. It's grotesque.
I got a way to save the Eugene character. Let him drop the gimmick mid match. He changes his face upon the opponent turning his back to big Nick. He goes after poor Eugene and Nick Densmore goes ham after his opponent is shocked by this. Nick puts on a wrestling clinic... or he gets extreme. Post match, he cuts a scathing promo on... well, EVERYONE. Those who gave him the gimmick, fellow wrestlers, upper management. And most of all, the fans. Then he goes on a tear, kicking butt.
The character was fine, just overstayed its welcome. The pop he got for coming to save Chris Benoit from Evolution would make most wrestlers today envious. The pairing with Regal was also fantastic.
Adam you don’t have to want to obsess over, critique/scrutinize, or delve into dirt sheets to LOVE wrestling. Taking that stuff out makes it more fun if anything. Just a shame that’s what wrestling TH-cam is
I gotta agree with your number 5 entry. I'm also not qualified to say whether those who are mentally disabled are actually offended by the Eugene gimmick, but it just feels so ewwie having the heels beat the living hell out of the 'mentally disabled ' person
@@Emgoscus328 Neither of these things you have suggested are supported by the quote. Hardcore doesn't mean to be a fan for a long time, it means to be a fan with obsessive devotion. Obsessive fans are often unsettling, regardless of the target of obsession. It is natural to feel uncomfortable with being that target. That's all there is to take from what was said without reaching.
It's interesting, cause I'm experiencing a similar issue to Adam in that I too have grown weary of the tribalism and backstage drama, but my treatment is to just watch both major products and enjoy them on their own merits! I've started to really like Raw and Smackdown for the bigger characters and bombast, and I still love Dynamite and Rampage for the workrate and slightly grittier tone. It's great! Though I also understand that's not really viable for someone who has to take diligent notes and prepare "big reactions," so I'll just say: MY most hated match is definitely the main event of 'Mania 2000. Like Tina Belcher in a parking lot, they had innumerable good options, and instead chose to slam into the only other car in the whole place. Also NRB rules and practically justifies my TH-cam premium account all on its own, so that work is paying off MASSIVELY.
Okay, most of this I agree with, but not only do I have a much more positive outlook on Triple H's WrestleMania matches, but I loved the 2015 Royal Rumble. It was so annoying to me how the year prior all these smark fans with their indy darling Daniel Bryan basically hijacked shows,, including the 2014 rumble, that seeing him go out early and with "Shattered Dreams" appearing in the background in that very moment was just brilliant
I watched the Bret vs Shawn at WM12 and was on the edge of my seat the whole time. It's one of my favorite matches. I could never get bored with it . I agree with the rest of the list though .
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“But I don’t let the bad stuff close enough to affect my emotional state anymore” we all need to do that
@@jansmitowiczauthor78 nah it's not that. It's called learning to mellow out and growing up. We're all fans, otherwise we wouldn't be here, but wrestling as a whole really isn't all that serious, and by proxy we fans don't need to be taking fights online about it all too seriously either
Right, that applies to all life
@@justanotheryoutuber1997 it does. Things we look at as life-changing as a child appear to become just another nice quirk about us as adults. The firey passion we have for these things do fade later on, but never outright disappear.
@@jansmitowiczauthor78 I'll add that not every occasion had me calm, I won't lie. I just don't get overtly angry to the point of hate over it, moreso just confusion
Yeah well if that was true he wouldn't make this list lol and swear a lot
Man, it's weird that Adam made a list where there was no number one on it.
Shawn Michaels in Saudi Arabia? Nah, he retired years ago and never un-retired. You must be having a nightmare.
That was an alternative reality, like the Star Wars "sequels".
Are you blind he did have a number 1......
@@aztecwrrior1997 no he didn't where do you see the number 1?
@@aztecwrrior1997 there is no number 1, whatever it was never happened. you must be confused
@@aztecwrrior1997 *whoosh*
I’m actually interested in Adam making a “Top 10 Hated Wrestlers” list
If that does happen, Alberto Del Rio is guaranteed to be on that list. He was there to see Del Rio get forced out of a WCPW show because he was drunk and has called him out for, to put it nicely, not being nice since leaving WWE.
R-Truth would for sure be on that list
@@hasan.beyblade411 surprisingly he actually admitted that he finds R Truth funny now
Great Khali and Sid rinse repeat x5
Teddy and Tessa would for sure be on that list if that's a thing.
Kudos to Adam for acknowledging that his passion for Wrestling was affecting his emotional state and mental health.
Lmao it’s not that serious.
@@JackassBagels lol what?
I don't think wrestling did that to him I think WhatCulture did it to him
@@burnthetrolls5971so many things could have been a factor to someone deteriorating mental health. Even things that were once enjoyed by that said someone.
@@jstephison20 well said
Easily my most hated match is Seth v Fiend, HIAC 2019. Never has there been a match that genuinely infuriated me more than when they completely destroyed Bray's momentum YET AGAIN via bs rulings. It could've been so much easier for them to just feed Seth to The Fiend without the belt on the line and let him move on. But nah- WWE saw how popular he was and thought, "Mmmmmnah"
Agreed. The fact that the Mania match with Orton made it instead of this Cell match confused me... Because, BOTH Orton vs. Wyatt matches were bad, but you could recover from them.
That Cell match... I'd willfully sit through 10 Kennels from Hell if it meant that this match was scrubbed from existence.
This match made me quit watching WWE. But I agree with Adam. I want to wipe DX vs. Brothers of Destruction from my memory, entirely...
@@iamtrueme5491 I can understand that... And by that metric, their second mania match was far worse than the first for sure.
Nowadays I can look back on it more like a horror villain being killed off by a final survivor kinda thing he had to do this crazy spot to put the fiend away and if it ended there id get it... He should have put his foot on him ended the match with a 3 count... But the fact he was dq'd no sold the ending then their segment finished is what ruined it to me.
@@insertgenericusernamehere2402 Heck, you could end with a DQ if the Fiend escapes under the ring when under that absurd pile of stuff and apparently vanishes, that's a great slasher movie "...or is he?" moment to end the arc on.
Brock beating Kofi like that had so much potential to lead to a great story of redemption for Kofi as he slowly gets his confidence back up to a rematch. So many ideas there, instead the only reference was Kofi subtly squeezing a pancake in anger during a promo where Brock(or the title i don't remember which) was brought up
Exactly. They could have had Kofi distraught and depressed after the loss because it finally hit him how much carrying that belt meant to him. He could have spent months turning himself into a better, tougher version of himself. I don't mean becoming a humorless ass-kicker, but someone who can fight and claw and dig way, way deep to win when he needed to. He still could have been funny, entertaining Kofi Kingston, but a funny entertaining Kofi Kingston who could get *very* serious when his back was against the wall. Then have him rematch Lesnar and show him as a much tougher out. Have Kofi show tremendous guts and fighting spirit by taking whatever Brock threw at him but refusing to stay down. In the end Kofi doesn't need to actually win as long as he shows himself as an tough-as-nails son-of-a-bitch that even a monster like Brock Lesnar had a hard time defeating. After the match was over they could have had Lesnar celebrating in the ring and then walk to and loom over a devastated Kofi still lying on the mat. After allowing some time for fans to believe Brock was going to continue his assault, have him pull Kofi to his feet and raise his hand. That allows Kofi to come out looking like a winner even in defeat. It would have built Kofi up in the eyes of the fans and made up for the shameful way in which he lost the title.
@@BiggieTrismegistus Very well said!
Based Brock squashing that twink with ease and working redditors into a shoot
@@BiggieTrismegistus that is perfect!!
@@BiggieTrismegistus the jeff hardy treatment basically.
I like Battleground 2013 main event because Vacant retain a title is very rare.
Vacant truly is the G.O.A.T
Big show turning heel to align himself with vacant was a brilliant call
I now like the match because it made your comment possible xD Brilliant stuff
Vacant is the Big Dog Roman Reigns of jokes. Forced into everything and nowhere near as popular as its bookers think.
Just like Judgement Day 2008
Booker T vs. HHH, World Heavyweight Championship at WM19. It broke most of my family’s love of wrestling at any level
The match is actually good but wow does Lawler make the match unbearable to sit through
I agree with Mr. Blampied. In our childhood, wrestling looks fantastic and nothing is wrong...until we grow up for the next 10-15 years and see reality slap us in the face. And yeah, bad matches are part of pro-wrestling as a whole.
And then the internet came along
Khali vs Big Show was very cool to me because it was two big dudes fighting. Ah, simpler times.
@@VinnieGer Khali is awesome. Big guy doing big things. Also HeadChop!
WWF Invasion angle was so good to me as a child. it's not until I grew up that I realized none of the big names from WCW was part of that storyline...
I was at the michaels vs Bret Ironman match in Anaheim... as a kid it was the most amazing match ever... just shawn flying in from the sky was great but watching it later its so boring
My most hated match: John Cena vs Rey Mysterio WWE championship match on Raw. Rey just won the title and they couldn’t even let him hold it for a day for fucks sake.
I think my most hated match is Goldberg vs Undertaker. With every other bad match there's at least some kind of schadenfreude about it. Not this match. There's nothing funny about watching 2 aging legends nearly kill each other.
Ya know its a bit comforting to know adam isnt as big into wrestling anymore and it cushions the blow a bit that we dont get more adam on partsfunknown
Even though it was pretty much his channel 😅
No one puts Adam in the corner.
Instead, we get a vanilla midget wearing a pink mask.
@@TheMatacon yep, Adams stuck by his “retirements from TH-cam” as often as Ric Flair has stuck by a retirement from wrestling.
….. what else does ric and Adam have in common 🧐
@@benironside1264 Jesus Christ dude calm down
I’m an HBK mark, I refuse to watch the Saudi tag team match, I pretend it didn’t happen. In my mind Shawn retired at mania 26 and never wrestled again.
I think the Ironman match at WM12 is a great example of a Marmite match. I love it; I loved it in 1996 and I still love it now. Meanwhile, my girlfriend hates it, but she’s used to high-octane spot-heavy NXT-style matches. While *any* match works so long as there’s a good story, I will always prefer a slower-paced match with storytelling to a faster one that’s aiming for TH-cam views.
Me too. I watched it again recently and in my opinion HBK and Bret paced the match perfectly.
We don’t need to see it constantly, but I love when the true angry Adam is unleashed. Not because I enjoy his misery, but because I feel bad that I get worked up over wrestling. Knowing that someone else is out there, giving as much of a damn as me and articulating it masterfully, makes me feel a little better. I hate everyone of these matches too man. Thanks for putting into words how it feels to struggle enjoying a hobby.
My most hated will always be the Twice in A Lifetime match at Wrestlemania 29. It threw an entire Wrestlemania under the bus (27) to set up a main event that lied to everyone (28) to give us one of the most frustrating spam-filled finisher matches in WWE history. And of course, the ending with Cena shaking hands and hugging the Rock made no sense when he just blamed the Rock for his failed marriage and downfall from the year prior 🤦🏾♂️
I agree for 2/3rd on ya statement.
The only good thing about the whole thing is that the match at 28 was good... Hell 28 was a good Wrestlemania but 27 and 29 were just... so easy to forget what happened outside of the Cena vs Rock thing
@@basbogie7730 oh yeah I actually put Wrestlemania 28 in one of my top 5 Wrestlemanias ever. I just hate how it was used as a plot device to build up Cena especially through its false tagline. If it had said “champ vs peoples champ”, I probably wouldn’t hate it as much
@@tinotica Now just thinking this: but Mania 28 is sorta what Starrcade 97 should've been like. Main event delivers, at the very least a memorable undercard, great matches.
Especially when you remember that they were considering a triple threat involving CM Punk
Lol
First women's Money in the Bank match, where a dude brought down the briefcase. My daughter never watched a match with me after that. I'll never forgive WWE.
My only problem with this list is that I loved Eugene as a wrestler. As a person with mental health issues, the character was a reminder that someone like me could still accomplish what they wanted to.
"Tipped Big to his Shownlyfans" 💀💀💀
If you let yourself get sucked into the internet aspects of wrestling it can kill anyones love
The internet aspect can kill one's love of anything. Everything is just extreme, either blind praise or complete animosity.
2019 really was the nail in the coffin for me (apart from parts of the pandemic, but I was watching AEW more by then). That Rollins & Fiend HIAC, Brock vs Kofi... terrible year for the fed
Adam is reaching his Heroes of Wrestling moment in his career
I’m a bit younger than Adam, got into wrestling around 2004/2005. My version of him enjoying Taker/Bossman was finding Eugene both funny and endearing, because I was a kid and had no idea
Saying things like "Shownly Fans" are what I love about Adam. Subtle gems constantly. Thank you Adam.
I like the metaphors and similes. The last sentence before the outro is a perfect example.
Bret Hart vs HBK Wrestlemania XII, it's what really got me into wrestling, and the reason why they are my favorite wrestlers.
I really liked the match, that match got me into pro wrestling too.
I usually forget stuff that I hate after the initial rage. The only one I remembered was The Kofi squash. AEW "Dynamite" had debuted a few days before the squash. I liked Kofi and seeing him humiliated turned me off of WWE.
How's AEW? I been mostly watching mjf and the acclaimed on TH-cam.
@@letoyblacksmith8376 It was best up to say up to All Out 2021. MJF is an amazing promo. The Acclaimed are great fun. AEW has had its first real rough time with injuries, CM Punk, The Brawl and more.
@@letoyblacksmith8376 It's getting a lot of hate at the moment but it's still a very good watch imo, red hot crowds, very over fresh acts like the two you named, plus some other great new talent like Jade Cargill and Hook who have really high ceilings, consistently excellent matches, spectacular spots and some great promos. Once the dust settles and some injuries clear up I don't see why they can't get back to the level they were at before, or even higher, MJF is a potential megastar so they've got a lot to look forward to with giving him the belt.
The good thing about wrestling today is there is so much of it. I also agree sometimes there's too much tribalism dumb arguing drama etc. When I see too much of that I just shift somewhere else. I'll watch some indie matches with new people I've never heard of before become a fan of someone new, I'll watch random old matches from different eras, if wwe is rubbish I'll enjoy aew, if aew has too much drama I'll go catch up on impact. Thankfully there's options, because I feel you can love this. But some people just take it way way too seriously and just gotta overall enjoy again.
I remember Bryan V Orton at battleground, my little innocent 12 year old self even realized this match was terribly shite.
I felt unjustified when Big "Face-Turn-and-Heel-Turn" Show came out and interrupted DB from winning the championship, being removed from the storyline towards the Wyatts, and Show faces Orton at Survivor Series...WHY?!!!!!
“A big nob playing with his life size wrestling toys” saudi and WWE summed up for u there 😂😂
Now now. Trips also had an incredible match at 20. A triple threat with Michaels and... I wanna say... Bob Holly?
Reigns Vs McIntyre at Clash at the Castle.
The match itself may not be bad, but the buildup and payoff are basically: "It doesn't matter how much you're built up as the ultimate challenger, the bookers will just throw another interference simply to keep a worn out title run going."
To be fair at least it shows Drew is still capable of winning, they only thing holding him back is the right circumstances
10:54: E) next entrant after Bryan's elimination was Goldust which meant seeing Bryan's sad face with Shattered Dreams on the titantron behind him
I feel so validated for the ninth placement. Adam's sentiment for it, was exactly mine as well lmfao. I do not need another rest hold from that snoozefest of a match!!!
What makes the 2015 Rumble even worse is by the end, the crowd was chanting HARD for Rusev and he actually showed back up since he did the "wasn't actually eliminated the whole time" spot and they were happy because it seemed like WWE was actually aware Roman winning wasn't gonna go down well and then WWE was WWE and for some reason thought let's have the guy we want to be our top babyface eliminate the very man everyone is chanting for now that the other guy everyone is cheering for was already gone.
I think everybody knew that Rusev wasn't going to WIN that, but it might at least have been different, you know? It was done only a couple of years after they did the same thing with Santino, mind, and the fans KNEW Rusev was still in, they were chanting for him, but WWE let him look like a chump and eliminated him again in about 10 seconds. Clearly the aim was the "surprise pop" for him returning, then to immediately get vanquished, but if they'd let Rusev get a couple of hope spots and look like he'd eliminate Roman, it wouldn't have SAVED that trainwreck of a match, but it might have put a little shine on it at least.
You know, the Marc Antony principle from Julius Caesar - the last impression is the lasting one, so if there'd been a fun 2-3 minute back and forth between Reigns and Rusev to wash out the bad taste of the Show/Kane beatdown and tortoise-paced stupidity, then the event would only have been hated, not despised to the point where it will go down as an all time catastrophe of booking as it is today.
Undertaker vs Goldberg, literally thought Undertaker was gonna die or be in a wheel chair for the rest of his already shortened life
What doesn't help the Kofi squash match is that not only was the WWE Fans was going to suffer through HIAC (yes That one) but AEW aired its first ever Dynamite episode on that same week.
The biggest threat to your empire in 2 decades and to fight it you do this to your own product Vince?
After 'that' match at HIAC, the fans in attendance started to chant AEW. Vince allegedly was laughing backstage while they did this.
From all accounts EVERYONE, from Bray, Seth, most of the roster, most of the backstage crew, most of the writing team, even some of his own family members, told Vince that his plan for 'that' match was a bad idea. But it still happened because Vince wanted it and if you went against him you would be fired. 'That' match was the BIGGEST evidence as to why Vince was no longer fit to be running creative. He's gone now, and we'll see what HHH does with Kofi and Bray.
Obscene amounts of money will make people blind to their own stupidity.
@@calumbishop7082 I can still hear those AEW chants while Seth and Bray doing their stuff in the ring up until today. It's a disaster.
This match also sure as heck didn’t paint a good picture for WWE in the racial side either
Your FIRST episode of FOX and you have Black Champion Kofi crushed by giant white bully Brock in seconds
Yeah how do some people NOT get uncomfortable drawing those lines?
@@arashitendou5941 LMAO you're reaching with that one. Also, Fox News and Fox Network are not the same thing
DX Vs Brothers of Destruction truly made me hate nostalgia for awhile. If this match happened 20 years ago, then it would've been one of best matches of all time
The one-two punch of Ricochet vs Brock and Goldberg vs The Fiend killed my enjoyment of WWE. I cancelled my Network sub after that, and have never gone back.
It’s a good time to go back now
Roman winning in 2015 made sense since we wanted him to win the year prior. the only 2 problems i had in that match is #1: Bryan should've lasted til the end then get eliminated by Wyatt and #2: Big Show&Kane should NOT have been that dominant
No no no, we didn't want Reigns to win. We wanted Batista to lose.
@@ShadicRothZz1998 the shield was over af no need to lie
@@joejames1794 Yeah, but Reigns still wasn't ready for anything like that at all. Wrestlemania main evented by the hot tag of an over stable ahead of literally any current main eventer at the time? No way in hell. But between Reigns and Batista? People would prefer anything that wasn't Batista vs Orton.
The Fiend returning losing to Orton at WrestleMania 37 after being burned alive months earlier is like if Undertaker returns as the Deadman at WrestleMania XX after being buried alive months then just losing to Kane . It made no sense with the buildup.
Rick Flair's last match was by far the worst I've ever seen. I felt second hand embarrassment.
Ah yes. "Rick" Flair.
Jesus, can you believe he's actively angling for ANOTHER match?!
I honestly doubt Adam sat down and bothered watching it, but if he did, I'm sure he'd just let out a huge sigh and say, "Just... just retire."
The fake heart attack spot made me furious
Yeah have an old man fake a heart attack in front of his family was a good idea
I’m getting the feeling that Adam might leave PartsFunKnown, which would break my heart but that’s life ig
"Big rich knob playing with his human sized action figures". You talkin bout Tony Khan there Adam?
Wrestling never bothered me like that but I completely understand your feelings Adam. Take care of yourself man!
My personal least favourite match is Rey Mysterio vs John Cena an hour and a half after Rey won the WWE world heavyweight championship
Adam sounds so jaded in this, hope he gets his love for wrestling back :(
Omega wrestling a blow up-doll, Jericho vs Eddie Kingston "Barbwire everywhere"-match or the AEW "exploding ring"-bollocks should REALLY be on this list :P
Although ive gotten back into Wrestling over the last year i can fully understand you Adam for losing your love for this
I got Peaccock for Premier League Soccer and Indycar bur decided to check out the WWE stuff available and I liked what saw. I'll probably never again become a die-hard fan who watches Raw and Smackdown every week but I usually tune into tne -PPVs- premium level events because most feature good wrestng at least and the WWE's video crew are masters at telling the story of went down on the weekly showes.
I've always had a similar opinion about that Bret-HBK ironman match. I'm not against one still being 0-0 at the end of 60 minutes; but not the FIRST one ever....defeated the whole purpose of that stipulation. You could of just had a regular match with a 60 min. time limit and accomplished the exact same thing.
Drama in wrestling depends upon knowing the audience's expectations and subverting those expectations. The audience needs to be trained about what to expect before any drama can be built. At WM12 we'd never seen an Iron Man match before; we were basically blank slates. Then they never did _anything_ to help generate tension in the match. As you say it could have been a match with a 60 minute time limit with overtime thrown on at the end. It's such weird booking.
My Most Hated Wrestling Matches are as Follows:
10. Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns: Wrestlemania 38 Night 2.
9. Paige Vs. Charlotte Flair: Survivor Series 2015.
8. Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar: Wrestlemania XX.
7. Triple H vs. Roman Reigns: Wrestlemania 32.
6. DX Vs. The Brothers of Destruction: Crown Jewel 2018.
5. Teddy Long vs. Eric Bischoff: Survivor Series 2005.
4. Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole: Wrestlemania 27
3. The Royal Rumble Match: Royal Rumble 2015.
2. Seth Rollins vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt: Hell in a Cell 2019.
1. Stephanie McMahon vs. Mr. McMahon: No Mercy 2003.
I don't hate the Ironman Match, but I 100% agree that it was a terrible idea to have it end 0-0. I've always maintained that match would be vastly improved if someone scores a pinfall like 45 minutes in and the last 15 minutes are the other wrestler scrambling to tie things up. Otherwise it's just 60 minutes of waiting for something to happen that never does, and "who's going to be the first one to actually score a fall" drama slowly turns into "is anybody going to win this thing?"
I love hearing this man Angry like
2:52 oh. Pacitti's mocking of people who hated it cause there was no falls makes a lot of sense now
Adam having the healthiest perspective on wrestling is really nice to hear. It took me a while, but yeah, I got there as well. It's just a TV show.
Also he's slowly making me fall in love with board games. Please send help.
I saw the title of the video and automatically knew what was going to be his number one 💀
completely forgot about that clown match.......now it's stuck in my head.
Don't forget, the Rumble match in 2015 didn't really end after Kane and Big Show were eliminated because Rusev wasn't eliminated at all. That is, until Roman properly eliminated him, thus actually winning the match. You really seem to forget that one detail. But what do I know? It's a bad match, so I guess it doesn't matter
I remember tons of people thinking Reigns deserved a push up until Daniel Bryan came back. I had just gotten back into wrestling and didn't know about him. Everyone immediately thought he was going to win. They shouldn't have brought him back until after the Rumble if they weren't going to have him win. The Rusev thing was an extra kick in the pants. If neither of those things happened things would have worked out very differently.
Also, they were in Philly, where they punch horses and flip over cop cars even when they get what they want. Not getting Daniel Brian as the winner and booing Reigns for being the winner is what really drove the hatred of Reigns for many fans and set things back for years. Thanks Philly!
@@wrathofsocrus Yeah. Not even The Rock helped matters
@@wrathofsocrus Don't forget the place where Hitchbot was murdered.
Honestly, you not being into wrestling as much anymore sadly comforts me, because the tribalism and toxic fans are quickly turning me off from Wrestling.
Probably should change the video title to Most Hated WWE Matches because that was all the list contains
My most hated match is Rollins and The Fiend in Hell in A Cell. When I heard how bad it was, I checked it out and when it started I thought it was just standard Fiend no selling and Seth trying to beat him anyway and then, the finish happened. It was alright in my book and then it shot itself in the foot. And all four of it's limbs. HOW DO YOU HAVE A DQ IN A HELL IN A CELL MATCH?! THE WHOLE POINT OF IT WAS SO THEY COULD MAKE SOMETHING BRUTAL.
The first 40 seconds of this video pretty much explain why i basically checked out of the online wrestling community a couple years ago.
Wheh I got online 20+ years ago the internet was great because it allowed people to find others who shared their passions and talk about what they loved. Over the years however it's just turned into a toxic mess of tribalism and people seemingly arguing just for the sake of arguing. Apparently it was decided that you have to unconditionally support whatever you're a fan of and that anyone with an opposing point of view is just a biased hater. It's come to the point where there's no room for discussion, let alone thoughtful nuanced discussion. It's not just wrestling that has this problem either. Other fandoms I'm a big part of like superhero comic books and Formula One to name a couple have gone down the same path. The rise of Twitter seemed to make things exponentially worse. Now everyone's hot takes are limited to 280 characters so it seems whomever can be the most outrageous within that limit gets the most attention. Even worse is that people who *aren't* fans can come across a topic on Twitter and now feel they're entitled to enter into discussions of things they don't understand. At first the whole situation is annoying, then it becomes infuriating and finally exhausting. In the end it's not the smartest, most perceptive fans we see talking about what they love but those who are the loudest and most obnoxious.
I was there in the crowd in Buffalo for that Battleground match… my memory suppresses it until somebody brings it up, but it belongs on this list… my goodness.
Best comedy matches imo
5. Orange Cassidy vs Colt Cobana
4. Minoru Susuki vs The Swamp Monster
3.Kenta Kobasi vs Yoshikiku
2. Kenny Omega vs a 9 year old girl
1. Invisible man vs Invisible Stan.
God damn I relate to you so hard on so many things 🤣 amazing video as always! 🤘🏻
Kofi vs Lesner legitimately made we rage-quit WWE. It helped that AEW had just started up, but, still! I have not watched any live WWE tv since that day....
To me, the DX vs brothers of destruction match has never happened. My brain just refuses to believe that the match has happened. It just feels like a stupid fantasy booking to me.
Also started watching in 2000 and also knew even as a mark that something was seriously off with that main event 🤣 I generally liked the rest of the show, I was too young to truly appreciate that it wasn't as good as Mania should be and I'd seen bits on VHS of WM15 which I found incredibly boring so it wasn't so bad by comparison, but the Main Event felt so so long, hated the Foley/Trips team up and the finish. I guess I just loved the Triangle Ladder Match so much it saved the whole show for me.
I can't argue about Number 1 - that match NEVER should have happened - but I'm surprised that nothing from WrestleMania 9 made the list. That event ended up a turd shined up with some Ceaser's Palace polish.
Thinking about my most hated matches, I deadass didn't even think about Brothers of Destruction vs. DX purely because my brain erased that match entirely, so thanks for reminding me that the god awful thing exists.
I forget the year, but the Money in the Bank match that Brock Lesnar won despite never officially being in the match and coming out at the very end. That is my least favorite match.
The only saving Grace was Brock using the briefcase as a boom box- that was surprisingly entertaining. Otherwise I agree. And it sucked cause until the ending, that match was awesome from what I remembered. Then Ali stands on the ladder for an awkward amount of time, Brock saunters in, he wins it and that’s it. God i was pissed
5:50 you book The Fiend Vs Rollins in the call like this:
The Fiend kicks out, again and again and again, until Seth is forced to grab a sledgehammer. Then, as Seth swings the hammer at the downed Fiend's unprotected head, the lights go out, and the Fiend disappears.
The lights come back up, the ref looks under the ring, the Fiend is nowhere to be seen. The confused ref calls off the match. Holds up Seth's hand. The cage raises, Seth, baffled, walks slowly to the back, holding his belt. When Seth's at the top of the ramp, the lights go down again, when they come back up for a second, revealing that the Fiend has Seth in the Mandible Claw. When they go back up properly, Seth is on the floor, belt draped over him, Fiend nowhere to be seen.
End of feud. Fiend isn't seen on TV for a couple of weeks, when he comes back, he's haunting someone else.
Simples. Cool visual, keeps Seth strong because he won, keeps the Fiend looking ethereal and unstoppable, but just not interested in the belt. Booking dead end successfully escaped.
Never went back to watch it again but I remember really liking Shawn v Bret at WM12 when I first saw it like 8 years ago
saudi shows don’t exist to me they’re like a spin-off that uses the characters portrayed in wwe but doesn’t exist within the actual timeline
The one thing Adam and Jim Cornette might agree upon: their disgust of the Eugene character.
Honestly I think everyone can agree on that at this point.
Adam hates Eugene because of what Eugene is. Cornette does too, but he hates it more because Nick Dinsmore was the face of OVW and had so much potential.
Between Dinsmore, Mike Mondo, Rico Constantino and Dirty White Boy, there’s a track record of Vince burying all of Cornette’s best faces.
Good to know he doesnt hate judy bagwell on a forklift matches
My most hated match has to be Wresltemania Roman vs Triple H in the main event.
We knew Roman was going to win, a five year old could see that. The show had gone for so long and that main event was just so boring.
I remember watching it after saving it as a recording due to me being in the UK and it would’ve went way into the morning, and I had work the next day.
Got to the main event and I was bored out of my mind. None of the big moments got me excited and I was glad when it was over.
I miss Blampied being involved with wrestling a lot, I’ve tried getting into NRB several times but just can’t do it and it sucks sinxe Blampied and Laurie mainly focus on that channel now :(
With how many terrible matches Crown Jewel/Super Showdown has had since day 1, it's hard to tell if Saudi Arabia hates wrestling or if wrestling hates Saudi Arabia.
Being a wrestling fan is pretty much exactly what it's like to be a DC or Halo fan - mostly pain to the point of becoming unhealthy to keep close to your heart.
Wait, Adam was a sketch comedian? Is it possible to find any of that material online? I'd quite like to see that. Adam is a very funny man (that's the entire reason I watch these lists after all), and I'd like to see where he developed those skills.
It's really awesome content where I have a hunch on 8 of the matches and you still surprise me with sheer snark and wordplay, thank you Adam.
As I have gotten older I have mellowed out a bit in regards to pinpointing matches I hate but I suppose here are my big 3.
Undertaker vs HHH at wrestlemania 27. It goes on forever, it's full of shortcuts and I have never seen two legends take up so much time just laying down after exactly 1 spot, over and over.
Ambrose vs Lesnar. Brock didn't care so weeks of build and a lot of potential were just wasted.
Foley and the Rock's IQuit match. The match tells a hell of a story and has monster heat but as somebody who has been seriously messed up by one concussion, I just can't watch it. It's grotesque.
I got a way to save the Eugene character. Let him drop the gimmick mid match. He changes his face upon the opponent turning his back to big Nick. He goes after poor Eugene and Nick Densmore goes ham after his opponent is shocked by this. Nick puts on a wrestling clinic... or he gets extreme. Post match, he cuts a scathing promo on... well, EVERYONE. Those who gave him the gimmick, fellow wrestlers, upper management. And most of all, the fans. Then he goes on a tear, kicking butt.
The character was fine, just overstayed its welcome. The pop he got for coming to save Chris Benoit from Evolution would make most wrestlers today envious. The pairing with Regal was also fantastic.
Tribalism is always a disgusting thing... Whether it be in politics, religion, wrestling, fandom... Blind loyalty is a disturbing thing
Wow, Adam in sketch comedy? You learn something new everyday. I just thought the sarcasm and the sense of humor came with the accent 🤣
Adam you don’t have to want to obsess over, critique/scrutinize, or delve into dirt sheets to LOVE wrestling. Taking that stuff out makes it more fun if anything. Just a shame that’s what wrestling TH-cam is
I gotta agree with your number 5 entry. I'm also not qualified to say whether those who are mentally disabled are actually offended by the Eugene gimmick, but it just feels so ewwie having the heels beat the living hell out of the 'mentally disabled ' person
Wouldn't say hardcore but have been around for a good while. Well done, man and thank you
I keep up with pro wresling as much as I can but its comforting to hear that its ok to let it go sometimes. It is toxic and takes a toll sometimes
Now Randy is injured. Big Show and Daniel Bryan are in the rivalry promotion.
"The phrase 'Hardcore Adam Blampied fans' fills me with some dread." Oh, ok Adam :(
No, no, he’s not complaining that we’ve watched him for so long, he complaining that saying ‘(Hardcore) Adam Blampied fans’ makes him feel old.
@@Emgoscus328 Neither of these things you have suggested are supported by the quote. Hardcore doesn't mean to be a fan for a long time, it means to be a fan with obsessive devotion.
Obsessive fans are often unsettling, regardless of the target of obsession. It is natural to feel uncomfortable with being that target. That's all there is to take from what was said without reaching.
I need more info on Adam's comedy sketch background
DX Vs Brother Of Destruction will always be one of the worst match, It ruined their legacy a bit. And Seth vs The Fiend HIAC is up there aswell.
It's interesting, cause I'm experiencing a similar issue to Adam in that I too have grown weary of the tribalism and backstage drama, but my treatment is to just watch both major products and enjoy them on their own merits! I've started to really like Raw and Smackdown for the bigger characters and bombast, and I still love Dynamite and Rampage for the workrate and slightly grittier tone. It's great!
Though I also understand that's not really viable for someone who has to take diligent notes and prepare "big reactions," so I'll just say: MY most hated match is definitely the main event of 'Mania 2000. Like Tina Belcher in a parking lot, they had innumerable good options, and instead chose to slam into the only other car in the whole place.
Also NRB rules and practically justifies my TH-cam premium account all on its own, so that work is paying off MASSIVELY.
Love the bobs 🍔 ref
Okay, most of this I agree with, but not only do I have a much more positive outlook on Triple H's WrestleMania matches, but I loved the 2015 Royal Rumble. It was so annoying to me how the year prior all these smark fans with their indy darling Daniel Bryan basically hijacked shows,, including the 2014 rumble, that seeing him go out early and with "Shattered Dreams" appearing in the background in that very moment was just brilliant
Ricochet and Kofi hmmm something in common I wonder 🤔🤔😱👍🏽
I watched the Bret vs Shawn at WM12 and was on the edge of my seat the whole time. It's one of my favorite matches. I could never get bored with it . I agree with the rest of the list though .
All of the recent maches on this list, I agree with. Oldberg/Fiend was actually the first match that made me have a rage fit
The Saudi shows are not canon. You cannot convince me otherwise.
Remembering the reaction from WC days, I'm literally gobsmacked at which Randy Vs Bray match made it here😂😂😂
I totally agree with 10. That WM was like a cool movie with a crap ending.