This thread has probably been done before, but since Josh and Justin brought it up on CSR this week, I figured why not discuss it further.
There's so many to choose from, I can't just pick one. But I am going to disagree with what Justin Labar said about In YOur House 96. I believe a bad ppv should be judged by the card itself, not circumstances that are out of the control of the company putting on the show. Yeah, the power went out, but that's not WWF's fault. I think IYH 96 is a disappointing ppv, since things went wrong, but if the power hadn't gone out, the lineup for that card was pretty good.
Anyhoo, here are my worst ppv's ever:
WCW Capital Combat: May 19 1990.
The Power didn't go out....but I think everyone involved wished it had. This was the infamous ppv where ROBOCOP (yes, the movie character) saved Sting from the 4 horseman. WOW. All I can say is wow. If anyone tells you the Gobbildy Gooker was the worst moment in wrestling back in 1990, then they never saw Robocop in WCW.
WCW GREED:March 18 2001
It's March 2001. WCW is about to die and be bought by Vince McMahon. So...why should I fork over cold hard cash for a ppv that has no meaning? The lineup itslef is completely forgettable as this was WCW at it's worst and least popular. But the larger point is why this event took place at all?? Who cares about individual wrestling feuds when everyone knows the company is going under. And if its your last ppv ever...why not go out with a bang instead of a whimper. Put on the best show you can with the best lineup ever. To hell with current tv storylines, no one was watching WCW anyway. Just put The Horseman, The NWO, Sting, Luger, Harlem Heat, Stieners, Rey Mysterio (masked version), and all the other memorable wcw stars in one last show. And what the hell, just call it Starrcade. That was always there biggest event, so why not have an impromptu Starrcade in march instead of...Greed? Really? You go out with WCW Greed? No wonder they died. I am aware that technically, WCW didn't know precisely when they were going to end. But the writing was on the wall. The company was up for sale and with rumors of Vince buying it, why not hold off on this meaningless GREED ppv until you know for sure the future of your company. No one cared about the tv storylines at this point, we were more interesting in the ongoing saga behind the scenes. WCW may not have known exactly the date it was going to die, but it knew it was on borrowed time.
KING OF THE RING 1995
You could pretty much pick ANY WWF ppv from 1995. 1995 had the worst Royal Rumble, the worst Wrestlemania, the worst Summerslam, all in one year. Only 1993 comes close to being as bad as 1995 for the WWF, but at least 1993 had evil Doink. These were the lean years between the Hogan era and the Austin era. And this ppv might have been the worst of them all. MABEL vs SAVIO VEGA for the KOTR. Say what?? After Bret and Owen won respecitively in 93 and 94, THIS is the best they can do in 1995?? Let's just say making Diesel the focal point of WWF was a big mistake. Diesel didn't have a whole lot of mileage.
There's so many to choose from, I can't just pick one. But I am going to disagree with what Justin Labar said about In YOur House 96. I believe a bad ppv should be judged by the card itself, not circumstances that are out of the control of the company putting on the show. Yeah, the power went out, but that's not WWF's fault. I think IYH 96 is a disappointing ppv, since things went wrong, but if the power hadn't gone out, the lineup for that card was pretty good.
Anyhoo, here are my worst ppv's ever:
WCW Capital Combat: May 19 1990.
The Power didn't go out....but I think everyone involved wished it had. This was the infamous ppv where ROBOCOP (yes, the movie character) saved Sting from the 4 horseman. WOW. All I can say is wow. If anyone tells you the Gobbildy Gooker was the worst moment in wrestling back in 1990, then they never saw Robocop in WCW.
WCW GREED:March 18 2001
It's March 2001. WCW is about to die and be bought by Vince McMahon. So...why should I fork over cold hard cash for a ppv that has no meaning? The lineup itslef is completely forgettable as this was WCW at it's worst and least popular. But the larger point is why this event took place at all?? Who cares about individual wrestling feuds when everyone knows the company is going under. And if its your last ppv ever...why not go out with a bang instead of a whimper. Put on the best show you can with the best lineup ever. To hell with current tv storylines, no one was watching WCW anyway. Just put The Horseman, The NWO, Sting, Luger, Harlem Heat, Stieners, Rey Mysterio (masked version), and all the other memorable wcw stars in one last show. And what the hell, just call it Starrcade. That was always there biggest event, so why not have an impromptu Starrcade in march instead of...Greed? Really? You go out with WCW Greed? No wonder they died. I am aware that technically, WCW didn't know precisely when they were going to end. But the writing was on the wall. The company was up for sale and with rumors of Vince buying it, why not hold off on this meaningless GREED ppv until you know for sure the future of your company. No one cared about the tv storylines at this point, we were more interesting in the ongoing saga behind the scenes. WCW may not have known exactly the date it was going to die, but it knew it was on borrowed time.
KING OF THE RING 1995
You could pretty much pick ANY WWF ppv from 1995. 1995 had the worst Royal Rumble, the worst Wrestlemania, the worst Summerslam, all in one year. Only 1993 comes close to being as bad as 1995 for the WWF, but at least 1993 had evil Doink. These were the lean years between the Hogan era and the Austin era. And this ppv might have been the worst of them all. MABEL vs SAVIO VEGA for the KOTR. Say what?? After Bret and Owen won respecitively in 93 and 94, THIS is the best they can do in 1995?? Let's just say making Diesel the focal point of WWF was a big mistake. Diesel didn't have a whole lot of mileage.
