10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2005

From The Undertaker vs. Heidenreich at Royal Rumble to Theodore Long vs. Eric Bischoff at Survivor Series, these are the 10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2005!
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[@letsgowrestling]

The fact that Wrestlemania 21 had two of the worst matches of that year but still be regarded as one of the best WMs ever is a testament to how strong the rest of the card was.

[@pauldavis6232]

Two coronations for WWE's next top guys, Kurt vs HBK I and Money in the Bank I were iconic as well as Eddie vs Rey and Taker vs Randy were very good too.

[@mrhaag]

Shawn Michaels found out what it was like wrestling him in the 90's.

[@EmenussGOamazing]

No wonder he let cena go over

[@liloiax22]

2:02- are you joking? This should be on the TOP 10 MATCHES of 2005 list lmao 🤣🤣🤣

[@seanchilders]

“and wwe still refused to get behind several stars the fans clearly wanted to succeed” Thought this was a video about 2005, not 2023

[@optimus2008]

Tbh, 2023 was the Triple H year, and LA Knight and Chad Gable did get opportunities to shine instead of being shifted to the Main Event show.

[@breakdown461]

That hissy fit was what made that match memorable. I agree with you. Otherwise it would have been another instance of opponents running into Hogan's fists.

[@dylanogg347]

Fun Fact: Eric Bischoff and Teddy Long will have a combined age of 138 this year.

[@RicoTheL3g3nd]

IDGAF what you say, Hogan vs Michaels was a match that I thouroughly enjoyed simply because I love sports entertainment, and consider me very Sports Entertained! 😂😂😂

[@rhedosaurus2251]

I'm not going to lie, but for all the backstage screwjobs HBK pulled off backstage in the 1990's, he deserved to have Hogan feed him some of his own medicine.

[@mrhaag]

At least Hogan didn't lose his smile.

[@DJDoubleCee]

Akebono vs. Big Show is definitely on the top of my list when it comes to worst matches if 2005 😖

[@martinputt6421]

It was weird too

[@asapoluu9885]

Insane that lashley was around in 05 Criminally underrated

[@michaelsinger4638]

I felt bad for both Trish and Christy. They were put in a bad spot. Christy was not ready for her push and Trish was stuck trying to carry a super green woman at Mania. Vince REALLY loved humiliating Big Show it seems.

[@zanethind]

Poor Big Show honestly

[@GMRay739]

As much as I love Trish, she's not really ever been the best in-ring, either. Wasn't going to be a great match no matter how much prep they had.

[@ObstagoonGuy]

@@GMRay739 But she grew into her role considering that she was hired for being a pretty model with no prior wrestling experience. She really worked hard and earned her spot as one of the GOATs in female wrestling!

[@QuesT23]

Whatever, HBK vs Hogan was hilarious and entertaining. Still accomplished its goal- it was entertaining and actually different from what you normally see. Thank you HBK 😂

[@superbantam523]

Putting someone over doesn't work for me, brother

[@JackMcSomeone]

1:41 I never expected a JoJo reference in a Cultaholic video

[@saranshpandey3056]

2005 was one of the best years of WWE. I was only 4 years old but man Batista finally breaking from Evolution capturing Heavyweight championship becoming face of smackdown. John cena of Raw with WWE championship from JBL. How they turned real life Matt hardy and Lita angle into a wwe storyline with edge. Randy Orton and Undertaker legendary fued that everyone thought ended after Undertaker defeated him at Mania but he came coming back. Eddie and Rey Legendary I am your Papi fued dor custody of Dominik man what a time to live in

[@nichhodge8503]

I was 24 in October 2005 and while 2005 was one of the best years in my life I can’t say that was because of WWE. I started watching WWE (WWF at the time) in 1986 seeing Hulkamania at it’s highest and lowest and Hogan’s rebirth 10yrs later as Hollywood Hogan in the nWo. I got to see wrestling both WWF and WCW at their lowest but for me 1996 wrestling picked up as a new guy in WWF called Steve Austin caught my attention and after his KOTR 96 Austin 3:16 speech making him my new favourite wrestler above the Undertaker. But seeing 1997 then 98 & 99 those were the best years of wrestling, almost every week on WWF & WCW were great and with you being born in 2001 (I’m sorry for that as growing up in the 80’s & especially the 90’s were special and you’ll never get to experience such an amazing time before the world turned to shit in the mid 2000’s) you missed out on a magical time to be a wrestling fan and a magical time to be a teenager in the 90’s. So I’m sure 2005 WWE was great for you but 6-7yrs earlier would’ve been a whole different world for you and that’s if you got the programme due to it’s sexual innuendos

[@oddishhonor]

@@nichhodge8503weird to be flexing you’ve been a fan longer but okay.

[@jaycerrito3142]

I turned 7 in September of that year

[@DERRTYCHYBO]

Quick everyone state how old they were in 2005. Ill go first: 15

[@TheRealFandjango]

The Trish vs Christy match was because they wanted to do Trish vs Lita but she was still recovering from her neck injury. So they went with Christy, the push was because she was the playboy cover girl. They ran that same playboy mania story with Sable, Maria, Ashley Masaro, Chyna(exclusively at wmx7

[@showtime9508]

2004( oh geez the year when some of the attitude era stars left) Brock vs goldberg(mania 20) Taker vs the Dudley (or alot more of the great american bash 2004) Triple h vs Eugene (summerslam) The boxing match at armageddon Divas dodgeball

[@noobsaibot8844]

Tyson Tomko vs Stevie Richards - Unforgiven 2004

[@Noble6XD]

Michaels vs. Hogan is a master piece. I will not tolerate this.

[@titanironwolf7986]

tbf with HBK v Hogan. the original plan was after HBK turned heel on Hogan after a tag match was for the two legends to have at least 3 PPV matches however Hogan could only do the one at Summerslam because he needed surgery done for past injuries and original plans was for HBK to go over and win the first bout too. However Hogan just like in the 80s and 90s flat out refused to lose and even threatened to not appear at Summerslam unless he was given the W cause well Hogan refuses to lose to small men. so HBK who was furious over the match decision change decided to intentionally ruin the match by overselling every attack he took from Hogan to embarrass him

[@robertt9342]

Embarrasses him and the business more though.

[@dfazzo00]

The year I started watching wrestling 😢

[@marvelsProtege]

Fighting for Trish Stratus is a very good reason

[@KDB349]

Lmao facts

[@zanethind]

Edge and Matt's rivalry was underrated

[@Rayzersword]

At the time I saw the Big Show vs. Akebono I thought it was interesting because I thought it was real due to how quickly Big Show lost. Knowing that it was a work made it horrible.

[@yomanrich3]

How dare you. That HBK-Hogan match is one of my all-time favorites

[@mcnonswagger3872]

Man the beginning to the Kane V Viscera was setup nicely for DVDA reference. IYKYK

[@SaintPhoenixx]

That 10 year old girl Heidenreich befriended looks eerily like Stephanie McMahon.

[@shelden286]

Shawn getting screwed by hogan's politicking is sweet karma if we calling a spade a spade

[@yeahyeah8439]

For a match to be good or decent in cultaholic's eyes is a match were you hit 30 flips and 50 unconvincing piledrivers

[@ashtargalaticcommand]

7 stars in the Tokyo Dome

[@iconicsurvivormoments]

Hey you should do this series for best matches every year! Love the videos

[@Rickbane01]

2005 must have been the year of the Ox with the amount of beef on display.

[@optimus2008]

Ay man, I'll let Hogan vs. HBK slip. Yeah it was a crazy nutty match but I don't think one can measure the joy of HBK making a joke out of that egomaniacal hot dog weirdo.

[@K1ngHardaway]

Honestly they weren't that much different from each other in their primes.

[@optimus2008]

@@K1ngHardaway They really weren't 😂 I still love Shawn, atleast he didn't insult a whole community for being better at wooing his daughter than he himself was.

[@K1ngHardaway]

@@optimus2008 naw I wasn't talking about the outside stuff because believe me I hate Hogan as a person.

[@optimus2008]

@K1ngHardaway I know, I get it. I never liked Hogan before. On first impression, I thought he looked absolutely weird and overcooked. Shawn on the other hand seemed entertaining.

[@TravelerVolkriin]

The question mark sound effect ending me! 🤣

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

2005 was the rise of John Cena & Batista to the top

[@natarajadithya9508]

Chris benoit vs Orlando jordan shortest matches

[@gsandison1]

Hogan v Michaels is so bad it’s good.

[@K1ngHardaway]

Maven looked so plain. He was a default create a wrestler in a videogame.

[@andu1854]

Chris Nowinski was the best pro wrestler during that season, he had charisma and could make the crowd boo him,

[@discoron77]

Thank you for the Palmer Cannon shout out!

[@Game7Mode]

2005 was one of those watershed years in wrestling history. Or many I'm just saying that because I turned 11 that April and started hitting puberty.

[@discoron77]

It really was, especially if you include TNA with that. Samoa Joe vs AJ Styles vs Christopher Daniels alone could be at the top of that conversation.

[@Game7Mode]

@@discoron77 oh yeah. last generation of guys who were influenced by those tough old school wrestling locker rooms.

[@d.k.n4803]

Heidenreich, the next, next, previous best thing....

[@Sunprism]

I can imagine Matt Hardy and Edge found it a little hard to work with eachother at the time

[@optimus2008]

That's an understatement.

[@nickmontoya3001]

Atleast with Yokozuna being afraid of Caskets was enjoyable and comedic.....Heidenreich......not so much

[@adriankay4046]

I'm sorry I loved shawn doing that hogan deserved it

[@iHeartDash]

Never thought I’d hear a man complain about 6 grown women rolling around in their underwear for 5 minutes 😂

[@bradcarver8127]

It’s great hearing Pacitti act like he didn’t like it at the time. Yeah sure buddy we were all woke and progressive in 2005.

[@jeicedorin5862]

One of the reasons why I'm slowly stop watching these videos. 😢

[@bradcarver8127]

One of the many reasons I’ve stopped watching this channel.

[@Muhammadwasapedo]

​@@jeicedorin5862 worse is that the place these guys came from, wokeculture, is even worse.

[@robertt9342]

Yes, as opposed to men rolling around in their underwear for 10.

[@moopert86]

Shawn Michaels got mad about Hogan politicing to not lose? In other news, the pot had some words for the kettle.

[@kevrulz06]

Yeah, Big Show lost a fake sumo match, but I applaud WWE for at least trying to do something different, even if it wasn't great. Watching the DVD, the crowd definitely makes noise when the two men take off their robes, and they're not totally silent during the match either. I don't know why people talk negatively about Big Show (and Akebono) wearing the sumo attire. It's not like Americans have never heard of sumo. What did they expect them to wear? At least WWE knew to keep the match very short. It's not that long, nor should it have been. Doing the ceremonial stuff was probably put in there so the whole segment wasn't just entrances, then a match shorter than the entrances. I wouldn't want to see another sumo match (real or pre determined in WWE) but I appreciate the novelty of them at least trying something different. And the history of Wrestlemania is trying something different. Sometimes works. Sometimes doesn't.

[@jaysnk408]

I started watching on and off in 2002-2003 and in mid 2004 I was fully locked in to Pro Wrestling. So 2005 was my first full year of actively watching. Well just the blue brand since we didn't have cable.

[@multiyapples]

Interesting list.

[@1111317]

I didn't think heidnrich matches with taker were bad.he was good with tag team in animal.may be with other character he would have got over

[@MudSluggerBP]

Christ Christy had a 23 yr olds body and a 43 yr olds face 😂

[@jimbo_1312]

Body of baywatch, face of crimewatch.

[@GamblerOfFate777]

Holy shit it’s so accurate 😂

[@Vanisonic]

1:42 This place is taken

[@Thechezbailey]

Truly the actions of someone born again 😂

[@playaton92]

I'm sorry but it's hard to feel much sympathy for Shawn Michaels having to lose a match.

[@hollowfox]

hbk hogan best worst match of all time! also heidenreich attempted a pinfall in the casket match against taker smh

[@c0mpr3nd3]

I think you're being unfair on the Maven match. Out of context I get why you're down on it but with the context of the show the E had just had 2 wrestlers suffer crippling knee injuries in the two previous matches. This was most likely booked this way to try and break any pattern from forming.

[@maxxxxx6511]

Love this series!!

[@diobrando1501]

"Scourge of The Undertaker" Maven.

[@tyrone5969]

Is a casket a box or a box like structure? Debate.

[@farqueue001]

One of the best things Michaels did was make hogan look like the deadset drop kick he actually is. Only we didn’t find out until later. Shawn knew and this was his way of letting US know that hogan was a JOKE

[@Kerorofan1990]

HBK mad about backstage politicking. Talk about pot and kettle.

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

Thank For The Video 🙊🤯👌🤩🌟💛🥇🏆

[@kendall6515]

2004 and continued throughout 2005 was when they made serious cuts and by then they had very little divas left. So they brought in all these new diva hires that had just started straight into the ring. And it was bad. I didn’t mind it as a kid. Now, I’m kinda grateful we got actual women’s wrestling now.

[@brandone869]

The HBK marks annoy me so much

[@hardluckwoman3448]

I loved maven vs Shelton Benjamin

[@user-dp6cw9po5k]

Teddy Long vs. Eric Bischoff SHOULD have Been Number 1 in My Book, It was WAY more of a Stinker than Akebono vs. Big Show!😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@ysbryd9779]

Too saucy for youtube? Have you not seen some of the stuff on here?

[@discoron77]

Undertaker vs Muhammad Hassan

[@pushon10]

so glad I wasn't watching wrestling in those days

[@Thechezbailey]

This was the beginning of the second dark times

[@ritebrayned5657]

Heidenreich, though

[@iwale4317]

Did you do a worst of 2006?

[@noobsaibot8844]

Yes.

[@KDB349]

Call me a simp, i don't care but I'd say fighting for Trish Stratus let alone the reason to see her in lingerie is a pretty good reason. Big ups to Viscera lmao. And listen, from a women's wrestling standpoint i understand but i can't be mad at a group of women rolling around in their underwear for 5 minutes. Besides, this was around the time i started watching wrestling. I still have no issue with the Divas Search lol. I can admit though, we all know, WWE didn't care about women's wrestling for the longest time.

[@davelucisano-fe5uw]

It’s CenAHHH NOT cenERRRR

[@Uripinkas]

1

[@Nbflowers1989]

Like spike!

[@Rad404error]

I turn up in January 2024 and I see worst wwe matches 1976

[@danieltaylor6836]

I get that you are somehow afraid of a attractive female body but o dont gwt why you feel the need to push your mysogynist veiws on these videos you have no right to say what is and isn't acceptable for a woman to do with her body using her own judgement

[@101Youfail]

Mysogynist. Lmao I’m sure the women loved doing that shit and definitely had a choice in the matter. Also some people just want to see wrestling on a wrestling product. You can just watch porn if you want porn.