10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2011

[@richardmcfadden5217]

Cole as a heel was the WORST idea of 2011. That made every show unwatchable for that whole time.

[@adamweger40]

I was 12 at the time and still not smart to what wrestling was and I absolutely hated cole and miz so I didn’t realize just how bad it was

[@ivaneurope]

It's one thing to have a heel comentator like JBL, Wade Barrett or Corey Graves, but to have one of your lead announcers be this insufferable prick day-in and day-out on television (as he was on RAW, SmackDown and the reality version of NXT) is just too much for fans to bear. And bringing up Lawler's deceased mother in the fold really gave "Eddie's in hell" vibes. And it took a near death experience to Lawler on live episode on RAW (over a year and a half after that feud statred) for WWE's writing staff to right all wrongs and end the heel Michael Cole experiment (as he was clearly worried that his friend in real life may not survive)

[@Fukkkkkk]

Heel Cole ruined so many matches, I had to watch them on mute, because he was unbearable to listen to.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

So he did his job as a heel commentator

[@eldoctorx]

@@mihaimercenarul7467 Making shows unwatchable is the opposite of what a commentator or any on screen talent is supposed to do

[@genesis4322]

The worst part about the whole "Jerry Lawler vs Micheal Cole" storyline is that they made Cole look like he was on the same level as Jerry and that's just sad to me.

[@gabepollock1641]

I’ve always believed that the feud could’ve worked if it started at Elimination Chamber and ended at Mania. Let Cole cost Jerry the Ladder match, and have Jerry squash him at Mania. You can keep stone cold’s involvement/post-match and it would even let you get rid of the Raw GM sooner by denying its mouthpiece. It didn’t need the tag match with JR or the Kiss My Foot match.

[@genesis4322]

@@gabepollock1641 Yeah it didn't need all the useless middle bits.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

@@genesis4322 tbf just how cole was a mediocre heel commentator, so was Jerry a mediocre face commentator

[@genesis4322]

@@mihaimercenarul7467 I was thinking in terms of being a wrestler. Lawler was a legitimate wrestler in his day but Cole has only been a commentator.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

@@genesis4322 oh yeah, there you are right wrestling wise. Nowadays, funny enough, I consider curent Michael cole better than Jerry was as a face. Jerry was în his prime as a legendary commentator when he was heel alongside jim ross

[@VincentMI9]

SmackDown in 2011 was so good the One More Match feud between Christian and Orton into Mark Henry's Hall of Pain for the World Heavyweight Championship, Cody with his undashing gimmick winning the IC title, Daniel Bryan winning the SD MITB, it was and still is so damn underrated

[@brandonlink7471]

Ah yes, Cody’s IC run. He even brought that classic belt design back to the IC title. My favorite IC title design of all time. Better than the current one.

[@landodoesreviews3300]

Also another underrated gem for me, was the Barrett & Orton feud. Thought that was really good

[@kawaiipotetu4047]

@@landodoesreviews3300 same here, though I forgot what started their feud. All I could remember was that it started in Survivor Series.

[@quentinkaasa47]

SmackDown was straight up terrible by 2011. Half of the show every week was a recap of stuff that had already happened.

[@ВикторГайдаржи-ъ2б]

Imagine how differently history of pro-wrestling would've turned out to be if WWE have listened to this fans sign : 05:04

[@comixproviderftw_02]

They did consider getting The Bucks for NXT but they declined.

[@gabepollock1641]

There was a bit more story to the Corre’s match, short as it was. Gabriel and Slater had beaten Santino and Kozlov for the Tag Team championships back in December, and the Corre jumped Kozlov at Axxess to write him out. Kofi subbed in because Barrett had just beaten him for the IC title on a March episode of SmackDown. Everyone involved had a reason for being there, it was just so short that the story became irrelevant.

[@VincentMI9]

I swear The Corre was way better than the New Nexus

[@gabepollock1641]

@@VincentMI9Hard agree. Corre kept the standouts of the OG Nexus lineup (sans Daniel Bryan). Barrett was a solid heel in-ring and on the stick, and Gabriel + Slater had great tag team chemistry. Punk was left to carry Otunga + McGillicutty (who were mediocre at best), Husky Harris (who had no gimmick at that point and quickly got written out), and Mason Ryan (overly green & rushed to TV).

[@dylanogg347]

@@gabepollock1641 Plus, The Corre won a major singles Championship with Barrett as Intercontinental Champion. And they had more success in a short time span.

[@gabepollock1641]

@@dylanogg347 That’s true too. The Corre’s biggest short coming is that they were split so soon. Ezekiel Jackson’s face run didn’t work out, and Gabriel and Slater’s tag split took them both away from being treated as threats (though Slater maintained much more of a presence on TV).

[@dylanogg347]

​@@gabepollock1641 At the very least, Gabriel or Slater should've beaten Barrett for the Intercontinental Championship. Gabriel was one of the final three in the first season of NXT; getting pinned by Barrett in the last match. Plus, he'd already gotten heat on Barrett by eliminating him in a #1 Contender's Battle Royal (I think it was to decide who would face Del Rio for the World Heavyweight Championship at Extreme Rules). Slater was a likeable goof, and if he took the belt off Barrett at Capitol Punishment, at least the USA chants would have made sense. Plus, Slater finished fourth overall in NXT, so he was just right behind Gabriel, who finished third. Either way, Barrett would have dropped the belt to another former Nexus member who would have been there since day one, so there is a nice thematic ending.

[@TheThird1977]

King vs. Cole at WrestleMania would have been great had Jerry just punched Cole then hit him with a piledriver. That pay-off would have been enough.

[@gabepollock1641]

Hard agree. I’ve always said the mistake wasn’t the angle but the match. Jerry should’ve squashed Cole, and Cole and Swagger could’ve taken the Stunner afterward, plus Mathews and Booker since they’d have to call the match anyhow. Gets to the Lawler/Ross booth and cuts out the crowd killing match + Raw GM.

[@httr94]

I've only been to one WrestleMania and that was 27. It was a bad show but hey I've been to a WrestleMania and got to see Triple H vs. Undertaker. 🤷‍♂️

[@Bk26342]

And The Rock!

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

@@Bk26342 who ruined The main event

[@skeetervalentine2471]

The only saving grace.

[@acceptable1609]

Same here, the whole card outside of The Undertaker vs. Triple H felt like an average episode Raw.

[@mycahjofficial]

*The WrestleMania main-event between John Cena and The Miz had two problems of why it didn’t work. First and foremost, the match was pointless because all it was just a marketing to set up next year’s ‘Mania main event between Rock and Cena. Second, Miz at the time, really had no business being in the main event nor did he have any business being WWE champion. Even though he’s massively improved over the past decade, but it was too soon for him at the time because he was made to look like a fluke champion.*

[@Julian-xj6mh]

You sound/write like a 4th grader

[@ScarletDuke]

The first Wrestlemania I attended was 27 and I can personally say how deflating the whole main event was for the live crowd.

[@Fnf_byrj]

I was a little kid watxhjgn this, and it was my first one watching it that I love it, but maybe it’s just the kid in me and nostalgic , never went back to it tho 😅😅

[@gunfighter009]

Also Miz got concussed near the start of it

[@JoshHatfield]

Miz should have won clean.

[@jordanmorton713]

I wanna forget Michael Cole’s heel run ever happened

[@yousufseedat7736]

Agreed Cole right now is better

[@hhtptai]

2011 was a slog to get through as a WWE fan. Also, why didn't you guys just turn the trilogy of terror between Cole and Lawler into it's own entry instead of having it take up the last three spots?

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

Because that's how bad it was.

[@hhtptai]

@@CarbonRollerCaco fair enough, I was trying to not kill myself watching the feud play out.

[@MandalorianKat]

Soccer is what the sport was called in the early 1800s in Great Brittan when universities started playing the game but with different rules from standard football. This game was brought to America and is why we use the word Soccer as that is what we were told it was called.

[@NGunn99]

It's still called football everyone else calls it football but you lot just have to be different.

[@MrDavicovic]

@@NGunn99 He already gave you an explanation.

[@f10nn02]

@@MrDavicovic yeah but the rules they use in American soccer have been the same as European football for a long long time so it still doesn't make sense why they continue to call it that

[@aj_gen_ace]

The scary thing about Cole vs Jerry is that Michael Cole has been undefeated at Wrestlemania since 2011.

[@Biting_bullets25]

The later half of this year was my introduction to wrestling when i was like 6-7

[@TheGlitched64]

I think this is the first time I have ever heard someone praise MIke Love. XD

[@quentinkaasa47]

Mike is unironically my favorite Beach Boy.

[@TheGlitched64]

@@quentinkaasa47 I mean the dude is... really fucked up especially what he did to Brian and being a right horrible person in general.

[@quentinkaasa47]

@@TheGlitched64 Sorry, I'm not that well versed in the Beach Boys lore. I just think Mike gets an unfair amount of criticism.

[@angelosayre]

All you had to say was The Core to sum up 2011

[@_NutcasE_]

there is something funny about british making fun of americans for using a term for football that british came up with.

[@Payduro]

This is the year I stopped watching WWE until recently in 2022. Even at 10 years old the Lawler/Cole stuff was too painful for me to watch and Edge leaving really turned me off wrestling for a long time

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

If Mike Love was booking, Hogan would've eclipsed Bruno Sammartino's multi-year title reign. "Don't fuck with the formula," from him, meant not changing with the times.

[@BlitzPlay]

Wanna know what's really sad about King v Cole at Mania that year? It was the best built feud of the whole show. Nobody cared about Edge v Del Rio until after Mania. You know why. Nobody cared about Cena v Miz. King and Cole, despite the obnoxiousness of Cole, at least had gained some interest. I, like most anybody, just wanted to see King beat up Cole for a few minutes and call it a finished story. I think most people had a genuine investment to see Cole get that comeuppance. Then... WWE just WWE'd it. ...... I don't even remember what other matches there were on that Mania card but XVII is just one of the worst Manias ever. It's so damn bad.

[@TheFuddFactory]

It was the year I was closest to quitting watching. I did quit for about a month but then someone had to drop a pipe bomb and it somehow got back to me and I had to check it out.

[@josuemillan1237]

Tell 'em, Adam. The REAL football, the one that ALL the world knows 😎

[@syria0110]

What's so funny about the whole football or soccer debate is that the sport was called "soccer" in Europe WAY before it did in the U.S. 💀

[@josuemillan1237]

@@syria0110 Well, I'm latino and we call it "fútbol" and the US one we call it "fútbol americano". The debate is for the english speaking. I'm just messing around 😅

[@CalTy316]

This was the first year I watched wrestling.

[@yousufseedat7736]

2011 was weird year for wwe

[@chrisbreezy3048]

I'm kind of surprised that LayCool & Ziggler vs. Morrison, Trish & Snooki, along with R-Truth vs. Cena for the WWE Title didn't make the list. However, I can understand why since the Trilogy of Terror that was Cole vs. Lawler occupied the Top Three.

[@optimus2008]

Honestly, I'd let Truth vs. Cena slip. Least I can do for the ageless wonder that is Ron Killings.

[@skeetervalentine2471]

Truth vs Cena wasn’t terrible tbh

[@ViciouSTakeS]

The coolest hot tag in history lmao! Great job.

[@harlster3373]

This is an unpopular opinion but I really liked the corre vs big show, kane, santino and kofi. I don’t know why I just get this random feeling of enjoyment whenever I watch it

[@danielbrennan7613]

You disgust me and many others I imagine

[@harlster3373]

@@danielbrennan7613 I’m sorry

[@MrDavicovic]

@@danielbrennan7613 Shut up nerd. It was a fun short match

[@silverback9572]

Christian should have won the 2011 Royal Rumble & defeated Edge for the World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania in my opinion, & the Royal Rumble should have stayed 30 people. They should have kept the Money In The Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania. John Cena Vs. Wade Barrett in the main event for the WWE Championship would have made more sense. I wish Jerry Lawler had a WrestleMania match with Bret Hart between 1993 - 1995

[@evanneal264]

Should have been Cena vs Barrett in the main event of 27

[@bradcarver8127]

It had been done. It should’ve been Punk vs Cena. Have the SES make life miserable for Cena on the road to Wrestlemania.

[@VincentMI9]

@@bradcarver8127 « it had been done so let’s put Cena vs Punk again » + SES was dead 9 months ago at this point lmao

[@bradcarver8127]

Punk and Cena had yet to hit their stride from a rivalry and match potential standpoint. While yes the SES had been dead for a long time at that point, simple solution keep them around.

[@VincentMI9]

@@bradcarver8127 I think you should document yourself on the rivalry Cena-Punk it’s a really personal rivalry and they faced a lot in 2 years in 1v1 or different matches

[@theluckiesteh9058]

Just gonna come out and say it, 2011 is the year Vince McMahon should've retired.

[@hunte5748]

Dude I loved 2011 rumble

[@LUKE2KOFFICIAL]

It's like at wreslemania 27 they jus couldn't be bothered to do anything good

[@optimus2008]

It says a lot that Vince did not like the only match of that show which was great.

[@daltonpinell6251]

They never, NEVER should've turned Michael Cole heel, he became basically the worst part of every WWE show through no fault of his own, the poor guy deserves a medal for all the crap he's had to endure throughout the years By the way Adam....IT'S CALLED SOC-CER! *clap-clap-clapclapclap*

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Football

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

American football îs rugby, they barely even use their foot

[@chenstormstout9456]

You Brits invented the term “soccer”. You just didn’t feel like using it anymore, so we kept it.

[@MrDavicovic]

I know! Imagine complaining for something that you invented lol

[@chenstormstout9456]

@@MrDavicovic I just feel like the “joke” is just tired at this point.

[@MrDavicovic]

@@chenstormstout9456 Is it really a joke? It feels more like a cheap shot to Americans.

[@chenstormstout9456]

@@MrDavicovic it’s more like ribbing.

[@yousufseedat7736]

They invented the sport but can't win the cup

[@DinobotTM2]

No, dudes. No Mike Love. Don't complement Mike Love. You don't know how bad that is.

[@jacrispy999]

But Mike Love is lovely 🤣😭

[@DinobotTM2]

@@jacrispy999 Man, don't complement Mike Love to any Beach Boys fan... that thing is pure evil

[@DirtiestDMusic]

Trust me, you don't want Mike Love involved.

[@showtime9508]

10:35 I knew it let's go

[@andrewreinwand4942]

Was 2011 also the year Cena feuded with R-Truth and Cole had to try and sell Truth knocking out Cena with bottled water? I hadn’t laughed that hard it quite some time and then they had the audacity to play it back the following week in slow motion with super serious music 😂

[@seanhuggan1989]

Wouldn't have said Miz vs Cena was one of the worst matches of 2011. Just wasn't booked well, other than the winner.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

It was a distaster. I have no problems with miz beating John cena, it's fine. But The way The match was executed was terrible and miz felt like he was The third wheel between John and The Rock

[@acceptable1609]

The whole thing existed to set up next years main event and that completely overshadowed it.

[@jodawa2504]

2011 WWE was a wild year. From CM Punk becoming Wade Barrett's leader replacement of the Nexus to form the equally "dangerous" New Nexus; the debut & formation of The Corre faction👎🏾; R-Truth turning heel for the very first time in WWE, becoming a hallucinating madman who talks to his imaginary friends that he called "Little Jimmys" & that conspiracy against him; Cody Rhodes, no wait a minute; "Dashing" Cody Rhodes becomes Disfigured/Disturbed Cody Rhodes(thanks to Rey Mysterio; Cody's words, not mine); the short lived tag teams of Air Boom(Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne) as well as Awesome Truth(The Miz & R-Truth). I loved whole R-Truth heel run because R-Truth was deadass hilarious! "There better not be no spiders on that ladder" after saying "I got acrophobia, y'all."🤦🏾‍♂️😆

[@jasonjimerson7046]

Wait... Koslov was a babyface at one time???

[@MrDavicovic]

When he was in a team with Santino

[@dylanogg347]

Unless Cole was trying to pay tribute to The Kat or get heat on Lawer by bringing up one his most infamous exes, that bubble wrap attire was pointless. And anyone with a half brain (which includes you Sid) could rip that crime against fashion off and beat Cole into a coma.

[@atlBG13]

Can u do worst matches of 1960

[@phillipsanders3718]

well by your ranking one would assume each cole vs lawler match got slightly less horrible as the fuede moved on lol.

[@FlyingExplorer2022]

as a great man once said "Omg Kevin Nash! Wtf? Thought he was deal lol"

[@donedeald8882]

I’m a say it ,you can’t be a WWE fan from a different country and not accept American football has huge influence and ties with wrestling

[@hazardtriplezero]

Soccer over here in Canada.

[@yousufseedat7736]

The sledgehammer ladder 🪜 👌 what more you want Kevin Nash with bad knees climbing

[@mattb6369]

To each their own, honestly in my opinion I really liked the TLC 2011 match between Triple H and big Kev. I thought it did a very commendable job working as WWE's "final" match for Nash, I've always felt Hunter did a phenomenal job carrying him (especially for being his first year as a part-time talent), even outclassed their 2003 rivalry (where their only really good match out of three was in England).

[@diegooliveira8696]

To be honest, the main problem was not the match himself. The problem was that WWE at the time hade so much good options about Nash return. Some rumors says that Nash would be a leader of a stable with superstars who were dissatisfied with Triple H run as chief of the company (The Miz,R truth, Chritians,Rhodes...). And that would leave in Survivor Series match with the control of the company on the line. That would be amazing. But they had that match at TLC match to end Nash´s run.

[@LUKE2KOFFICIAL]

You should do top 10 passing the torch moments between wreslers

[@hassamali8887]

Cm punk bring back so many fans back to WWE.

[@AOLEnby]

Remember fun fact a lot of former English colonies call it soccer and the uk invented the word. Lol

[@quavehiphop9152]

I've never seen that extreme rules match (thank God) but did Michael Cole really go to the ring wearing bubble wrap??? That's so embarrassing... for the bubble wrap.

[@Chichimee]

Trump’s hair IS real. Jus saying

[@SheriffOutlaw]

I'm surprised that Triple H vs CM Punk didn't make the list 😂

[@jordancourtney9142]

This year is probably the reason I will never be able to like or appreciate Michael cole

[@ice_cube8302]

I forgot Ezekial Jackson was a thing

[@Mark.M87]

Ik this was 3 weeks ago but I actually liked the Sin Cara vs Sin Cara rivalry when I was little! Bc the moment I saw Hunico, I instantly became a fan of him and his attire made the blue Sin Cara look like a Mexican version of Spider-Man! Lol but if people don't like my opinion, that's fine. I've been treated like that before

[@Nbflowers1989]

Oh yeah! Here we go!

[@valarey]

i disagree on the sin cara vs sin cara match, this one was not bad amongst all these matches

[@hyperzillas]

The British were the first to call it soccer though. Australia has their own football but nobody ever seems to talk about that.

[@greasy2007]

Not sure how Kelly Kelly managed to make it to the WWE

[@SammyBoyDPK]

WOW incredible Beach Boys refrence.

[@dannytoeman]

Haha what’s Mike Love doing in a cultaholic video??

[@cecilk6655]

@ 5.04 anyone notice that sign in the crowd 😅

[@handleunavailable]

Can't believe there aren't any butthurt people in the comments bitching at you for making fun of Frump's hair.

[@MrDavicovic]

I thought it was a passive aggressive cheap shot but the whole video is just passive aggressiveness so I forgot.

[@juicedup2622]

Join us

[@stylekiller21]

Oh boy mike love would be the worst booker. Kinda like the nwa rn with Corgan. Rather see what Brian Wilson would do.

[@charliearnold6992]

i get so much nostalgia from 2011 WWE

[@digitalstatictv]

Same. Mostly a memorable year IRL, but that's why we have these videos

[@justinterry7853]

Same here I started in late 2009 and 2010-2016 was my childhood

[@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137]

@@justinterry7853 holy shit dude me too

[@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137]

Me too man

[@nicktaylor2657]

There is even an older American saying Futbol or soccer is boring 😴😴😴

[@greasy2007]

So glad I skipped WWE in 2011

[@MrDavicovic]

Dude really likes to be passive aggressive.

[@kellysandidge6584]

How you gonna throw 2 guys with a total of 0 quads in a ladder match

[@scootinand]

Mike Love? But he's history's greatest monster!

[@maxbuffkin5625]

There's a great breakdown of a terrible Beach Boys album by ToddInTheShadows, and he goes over well-enough how Mike Love.... Fucked with the formula. XD

[@KassNotInTheTrash]

No matter what the case is, cultaholic always will have an old saying for everything

[@B4SH24]

9:22 LOL

[@gerardocaceres3905]

2011 was the worst year of WWE in the 2010s. WWE became very childish, and the commentators' rivalry was the most ridiculous thing to ever happen.

[@Ivantheterrible81280]

Shocking HHH vs Nash was a bad match.

[@Hashtonkusher1]

Cm punk kinda looks like David archet. How ever you spell it

[@JouvaMoufette]

Scuse me I'll have you know soccer is a BRITISH invented term

[@Evansmellslikecharlie]

5:15 lmao that’s ironic

[@EricW26]

I liked heel Cole

[@jsmith3946]

I thought Kevin and hhh where closer in age

[@barryparker4733]

I physically cringe when I hear MMM say that line

[@Jaire.]

Cody’s undashing gimmick was lit also Randy Wade Barrett feud is underrated af btw shouldn’t The Corre have won at mania 😐

[@multiyapples]

I actually enjoyed seeing The Miz as WWE Championship. Honestly, something good came out of the the Royal Rumble match. Santino Marella getting a huge pop.

[@larry01902]

Vince loved quantity at Mania, over quality. That and incest storyline, along with other forms of toilet humor storylines.

[@ShaunHopkinsAVFC]

Btw you lot started calling it soccer not us

[@yousufseedat7736]

They can't even play the sport

[@zazastugibababooey]

Idk I enjoyed Sin Cara vs Sin Cara

[@DanielJackson98]

It’s called soccer for 1, for 2 it was called soccer first. RAHHHHH 🇺🇸

[@auglicious]

Not the worst Wrestlemania every, but possibly the most pointless.

[@chargersnation5566]

All the garbage WWE was putting out at that time was, well. Garbage haha..

[@dmercy8477]

This video just proves how awful Mania 27 was. It was just a bad promotion to set up the 28 matches. The Undertaker Match was only good match on that card. Lawler/Cole feud was so horrible should have never happened m.

[@Gazowen-qz5xy]

It might be me but i actually liked alberto del rio

[@LUKE2KOFFICIAL]

Booker t 2023 😃

[@elchomper.1063]

The term soccer was created in England.....

[@Oldmonstrosityshop]

Cronyism*

[@TheSmackShow]

2011 was great front to back. Mania 27 is underrated. This is the year I started watching so I’m biased but 2011 is a great year

[@danielbrennan7613]

No…. Mania 27 was one big piece of shit bar taker trips. This is not my opinion, it’s pure non negotiable scientific fact

[@saintrocketIX]

If Mike Love ran WWE, he'd have Trump guest host Raw while he had all the beautiful women fawn over him. So he'd be Vince.

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

🙊😂🤣😁

[@chadnickelson5928]

Can someone explain to me why this channel and everyone else hates all the diva matches, biking contests, bra and panties matches. Why so much hate?

[@danielbrennan7613]

I for one think there is hidden genius in bra and panties matches and sure be brought back immediately

[@dakaraipatterson2986]

Because we live in an Era now where women's matches are determined by skill and not by who has the biggest fake sweater puppets

[@chadnickelson5928]

@@dakaraipatterson2986 they shouldn’t be. They were better in the smaller roles

[@dakaraipatterson2986]

@Chad Nickelson ummm what? Bayley, Becky lynch, Sasha Banks, Charlotte, rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, and Asuka would like to talk to you

[@chadnickelson5928]

@@dakaraipatterson2986 I don’t give a fuck about anything of them. It’s not better. I don’t want them to see them wrestle all the time. Definitely not have their own royal rumble and money in the bank. Like wtf happened