10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2013

From Damien Sandow's unsuccessful Money In The Bank cash-in on John Cena to the epic Total Divas vs True Divas showdown at Survivor Series, these are the 10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2013.
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[@ThePhenomenalEX]

To this day, WWE trying to swap the Yes chant onto Big Show is just baffling.

[@keepmovingforward1722]

Wait!? They did?

[@carlosescareno6688]

@@keepmovingforward1722 It happened in the build up to Survivor Series 2013. WWE didn't like Daniel Bryan being over so they tried giving the yes chants to Big Show when he was in a fued with Randy.

[@user-db5zc1gp6t]

Batista was doing it a lot to

[@kingofsting19]

@Chuck Buskee There was some precedent for it, in that the Yes (and No) chants were associated with him, but they started getting over with the majority of the audience during the Team Hell No days, where Kane would also usually lead the contradicting chants to get the crowd to mock Bryan while he was still turning babyface. Then they both got involved in the Authority storyline, along with Big Show. That's not to say they weren't trying to steal Daniel Bryan's thunder, they absolutely were, just that they had good reason to think they *could* just do it and get away with it, and that most of the audience, especially the kids, would rather cheer for the Big Show than the guy who, just a year ago, was an abusive boyfriend that the WrestleMania crowd cheered at seeing lose in 18 seconds to Sheamus.

[@kingofsting19]

@chuckbuskee Smarks =/= all fans. Yea, the people who knew him from ROH always loved him. Smark-heavy-post-WrestleMania crowds loved him. That doesn't change the fact that circa WrestleMania 28, Daniel Bryan was a heel who had just started his main event push. The crowd at WrestleMania 28 didn't even boo his squatch. I'm not saying anyone "turned their back" on him, I'm saying you're overestimating how popular he was before his catchphrase era.

[@asa2002]

The worst part of Sandow Vs Cena is that the commentators kept saying Sandow started it...CENA IS THE ONE WHO PULLED HIM BACK WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO WALK OFF AND THEN YEAH...HE BEAT THE PISS OUT OF HIM WITH THE BRIEFCASE!😂

[@benediktwindisch2778]

Damien Sandows Gimmick was so cool. Shame WWE didn't really know what to do with him

[@zanethind]

I love Damian Mizdow lol

[@yedffgd]

The thing that makes Henry beating Ryback at 'mania 29 so baffling is that it was RYBACK who then went on to start a feud with John Cena for the WWE Championship the very next night on Raw. Why not give him the win to establish some credibility before his title program?

[@noobsaibot8844]

It ended up being a good thing Ryback lost since he is so bitter towards WWE now and called Vince's deceased mother a whore..

[@yedffgd]

@@noobsaibot8844 don’t get me wrong, fuck Ryback, but no, he still should have won here.

[@Matttaylor016]

Baffling

[@Venom3254]

The minute Sandow failed his cash in, I knew he was buried. Legit got me from not watching the product for that shit. I was fed up with the Super Cena bullshit Vince was doing.

[@optimus2008]

I know, but I'm glad you said Vince was doing the Super Cena stuff. I'm honestly sick of the man himself being blamed for it.

[@zachstolpa6521]

If you were a kid just getting into wrestling around this time it just makes you see how much bad material was around quality material whenever you look back. Still a bit like that today with WWE but not quite as much as 2010-2013.

[@CarbonGod666]

Ok

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

Total divas Be a member of the cast and you will be nominated for the slammy of diva of the year Seriously most of them did nothing that year

[@ArmadaAmbience]

I had all but forgotten about how dirty they did Damien Sandow. What a horrible, horrible mistake to not put the belt on him at that point. They didn't need to give him a clean win over Cena, but why not have a huge screwjob angle? God dang now I'm pissed again. LOL

[@zachstolpa6521]

They shouldn’t of given him the MITB win in the first place. Not that he has no talent but let be honest.

[@ArmadaAmbience]

@@zachstolpa6521 he was on fire for a while. It would have been a great shakeup. Fans were sick of the same 2 champions over and over. It's the same thing they've repeated and lost fans over.

[@RobertJW]

I loved him so much and they did him so dirty.

[@zachstolpa6521]

@@ArmadaAmbience the way Cody treated his ass in their fallout I’m ngl as a fan at the time I viewed him as a schmuck.

[@SenorKristobbalVLog]

The only bad thing about the Sandow match is how it ended. Him teasing first, then beating up Cena, saying My Time is Now, decent match before the AA was beautiful, if they pulled the trigger on him then when they should he would have ran with it.

[@acfreak55]

I feel like the right call was to just do what all heels do and have him cash it in after he gets beaten to death by another opponent. This was a very strange direction WWE took this heel. Lots of wasted potential too.

[@shreyanshsharma8909]

TBH, people kind of over-hate cena vs rock 2. If you go back and watch that match, they really played with the crowd working psychologically. For those who watched it a year prior, know about the spots that I am talking about. They gave their everything, and after a few minutes, the crowd was into that. And for newcomers like me who never watched it before, it was a good match. The only dis-interest of some people was the problem. They just don't want to see that, because punk wasn't in the main event and wwe champ. But bruh, both rock and cena were far more popular than him in 2013. Go watch their matches and crowd reactions in 2013. Punk do revived and was amazing after payback.

[@zachstolpa6521]

I will speak as someone the wwe was targeting being a kid watching it starting in late 2011. Again I was just one of many kids watching but easily the coolest and THE go to guy was punk compared to anyone else regularly active on the roster at that time. You’re right more casuals knew rock and cena more than punk but to those who weren’t casual cm punk was the guy.

[@AliSubhi-xs4rn]

True. It was a decent little match, neither man's best work, but decent nonetheless. CM Punk cult of a fanbase are the only ones still crapping over it to this day.

[@plebastian2300]

People hate the fact that they had the second match so much, they convince themselves that the match itself is bad

[@zzZZsSkK]

Build up sucked, literally fucked punk out of an amazing opportunity, he had the match of the night as well. The match its self was good but everything else just stinks up wm 29. Time in and time out they choose to be ignorant and avoid pushing people who deserve it. John cena didnt even need the rumble win either LMAOO they coulda just ran it back. It was such a predictable and boring story line. Imo comparable to triple h's reign of terror from 02-05. Had its good moments and did some people good, but overall served the agenda of one or two ppl

[@mrprophet9916]

Vince wrestled God himself you know, I'm sure if he wanted to he could cancel Christmas.

[@princeanubis7800]

You missed the vital detail about the Sandow cash-in. Sandow was beat by a one-armed Cena. Cena after Sandow worked over his shoot injured arm prior to the cash-in.

[@Nitemerican]

Super Cena at his finest.

[@zachstolpa6521]

@@Nitemerican sandow probably would’ve lost the world title after 3 months at most anyway.

[@benjaythewhite]

@@zachstolpa6521 Was leading up to unification with Randy orton... so yeah checks out.

[@CarbonGod666]

@@zachstolpa6521 ok

[@CarbonGod666]

@@benjaythewhite so what

[@BlazedApples]

Randy Orton should have faced Cody Rhodes at Survivor Series 2013

[@Robyamdam]

ranking Mark henry and Ryback lower than Fandango and the Great Khali is like ranking a car with a puncture worse than a car wreck

[@mat2093]

Mark Henry vs Damian mizdow was the first ever wwe match I ever saw. I didn't watch wwe again untill 2016.

[@Nbflowers1989]

The amount of times WWE tried unsuccessfully to bury D-bry and how popular he *still* is is a testament to just how class he is. ☝️☝️

[@leemarshall674]

Cena/Sandow was probably Sandow's best match ever.

[@justinterry7853]

Agreed

[@grey1288]

This video completely emphasizes that 2013 is the year of worst bookings.

[@zero4337]

I can't believe it's been 10 years since most of these matches happen. Time has flown by so fast.

[@zanethind]

Tbh personal opinion Rock vs Cena 2 was pretty great and it was better than the other matches on the card also I love how Curtis Axel was replaced by Daniel who? Lmao. Main Event 2014 was the best year it ever had

[@arsenal24ify]

I can’t lie the cena sandow match wasn’t even bad. It was just predictable. I think number 3 is harsh

[@WithFearGaming]

That was a very abrupt ending to the video lol

[@RobertJW]

I can't wait for the 10 Worst WWE Matches Of 2012.

[@TopTierHater]

Sandow vs Cena was actually a really good match. Classic case of the IWC calling a good match bad just because Cena won.

[@btf_flotsam478]

While it was a good match, you could have given Sandow a short run with the main title, had a decent feud with Cena and still have a good match. You don't need to bury a wrestler and partially kill the concept of the MITB contract- you just need to go to Dark Elevation.

[@williamkirschenman]

I see Titus had on that "magical magnetic balance" bracelet 😂

[@Sammm1473]

I don’t know why, but matches that kinda put two big men in a ring in a 1v1 will either go very well with good sequences and spots. Or pretty bad with like one good spot

[@Nbflowers1989]

Another good one!

[@TonyExists]

This was the year before the start of the best era of modern wrestling. 2014 was a huge improvement while 2013 was the last hold out of the PG era

[@DefinitelyReagan]

About time we start to highlight WWE's poor treatment of Damien Sandow. The man was and is ludicrously underrated. Had WWE any sense at all we would have seen a new, unique world champion that year.

[@jamondross8717]

Nice video Cultaholic

[@MrKieranwilliamson]

Is this where Sandow screws Cody again to win the rumble then we get Roman vs Ezekidow?

[@Scret_11]

just because cena won doesn't mean the match was bad

[@CycoJAM77]

2013 was the year I gave up on WWE. Haven't really been a fan since.

[@rayhoyer4829]

Taker losing the streak is the number one worst sorry that was 2014!

[@gaurangpatankar164]

Knowing Adam's psychology anyone will predict he will put Cena vs Brock extreme rules in 2012 list

[@Mcnonswagger]

The top 10(or 100 if you’re feeling cheeky) piss break matches

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

Great Video 🥰😍

[@loganlinkous4884]

Rock vs cena 2013 was really good better than the first

[@zanethind]

Man I really miss Damian Sandow but glad he returned to play Elias while actual Elias was Ezekiel still. Alicia Fox was pretty polished tbh and Natalya was a natural talent

[@jalil1m417]

The cena/sandow match only happened case Vince decided to combine the belts and had to get rid of the briefcase. In an alternate universe we got Bryan vs sandow for the undisputed wwe championship .

[@boostbeetle]

I wouldn't have been surprised if all ten were different 3MB vs. Los Matadores matches

[@KJSCalderon]

6:03 Thank God for NHL's Wednesday Night Rivalry on NBCSN.

[@roaddjack2404]

As we saw on total divas nattie and summer weren't acting they really couldn't stand each other till several years later when they sat down and talked about their problems with each other

[@Samboy1135]

10 years ago...

[@thebigdog5269]

Stop it

[@WRESTLINGWRITESITSELF]

One of the funniest lines ever 😂😂💀

[@hhtptai]

WrestleMania 29 was so average.

[@gors67]

Lol no way Rock/Cena is in the bottom 10 of thousands of matches that took place in 2013

[@12Tevines]

Damn nattie cant catch a breath can she 😢

[@kimhughes2478]

Don't think those diddyheads exist now....

[@DaermaeonBranKor]

As a wrestling fan married to a woman who loved total divas, one of her favorite wrestlers is Natalya.

[@daveloral8449]

Sandow vs Henry was the match that got me Into wrestling

[@jimmysdadgoingcrazy]

Damien Sandow didn’t need to win a world title

[@CrabmanGaming]

4:27 Cancelled has 2 l's.

[@depo_ynx]

Ye I agree with this,I watched all

[@BFFR5150]

Total Divas actually had potential the first couple seasons when it wasn’t scripted reality.

[@guillermosierracuellar9812]

Well to be fair wwe main event is watchable because they are including Nxt stars

[@damarithomas7168]

No way Cena and rock is on here

[@YouKnoBroSki]

i think you can add another match for 10.. kuss sayin that was one of the worst matches in 2013 is crazy to say.. kuss is 365 days in a year n i kno for a fax u could of found a match outta all them days that made waaaaay more sense then that... smh

[@bitingmylips666]

what did Cameron do to you

[@MrBeardsley]

JoJo’s Baffling Involvement is a great anime

[@thecodester6669]

Question. 2014. Mitb. HOW IS SANDOW VS ROSE A 4.5 STAR MATCH

[@keepmovingforward1722]

When?

[@RobertJW]

The 4.5 star match on the card is the MITB Ladder match - Sandow vs Rose is listed in some places incorrectly with the same rating as the match after it. Meltzer gave it one star. Womp womp. ☹

[@mathiasdahmen2550]

Worst MATCHES WWE 100 2023

[@WRESTLINGWRITESITSELF]

That Sandow Thing sucked!! 💀

[@George_Pig1]

2014 worst matches

[@TheRealJohnnyHendo]

I thought that Main Event hadn't been relevant since October 3rd, 2012.

[@jamondross8717]

It was

[@lfckibbles]

Good lord. It was BAD BACK THEN

[@Randomperson-ht2ey]

I watched Total Divas cause I was an 11 year old boy..... well I guess that's enough said really.

[@randylynch4330]

I am so over people to this day refusing to understand the figure of speech that "Once In A Lifetime" is. It's like smarky fans are stupid on purpose when it's convenient

[@joeyteter9383]

My goodness, I miss Jojo 🥵 sorry

[@lelandbowlesgaming7191]

You see how he never says women match are good

[@TheMGSlow]

Cena squashing Sandow at the cost of the mitb briefcase really didn't hurt Sandow's credibility as it's not like he had any in the first place. He was mostly a low card jobber before and after winning the briefcase, a win which was more so to give Cody Rhodes some support as a baby face then give Sandow a push. Hell Sandow was losing to Santino clean on Smackdown a month before his failed cash in on Cena.

[@memeteam8274]

no way u have cena vs rock in top 10..... bro what a joke of a list.

[@memeteam8274]

honestly most top 30 would just be womens matches in 2013

[@MalikOmar1998]

I’m surprised Ryback vs CM Punk wasn’t on here 😂.

[@harlanjewell6326]

Starting to feel like cultaholic is just a Cena hate page.

[@user4fvRm2mf]

He ruined wrestling for over a decade, him and Triple h

[@alexloyola4695]

I feel like you lose a butt ton of credibility when you criticize Mark Henry for using a bear hug in a match. You do realize that guy is one of the few who can make that thing look legit, right? His offense doesn’t have to be Keith Lee’s to be interesting. It’s all about how someone sells the move. I actually don’t remember his match with Ryback being anything offensive.

[@zachstolpa6521]

This I agree. Fans really do enjoy bagging on more traditional moves.

[@Daddy_Ogg]

I like Mark Henry. But is there a must-see match with him? I wasn't around when he was in the spotlight and I would like to see him go.

[@austintucker1586]

I know I'm probably gonna get heat for this but why does everybody hate John Cena vs the rock so much at Wrestlemania 29 was it really that bad I thought it was a good match And also I heard the reason Damian Sandow lost his money bank cash in match is because Vince regrets given him the Briefcase

[@jameskillington7286]

It's most likely because they already had their once in a lifetime match before so no one was really hyped for another match.

[@Adrikk1]

Omg the YES movement started TEN YEARS AGO?! Holy actual shit

[@multiyapples]

At least Daniel Bryan was over.

[@BBMthemuffinman]

I don't get the hype of bray wyatt, he's had like 90% of bad matches in wwe.

[@jason615lakers]

That divas match was dumb because they all ended up on the show anyway besides aj

[@stevenpagnani7005]

They just wanted Cena to get his win back.

[@lilkyngtuttbusha8080]

Number 3

[@Julian-xj6mh]

Diddler for H.O.F!

[@justabigoldick1333]

If there's one person with the authority to cancel Christmas, it's VKM