10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2015

From Eva Marie vs. Billie Kay on NXT to Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus at Extreme Rules, these are the 10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2015
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[@HoV326]

"They booed the Rock..." is probably the perfect way to summarize how badly received the 2015 rumble was

[@dylanthebiguy]

Yes. Fuck yes. Heck EVEN the rock can tell that the fans absolutely hate this matchup

[@michaellyden2580]

Wow! That Royal Rumble moment with Roman & Dwayne was almost 8 years ago! To put that in perspective, that's about the same length as Steve Austin's wrestling career in WWF, and Hulk Hogan's entire tenure in WCW was about 6 years.

[@zanethind]

Wow and the Rock only had 7 years in WWE damn

[@johnvipe]

I still hate roman.

[@CausiCoasters]

Seth vs Cena being on here is a crime Seth had a performance of a lifetime

[@adonte8639]

was looking for this comment!

[@meatypatte7125]

Shocked it’s on here it’s a good match.

[@TheTundraTerror]

Being forced to see John Stewart is a violation of my NAP.

[@arsenal4739]

It's the ending that's why it's there. A really bad finish can make a poor match.

[@CausiCoasters]

@@arsenal4739 I’ve seen much worse endings than that

[@XanaxDust214]

"They booed The Rock....." 1997 has entered the chatroom

[@RBernsCarter]

Rock’s confused face at the end always makes me laugh

[@TheThird1977]

It wasn't just the winner / finish that people hated about the Royal Rumble match; Big Show and Corporate Kane eliminating folk in the slowest way possible was such an awful decision.

[@Braylon1997]

And on top of that the rock returning to level the playing field didn’t really do anything either

[@mcj88]

Not just "folk" but all the guys the diehards in the audience actually liked; Bray Wyatt, Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose. It was easily one of the most spiteful booking decisions I've ever witnessed.

[@muhammadasad729]

If Roman and Bryan were the last two and Roman won, none of what would happen, happen. I always say 2014 had the wrong winner. It should have been Bryan. But, 2015 had just some plain bad booking. The last 6 should've been: Rusev, Dolph Ziggler, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose, Daniel Bryan and the winner Roman Reigns. Instead the sloppy show by Authority after the swerve dismissal of Bryan was always doomed.

[@knp278]

The eliminations of Bray, Dolph and Dean Ambrose were like giant middle fingers from Vince McMahon. It was peak “You’ll like who I tell you to like, DAMNIT!!!” It pissed me off. And it was like the third straight year I hated the Rumble finish. Although, I hated most of the Rumble finishes in the 2010’s.

[@user-dp6cw9po5k]

The Royal Rumble was So Bad (with the Above, Roman Reigns winning it at the peak of his unpopularity & Daniel Bryan (The Fan's Dream Winner) Being Eliminated Early by Bray Wyatt, It Broke Heaven & God (Still Salty after losing to Mr. McMahon at Backlash 2006) Sent a Snowstorm to Mess with Vincent Kennedy's Violent Remedies Cancelling Monday Night Raw in the Process!☹😠

[@awm8414]

Cena vs Rollins I feel shouldn't have been on the list because of the ending Legit the match was one of my favorites of the year, yeah the ending sucked but its more like a 9/10 than a 2/10

[@zanethind]

Exactly

[@CausiCoasters]

Exactly Meltzer even rated it ****1/2 stars

[@zanethind]

@@CausiCoasters of course he did no surprise

[@optimus2008]

@@zanethind It wasn't a New Japan match between anyone who is booked as a jobber there, so actually it is a surprise.

[@DJDoubleCee]

Didn’t The Rock and Billy Gunn have a “Kiss My Ass” match in SummerSlam 1999? Seems like a lot of people forgot about that.

[@TheThird1977]

Austin vs. Owen at SummerSlam 1997 also had an arse-kissing stipulation too.

[@hhtptai]

@@TheThird1977 clearly nobody remembers that.

[@bradcarver8127]

That stipulation in 97 was a real pain in the neck

[@zanethind]

I actually didn't know there was antch like that

[@jordandeadley360]

@@bradcarver8127 🤣🤣🤣

[@SuperNinjaAustin213]

2015 really was a good year for WWE but unfortunately had a decade full of Horrible matches in that year especially that year's Royal Rumble

[@nicholaschristie8699]

Personally, when people say "WWE ruined this," I think it should be changed to "Vince ruined this." The reason being that it isn't everyone in the companies fault for the booking decisions, it was Vince.

[@zanethind]

Exactly

[@Captain_Pudding]

I popped at the end of the Goldust Stardust because I thought a Dusty finish would have been a great way to end that match . . but nope, just a regular screwy finish

[@MrFredson91]

Honestly Eva Marie is a literally a second rate Mandy rose

[@ScoobaMusic]

2015 was actually the year I became a wrestling fan funny enough

[@adityamaharaj3262]

Nice 2015 was the first ever entire year I watched WWE after becoming a fan in late 2014

[@zanethind]

2015 was a great year but saying it was the best year in the decade that's debatable since 2016 can also be a contender

[@515awesome]

2016 was by far my favorite year of the decade

[@zanethind]

@@515awesome nice

[@ThundurusT]

Agreed. 2016 was much more enjoyable.

[@zanethind]

@@ThundurusT yeah although 2015 did have Sting having two great dream matches

[@zanethind]

Seth Rollins vs John Cena was an amazing match even if the finish was bad and yes I hate that guy for being at Summerslam 3 years in a row. Honestly the match wasn't 5 stars but BOD vs Wyatt Family was an alright dream match that I liked

[@DJDoubleCee]

I actually wasn’t too disappointed when Roman Reigns won the royal rumble. He was actually my second pick to win it if Daniel Bryan got eliminated. I was disappointed to see Daniel Bryan get eliminated so early though.

[@tonyamerica4481]

Ya, but you know that's your in the tiny minority. At the time, it was soooo toxic and bad and just soured and turned a lot of people off

[@theram8468]

Well someone doesn’t know what a bad match is and doesn’t know what a good match it

[@muhammadasad729]

If Roman and Bryan were the last two and Roman won, none of what would happen, happen. I always say 2014 had the wrong winner. It should have been Bryan. But, 2015 had just some plain bad booking. The last 6 should've been: Rusev, Dolph Ziggler, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose, Daniel Bryan and the winner Roman Reigns. Instead the sloppy show by Authority after the swerve dismissal of Bryan was always doomed.

[@vaderfan1069]

How tf is Cena versus Seth here that’s like putting Roman versus Seth in the worst matches of 2022 list because of a questionable finish that wasn’t even that bad

[@deuceray1416]

I don’t blame the 2015 royal rumble to be 1#. They picked someone who only been in singles action for 6 months instead of someone who has been in the company longer.

[@benespinosa6725]

The highlight of The brothers of destruction vs The Wyatt Family @ Survivor Series 2015 was Undertaker's entrance and Goldust vs Stardust should've happened @ Wrestlemania 31

[@hhtptai]

2015 was rough as a Reigns fan, I was fighting for my life against the smarky fans every week.

[@thomasmeyer6407]

Could you guys please do a ranking of all the WCW clash of champions?

[@mrvincentjackson]

I am not defending the Rumble decision but something has always baffled me: why was Roman HATED so much in 2015 at that time? What was the biggest issue?

[@muhammadasad729]

Daniel Bryan

[@Saltyoven]

Part of it was starting around TLC, Roman started talking, and people realized that his promos were legit bottom of the barrel quality. DeglarDeclare at the Royal rumble match *Stares into your soul* and Sufferin Succotash occurred within a few weeks of each other. Daniel Bryan was just the icing on the cake. It was a Roman Reigns who had only 1 singles match in his career before winning the Royal Rumble because he was out for most of 2014 after the split (going from it being hard to build himself in time to outright impossible). In other words he was pushed as a main event when he was still super green on both the Mic and in the ring when they gave him a Lesnar push. As a point of comparison it'd be like if Cody Rhodes was pushed to the main event...the moment Legacy split up.

[@Joe_Parmesan]

CM Punk - he left WWE, but fans still weren't truly over that. Also, he had an interview where he talked about The Shield and Roman, though I'm not exactly sure how wide-reaching it became to wrestling fans. He mentioned the 1 vs 3 handicap match - Punk vs Shield - during which he was booked to win, but kept getting told to make Roman look strong in the match. He also let it slip that The Shield was his idea and that he wanted Kassius Ohno/Chris Hero to be the 3rd member to Dean and Seth. Daniel Bryan - he was the clear fan favorite and the Yes! Movement was in full force. In some fairness to many fans, he never lost his World Championship in a match, as he forfeited the title due to injury, so fans were eager to see him reclaim his spot. Roman's booking and promos - after The Shield split, Dean Ambrose was hellbent on hunting down Seth Rollins, especially after Seth beat Dean for the 2014 Money in the Bank briefcase. People started rallying around Dean, but Roman didn't really receive similar character development. He had TERRIBLE promos too, including the infamous 'Suffering Succotash' line and 'Roman and The Beanstalk' (which I think was worse than 'Suffering Succotash').

[@TheFriendlyWeirdo]

Also, calling a match bad because of a questionable finish is absolutely ridiculous. That’s just disrespecting the hard work the wrestlers put in because of 10 seconds at the end.

[@glenndallas7171]

When that ending is all people remember, that's what happens. Blame the bookers, not the fans.

[@Saltyoven]

@@glenndallas7171 That's like saying Seth vs Finn is bad, because everyone only remembers the crowd shitting on the belt design the entire match.

[@dragonballzmaster11]

Glad to see the Rumble at #1. Other than maybe this year's (2022) Rumbles, the 2015 Rumble is the worst one for me.

[@33dbz]

Lol, u know a rumble is bad when 2 people in the final 5 of the rumble are Shane o mac and bad bunny. I have no problem with either one in the match btw, and they can even do well. But final 5? Eliminated AFTER the likes of AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Kevin Owens, Sheamus, Shinsuke Nakamura, Rey Mysterio, Big E, or even Baron Corbin is freaking stupid.

[@JustinTyme116]

2015 was a bad year for me. After the survivor series PPV of that year, I took a nearly year long break from pro wrestling. Which is unfortunate, because 2016 was a really good year for wwe, at least it was for smackdown.

[@logankerr8090]

imo the RIGHT guy on the Rumble, Bryan had his chance the previous Mania it was Romans time. However having to old timers eliminating everyone? that was too much

[@arizonashane]

I slightly disagree with the assessment that fans had already grown tired of Roman Reigns. He was actually reasonably popular among fans until the Rumble. But as soon as fans realized that WWE had chosen Reigns over Daniel Bryan, they turned on him, and the rest is history.

[@moopert86]

WWE's booking in the mid 2010's was so terrible, it could turn Rey Mysterio and The Rock heel in Royal Rumble matches.

[@SnoogyBoogy]

Eva Marie still gets a pass in my book

[@bigmikeattack]

I like that cliffhanger

[@hoodieleek4272]

Without any context and if WWE books the match, that thumbnail is some serious foreshadowing.

[@kidvillain188]

Putting Cena vs Rollins on here is a huge no no. Even with the finish involved it still shouldn't be on here

[@darvidoba6702]

Ah yes, the rumble. I bought the network for this. I canceled it right after.

[@vinnyascanio5979]

where can i get that peoples champ shirt??

[@mistahswags]

Seth vs Cena is one I do disagree with. Crappy finish or not, they were already having an absolute BANGER.

[@Steadysphere]

Still can't get over how bad the 2015 rumble was. Your big idea is to have Roman get lucky by eliminating Kane and Big Show while they squabbled? Real heroes journey.

[@sp8745]

What was this video’s obsession of always putting Ashley when describing the women’s era?

[@rickyrosay33977]

Although it was very tragic what happened to her and how wwe screw her over she wasn't a good in ring worker and was part of the diva search era although not as bad as the diva's era it wasn't much better

[@kendall6515]

Let’s not forget at the rr 2015 we had Kane and the big show in the final four participants with Roman! Kane was near 50 by this time and big show was every bit past 40. And they were booed terribly every time a new upcoming talent got eliminated. To me, that was worse than Roman winning it. But that was undoubtedly one of the worst Royal rumbles I ever watched. They topped that off in 2022 with Brock winning and Shane McMahon and bad bunny in the final five then. I never thought the Royal rumble 1995 could get outbeat and it sure as hell did.

[@Joe90h]

I don't even know if Roman being the "chosen one" had fully set in by January 2015. I started watching wrestling again around Summerslam 2014 so I might not have the best frame of reference, but I think the major issue was Roman after the Shield split had to slog through some truly dreadful, go away heat levels of promo, and meanwhile Rollins and Ambrose had a blood feud that was pretty cool (Even if it did end with a wet fart of a Hell In A Cell match interrupted by a blurry holographic Bray Wyatt). Calling Sheamus "Tater Tots", "Suffering Succotash, son!"... With no real frame of reference for Roman's Shield work thanks to when I started watching, he was just a rubbish Kevin Nash to me. And like Kevin Nash, we needed some of that WWE stink to be washed off before we saw what was underneath is actually pretty cool.

[@showstealer1829]

The anger wasn't so much at Roman in hindsight, it was the treatment of every other babyface in the match (Ziggler, Ambrose and especially Bryan) that pissed people off, literally they were all swept away so as not to upstage Vince's chosen one. The fact that they made it so blatantly obvious is what turned people off. Put it this way, if you took Rusev out of the final four and put in one of those three, while some fans still would have been pissed off, there's no way it gets the universal hatred it does

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 🙏

[@FjK_WFTW]

I’m addicted to Adam pactti

[@codydhf3]

Eva Marie is amazing at producing cheap heat from the fans. Just her mere existence in the ring draws plenty of boos That's all I got honestly. She's not a good wrestler at all.

[@dazagib94]

Strange hearing "Fan-favourite" used as an adjective to describe Ryback in 2022 considering the arse he turned out to be but it's hard to deny how over he was in the mid-2010s

[@MrKahlerHahn]

I honestly could never understand that he was over like that. He was a mediocre big guy at best with a shit finisher and terrible catchphrase.

[@reeserichards2803]

Damn I’ve never been this early lol

[@SsnakeBite]

What did Dolph Ziggler ever do to the WWE to constantly get direspected like this?

[@muhammadasad729]

If Roman and Bryan were the last two and Roman won, none of what would happen, happen. I always say 2014 had the wrong winner. It should have been Bryan. But, 2015 had just some plain bad booking. The last 6 should've been: Rusev, Dolph Ziggler, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose, Daniel Bryan and the winner Roman Reigns. Instead the sloppy show by Authority after the swerve dismissal of Bryan was always doomed.

[@chrissymchd7237]

Seth Vs Cena was great

[@jdjajaisoksnjejskakssk4993]

So why do people boo Roman when is a face but cheer for him when he’s a heel

[@DiobeticDaily]

His character isn't trash now

[@Probblems]

I know it they had to audible but if it was Mark Henry I would’ve just stayed in the pod lol

[@natetieken619]

The RR 2015 wasn’t just bad because “LOLROMANWINS” it was bad on many many levels. DBry getting eliminated early. Kane and Big Show making young future stars look like chump change just easily throwing them over the top. They even had Rusev hide under the ring and sneak out near the end…just have him look like a chump as well. The worst booked RR in history imo

[@TheFriendlyWeirdo]

I genuinely never understood the hate for Roman Reigns, and I still can’t say I fully do. I will agree that the 2015 Royal Rumble was one of the worst Royal Rumble matches EVER

[@joejames1794]

If they never had Roman win that rumble he would’ve been the babyface they wanted with little resistance. Fans wanted Bryan should’ve took their time but Vince stubborn af.

[@dannytooley7530]

If Roman REGINS was a heel back when he won the 2015 royal rumble that would of been better for WWE fans because he is better as a heel then a face and the match with brock at wrestle mania that year was still awesome but would of been more awesome 😎 and still the Seth Rollins win too would be more awesome

[@benediktwindisch2778]

It's amazing how Sting still competes. He's 62 years old right now so 55 in 2015 and delivers great performances even if vs Rollins wasn't the best

[@zanethind]

Him vs Rollins was actually amazing even if he lost

[@TimTE01]

‘Competes.’ He can’t do anything, falls over and hides his physique. Great.

[@basterdgz]

The rock acknowledge the tribal chef

[@vbadger1056]

Seth and cena on here are you fuckin high

[@georgekhaoletsa2004]

Wow royal rumble 8 years ago

[@multiyapples]

My problem with Roman Reigns winning the Royal Rumble js that they didn’t properly develop his character and his promo writing and skills weren’t as good as they are now.

[@muhammadasad729]

Go and watch his TLC 2014 promo. Every upcomer struggles in some way or other. The problem was WWE booking themselves in corner by making Bryan return and treating him bad.

[@MajinGatomon]

2015 Royal Rumble was the date I lost my smile. I canceled my WWE Subscription and never looked into WWE ever again (except some videos here). I Just.... didn´t see the point. They had so many good talents.... and they pushed Roman to death.

[@PunsnGnoses]

And now, they still do, but for some reason, everyone loves it

[@MajinGatomon]

@@PunsnGnoses best proof how weird wrestling fans are. Giving one person both titles is just stupid, no matter how entertaining the brood or whats it called is.... but oh well, not my issue.

[@WrestlingDude1998]

2014 was definitely better.

[@ASirensFlame]

Seems the rumble was shit since 2013 Cena Batista reigns hhh Orton Nakamura won but lost Rollins in 2019 was golden

[@julianhardy4777]

And Roman Reigns hasn't won another Royal Rumble Match since.

[@trevonburtch4014]

2015 was trash

[@noiisserpmii]

Im sorry but 7:10 of all “looks over skill” hires WWE makes & still make yall put her on the screen. Embarassing job & digisting

[@user4fvRm2mf]

2015 was the best year of WWE 10's era

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

🙊🤦🏿‍♂️

[@RhysOnWrestling103]

must've been a good year because half these matches were pretty good

[@CausiCoasters]

Especially Rollins vs Cena

[@KJSCalderon]

How can I say that the 2015 Royal Rumble match was atrocious? Skip to 10:37

[@jamescoker6428]

People always boo the Rock

[@benjendersen]

And that Roman hand picked gonna win no matter what shit is still going strong to this day.

[@FrostWazowski]

Eh ... at least women in the attitude era were attractive and actually looked like women. These days all we got is busted face Carmella and that "reah" Ripley who competes against women despite being the closest thing we've seen to Bruce Jenner in the wwe.

[@PunsnGnoses]

That's a lot of words for "I never interact with women"

[@FrostWazowski]

@@PunsnGnoses divorced with 2 kids. Selectively amputated men in women's clothing are not women. Go tell "reah" Ripley about it.

[@PunsnGnoses]

@@FrostWazowski Chill, my poor bitter transphobe friend, that hate's not warranted, focus it on people who actually deserve it

[@FrostWazowski]

@@PunsnGnoses nobody is afraid of Bruce Jenner, kiddo. Lol @ you thinking "phobe" relates to hate and not fear. Stay in school.

[@PunsnGnoses]

Fear comes from ignorance, it becomes anger, resentment, bitterness and then hatred, kind of like you, honestly. And that's sad