10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2016

From The Miz vs. Darren Young at Battleground to Chris Jericho vs. Dean Ambrose at Extreme Rules, these were the 10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2016!
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[@MrSamBerrett1]

2016 caused me to fall in love with AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch. Great year for WWE overall

[@Cultaholic]

Agreed! A Tough list to put together considering the quality of the year.

[@DanielDeLeon69]

@@Cultaholic why is the Undertaker vs Shane McMahon Match in this list????

[@der_jannik_0115]

@@DanielDeLeon69they literally explained why ffs🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@sreenaths6829]

The first half of the year was an absolute drag but boy did they step it up in the second half!

[@missmoanypants]

2016 is the year I got back into WWE

[@JimmyNotes]

Okay, hear me out. What if the Vince McMahon sex scandal hush money payments were in the lock box? And Shane finally released the contents of that lock box this year after being fired? 🤔

[@jakeheerwagen8007]

Has some potential. Now that’s long term story telling

[@rafaelmoreno6331]

Thats actually a pretty good theory

[@Kleetus_Van_Damm]

😳😳😳

[@JimmyNotes]

I'm glad to see that A lot of people like my idea.

[@MovieEggman]

That could work.

[@anarrivingwingedhussar9692]

Y’all forgot to mention that 2016 also marked the rise of the fabled promotion known as WCPW. Truly a momentous year.

[@e93sports80]

1:18 Shane was gone for 6 or 7 years. He was a part of the Triple H-Randy Orton feud in 2009.

[@Hundo_Mo]

I was there for the Randy Orton & Lesnar match. The arena got audibly quiet and then most were muttering amongst themselves. “Is this real?” “Is this part of the story?” “Is Randy okay?” All the while Randy was leaking in the ring

[@zanethind]

It was real Lesnar legit said f it

[@zanethind]

@@marcohavokkhaos I didn't know that wow

[@AshleyClarkey]

@@zanethind Actually it's both. It was supposed to end that way because Brock said he knew how to safely cause the cut so it wouldn't require much work. He went a bit over the top and the cut was deeper than he intended.

[@zanethind]

@@AshleyClarkey ah alright thanks

[@trevonburtch4014]

We can't have blading, but we can have hardway concussions... makes no sense.

[@HoV326]

I was there for that Battleground. That Young vs Miz match had such a weird finish. I was like, "Why's the bell ringing? Nothing happened for there to be a dq!" I didn't even know it the match was called as a double dq until later

[@TheAmazingSpiderGuy_99]

2016 was a very underrated year of wrestling all around.

[@zanethind]

Miz and Dolph Ziggler's 2016 Backlash match was amazing

[@zanethind]

Same with 205 Live

[@tutin4090]

HHH/Ambrose, Banks/Flair Falls Count Anywhere, and how we still felt so lucky to have Styles in WWE. He was really the biggest coup in a long long time, since Lesnar returning

[@jordancase4373]

Underrated? Really? It was regarded as one of the best years

[@chrisbreezy3048]

As sad as it sounds, the only thing I remember from the feud between TJP and The Brian Kendrick took place during their rematch at the Hell in a Cell PPV one month later. At one point, while both men were down on the outside, WWE mics picked up a random ringside fan yelling 'Get a f***in' haircut, hippie!' at Kendrick. 🤣🤣🤣

[@anarrivingwingedhussar9692]

On a real note, I really miss 2016. I was 17 then and now I’m almost 24. Crazy how time flies. And a little sad too.

[@anthvevo846]

Although I was only about 12 or 13 and am 19 in a few weeks, I kinda relate

[@GinkgoPete]

@@anthvevo846 I think most of us can relate to aging lol

[@MrAjking808]

I was about 23-24 lol now I’m 29

[@erickgarcia7912]

@@MrAjking808 same bro same as well been watching since I'm 10 years old now I'm 28 years old and it's been one he'll of a ride

[@adityamaharaj3262]

2016 really is one of my favorite year for WWE Honestly, it had so many great PPV's(with the exception of that awful Wrestlemania 32), we had the amazing Return of the Draft and not to mention that Smackdown in mid to late 2016 going into 2017 was an amazing and fun show Honestly. So Overall I loved 2016 so much and it was one of the best years for WWE ever.

[@DJDoubleCee]

Randy Orton was definitely bleeding like crazy at SummerSlam. It looked like Brock Lesnar legitimately beat him up 😬

[@plebastian2300]

im pretty sure he did, randy got a concussion iirc

[@LS-bw7jt]

I still don't know if that was a work or not

[@msmjsiajdgdhsjajahgshsjaje8990]

Its cause he pretty much did

[@zanethind]

He did

[@BLCKSMTHApparel]

As a massive IMPACT mark, there’s a lot of content to choose from for a ‘worst matches of the TNA Hogan era’ or ‘worst matches of the TNA Asylum Era’ video

[@johnnybro2883]

To me 2016 was the final good year not just in WWE but the entire world of entertainment. After 2016, everything went downhill, and life got gloomy and miserable

[@jc.cards8]

Felt 2016 was peak

[@kyleolson8977]

We all know that 1911 was the last great year in entertainment. Everything sank in 1912. It was sad.

[@thebigdog5269]

@@kyleolson8977 very clever my guy

[@Teeheehee093]

I was all alone in 2016, had no one, then in 2017 to around 2019 I had friends again, and now ever since covid I'm all alone again

[@scottmccurdy6493]

2017 gave us the Nintendo Switch, so that alone makes the "2016 was the last good year for entertainment" statement false.

[@jsum33]

That Orton v Lesnar match is what got me back into watching. When I saw how busted up Orton was, I just had to verify that they got color the hard way and more importantly was that a work, a shoot or work

[@rhedosaurus2251]

Correction: Shane was running Smackdown while Stephanie ran Raw.

[@multiyapples]

I remember being genuinely happy Zack Ryder won the International Championship.

[@Shinji134]

you should make a video on where every Wwe cruiserweight classic competitor is now since the tournament is almost 7 years old

[@zanethind]

Honestly 2016 was such an amazing year

[@jerrym1218]

The one thing I’ll always remember about the TJ Perkins vs. The Brian Kendrick when I watched it was a part of the match where Kendrick fell outside of the ring and the crowd was so silent that you could clearly hear one fan in the front row flat out say “Cut your hair you Fuckin Hippie” to Brian Kendrick and that moment made me spit out my soda when I was drinking it and laughing my ass off.

[@ryangordon133]

Its hilarious that Vinny Mac released his own son. You can't make this stuff up 😂😂

[@ryangordon133]

@@marcohavokkhaos i know right lol. They should just give him a job in creative or something. That whole family is batshit.

[@MarkieDood]

The man now known as Jon Moxley having multiple entries on a list like this is perhaps the ultimate testament to how horrendously mismanaged WWE's on-screen product was in the waning years of the Vince McMahon era.

[@bradcarver8127]

Or hear me out on this one. He’s not a very good wrestler.

[@reddeath5791]

@@bradcarver8127No he’s a very good wrestler, the problem with the Dean Ambrose matches were that he was being treated so poorly, made to look like a comedic dumbass and/or incompetent. He’s genuinely a great wrestler especially in deathmatches and when he has a wrestler that matches or compliments his style like Minoru Suzuki or Kenny Omega

[@Saltyoven]

@@bradcarver8127 Or hear me out, His style is completely antithetical to what he was made to do in wwe.

[@Septicor]

Thank you for reminding me that I spent money to fly to Dallas to see that year's Wrestlemania. I least I made it worth by meeting friends from Twitter for the first time ever.

[@KJSCalderon]

Bliss wining the title at TLC 2016 is Abysmal

[@AdamSMessinger]

In 2016 I had checked our of wrestling. I think I watched the Rumble, and then I watched this match and possibly the Orton/ Lesnar match. That was enough for me to be like “I’ll just check back in 2017 and see how its going…”

[@dylanogg347]

The silence for Kendrick Vs. Perkins is still light years ahead of hot-shotting the Cruiserweight Championship onto Enzo Amore.

[@joshgutteridge2909]

Regarding Dean VS Brock, wasn't the reason for Brock acting that way due to him getting ready for UFC 200 or am I wrong cuz If I was in Vinces shoes, I wouldn't book the match at all then.

[@reddeath5791]

The match was booked and planned before Brock Lesnar decided to go back to UFC. Dean Ambrose wanted to do a whole bunch of cool stuff in the match that he was legitimately willing to get hurt for but he kept getting shot down by WWE creative and Brock Lesnar’s lazy attitude at the time until we ended up getting the shitshow that is Dean Ambrose vs Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania 32. Fun fact, he’s the only shield member who hasn’t beaten Brock Lesnar, whereas Roman and Seth both not only beat him multiple times, but took a title off of him or defended a title against him. Kinda shows you how little they valued the now Jon Moxley when compared to Seth Rollins and especially Roman Reigns

[@KillinItKrillin953]

You left out the fact that Michael Cole was caught on camera after Shane's cell jump reading from his script for an easy line to remember "For the love of Mankind"

[@gamergamer7917]

Third ❗️❗️ lol AJ styles soccer mom cut was hilarious please do Worst WWE Hairstyles Next

[@RustyShackleford101]

8:43 Oh definitely Adam, because you've had some banging matches with....erm....well there was that one match.....or the time you......let me get back to you.....

[@cerburrows9380]

Shane wasn't gone for 9 years was he? Left in '09, back in '16?

[@skeetervalentine2471]

Needs more James Ellsworth.

[@benespinosa6725]

2016 WWE Post Draft was awesome Especially smackdown which was better than Raw IMO

[@l.20174]

2016 & 2017 been good Times. I've watched WWE as a kid these Days and it was fascinating. It was a good time. I kinda Lost touch to WWE at the end of 2018 because I just didn't felt like the shows are what I want to see.

[@plebastian2300]

IMO 2016 Was the greatest year WWE has had since going PG

[@DiobeticDaily]

When the crowd turns and boos the fuck out of the end of rumble and mania, naa

[@stevemygoodman7809]

My favorite from 2016 was the Dolph Ziggler vs Miz for his career

[@mally5972]

you gotta do worst matches all the way till you hit yr 2000

[@Cultaholic]

Nah... we're going all the way to the 80s!

[@mally5972]

@@Cultaholic LETS GO

[@DanielDeLeon69]

@@Cultaholic Can you make a list for the top 10 best women's match????%

[@NameExplain]

This was the year I got back into WWE, I look back on it very fondly but there was some really weird shit.

[@queenofcawks9514]

Personally I love the summerslam ending, I just wish the match up to that point was better

[@rickybar-e-n-tose9857]

We need all the way up to 2010

[@hhtptai]

2016 was such a hype year.

[@justanotheryoutuber1997]

2016 was the year I came back to wrestling

[@gatesofwrestling]

Roman vs Balor & Triple H vs Dean are amazing

[@MovieEggman]

2016 was the year I started watching Wrestling thanks to the likes of NXT, Ring Of Honor, Impact and New Japan

[@BadNewsRuss]

2016 is my Favorite year since they become PG

[@ragergamer3111]

Hell yeah, the year I started watching WWE. First show I saw was the RAW where Kevin Owens won the Universal Championship

[@Nbflowers1989]

The year I got back into wrestling!

[@shivanshvashisth5846]

Bro please make a list of best matches of every yaer

[@billsloan]

Shane jumping off the Cell not only an incredible moment it was also incredibly stupid for him to do.

[@timeflys3248]

Shouldn't this be worst WWE ppv matches? I'm sure some superstar matches were worse. Ps I was there live at half this list

[@JustinTyme116]

I don’t even remember Cass & Rusev fighting. Then again, I didn’t really watch much wwe during this time.

[@moxgirl5]

I feel like only myself and Chris Jericho actually liked the Ambrose Asylum match xD Jericho said in his most recent book that he liked it, I feel vindicated that at least I'm not the only one LOL

[@seanhuggan1989]

In fairness WWE did tell the TJP/Kendrick backstory. The audience just wasn't interested.

[@liammark96]

Really hope a top 10 is coming also 👀

[@roostermcscratch9060]

It was a good year brought down by an _awful_ wrestlemania

[@mattparnall4148]

To be fair to the Ambrose and Jericho feud, it wasn't about Mitch. Mitch wasn't given a name on TV or made a part of the storyline. It was just a plant that was part of Dean's talk show set, and Jericho used it as a weapon. And then the fans turned it into a meme, named it Mitch, and now it's the only thing anyone remembers from their feud. Jericho's done an interview about it, you can look it up.

[@AliSubhi-xs4rn]

Brock Lesnar Vs Orton was very good. People who thought it was a bit "too much" are probably the same ones that watch Moxley and co blade on weekly basis.

[@kidvillain188]

I'm probably the only one who thinks Roman vs Trips wasn't that bad but I can see why

[@km-ug4dq]

The Orton Lesnar match was great. Shouldn't be on this list

[@PrizeJ]

Just because Brock didn't feel like putting in ANY effort. He sabotaged that match against Dean Ambrose smdh.

[@VorpalBender]

I remember leaving the AT&T Stadium all pissed off as soon as Roman Reigns won that match. What a crappy and predictable match that was from start to finish, I was so angry.

[@FrontRowCentral]

I really hope they do a best of

[@baileysmith5741]

Shane had only been gone 7 years I swear, not 9 . He had a match with orton at 2009 no way out

[@erickgarcia7912]

2016 Smackdown Live nuff said!!!

[@Tw0shedz08]

Haven’t started the video yet but I’m betting Roman v Trips is #1

[@spartanisland9977]

On thé opposite side of the spectrum my favourite match of the year was the Shield triple threat, classic. Good year tho I liked a lot of the main roster stuff, and not to mention NXT

[@Exile559]

The randy brock match wasnt a shoot. Orton was supposed to color, they just decided last moment to make brock look strong and it look real. Jericho has spoke about this many times. Only randy and brock knew the finish and a bunch of people in the back thought brock legit went into work for himself.

[@aurebat5358]

No, the real classement is : 10. Lesnar/Goldberg 9. Lesnar/Goldberg 8. Lesnar/Goldberg 7. Lesnar/Goldberg 6. Lesnar/Goldberg 5. Lesnar/Goldberg 4. Lesnar/Goldberg 3. Lesnar/Goldberg 2. Lesnar/Goldberg 1. Lesnar/Goldberg

[@Nbflowers1989]

Another great list!

[@pacmanrespector9552]

You know wrestling is in a toilet when the crowd gets quiet because they think someone in the ring is actually in harms way. That's what you're supposed to think dummies

[@greasy2007]

Ppl act like Shane was/is a wrestler. He's good at falling from tall heights

[@mactiger1983]

*sniff sniff* RIP Mitch

[@jakeryansmith2234]

I want to say I loved the undertaker vs Shane McMahon match

[@andu1854]

Jericho was pissed off about Brock going MMA on Randy, and of course since he is Brock, I am sure that slap on the wrist hurt Brock badly😊

[@timeflys3248]

I just rewatched Shane and undertaker a few weeks ago. It wasn't bad enough to be on a top ten worst list.

[@appleapleton]

Exactly

[@zanethind]

If these matches weren't bad then how are they the worst? Lol

[@novairahmed7411]

You just had to make a list by putting on some random ass matches, or matches which were actually good. 2016 was goated.

[@Fantropolis]

Mitch was the most over thing that year.

[@noyb12345]

Only Jesus has the right to be called the King of Kings

[@DanielJackson98]

“However, it was also a year, heavily centered around the mega push of Roman Reigns” you could say that about half of the last decade

[@NealCamerlengo]

I know right? Apparently it's only okay if it is someone who they like that gets the monster push.

[@RoyalPotato20]

asylum match was really great

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

ew

[@AlejandroUniversalis]

Ambrose Asylum was a good and fuuny match I don`t understand why u hate it

[@EddieVH5150]

Honestly, the video is better with no music and i rather listen to pacciti with no music.

[@mycahjofficial]

*I just knew that HHH vs Reigns at ‘Mania 32 was gonna be at the top of the list and rightfully so. It was a WrestleMania main event that the fans didn’t wanna see. An end result to a WrestleMania main event the fans didn’t want to see. The company at that point was so out of touch to the point that they made it clear that they didn’t care what the fans want and they just told us to just shut up and deal with it. With the runtime of the match going on for 27 frustrating minutes, it resulted in one of, if not the worst ‘Mania main event ever. It also didn’t help the fact that WWE completely MUTED the booing fans. SMH.* 🙄

[@Bruh-pp2bh]

I feel it’s tied with Taker vs Reigns as worst mania main event ever

[@reddeath5791]

@@Bruh-pp2bhno, Taker vs Reigns was bad, but at the very least it was not for a title. I think that’s the one thing that makes Roman vs HHH just that much worse than Roman vs Undertaker. Otherwise, they both suffer from exactly the same problems. Also the crowd wasn’t muted in the Undertaker match like they were in the HHH match

[@Kriseiri]

bork bringing mediocre wrestling to new... mids

[@unholyperiodza5442]

You forgot AJ Styles vs James Ellsworth for the WWE title (Insert One Punch Man meme here)

[@jonbeargaming6254]

ehhhhhhhhhh

[@thecodester6669]

#6 wasn't that bad. Sure no build. But i liked it. The rest. Besides #10. YES

[@elliebee3267]

I'm so happy I got to see AJ Styles, Kevin Steen, Samoa Joe in PWG. I had been a fan of these men since like 2002. So when they went to WWE, I knew it was gonna be fun!!!

[@gfear24]

Ambrose wasn't "stuck" with that match. It was 100% HIS IDEA. Brock was the one stuck with it and decided he wasn't going to co-operate with his stupidity.

[@upwardgaming1880]

I'm first

[@gango19]

First

[@kimble90126]

Omg

[@Trumpexceptthathehasabrain]

2016 was the year when I managed to pull of the biggest presidential upset victory in American history!

[@lbandjcfan54]

2016 was a horrible year in general (for me and imo most things) but this was a darn good year for WWE

[@stonecoldku4161]

The NDA's Vince had given to all the women over the years was probably what was in the lockbox.

[@divinechild_creativerebellion]

Allegations were in the Lockbox. That's my personal headcanon.

[@CodyRhodesAKA-AHole]

Can we see this ( 2015 worst Matches happened in wwe ) Next week .

[@mickhh85]

11:43 how I currently feel about Roman...

[@comixproviderftw_02]

The year I stopped watching wrestling in general

[@cterjesen]

The number one spot on this list is the reason I stopped watching WWE. It's a fascinating scenario. NXT had one of the best, maybe even the best, match of the year the day before, in Sami Zayn vs Shinsuke Nakamura. Then they followed that up with what might be the worst match of the year, with Reigns vs HHH. It was just so boring, and made it so painfully obvious that WWE would refuse to listen to the very audible feedback they got on it, that I just gave up.