10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2020

[@TheThird1977]

As bad as the Fiend vs. Orton match at TLC was, the visual of an on-fire Fiend striding towards Orton and slapping on the Mandible Claw will always remain a favourite.

[@HoV326]

The Gargano vs Ciampa rivalry is such a tragic story bookingwise. The feud officially kicked off in 2017 when Ciampa turned on Gargano. But because Ciampa was injured, it was put on hold until Ciampa's return at Takeover: Philly in 2018. The feud was finally resumed and was going so well to Takeover: Brooklyn IV (even with Black getting injured and removed from the story prematurely). And right when we were about to get the ultimate climax to end the feud at Takeover: New York/Brooklyn V in 2019, Ciampa gets injured... *again* mere weeks before the match, leading to Adam Cole practically playing the role of substitute and kicking off the Cole vs Gargano feud early and having that consequently stretch a bit. But Ciampa eventually returns to face Cole for the title at Takeover: Portland and gets screwed by Johnny, rekindling the feud to set up for the ultimate payoff we've all been waiting for. But then mother f***ing covid happens, which ended up watering the match down completely and outright removing the crowd factor that probably would have been whit hot to see this thing reach its conclusion. The universe just did not want this feud to succeed

[@KegOfMeat]

I feel like the Takeover New York match would have either been a I Quit Match or a Hell in a Cell Match. Hell in a Cell would have been perfect for the feud ending match.

[@50STFPAUL]

The first Ciampa's injury was handled beautifuly. Without his ex partner, Gargano needed to grow his singles career, which he did... But the shadow of Ciampa was always there. When he returned, it was perfect and the closure on their unsanctioned match was one of the best things to happen in WWE in the last decade. It all went downhill at the second injury. The story never got the same epic feeling since.

[@john-olivierlukama1548]

Gargano and Ciampa: *about to hit the peak of their rivarly* God: Not on my watch

[@WukisGGK]

Funny thing about the Swamp Fight is that it was hyped up as a Universal Title match on the WWE Network. And then the match happened, Bray won, and didn’t win the title…

[@optimus2008]

I almost forgot Strowman was still champ.

[@sethamphetaminess]

I'll never forgive Goldberg for what he did to Kevin owens and bray.

[@kendall6515]

With all due respect, it was Vince not bill.

[@KingKhanate1997]

In terms of pure spectacle, I honestly really liked the Firefly Inferno match

[@bugsquashinghero891]

Will you ever revisit the actual match again?

[@diongrey5033]

@@bugsquashinghero891cool

[@wolframiumlavasioth]

I think Orton v Edge did not deserve to be here, it had a lot of good bits and even though it does drag by the end, at no point you think ''This is bad professional wrestling''.

[@Izanagi520]

I really disagree with the firefly inferno match being on here. The ending alone made up for the brawly match and the rivalry would go down from here, it was still fine at this point. It was a fun fight with spectacular ending moment of the on fire RKO.

[@Beavie]

I'll actually say this about the Rey vs Seth Eye for an Eye match. The actual match itself was wrestled fine, good even. But the stipulation killed it. If it was a regular extreme rules match with maybe a couple spots focusing in on the eye as a reminder "You tried to blind me, f-you" then it would have been saved.

[@LND209]

A normal extreme match should've been what the match was. Maybe a No Hold Barred or Steel Cage wouldve been better the Eye for an Eye match

[@kendall6515]

The whole thing was gross and stupid. That whole feud was garbage

[@reddragon0624]

I honestly enjoyed the Firefly Inferno match. If nothing else it gave us the coolest RKO ever when Bray was still on fire

[@D57]

You gotta admit that randy burning the fiend was a cool visual

[@Lt_Chloe]

The best part of the eye for an eye match is that malakai black kept the 'injured' eye in AEW

[@johnface3474]

Makes me laugh that both him and rey were also murdered by baron corbin in the money in the bank match

[@itsyabrojamomo8614]

I recently rewatched New Day vs Usos at HIAC 2017 and it got me thinking about a top 10 best opening ppv matches list. I think that'd be pretty cool

[@Robochuck]

How can you not mention the "HOLY SHIT" moment when The Fiend just lit the whole arena in flames! It was an odd sight to not have the usual burners around the ring at the start and then after a big move, the fiend turns to the hard cam, yells lifting his arms and WOOOOOSH!!! I have not felt this invested into a wrestler having supernatural powers since Undertaker's haydays. Sure the rest of the match was ... well it was. But that moment alone was great!

[@Surv1vor1993]

The Fiend VS Orton at TLC 2020 is one of the funniest matches I’ve ever seen; mostly cuz of the fact that The Fiebd was on fire and the flames were put out when Randy hit the Fiend with the RKO

[@jamespesetsky]

Randy was the heel in his feud with Bray Wyatt so he was not a face

[@hamsand210]

I was going to mention that.

[@claytontessmer3566]

While I don't think Wyatt/Strowman at MITB was a MOTY candidate it was an alright big man match although I think the Summerslam match they had should of been on this list.

[@BlazedApples]

Wasn't Randy Orton the heel in the feud with The Fiend?

[@kendall6515]

He was and bray a face

[@prj7894]

Am i the only one who loved Wyatt TLC inferno match ...... It was the best use of pandemic restrictions..

[@eslamvszombies1713]

I think it was good enough

[@davidmatoushek9111]

If the first two lists that Cultaholic did for the worst matches of year lists follows the blueprints of TripleJump's worst games of year lists, I would definitely accept it.

[@jakemitchell1132]

One spot I remember from the Orton/Edge match made me so uncomfortable, that I honestly can’t believe WWE did it. For context, Orton did a hangman’s spot to Edge on some gym equipment. They did this spot almost exactly a week after the Dark Side of the Ring episode on Benoit, where they went into detail about how Benoit hanged himself on his gym equipment. It makes you think about what Vince was thinking, or better yet, not thinking. Even if there was a possibility that it was taped before the airing, it still should’ve been cut from the show!!!

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

Cultaholic should do 10 2019 worst WWE matches . And Undertaker vs Goldberg & Seth Rollins vs Bray Wyatt will easily be top 2 in this list

[@tamzidmohsinkhan3333]

So half of 2020 worst matches includes Bray Wyatt

[@Molson-xg9hs]

Honorable Mention to the Street Profits/Viking Raiders…umm, competition, at Backlash that had bowling, ninjas and turkey legs and killed the momentum of two pretty great teams.

[@KegOfMeat]

And a weird squid octopus thing

[@kendall6515]

The raiders have always been garbage and still get shoved down our throats to this day

[@Mr_Oggie]

I like how the idea is: if it was a good Bray/Fiend match then Bray booked it, if it was bad then Vince must have booked it - like Bray can do no bad

[@oisquidyx]

Bray is great creatively, but he is so overrated in ring, his matches are bang average at best

[@anijeepa]

@@oisquidyx he's literally not even looked upon as a great in ring wrestler

[@oisquidyx]

@@anijeepa yes he is, everyone always raves about him in ring, especially for a big guy.

[@anijeepa]

@@oisquidyx idk what parts of the internet you're looking at I see way more people talking about how he is avarage in ring

[@CubeGuyOutHere]

Was Randy supposed to be the face in the inferno match? To me it was Bray, mostly because Randy was coming off his massive heel run that year and his character was not adjusted until he teamed with Riddle and did RK-Bro. Even during the formation of RK-Bro randy was still acting heelish, he RKO'd riddle after matches and kept refusing to team with him until eventually Riddle got his respect and they finally started teaming. I understand the spooky antics can be considered heelish but Orton was CLEARLY the heel to me in that feud.

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Just like Brock vs Kofi the year prior, the outcome between Brock and Ricochet was obvious. But did the underdog have to get squashed in seconds? Couldn't the underdog have gotten some offense? I guess not when Vince was in charge.

[@theharv1490]

Braun and Bray’s rivalry was so mid

[@DanielDeLeon69]

Tell Me Why?!!!?

[@theharv1490]

@@DanielDeLeon69 Weird storyline, awful matches. The only match between them I remember was when Roman became champion

[@DanielDeLeon69]

@@theharv1490 first off that's a lie they don't have bad Matches

[@bugsquashinghero891]

@@DanielDeLeon69 yes yes they do except if you consider the swamp match good

[@kendall6515]

Two mid performers is why

[@KingsNerdCave]

The Fiend was such a bizarre but entertaining character. He NEVER needed the belt and shouldn't have been given it. He simply should have attacked his foes and brutalized them with simple spooky nonsense. Though I will say the firefly inferno match was a nice visual spectacle.

[@ThiccFish]

It's so strange to me. Undertakers character worked because WWE protected the fear Undertaker would instill in opponents, and a huge part of that was that he a 6'10 300lb monster in the ring, and could compete with ANY top star. The fiend has a good physique and a fantastic look for someone to take on the supernatural identity but why the hell should anyone be intimidated if he loses every match? And gets clowned on constantly. Imagine Undertakers ministry of darkness but viscera just sat on Taker and killed him... Or he kidnaps Stephanie McMahon, and then she comes out of a box like structure and makes him puke black sludge and kills him. I can't buy into Bray being threatening, or anyone else being afraid of him when he's constantly booked to lose and get clowned on.

[@hyrulefields]

Orton was not the face in that match lmao it was very clear he wasn’t. He was heel all year

[@Jidayun]

I think the Women's Elimination chamber match entry was a bit off, only in that I think Shana should have come in 5th, not 4th or last. I think she should have cut down everyone, then have an intense stare down with Asuka, before the two having a dope showdown as the finish. Would have scraped up some more legitimacy for Asuka, while still getting across Baesler as a huge threat. And also maybe have her win at mania would help that too.

[@kendall6515]

I didn’t get why they never put all the riott squad in there first? They were all feuding at the time. But instead Sarah and ruby were out and liv didn’t enter till after shayna eliminated all them and nattie.

[@WillHendersonTX]

how did the 2 Kairi Sane vs. Nia Jax matches not made this list, 1 had Kairi getting her neck almost broken from a buckle bomb and the other had Nia irish whipping Kairi head first into the steps and busting her open.

[@jamondross8717]

Hater

[@theharv1490]

Randy vs Edge at WM wasn’t that bad but it was too long

[@KegOfMeat]

I love both guys but the match fucking sucked. It was so boring. It was the Attitude Eras walk and brawl formula without a crowd to fuel it.

[@redbattle5355]

Honestly 2018-2021 make me not wanna remember it happen

[@samsmith9315]

Christ, that eye for an eye match was terrible. I doubt it's a coincidence AEW were doing all their eye stuff with Moxley around that time but at least that wasn't quite so offensively bad. I did love the way WWE just gave up after a while and had Rey appearing with two undamaged eyes without explanation.

[@ceulgai2817]

C'mon Pacitti! Why are you surprised not to find good wrestling in an Orton match?

[@RuanAntunes7]

Are you serious? Randy is a great wrestler 😂 and more often than not he puts on a really good match

[@ceulgai2817]

@@RuanAntunes7 Tl;dr at the end More often than not, he's in good matches (well, during certain years), but that's often because he's in the ring with top-level talent who make it great. Orton's great at a lot of things: Being pretty enough to get cheered as a villain, getting exceptions to the rules made for him, and being from St. Lewis. But it doesn't matter how talented he is if his matches are all "methodical" (Read: Either Orton kills his opponent and spends the match staring at him or his opponent lays in a lot of offense, which Orton shrugs off. Either way, it ends in one RKO with no build. Both of his WM matches with Wyatt are good examples of this. As are most of his matches which he leads.) His best matches are oftentimes led by people who have the stroke and passion to make a good match, like WM21 and Backlash '04. Tl;dr: If given the choice, Orton would rather put on a bad match than work, no matter how much talent he has.

[@jackmonroe1996]

Damn, edge and Orton was the only match I seen on THAT mania, I don’t remember it being that bad, maybe because it was the first bit of wrestling I’ve consumed in years.

[@ramitouati1325]

i actully enjoyed Wyatt Vs Orton at TLC

[@huddythevillain3674]

I came in here thinking it would only be next,smackdown,raw but that won’t make sense

[@yourboyyoda2721]

Hi

[@seand7042]

No Hell no! Rey getting his eye ripped out is one of the greatest things to ever happen

[@blasterra91]

No.... No it wasnt

[@onceuponatimeinscotland7036]

Wait what? I must be out the loop now at 32, that was horrendous. Stunts like that damage wwes credibility

[@seand7042]

@@blasterra91 yes it was! Also we need to know what Medical Facility they sent Rey to that can fix Eyeballs so easily

[@seand7042]

@@onceuponatimeinscotland7036 you're not out of the loop friend.

[@unholyperiodza5442]

@@blasterra91 Don't be such a baby, especially when your dad is Shou Tucker, Gendo Ikari, and Endeavor combined.

[@HoV326]

In my opinion, the Firefly Fun House match exists on both ends of this spectrum. It is the easily the worst match of the year... from an in-ring/action perspective. But from a storytelling perspective, easily the best match of the year.

[@bugsquashinghero891]

You do realize that 2020 had the roman vs jey feud right?

[@carloscolon3331]

How about the worst aew matches

[@stevenpagnani7005]

The trophy is probably in the wwe warehouse with the other old props

[@TheZeroRyuzaki]

It should be fair to point out that Randy was actually the heel during the feud with The Fiend

[@kendall6515]

Exactly! Orton been a heel for the entire year and Wyatt just turned face when he debuted on raw and kicked retributions ass

[@XTesT15X]

Who cares if Orton was a babyface? What should babyfaces just lose Inferno matches cause setting people on fire =Bad? NO! The match was cool.

[@123bigrex]

You could literally put the horror show: extreme rules as it's own entry imo its the worst show of 2020

[@ramitouati1325]

3:01 wasn't orton a heel during that time !

[@kendall6515]

He was

[@smarties9865]

Who wrote this list? Randy Orton was the heel at TLC 2020. Barely started the video…

[@therealslimshanky4393]

Randy was clearly the heel on that Fiend feud

[@RuanAntunes7]

Precisely

[@Naruto0s44]

The mitb match was bad and funny and wrong choice having otis win but pefect choice to have asuka win the mitb because shes been on fire since 2019

[@D57]

Randy vs edge was a fun match, doesn't deserve to be on this list

[@bugsquashinghero891]

Why? Because you said so and who are you to decide what goes in and what doesn't

[@D57]

@@bugsquashinghero891 just because I watched it and it was a fun match and doesn't deserve to he here

[@MrVegasdeuce]

WWE: A swamp match Matt Hardy: ummmm ok... Delete!!!

[@optimus2008]

I'm surprised Strowman vs. Miz and Morrison isn't here.

[@Jas-ii3fp]

The problem I had was that Shayna shouldn't last in the elimination chamber and it was pretty much predicted that she will win not to mention how bad they book it afterward with giving shayna the belt so was a wasted match

[@hhtptai]

The Edge vs. Orton match would have definitely benefitted from having a crowd as well. WWE also could have taken 15 minutes off the match.

[@steveconvertibles3352]

In summary 10: spooky scary nonsense 9: weird and has too much fire 8: covid 7: terribly structured 6: too damn long 5: squashed a promising talent 4: worst spooky scary nonsense 3: too convoluted 2: someone lost an eye 1: grandpa squashed the best character in ages

[@A_T_F_]

I cant stand this Edge slander! That WM match was amazing

[@bugsquashinghero891]

Haha good one 😂 moving on 😒

[@RuanAntunes7]

It was too long and dragged on far too much. One or two decent spots don’t equal a good match

[@posindustries]

I canNOT believe that, in a video about 2020 matches, you still managed to find an excuse to bring up that stupid 2019 Hell in a Cell.

[@greasy2007]

Ricochet is an amazing athlete, now he's wrestling a KZbinr 😒... What a mighty descent

[@SophieCrane-o7v]

The Women's Chamber Match could have been great had The Queen of Spades entered the match at Number 5, Then have her eliminate the Whole Field Just in Time for her to Look at Asuka till the countdown ended, Asuka walks out of her pod & then trying & failing to beat Bayzler.

[@glitchsister]

Rey losing his eye would be way cooler if the aliens from THEY LIVE were part of wrestling cannon, weird how not even Kane's movie is cannon, it takes a lot of money to make a movie, you'd think they'd want to keep the story going

[@glitchsister]

i dont remember writing any of this lol i just got really board

[@kendall6515]

The whole thing was disgusting. I mean that was the grossest thing I ever seen to date. Absolutely sick

[@LibraJohnny]

Oh yeah, the Women EC Match was horrible, with all the women destroyed without any mercy...

[@LibraJohnny]

Lesnar VS Ricochet was just horrible and disrespectful for the latter.

[@dylanogg347]

I thought the Firefly Inferno Match was Boss! A man was set on fire!

[@bugsquashinghero891]

You mean a dummy was sat on fire

[@dylanogg347]

@@bugsquashinghero891 Yes, but in Kayfabe a man was set on fire.

[@multiyapples]

Terrible matches.

[@MachoMadnessNWO]

I actually liked the 2020 TLC Inferno match

[@kendall6515]

Orton was a heel and bray a face when the inferno match happened. I remember Orton had turned heel when he turned on edge that year after the rr. Bray turned face when he attacked retribution and Andrade/zelina on raw

[@WRESTLINGWRITESITSELF]

If you've seen anyone funnier than Adam come sway me here!!😂🙌💀,,

[@bobdonda]

freeing up the Fiend to have a shitty fake cinematic match with Cena was NOT a good thing.

[@martinrubio7356]

the fiend shouldnt of lost the universal championship

[@TonyOnions666]

This list makes me way less excited about Bray Wyatt. Lol

[@Devitron87]

How about every title holder ranked. Could do it in 10 year segments. Could be a fun list and obviously just wwe bc that’s hard enough lol

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

Literally the edge vs orton match I turned to my family said I'm sorry for forcing you to sit through this turned off the TV canceled my subscription and haven't watched wwe since

[@FlawlessP401]

The Rey mysterio eye match wasn't that bad tbh people are just not willing to try to enjoy it.

[@GMRay739]

The match was fine. Good, even. The concept of permanently mutilating someone was awful. The delivery of said mutilation, through the medium of ping pong ball, was abysmal.

[@unholyperiodza5442]

Shows how bad a father Rey is

[@kendall6515]

I never understood why they didn’t have the riot squad didn’t face off in the womens elimination chamber? That was completely wasted and we never got the feud.

[@zanethind]

They did Ricochet so dirty

[@vbadger1056]

I will never say eye for an eye was bad that shit ruled idc what anyone says

[@gabemyers4516]

Did he just call Randy Orton a baby face when he burned the fiend? I thought it was pretty clear he was meant to be the heel in the feud

[@adamgonzales4188]

You are two years too late nobody remembers

[@conormccarthy906]

So basically, creative=bad

[@zanethind]

2020 sigh

[@ht82smash42]

GARGANO VS CIAMPA? Nah fam. You lost me

[@kimble90126]

Omg

[@scottdixon1986]

Once they knew Mania was going to be an empty arena show. Edge v Orton shouldve changed to a street fight or something like that. Last man standing matches you need the crowd. To sort of fill in the dead time during counts and stuff

[@tomg6220]

Erm in 2020 randy was NOT the good guy the fk 🤣🤣

[@Thechezbailey]

I put that last man standing match on when I need something to fall asleep to. You may laugh, but it's amazing for that lolol

[@deadbydefiance9341]

Boom

[@JagerLange]

Pacitti gon' git disappeared for getting too close to the truth on what caused the pandemic.

[@justmaskdoeswrestling7454]

wth i loved edge and orton at mania

[@espurrthestupididiot2405]

Randy wasn't the babyface in his feud with Bray though.

[@RuanAntunes7]

Randy Was the heel in the rivalry with the Fiend. How did you guys miss or forget that

[@Mattcruzedc]

Edge and orton was very good. It shouldn’t be on this list

[@joshwarren691]

I figured this was a reupload I'll check it out

[@UnderTheShadowOfHisWings]

Dang! I'm glad I watched this! I was waiting for the mention of the Wrestlemania where Alexa Bliss (technically) beat Bray Wyatt... ugh... that was in 2021. I guess I had a Pandemic/Mandella experience. .... JMBO.... that was the only bad Bray Wyatt match in history. ..but, I'm biased. Worst 2020 match was the Eye For An Eye Match.... YIKES!

[@mondowrongo9510]

You know what....I’m going to say it....I loved pandemic era wrestling! It was full of goofy wrestling nonsense and that’s what I tune in for.

[@unholyperiodza5442]

You forgot Reigns vs Corbin Royal Rumble 2020 Dog Food Match???? I mean this is where they knew Reigns had to turn heel.

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@acebi_ly9246]

Idk man, I think i'd rather watch Strowman and Wyatt tell us a story at MITB than Elias and Corbin having a silent stinker at Mania.

[@jamesaranyt338]

9:40 and erick rowan(via dq)