10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2017

From Big Cass vs. Big Show at SummerSlam to Charlotte Flair vs. Nia Jax on Raw, these are the 10 WORST WWE Matches Of 2017
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[@BigDaddyBland87]

The fact that Jinder's bizarre push was 5 years ago blows my mind. Where has time gone?

[@thecodester6669]

Idk.

[@trevonburtch4014]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@nigelarcani]

Still feels like yesterday

[@floofluc7260]

Roided jinder what a time xD

[@PlayBoiiNyra]

Cuz of their Indian connection they established

[@BlazedApples]

Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton were better allies than enemies. I never want to see them against each other ever again.

[@flight9716]

Yea they never clicked as opponents

[@matthewfulton4863]

Loved that Wyatt family run with Orton and Harper

[@BlazedApples]

@@matthewfulton4863 I really enjoyed them as tag team champions

[@BlazedApples]

@Danny Michelle I'm pretty sure in 2020-2021 that's how it was

[@ubertallhoneybadger1793]

I get what you're saying but I think if Vince booked him right that he wouldn't be on this list. Vince thought the crab walk and spooky ballocks was what made wyatt scary but its not. What makes him scary is demonstrated by a photo used in one of his vignettes. The photo has a bunch of headless hands raising up to him while his arms are stretched. Blind loyalty by mindless sheep's. So maybe if Vince added Ted Dibeasde Jr or other Legacy members to join the wyatt family it would've been a better feud

[@thundercloud280_]

I like how we just never saw Great Khali again after he interfered in the main event of a PPV

[@zanethind]

Ikr until last year's HOF

[@ApexZer0]

Well in an alternate timeline he hangs around and helps jinder for a few months then turns on him before getting the title himself

[@kendall6515]

It was so stupid. What was the point of it? And what was even more baffling is the last time these two were around each other they were feuding! Vince started losing touch somewhere around the late 2000s with the Donald trump stuff.

[@BabyKnukleDustr]

I would love an Every Brock Lesnar match from 2012-2022 ranked from worst to best video

[@zanethind]

Same

[@MrPineapple045]

That's only like 7 matches that they have to rank

[@reneliebregts64]

11:57 THE GREAT KHALI... using jinder's theme and graphics

[@kendall6515]

And was feuding with mahal the last time they were around each other lol!

[@hhtptai]

This year was also weird for Kane, who was somehow in the main event picture.

[@mattconway7910]

If I remember correctly, they had to him in there to eat some pins because they didn’t want to beat Brock or Roman.

[@33dbz]

Yeah, didn’t he completely bury Finn Balor in a match on raw at one point?

[@j-manhoosier7373]

@@33dbz ya 🤣🤣

[@robertcanady4467]

@@33dbz supposedly Vince did that to punish him For going off script with AJ

[@kendall6515]

And the man was 50! 50 now! And hadn’t been a threat for ten years lol

[@anonluxor470]

The fact that it took one F5 to defeat Strowman is just a stupid

[@thecryptkeeper5]

I am fine with that if the match before it earned that. But it didn't here. it was just bad.

[@Emilythematerialgurl]

I swear as stupid as gold berg winning over the feind when should've been Fin balors demon king vs the feind and demon king on top

[@quentinkaasa47]

Spamming finishers is equally stupid.

[@ryanprior1294]

I feel like 2017 had the potential to be one of the best years in a very long time if it wasn't for Jinder Mahal and Brock Lesnars long championship runs going through the majority of the year

[@zanethind]

True but it was still pretty good

[@Liverpoolfcthebest]

At least brock had some good matches

[@ryanprior1294]

@@Liverpoolfcthebest I'll give you that.. they could of been a bit longer. His match with Samoa Joe felt rushed and his match with Braun Strowman I feel like it had the wrong result

[@chrisbreezy3048]

It's bad enough that Bray lost the WWE Title to Randy at Mania, but to follow it up with the House of Horrors Match at Payback (which wasn't even for the title, mind you) is a travesty. Overall, from the silly spooky stuff to losing one match after another, 2017 was a tough year for the Eater of Worlds.

[@brentonjones2623]

2017 was the year that finally broke me, couldn’t watch regularly anymore just little bits here and there. Boy did this video remind me exactly why, just awful story telling lol. Thanks for being awesome cult crew and still watch pretty much every video even as a part time wrestling fan.

[@kendall6515]

Vince got worse and worse every year from 2007 on. I wasn’t watching it full time again till around 2019 i do believe.

[@kingxd3ath_arts485]

I swear the bray vs orton mania match felt like a showcase match on 2k where you have to do a corner taunt to activate a cinematic scene

[@marybonner7432]

This was the year that I came back into wrestling proper what a strange year indeed

[@HoV326]

Just in time for the legendary reign of Jinder Mahal. What a wonderful way to get back into wrestling!

[@marybonner7432]

@@HoV326 Don't hinder Jinder

[@spiv]

payback 2017 was my first live wwe event. it started with enzo and cass beating anderson and gallows, it had the bar turning heal after losing to the hardy's, bayley losing in her hometown, watching a video of the house of horrors match that looked very very dumb, jericho's surprise win on owens because we knew fozzy was about to go on tour, and a very very boring roman reigns braun stroman main event. also just want to point out, the house of horrors match shows that it was night time, but with it being california in may, it was absolutely still light outside and everyone was laughing and asking if the house was on the east coast and they drove to california in record time lol

[@jack0slack]

I know this is weird but I honestly liked Reigns vs. Taker at Wrestlemania 33. The story it told (not the one they intended it to tell but the one it did tell) of a man who had long needed to retire and was running out of steam actually worked with the botches, giving the whole thing a meta-like quality. I don't dispute it being on this list, but it's a match where its flaws kinda worked for it.

[@samuelreyes6973]

I agree

[@chrisbreezy3048]

Not to mention that the win gave Roman nuclear heat and put Braun over in the process once their feud began.

[@mspacely6521]

Did a good job of showing why that version of reigns was so strongly rejected too.

[@marvinleong5902]

It actually unfair to rank them as worst match now (especially after Taker documentary on how he worked injured with his hip problems) like it may be the worst back that time, but it should ranked as so after knowing certain information that contributed to that

[@Joe_Parmesan]

It probably would've been remembered better if a) they built that as the story a bit more and b) they turned Roman heel! He absolutely needed to become a heel right after that, because the audience booed him more than ever the next night on Raw

[@johnbrashear3190]

More than anything this calls to attention the absolute ridiculousness of AEW running an angle about determining who the greatest technical wrestler in the world is and not including the great Khali. I scoffed when Claudio came out to replace Danielson at Forbidden door instead of him the nerve of Tony Khan really is something else.

[@optimus2008]

Fr bro, Justice for Great Khali damnit.

[@rhedosaurus2251]

I still don't think the Punjabi Prison Match was ever a bad idea. It just had the bad luck of hosting some bad matches.

[@Gammera2000]

The concept isn't awful for something that's brought out extremely sparingly. Considering that if the cage door isn't broken off, the wrestlers need to climb two different cages to escape i mean

[@theharv1490]

I wish WWE brought back brand exclusive PPVs. They were such a cool concept

[@badbooking3221]

Only if there's a roster pool that can support it. With Triple H's regime, it 'might' just happen.

[@tripizweird9430]

Awful take

[@breazy832]

You are the first person I’ve ever seen say that

[@badbooking3221]

@Crossman6911 If it was like 2003-2004 where brands had 2-3 months to develop feuds, then all brands would have meaningful stories while WWE is still making money from PLE's . This could definitely work, just need the proper execution.

[@armnhc84]

Orton vs Wyatt was the worst match of that entire year…these two actually had their first match together at No Mercy 2016 (I was there live) and it was absolutely wretched. Why they didn’t learn their lesson and booked this as a title match at Wrestlemania I’ll never know…

[@quentinkaasa47]

Bray can't deliver in the ring unless he has the right people around him to make it work.

[@markharrelson9926]

Adam Paccitti (or however his name is spelled) has become one of the best narrators on KZbin. Great jokes, humor, easy to understand voice. Props to Adam P

[@optimus2008]

I fully agree with you. Also yeah, that's the right spelling 😂👍👌

[@moxgirl5]

I always laugh at the Orton/Bray match at Mania with the maggots and that on the canvas - cos I was there in person at Mania, and I didn't even know they'd done that until afterwards! You couldn't see it in person, lol.

[@mat2093]

Carmella vs Nataliya on smackdown on September 5th 2017 needs to be on this list. I was their and I never saw a crowd so bored. James Ellsworth cashing in the briefcase got a pop though

[@theharv1490]

Well what do you expect? It’s Natalya 😂

[@unholyperiodza5442]

@@theharv1490 She throws tantrums when she loses.

[@greasy2007]

@theharv1490 ok I thought I was the only one who thought she was so wack

[@thomasmeyer6407]

The scariest of all kitchen appliances lmao!!!

[@user-ri3uj8by1s]

Randy Orton defeated and punted Husky Harris, he became Eater of Worlds, Orton defeated Eater of Worlds and burned Sister Abigail, Wyatt became The Fiend, Orton defeated and burned The Fiend, he became The Burned Fiend, Orton defeated The Burned Fiend, he became Wyatt again

[@greasy2007]

I had to pause @ 10:21 bc the idea of walking thru a "house of horrors" in trunks is jus too much for me lmao

[@redbattle5355]

Forgot that this was the year that the Universal Championship was held hostage by Brock Lesnar and the WWE Championship was given to Jinder Mahal (the former which I have no idea why the title was given to Brock other than Vince like big, meaty boys and the latter, iirc, had something to do with India like business or something)

[@optimus2008]

I'm an Indian, and fair to say, nobody seemed to really talk about Jinder. If anything, Cena, Rock and Roman are pretty darn popular here.

[@caseybillings9685]

Wow, this is the year I started watching wrestling. Even though its only 5 years ago It feels very nostalgic to me.

[@ShowdeQuetzal]

Those Jinder Mahal days were dark days

[@jamondross8717]

They aren't

[@VinnieDangerous]

Surprised Jinder vs Nakamura wasn’t on here

[@nevenpatrk9661]

Yep I thought about that too. That Summerslam match was so bad.

[@pepito2847]

Yeah that match was way worse than a majority of the matches on this list I should know, I was there live to witness that awful match

[@optimus2008]

I guess Adam forgot about it.. tbf it's not a hard task to forget about it.

[@33dbz]

Yeah I’d say that match was worse then Brock vs Braun

[@cyrus356]

honestly while the punjabi prison match SUCKED on television, it would be insanely fun in a wwe video game

[@Centhar]

This was the year I tapped out after becoming interested again around the the time of SS 13 when Bryan won the title. My god it was a bad year.

[@scottmcclintock4923]

I still believe the Owens Styles ending was planned. It wasn't a mistake. The music and gfx came up on cue. If it wasn't it wouldn't have been that quick.

[@PalmerPerspectivePodcast]

Poor Randy. One of the goats of wrestling been involved in so many bad matches

[@JordanKeats1]

You should revisit some old TNA PPVs sometime as you go through older content

[@jc.cards8]

Back in the good old days when Jinder was champ

[@danflorio834]

I love these worst lists bc bad wrestling that I forgot about is sometimes more fun to think abt then good wrestling that I remember

[@XxxxDavisxxxX2]

3:00 I LOVED that match RR vs Taker was gold

[@Ellthom]

Shocked Kevin Owens v Goldberg @ Fastlane didn't make the list.

[@nickkaragiannis1021]

For me 2017 is AJ Styles bangers

[@TheRaven361]

2017 yep still hated Lesnar

[@megarohan16]

Nia punched Charlotte so hard that her outie belly button fell out and is now an innie..

[@the_ShApE03]

you know its weird I was at summer slam in 2017 and I don't remember cass vs show at all

[@quentinkaasa47]

I vaguely remembered Enzo above the ring in a shark cage.

[@diendong]

The Omega vs Okada trilogy and NJPW in general of 2017 ruined the WWE for me.

[@dmercy8477]

Still laughing at the ending of The MITB match. What they were thinking?

[@matthewevans3543]

All this feels like last year nevermind 2017

[@Ty17V]

...Seeing a lot of Orton on this list. The common demoninator if you will.

[@TheLethalPrince]

To be fair, 2017 was a pretty shit year for Orton.

[@kelleighohara83]

Look, the Cass/Show/Enzo match was trash, but it was my favorite kind of trash, and watching an oiled up Enzo getting flattened was hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Emilythematerialgurl]

The Charlotte vs Jax match made me grimace like oooo shows how unsafe and stuff was

[@chayden153]

Oh right?! Especially Nia dropping Charlotte on her neck like that, it's a miracle she wasn't hurt

[@muhammadasad729]

Lesnar vs Strowman and Lesnar vs Joe were really some disappointments after very good buildups.

[@waddle1334]

Wow, this all seems like a year ago. Time flies.

[@christophercarrillo5707]

Battle ground was the first ppv I got to watch live and it was so disappointing 😂

[@obamamojang]

This year almost made me fall out of love with wrestling forever. Awful just dreadful

[@zanethind]

Big Cass being heel should've been better honestly also honestly Styles vs Shane could've been the main event or a different match because that Wrestlemania 33 main event should've been in the midcard

[@MichaelPastz]

Jinder Mahal's wwe run is underrated, you cant hinder jinder

[@DevilSurvivor69]

Damn straight lol 😆

[@KingRioT1]

Wow Nia vs Flair was in 2017 how the time flies

[@willraven2302]

You should have had all Jinder Mahal matches on this list

[@GabbyPlaysGames02]

Unpopular opinion I’m sure, but I really didn’t think Orton and Wyatt’s house of horrors match was too bad. I kinda liked it up until Jinder Mahal showed up for no damn reason.

[@joshhale9355]

The fact that it was only 5 and bit years ago we had fucking Jinder as WWE champ shows that everything pre COVID feels like over a decade ago.

[@multiyapples]

I forgot about these matches.

[@bearInMind.]

Who wants to tell him 2017 was 5 years ago

[@zk97383]

I would have added Goldberg vs Kevin Owens at Fastlane

[@fizzyfuzz5878]

How is Goldberg vs. Kevin Owens' 22 second distraction, spear and jackhammer Fastlane 2017 main event not here? Owens had the universal title for 188 days, after Balor had to vacate it due to injury. Had the Jericho storyline going, successfully defended it against top guys. The Goldberg vs. Brock survivor series '16 squash was done perfectly. But doing an even shorter squash main event, was such a bad way to end Owens' reign.

[@dxov1597]

How was Kevin Owens vs Goldberg not on here. At least these matches had better stories and were better matches themselves smh

[@eLite-Tiss91]

That Alexa Bliss vs Bayley Match made Bayley look like a Punk...and you can tell that Vince shotty bookinh

[@reddeffender8856]

2017 was the year I started watching wwe

[@Samboy1135]

Is anyone excited for the best ppv of 2022?

[@SchmergDergen]

Ellsworth wins Money in the Bank: outrage Nyla Rose is fire to win AEW Women’s belt: celebration

[@quentinkaasa47]

😆😆😆 A good summary of why the IWC has always sucked.

[@ryannolastname6304]

Jason Jordan graduated from my high school

[@The_Farwall]

The Punjabi prison blocks our view with giant "wooden" stakes? Bamboo is a GRASS, lol, I hope somebody got fired for THAT blunder.

[@mikemiken1963]

Rods... He said rods. Lol, I hope someone was fired for THAT blunder. Lol

[@The_Farwall]

@@mikemiken1963 wooden though was the joke. I still might have fucked that up but yeah, rods wasn't the keyword

[@RDGamer321]

As a reminder, if it wasn't for AJ Styles taking the WWE Champipnship from Mahal a week before Survivor Series we may have ended up with Jinder Mahal vs Brock Lesnar which either would have ended with Mahal and the Singh Brothers getting fed to Brock like a 3 Course Meal or worse a 15 minute slog fest where Brock would probably not give a damn about the match, no sell anything Mahal did, and who knows what else.

[@forrestredd2706]

Everyone keeps talking about how great Charlotte Flair is but literally, just watching this video you have a screen still of her tie up with Nia Jax. Literally one of the first things you learn in wrestling, and she is doing it wrong.

[@angelchaos2657]

I like camp, but they definitely had to build up from the House of Horrors match

[@Macephtopheles]

I always thought Khali deliberately held the title upside down to signify "Misery" for ever bringing the Punjabi Prison match to the WWE...

[@beesly01]

He thought he was helping the Miz? :)

[@beesly01]

@@razzad573 Khaeli held the title upside down in this video. That's what we're talking about.

[@thecodester6669]

1:45 this was shows last ppv match. No greatest royal rumble, no rumble 2020, not even extreme rules 2020 vs orton(that was on raw the next night)

[@marilynmuerta2905]

This is the year i started watching!

[@mikemiken1963]

Surprised you kept going.

[@zanethind]

2017 honestly was a pretty good year for WWE

[@noahaxinn7880]

Hey jinder was only on here once and it was more the stipulations fault than his, good for him

[@aaronhurst4379]

Waaait that Jason Jordan reveal was FIVE YEARS AGO??? Jeeeez...

[@Corndog1997]

Poor Randy Orton. He's involved in at least 3 of these matches.

[@jamesfrost2032]

Enzo's from Jersey. *Insert New Jersey joke*

[@mikemiken1963]

I think that Jersey is more embarrassed of Enzo than the inverse.

[@KadeemG61]

2017 was a weird and bad year for WWE. This is why I still not care about the product because of Vince’s Creative goons for their odd booking and Jinder Mahal as WWE Champion. That was a bad year for the WWE Championship scene.

[@samuelparisi9504]

12:01 lol The Great Khali one of the greatest technical wrestlers of all time 😂😂😂😂

[@thematiasmadness7010]

I miss Enzo and his beautiful and insane beard

[@ThePaineTrain]

8:42 FUCK. THIS. MATCH.

[@m.ta.r.6443]

Cass is from NYC and Enzo is from New Jersey. 2 different states.

[@kraftpunk6516]

5 years later 😭😭

[@Paulie-ep3hn]

It was also the year of the miz carrying a show on his back as IC champ. Make it actually important again

[@oralechinito3351]

That was the year that made me stop liking wrestling

[@prestonjones4941]

8:22 someone PLEASE tell me wtf is up with his shoulder

[@Nbflowers1989]

Jeez 2017 was bad.

[@walkingaroundmoney3361]

At least we had NXT in 2017

[@theharv1490]

2018 NXT > 2017 NXT

[@walkingaroundmoney3361]

@@theharv1490 absolutely! But the topic was 2017.

[@theharv1490]

@@walkingaroundmoney3361 Ik

[@tinotica]

Honorable mention: Jinder Mahal vs Baron Corbin: WWE championship match on raw

[@lewimillionzYT]

It should have been orton vs wyatt vs harper

[@SuperNinjaAustin213]

Let's just say that half of 2017 of WWE was really unnecessarily Bad but don't get me wrong the other half was really good it was just 50/50 half one half was really entertainingly phenomenal the other half was really Horribly Bad

[@mspacely6521]

I didn't think the house of horrors match was as bad as all the negativity it got... like definitely a disappointment but I was at least entertained.

[@fish203]

2017 was terrible

[@KirkWilliamsIsBroken]

I swear Alexa Bliss ruins the careers of everyone she works with.

[@antiadam666]

Jinder is under rated

[@Arsenallegend8]

U forgot seth rollins vs the fiend

[@nsplb945]

bro what made it worse is that randy and bray weren't even fighting for anything. The title wasn't even on the line

[@optimus2008]

What do you mean bruh, someone needed to claim the ownership of that haunted fridge and that limo.

[@taisyalover14]

Enzo amore worse wrestler ever