The Great American Bash 2004 Review

The first WWE Great American Bash PPV. A show that had one of the worst endings in PPV history.

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One of the worst PPVs of all time. I'm not going into much detail into the card. It tells you all that you need to know. The U.S. Title Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match was the right way to kick off a Great American Bash. But the match itself was boring. It felt like these 4 didn't want to be there. They might not even want to be there given the circumstances they had. The build, the crowd, the atmosphere. Nothing was in their favor. They did make the right choice by keeping the title on Cena. Other than that, the match gets 2*. Now onto the positives on the show. Mysterio and Chavo were once a great pairing. These 2 were feuding on & off for the Cruiserweight Title for 4 and a half months. And it culminated in this show. A great match between these 2, and the outcome saw Rey Mysterio retain the title. 4*. Eddie & JBL had one of the most polarizing feuds in Smackdown history for the WWE Title. It was a physical and brutal feud between these 2 stemming from when Bradshaw unintentionally put his hands on Eddie's mother at a live event. They had a Texas Bull Rope Match for the WWE Title, and it was fantastic! It was your interactive brawl that you would expect from these 2. However, the outcome really, really, REALLY pissed me off. One of the worst creative decisions to a world title match you will ever see on PPV. Both men touched all 4 corners of the ring at the same time. But instead of doing the logical thing and restarting the match, they did the stupid thing and awarded JBL the title. One of the most controversial outcomes of all time. The match itself gets 4.25*. Reigns/Haas, DUD. Kenzo/Billy Gunn, DUD. Mordechai/Holly, DUD. Torrie/Sable, DUD. Scratch that. -1*. And then we get to the main event. Undertaker VS The Dudley Boyz in a Concrete Crypt Match. What should I say that everyone else hasn't said about this match? It was one of the worst main events of all time. Not just in PPV history, ever. It was one of the worst matches in WWE history. It had one of the worst post-match conclusions in PPV history. It was a catastrophe on every level imaginable. It exposed everyone in the match. It embarrassed everyone in the crowd and everyone watching at home. And it exposed WWE's undercard around this time. FTS!!!!! The Great American Bash had one of the worst builds in WWE history and the card lived up to it. It had 2 great matches on the card, and they did nothing to even salvage this show. Lots of DUDs on the card. No sense of urgency in anything that they were producing. And it exposed Smackdown's downfall around this time. This show was a disaster. 0 out of 10.