10 Best Wrestling Matches With The Worst Builds
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00:00Pop quiz. What is more important the match or the build answers below in a dream world?
00:05You want to smash both of course, even if you do screw up the lead-in but succeed in the fight
00:10Usually the audience is more forgiving. There is so much wrestling on TV
00:14You're always gonna get some howlers too. And therefore I am Simon from what culture please hit the subscribe button
00:20And this is the 10 best wrestling matches with the worst builds
00:24Yes, that's most definitely hyperbole number 10 Brock Lesnar versus Daniel Bryan at Survivor Series 2018
00:30So first and foremost how the flub is this so old I felt like I watched it yesterday back then though
00:36WWE were obsessed with war versus Smackdown when it came to the November pay-per-view just because
00:41Yep, that was the cell here and it got so out of control in
00:452017 cuz Brock decided he didn't want to wrestle Jinder Mahal who at the time was the other world champion
00:51We just switched the belt to AJ Styles talk about doing things the wrong way around
00:55The reason we raised this though is because 12 months later something smacked WWE right in the face
01:01Both Lesnar and Styles were the champions again
01:03Whoops realizing they couldn't just do the same match twice from nowhere Daniel Bryan won the belt
01:08Which was also confusing because now it meant we had a heel versus heel contest
01:13It's almost like this wasn't thought through if it was anyone else. We'd be on the floor. But look who was involved here
01:19I assume Brian put this together too because the end result was absolutely brilliant
01:24Brock murdered the guy to start because of their size difference when Daniel hit Lesnar right in the balls to turn the tide
01:30And because Brock doesn't mind getting thumped as hard as possible
01:34Brian did exactly that all of a sudden it started to feel like he was going to do it
01:38I mean this really is masterful
01:40The near falls are totally believable too and while it turned Brian into a good guy for the duration who cares
01:46You've not seen this you must change it today. Just don't bother with the nonsense beforehand number nine Chris Jericho versus Will Ospreay all in
01:542023 right so the deal with this is simple AEW wanted a major match for Will Ospreay in London because Will Ospreay is English
02:02Anyone working Chris Jericho for the first time ticks this box because Jericho is a major star
02:07So now how do we get there?
02:09Well, we just sort of did it Chris did admit he needed help after some big losses
02:13So rekindled his friendship with Don Callis, although just when it looked like they would become a new team
02:19Callis was caught with a painting of Jericho having his head cut off
02:23That's not even a joke why Don would do this before getting a proper answer
02:26I do not know if you didn't believe it was possible
02:29You're just wasting your time when the Ospreay then flew in from Japan to stand by Callis's side
02:34Which was also strange because William was always gonna be the baby face at Wembley Stadium
02:40Whereas Don was a mega heel it ultimately doesn't matter because it's such a good match and seeing Ospreay get arguably the biggest victory of
02:47His career will be something we all remember for a while number 8 MGF versus Darby Allin versus jungle boy versus Sammy Guerrero at double
02:54Or nothing 2023 so I saw this match live and yeah, it was one of the best four ways
02:59I've ever seen they all smashed it the bill divide people to say the least however
03:04Given it was all situated around the idea that these were the pillars of AEW
03:08There was a debate as to whether the accolade had been earned or simply done
03:12Because why not Sammy and Jack Perry had the finger pointed at them for such things which doubled when Gabbara and Maxwell were friends for
03:19a while
03:20Even though it was clear. They hated each other
03:23Once again, I actually found this quite amusing, but hey
03:26I'm an idiot Jimmy Tony Conner just decided he wanted to see this so however we get there is how we get there
03:31You can't say it was wrong
03:33They got to the pay-per-view and went 28 minutes
03:36It was just an absolute roller coaster given that it feels like AEW wants to embrace a more match focused approach
03:42You can likely give it a pass in hindsight, too
03:44It was literally there because it's something we can do number 7 Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns versus Luke Harper and Eric Rowan
03:51Hell in a cell 2019. I mean listen to who is in it
03:55This was just WWE pulling names out of a hat it also summed up
03:592019 because I'm not sure anybody knew what the overall plan was and I can't even really explain this
04:05I think Brian was angry with Eric Rowan for attacking Roman even though they were friends
04:09So Luke Harper returned because we needed a guy and he made sense
04:14Or something so annoying too as Harper rocked in this but we still did nothing after the fact
04:18Maybe they all knew this cuz man they got in there and smashed it. This was great
04:23It's also done under tornado rules
04:25So you get instant chaos and even though there's not much investment with Rowan and Harper at the start
04:30I tell you by the end they are slamming each other onto their opponents and the fans are going proper nuts
04:36You also get this excellent Roman spear through a table and it's a joy that isn't talked about enough
04:40Number six the rock versus Steve Austin at WrestleMania 17. So hold on a second
04:45I too love everything about this match including the build but answer me this who was the rocks manager prior to mania x7
04:54Exactly. No, I bet you replied the rock didn't even have a manager, but that is not true
04:59Instead Vince McMahon had made Deborah stand by the great one side because she was stone-cold Steve Austin's wife
05:06Thankfully when we got to that all-time sit-down interview
05:09She was just removed from this role as everybody realized Rocky and Austin just had to stare at each other
05:14Lo and behold it worked you all know the deal on the night as well because they created magic
05:19The only real asterisks being the ill judge he'll turn at the end
05:23Whatever 20 years ago. I'm gonna worry about it. Now. I do have to say they kick out of a lot of finishes though
05:29To be honest, this is where that trope kind of started
05:33Whoops number five Cody Rhodes versus Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 38
05:37This was all about what you knew if you were not up on your backstage information
05:42You watch raw to see Seth Rollins lose it that he didn't have a WrestleMania match
05:46Yell at Vince McMahon about it who told him why doesn't he act like an adult and just ask for one which Rollins then
05:53Celebrated like he was the new champion
05:55Bizarre, this was all done because Cody Rhodes had been signed but WWE didn't want to give the game away
06:01But the only reason this would make any sense is if you were already clued in and short nerds like us were
06:07But from a story perspective, it was totally baffling
06:11Also why I love wrestling we just do stuff when the American nightmare revealed himself to be Rollins his opponent, too
06:16Seth was super mad. Why what did he care? He got what he wanted. He's wrestling on the show
06:22You were able to forget about all that in 15 seconds because everything about this was so legendary
06:27Two of the very best of this generation there before FTR vs. The Young Bucks of full gear 2020
06:33I do think it's a bit unfair to say the story was port was cash wheeler and Dax Harwood almost
06:37Infiltrated the elite to knock hangman Adam page and Kenny Omega from their perch
06:41While flipping off the Young Bucks in the process what sort of some however
06:45Is that to recreate the demand for this match that they had back in?
06:482016 Matt and Nick Jackson sort of healed it up a bit. I suppose it's just not what they needed to do
06:54But with this one who gives a flub this match is so good the tell they tell within it is sublime
06:59I mean FTR lost because cash decide that a 450 would be a good idea
07:04Even though the old-school pairing had sworn to stick to their own principles
07:08Also, literally impossible for these two to have a bad match and that should be the story of the next one. We are awesome
07:14Why don't you go and deal with it number three John Cena vs
07:17Brock Lesnar at Extreme Rules 2012 the start of this ruled Brock Lesnar returning to WWE in
07:232012 was enough
07:24But when he got into a pull-apart brawl with Cena shortly after and split his lip it garnered such a good reaction
07:30It became Brock's calling card for ages
07:33Lesnar then did that sit-down interview where he basically said he was gonna kill John and make him piss himself
07:38Brock was back. He was the most legit dude ever because WWE love sports entertainment
07:43They then felt Lesnar should be in more segments
07:45So what did we do a contract signing what else to ensure the fans knew Brock was the heel too?
07:52He told Johnny Lauren itis that he had a bunch of demands because listen now I have a bunch of demands
07:57You were meant to think the limelight gone to his head. I'm like what come before
08:02Nobody bought that nonsense. It's Brock Lesnar. We know the deal
08:06It's why he was repaired with Paul Heyman after this because the advocate was far better at such things
08:10But go and watch this match. It is frightening at times just because Lesnar ruined Cena for huge parts of it
08:17I definitely forgot what wrestling is meant to be you man of blood was almost unheard of in
08:21WWE at that time too, and it is amazing that either guy walked away mostly, okay
08:27Absolute war the underline what Brock was gonna do for the next decade
08:31Totally wild number two the 2016 money in the bank ladder match
08:35This is indeed the money in the bank fight where to sell it
08:38We had all the entrance climb ladders and yell at each other on war
08:43Absolutely hilarious. Everybody has their allocated time to drop a line as well
08:46So it's a contrived mess to the point even Dean Ambrose is begging that they just fight
08:52He was done hanging out in the sky as you would be
08:55It was just so strange because the idea of the preamble is to explain to the audience what they're going to see in a few
09:00Weeks, whereas here you would have thought the idea of the match was to have a big chat
09:05This was not the same on the night itself because Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens, especially tried to kill themselves
09:10Some of the damn bumps they took it was just a wild tonal shift that made this so crazy
09:15You would have thought this was a comedy scrap. Trust me. It is not at all number one
09:21Trish Stratus versus Becky Lynch at Payback
09:232023 the short version was Trish felt like Becky Lynch didn't respect the fact she had paved the way
09:28Problem was throughout her career Lynch had said how great Stratus was and that we all owed her a debt
09:33I think the pair may have agreed that maybe
09:35WWE could have done better with this because when they got to their blow-off match at Payback my word
09:40It was within the confines of a steel cage, which is even better and they just lit this place up
09:45It was also a CV ticket for Stratus who had never done this stipulation before and I tell you it is a triumph
09:52one of the better matches of
09:542023 if you were gonna come to me for advice, I would say we should go and do it again
09:59Nobody other great matches that had questionable builds
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