What was worse?

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After being suckered into watching RAW while on call because it looked promising I saw two of the most baffling debuts and re-debutes I’ve ever seen

So it got me thinking - there are a lot of bad ideas in wrestling. What which ones are worse if events that are comparable. I tried to match up events that are similar here. I picked current issues with some historical comparisons. Feel free to add

Which is worse?

1. Worse debut
  • Karion Kross losing to Hardy
  • Keith Lee coming back to be jobbed out

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2. Worst Faction
  • Nightmare Collective
  • Retribution
  • Oddities

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3. Worst Manager Choice on Debut
  • Vickie with Andrade
  • Dibiassi with Austin
  • Undertaker with Brother Love

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4. Worst cheapening of a title
  • Charlotte winning a bunch of short useless reigns
  • 24/7 Nonesense
  • David Arquette becoming Champion
  • Finger poke of Doom
  • Goldberg beating Fiend

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5. Worst momentum killing squash
  • Goldberg beats Fiend
  • Kofi loses to Brock
  • Kofi loses to Lashley
  • Cena loses to Brock
  • Roman stacks Bryan/Edge
  • Riccochet vs Brock

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6. Worst challenger with no hope of winning title on PPV
  • Eddie Kingston vs Mox
  • Hardcore Holly vs Brock
  • Kofi vs Lashley
  • Rey vs Roman
  • Riccochet vs Brock

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7. Worst promotion for having lame interference
  • AEW
  • NJPW
  • WWE

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8. Worst supernatural shit
  • Alexa Bliss
  • Fiend
  • Kane
  • Undertaker
  • Boogyman

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9. Worst why are they heels when they get cheered
  • AJ and Omos
  • Britt Baker
  • Rock
  • Austin
  • Jericho

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10. Worst Surprise debut or mystery partner
  • Christian Cage
  • Andrade
  • Savio Vega as mystery partner
  • Gobblygooker

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Fun idea. No way does the Gooker lose out on being the worst surprise debut. Like comparing apples and tennis balls in that category.

Poll #9 reminded me that Becky Lynch was supposed to be a heel when she turned on Charlotte Flair at SummerSlam '18 (I think?). She did one heel promo the following Smackdown and they pretty much abandoned the idea of this character being heel because she was getting ridiculous, Austin-level cheers.

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This was fun.

If re-debuts were counting in 3. I’d put Zeb with ADR as by far the worst one.

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I’m shocked that Arquette is so far up on this list.
The Finger Poke of Doom represents so much worse than anything Arquette did.

The optics of Arquette are silly, but the damage had already been done.

Finger Poke of Doom was basically culminating 12.5 months of bad choices by WCW. Starting with the botched Starrcade 97 finish - to ending Goldberg’s streak a year later to sealing the deal with the finger Poke angle.

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