5 worst retirement matches in WWE history

Akash C
There have been some pretty terrible retirement matches in WWE
There have been some pretty terrible retirement matches in WWE

#1) The Rock vs Mankind

Simply terrible
Simply terrible

This. This is by far the worst retirement match in the history of the WWE, in my opinion. The Rock and Mankind went head to head in 1999 in a Pink Slip on a Pole match. I always rant about "X thing on a Pole" matches and with very good reason. They are all absolutely terrible.

This time around, it involved retrieving a pink slip which would result in the termination of your opponent's employment with the WWE. This was really dumb for a number of reasons. One, no one really believed that The Great One could lose this match and there was no tension at all surrounding the result.

Secondly, the aftermath felt cheap as Foley was restored to the active roster just two weeks after this sham of a match.

Edited by Akash C
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