5 Worst Wrestling Matches Of 1990

3. Jake Roberts vs. Bad News Brown – SummerSlam 1990

In Stampede Wrestling, Bad News Brown was a fearless monster that ran roughshod all the time. In WWE, he was booked to be completely terrified of snakes and wrestled in gimmick matches. Makes perfect sense.

This match lasted less than five minutes and ended in a disqualification. With those two factors, you know that this wouldn’t be a fun match to watch. The action was disjointed and uninspiring, and the special referee in the match – Big Bossman – didn’t do a very good job of enforcing the rules.

What you were left with was a bland match that didn’t do much to further the story. The post-match segment was slightly exciting, but it wasn’t what WWE were hoping for in terms of crowd reaction.

The fans kept chanting for Roberts’ DDT, but it never came. That left the audience deflated by the time the DQ came, which only exacerbated the poor quality of this contest.