5 Worst Wrestling Matches of 1991

#2 Chamber of Horrors, Halloween Havoc ‘91

Trying to explain this match’s concept and execution might be funnier than the actual match itself. But here goes.

To win this gimmicky steel cage match, you had to force one person into a smaller cage and then into an electric chair (not the wrestling move, but a supposedly real electric chair that’s used for real-life executions), and then flip the switch. So apparently, the only way to win this match was to straight up murder someone.

As if that wasn’t asinine enough, the camera crew managed to catch something they weren’t supposed to. As the wrestlers brawled, one of the cameras caught a shot of the lever that was supposed to turn the electric chair ‘ON’. However, in that shot, the lever was already ‘ON’ and nothing was happening. So when the match came to its pre-booked end, one of the wrestlers had to pull the lever down to ‘OFF’ before turning it back ‘ON’ again and electrifying the hapless soul stuck in the chair.

In terms of actual wrestling, not much happened and there wasn’t much structure. Big moves were hit in the opening minutes, there was senseless brawling and blading, weapons were used, and Abdullah the Butcher ended up getting ‘electrocuted’.

This isn’t bad in an infuriating way; it’s just so bad it’s ridiculous, so thankfully it got lampooned in the Botchamania series.