5 Worst Wrestling Matches Of 2005

#2. Big Show vs. Akebono - Sumo Match - WrestleMania 21

For some strange reason, WWE had a fixation with humiliating the Big Show whenever possible. Instead of booking him as an André the Giant-like monster who almost never lost, WWE embarrassed Big Show, turning him into a typical ‘big dummy’ who almost never won.

At WrestleMania 21, Big Show was shoe-horned into a bizarre rivalry with sumo champion Akebono, which then translated into an actual ‘sumo match’ between the two of them. This ‘match’ lasted all of one minute and added nothing to the show.

If anything, this was the perfect example of a ‘cooldown match’, one that’s designed to calm down an audience after a great match (in this case, the one that preceded this joke of a match was Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels, one of the best matches of 2005 and in WrestleMania history).

Not too long ago, Big Show lamented that in retrospect he had been booked ‘horribly’ in his WWE career, and this match was the perfect example of that booking in action. Instead of being treated like a genuine big star, he was the stereotypical ‘big oaf’ that WWE likes to book far too often.