5 Worst Wrestling Matches Of 2013

#2 Randy Orton vs. Big Show – Survivor series

These two had one of the most boring main event matches of all time

The fall of 2013 was incredibly bizarre. For some strange reason, WWE thought Big Show, and not super-popular Daniel Bryan, should be main-eventing in WWE title matches. Unfortunately, the booking during their segments was disappointing, and Big Show had a lot of segments that involved him crying.

They tried to make him into a sympathetic giant, but no one bought it, especially since Big Show changes allegiance ten times each year. This bizarre booking led to a WWE championship match for Big Show at Survivor Series, which was one of the worst WWE PPV main events of the year.

Big Show and Orton wrestled a match that was so boring the crowd started chanting ‘boring’ early into the match. The in-ring action wasn’t anything special, and Orton, in particular, worked his regular match without anything exceptional being done to make this into a more important contest.

Then, to exacerbate the poor quality, the Authority interfered (complete with entrance music), which led to Big Show being distracted long enough for Orton to hit an RKO. At that moment, Show turned into the ‘big dumb giant’ again and lost due to the ridiculous concept of outside interference.

Well, WWE must’ve acknowledged their own asinine booking because in the weeks that followed, they basically retconned this entire rivalry. They treated it as though it never happened and expected their fans to follow suit. Unfortunately, fans don’t have selective memories; they remember the bad as much as the good, and this match and story were both very, very bad.