5 Worst Wrestling Matches Of 2017

#2 Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss – Kendo Stick on a Pole – Extreme Rules

No wrestler suffered a worse transition from NXT to the main roster than Bayley. In NXT, she was booked as a gutsy underdog with a child-like naiveté to her that made her almost endearing.

On the main roster, that was translated into her being a 5-year-old girl in a 28-year-old woman’s body. This was put on full display in the dreaded ‘this is your life’ segment that set up the eventual match between these two women.

But instead of doing the logical thing and having Bayley get her revenge, Bliss was inexplicably booked to win in a 5-minute nothing match that lacked any real excitement. The whole thing felt rushed and void of story, leading many people to speculate that WWE were trying to bury the entire feud as quickly as possible.

Although Bliss has managed to move beyond this atrocious match and rivalry, Bayley has suffered so much that her character gets little to no reaction whatsoever anymore. Maybe if WWE actually let her get her revenge, that wouldn’t be the case.