5 Worst Wrestling Matches Of 2016

#4 Dean Ambrose vs. Chris Jericho – Asylum Match - Extreme Rules

This match was supposed to be a serious and violent brawl inside a cage with weapons inside. What we got instead was a boring match that went WAY too long and had fans chanting for Seth Rollins halfway through…despite Rollins not even being on the show.

Then again, what would you expect for a match that was built on a plant being ‘killed’ and a jacket being destroyed?

From the very beginning, the actual violence felt more like slapstick comedy than anything too serious. Everything felt slow and uninteresting, especially as the weapon spots looked like jokes. From using a mop and Nunchucks to Jericho trying to lock Ambrose in a straightjacket (get it? Because he’s crazy), this match went downhill fast. The fans only cared for two things in this match: Jericho being dropped onto a bed of thumbtacks, and Ambrose’s Dirty Deeds (the latter being because it brought the end of the match).

Don’t be surprised if such a match never occurs again. the match had all the wrong elements working against it: poor in-ring action, a lame premise, a bad spot on the card (it went on right after the Intercontinental title Fatal-4-way match, which was great), and went for twenty-seven minutes yet felt like double that length. It was an utter failure of a match if there ever was one.