Seasonally-festive wrestling is a great little joy in this sport, and throughout the existence of WCW, fans got Halloween Havoc every late October. In a lot of ways, Halloween Havoc was a pay-per-view like any other with big title matches, grudges being settled, and so on, but there were also some special gimmick matches of varying quality.

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Halloween Havoc has delivered some true classics like Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio in 1997, but it’s also been host to some all-time terrible matches. Without further ado, let’s use the ratings on Cagematch.net to determine which Halloween Havoc matches fans consider the dirt-worst.

10 Lex Luger vs. Meng (WCW Halloween Havoc, 10/29/1995) - 5.56

A 5.56 isn’t the worst, but it turns out there aren’t enough Cagematch ratings on infamously poor bouts like the 1992 Coal Miner’s Glove match for there to be an “official” rating. As a result, Lex Luger has two spots on this list, both on the same show. He started out taking on Meng as part of the WCW vs. Dungeon of Doom storyline going on at the time, winning by DQ thanks to Meng’s manager Kevin Sullivan in order to sow some discord with the faces by making it look like Lex might be affiliated with the Dungeon.

9 Mike Rotunda vs. The Z-Man (WCW Halloween Havoc, 10/28/1989) - 5.00

Opening the 1989 edition of Halloween Havoc is maybe one of the least exciting matchups of all time as the future Irwin R. Schyster went 13 minutes with fellow journeyman The Z-Man, a.k.a. Tom Zenk. While some Cagematch users are more charitable to this bout than others, the ultimate consensus is that this contest is well wrestled on a technical level, but lacking in any excitement. Looking back on it, it’s bizarre that this was slotted as the opening match.

8 Bret Hart vs. Sting (WCW Halloween Havoc, 10/25/1998) - 4.90

Bret Hart and Sting have no business being on any worst-of list, but this match is, if nothing else, a sign of the state of WCW circa 1998. The end of 1997 saw Sting at the height of his popularity and coolness, while Bret Hart was fresh off of an infamous moment that fans are still discussing today and ready to take WCW by storm. Then Starrcade ‘97 happened.

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By Halloween Havoc, Sting was challenging Bret Hart for the US Title in a match that should have happened much sooner after Starrcade. As it was, fans were underwhelmed by this slow, plodding 15-minute effort, claiming that both competitors were unmotivated.

7 Lex Luger vs. Randy Savage (WCW Halloween Havoc, 10/29/1995) - 4.50

Thanks to Lex Luger’s DQ win earlier in the evening, he took on ally Randy Savage in the penultimate match of Halloween Havoc ‘95, and it appeared that Kevin Sullivan’s plan to encourage distrust among the heroes was working. Story-wise, this match has a clear purpose, but many Cagematch users balked at what an afterthought it seemed like after the weird monster truck fight between Hulk Hogan and The Giant. On top of that, Jimmy Hart’s interference in the bout didn’t seem to help matters.

6 The Road Warriors vs. The Skyscrapers (WCW Halloween Havoc, 10/28/1989) - 4.14

Just before the main event of Halloween Havoc ‘89 is The Road Warriors clashing with the team of Dan Spivey and Sid Vicious, managed by Teddy Long. Cagematch users rate this match pretty low because Sid was pretty green at the time and thus seemed a little clueless in the ring. Which makes sense considering he only has half a brain. Either way, this slugfest ends with Teddy Long handing The Skyscrapers a giant key that they use to earn the much-desired DQ finish.

5 The Cuban Assassin vs. Tommy Rich (WCW Halloween Havoc, 10/28/1989) - 3.50

Based on the number of entries this PPV earned, one would think that Halloween Havoc ‘89 was the worst one. This is not the case -- it's definitely Halloween Havoc 2000 -- but this 1989 card does have some notably weak matches, including this match between former NWA World Champion Tommy Rich and perennial undercarder The Cuban Assassin. According to Cagematch users, this uninspired matchup is somehow more boring than the Mike Rotunda/Z-Man bout that opened up the show.

4 Kevin Nash vs. Scott Hall (WCW Halloween Havoc, 10/25/1998) - 3.43

While Diesel and Razor Ramon had a pretty good match at SummerSlam ‘94, the same can’t be said for the WCW iteration of Kevin Nash and Scott Hall four years later at Halloween Havoc. The storyline leading up to this is questionable at best, playing off of Hall’s real-life substance abuse issues in typically poor taste for mainstream pro wrestling.

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The match itself is no better -- Nash absolutely destroyed Hall, only to abruptly leave the ring for an intentional countout loss that baffled Cagematch users.

3 Abdullah The Butcher, Big Van Vader, Cactus Jack & The Diamond Studd vs. El Gigante, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner & Sting (WCW Halloween Havoc, 10/27/1991) - 2.88

The most Halloween Havoc match possible happened in the 1991 edition with a “Chamber of Horrors” match, a four-on-four brawl in an “electrified” steel cage with the goal of putting someone in an electric chair and throwing the switch. It’s a completely insane idea, but one that has its admirers, even on a workrate-obsessed site like Cagematch. Many write it off as a mess, but some chalk that up to WCW’s production crew not knowing how to shoot such a chaotic match. Believe it or not, this is the OPENER.

2 Hulk Hogan vs. The Giant (WCW Halloween Havoc, 10/29/1995) - 1.67

Preceded by a rooftop monster truck fight between Hulk Hogan and The Giant (which is less awesome than it sounds), this bout is one of the many nadirs of WCW. It’s the sort of main event where concepts like “drama” and “storytelling” exclusively amount to “loads of run-ins” and the finish involves The Giant winning the World Title exclusively based on a needlessly contrived contract stipulation. The most important part of this match is what happens after: the debut of The Yeti, one of the most hilarious things that’s ever happened in wrestling.

1 Hollywood Hogan vs. The Warrior (WCW Halloween Havoc, 10/25/1998) - 0.50

This is the match that wrestling journalist and critic Dave Meltzer infamously gave a legendary MINUS FIVE STARS. Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior put on a classic at WrestleMania VI, but eight years later, these two had a full-on feud in WCW that involved Warrior stalking Hogan with supernatural powers, all leading to this disaster. Overbooked and lacking in energy, this match between two past-their-prime egomaniacs lives up to its infamy, all leading to a silly finish involving a fireball -- and they didn’t even get THAT right.