10 Worst WWE Matches Of 2023

8. Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso - SummerSlam

At the aforementioned Money in the Bank, Jey Uso finally scored a measure of revenge over his table-heading cousin when he became the first person to pin Roman Reigns since 2019. 

This set the stage for a blockbuster SummerSlam main event - Roman versus Jey for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship once again, but now with even more history and emotional weight behind it.

WWE couldn’t lose… until they did. The match - which was labelled “tribal combat” (but was basically just a standard No DQ), was overly long and plodding and then the finish only made everything worse. 

Jey looked to have the match won, when a man in a hoodie broke things up. The mysterious invader then revealed himself to be… Jimmy Uso. The same Jimmy Uso who had been the one to turn on Roman in the first place. The same Jimmy Uso who had been out of action for weeks following a brutal beatdown from The Bloodline. That Jimmy Uso.

It made no sense at the time and it still doesn’t make a great deal more in hindsight. The whole thing stunk of “swerve for swerve’s sake”.