10 Worst WWE Matches Of The 1980s

5. Greg Valentine vs. The Junkyard Dog - WrestleMania I

The New York crowd in Madison Square Garden were especially expectant for this new extravaganza dubbed WrestleMania, with its tagline of ‘The Greatest Wrestling Event of All Time’. 

Great wrestling was not the flavour of the evening, as sports entertainment theatrics were relied on to make up for a lack of thrilling in-ring action. 

The Intercontinental Championship match between Greg Valentine and Junkyard Dog certainly didn’t provide any thrills. 

JYD’s weak headbutts were hardly convincing and The Hammer noticeably had to lower his level in order to get something barely watchable out of the Dog. 

It was actually Valentine’s manager Jimmy Hart who provided the most excitement here, by taking a scary spill onto the concrete floor shortly before the weak count-out ending, coming right after a match that ended in a double disqualification, no less.

An early low point for the prestigious IC Title on the Grandest Stage.