10 WWE Title PPV Matches Nobody Remembers
Nobody remembers these WWE Title matches
6. The Rock vs. X-Pac - Capital Carnage
While WWE might have been red-hot during the Attitude Era, their UK-exclusive pay-per-views during this time were typically lukewarm.
1998’s Capital Carnage, which took place in the London Arena, was no exception.
Its main event – a four-way between Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Kane and Mankind – was heavy on star power and featured an appearance from Vinnie Jones, but the rest of the card was full of short, basic matches that failed to ignite.
One of the best of a bad bunch was corporate champion The Rock defending his WWE Title against X-Pac.
Both men are good workers and the 12-and-a-half-minute bout had its moments, but most of the emphasis was on the interaction between The Great One and X-Pac’s DX stablemates Chyna and Triple H, who were stationed at ringside.
This also played into the weak finish, as the champ got disqualified after getting into it with The Game.
Nobody bought X-Pac (who had been made to look like a geek on television in the weeks leading up to the show) as a proper challenger who had a hope of winning and the match felt arbitrary as a result.
