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VOTE: Worst WWE pay-per-view names

By Anton Toloui, WWE Editor

Monday 3 July 2017 10:27, UK

WWE Great Balls of Fire is live on Sky Sports Box Office at 1am on Monday.
Image: WWE Great Balls of Fire is live on Sky Sports Box Office at 1am on Monday

Great Balls of Fire has been criticised by fans as one of the worst names for a WWE pay-per-view ever.

We've compiled our Top Ten, let us know which you think is the dodgiest name in the vote at the bottom of the page.

WWE's 'Capitol Punishment' was a not so clever play on words for the event hosted in Washington D.C.
Image: WWE's 'Capitol Punishment' was a not so clever play on words for the event hosted in Washington D.C

10) Capitol Punishment (2011)

I'm not sure what's worse: the terrible Washington-based pun, the fact that R-Truth battled for the WWE Championship or naming an event after the death penalty.

There were three 'Over the Limit' events from 2010-12.
Image: There were three 'Over the Limit' events from 2010-12

9) Over the Limit (2010-12)

Seems like inappropriate naming was a theme a few years ago, this one taking drink-driving as its inspiration.

Insurrextion was a short-lived pay-per-view from the U.K.
Image: Insurrextion was a short-lived pay-per-view from the U.K.

8) InsurreXtion (2000-3)

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Yes, it was nice to have a regular event in the U.K. but did everything look cooler with a big 'X' in it in the early 00s?

Despite the terrible name, 'Taboo Tuesday' was held twice.
Image: Despite the terrible name, 'Taboo Tuesday' was held twice

7) Taboo Tuesday (2004-5)

I'm not sure what was 'taboo' about a scheduled pay-per-view but at least it was an alliteration.

The 'one night stand' was repeated by WWE on various occasions.
Image: The 'one night stand' was repeated by WWE on various occasions

6) One Night Stand (2005-8)

A key life lesson; don't repeat a one night stand.

WWE actually named a pay-per-view after a massacre.
Image: WWE actually named a pay-per-view after a massacre

5) St Valentine's Day Massacre (1999)

An event named after an actual murder that saw seven people lose their lives seems more than a little insensitive.

'Beware of Dog' is up there in the pantheon of terrible pay-per-view names.
Image: 'Beware of Dog' is up there in the pantheon of terrible pay-per-view names

4) Beware of Dog (1996)

Wrong for two reasons. Firstly, it's a lazy title. Secondly, where's the 'the'?

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The Beast Brock Lesnar takes on the contender Samoa Joe on WWE Great Balls of Fire

3) Great Balls of Fire (2017)

It had to feature but at least it has the Jerry Lee Lewis song in the promo.

Season's Beatings was sold around Bret Hart's family feud with the British Bulldog.
Image: Season's Beatings was sold around Bret Hart's family feud with the British Bulldog

2) Season's Beatings (1995)

"It'll be more like season's beatings for the Hart family" the promo at the start of the pay-per-view cheekily exclaimed ahead of the main event between Bret Hart and brother-in-law British Bulldog.

December to Dismember didn't become an annual event.
Image: December to Dismember didn't become an annual event

1) December to Dismember (2006)

WWE brought back this ECW event after an eleven-year absence, it wasn't seen again.

WWE Great Balls of Fire is live on Sky Sports Box Office at 1am on July 10.

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