Hello BallzOfSteel,
i felt the same way at the beginning, it was rather unfair imo at the time but there is a valid reason for this as Quakkz already said.
There is no way someone wants to wait hours to get into a match with someone who has a similar rating,
My simple advice, just play and read guides. I did horrible in my first two PVP seasons, barely could reach 200 rating but the two follow up seasons I made it to Top25 (see my signature), you just have to figure out the meta and what you wanna play, adjust your pokemons (right nature, high important IV's, ev training and ofc movesets and items).
Have a nice day!