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April Wrasslin |OT| WrassleMania Sucked
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ElRenoRaven
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antonz said:
Yup. She was damn smart to speak up and show that fight. She honestly seemed to want to be there so much more then either of the other two.
Professor Beef
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I'm with you on the ladder match. The commentary helped elevate the already great match.jobber said:
Ninja Scooter
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Hogan/Warrior-Wrestlemania 6.
Mr. Enigma
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The irony of all this is that WWE actively avoids hiring writers with any wrestling knowledge. If you asked a potential writer what their favorite match was and they said Melina vs. Alicia Fox, they'd get hired instantly.
ElRenoRaven
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Wow. Decided to look up Michelle from the show. She's actually married to Johnny Fairplay. I did not know. Course I've never closely followed the stupid sob.
Evening Musuko
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Hey Musuko still cool! You pay later! Later!Professor Beef said:
Also, I became a member during the TrippleTaker match I think.
EDIT: since we're doing favorite matches, HBK-Austin, Wrestlemania 14.
Professor Beef
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What a time to level up.Evening Musuko said:
Damn, after thinking about the Hardy/Taker ladder match, I feel like popping in that ladder match dvd to see it again.
ElRenoRaven
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Lunchbox said:
Nope this one is the last time tonight.
ElRenoRaven
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God I really don't think I could pick just one favorite. There are just too many great matches I've watched through the years.
Lost Fragment
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DDP/Goldberg Halloween Havoc....1998? I'm not sure if that's my favorite match of all time, but it's definitely up there.
Reneledarker
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Favorite match: El Hijo del Santo vs Ultimo Dragon, so many good memories of when I was a kid.
WWF/WWE match: Brock Lesnar vs Kurt Angle last man standing on Smackdown or Wrestlemania match, can't decide.
WWF/WWE match: Brock Lesnar vs Kurt Angle last man standing on Smackdown or Wrestlemania match, can't decide.
Lost Fragment
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dream said:
Not to my knowledge. It's the one where DDP reversed the jackhammer into the diamond cutter.
sf2fanatic
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Anyone catch ROH tonight? That 6 man tag was awesome...
Best WM match? too hard to choose but WM 2000 with the triple tag team championship ladder match. Edge/Christian v Dudleyz v Hardys
Best WM match? too hard to choose but WM 2000 with the triple tag team championship ladder match. Edge/Christian v Dudleyz v Hardys
cartoon_soldier
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Cena should be champion at next Rumble
Rock should return at Rumble and lose
Eliminate Cena at Elimination Chamber. Not a "suprise", but as a participant
Only way to rehype the match.
Rock should return at Rumble and lose
Eliminate Cena at Elimination Chamber. Not a "suprise", but as a participant
Only way to rehype the match.
noclevername620
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Sting/Flair Clash of the Champions 1988. Made me a wrestling fan.
British Monsoon
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jobber said:
Either Misawa/Hansen or DiBiase/Flair.
Misawa/Hansen because it really put Misawa over as a huge threat in AJPW - he'd beaten Jumbo, but Tsurta was ageing, Stan Hansen was a totally different matter and these two damn near killed each other in the course of this match. Then Hansen lay down for a Misawa lariat, the implication of which can't be overstated - this was a huge deal and gave Misawa all the credibility he ever needed.
Flair/DiBiase from Mid-South because it's the most perfect heel > face turn ever pulled off in wrestling. At the start of the night, DiBiase was one of the most hated heels in Mid-South, but by the end he had the whole arena chanting his name and was a babyface for life in the Mid-South territory. Flair was the NWA Champion and had defended the belt a number of times in Mid-South between '84 and '85, but said this would be his last title defence in Mid-South. The babyfaces started in-fighting for the right to face Flair, but Cowboy Bill Watts gave the title shot to Ted DiBiase who, although hated, had not received a title shot for well over a year. DiBiase comes out to a chorus of boos, but before the match can start babyface Dick Murdoch comes down and tells Teddy to take a back seat as he can't get the job done. Ted refuses so Murdoch clocks him out of nowhere and busts him wide open. Ted's taken to the back, while Flair celebrates not having to defend his belt ever again in Mid-South. Later in the show we're brought updates on the 'arterial laceration' suffered by Teddy. As the show progresses, it appears Ted's going to wrestle. Flair can't believe it, neither can Murdoch, or the fans. So when Teddy walks out to face Flair in the main event, the whole place goes wild chanting Ted's name - DiBiase and Flair proceed to have an awesome match that's cut short by Dick Murdoch interference who takes Teddy to the outside and gives him a brainbuster on the concrete. DiBiase is counted out, Flair laughs like a madman while the fans boo Murdoch. It's supposed to be a career ending injury, but DiBiase returns 3 months later after his tour of Japan and takes up the role of the top babyface in the company, feuding with Murdoch. A perfect heel turn for Dick Murdoch and a perfect face turn for Ted DiBiase, all accomplished in the space of 60 minutes. I'd like to see today's WWE creative team show a fraction of the booking skill displayed in Mid-South.
Evening Musuko
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Nah, it is. IIRC they showed the whole thing the next night on Nitro.Lost Fragment said:
dream
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If we're going to nerd out, I remember tape trading for a Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi match where the entire thing built up to one spot where Dr. Death kills him dead with a backdrop driver. That match has always stuck with me.
Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBfBor6D950
Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBfBor6D950
Lost Fragment
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Evening Musuko said:
Oh, yeah Wikipedia says you're right.
On that note, I'll never understand why Bret Hart was ever midcard in WCW.
Some great suggestions. I'm not sure what my absolute favs are, but thinking on it, besides the obvious like the Ironman match or Foley-Taker, I suppose I have a nostalgia thing for Intercontinental title matches held at Summerslam in MSG.
Perfect-Hart SS91
Trips-Rock Ladder Match SS98
Both different eras, but both have great action, great commentary with a great crowd in the perfect venue. Also, both non-main events, and a reminder of what this company was once capable of with their "lesser" title. Damn.
Perfect-Hart SS91
Trips-Rock Ladder Match SS98
Both different eras, but both have great action, great commentary with a great crowd in the perfect venue. Also, both non-main events, and a reminder of what this company was once capable of with their "lesser" title. Damn.
British Monsoon
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dream said:
That's an awesome match, the whole finishing stretch is crazy - Kobashi kicking out of the first backdrop driver was huge, then the place just goes nuts once they see he's still moving after taking a 2nd, sicker backdrop driver, then Steve Williams just kills him with the 3rd. Fantastic match, hell, pretty much any combination of Misawa/Kobashi vs the gaijins of that era made for a fantastic match.
Here's the full thing; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXWoDux066c
ElRenoRaven
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Bootaaay said:
Ah Classic Dr Death. Reminds me of days gone buy. Watching that again makes me wish there would be a proper collection of his matches from Japan and the Mid South territory. He regularly had great matches.
AdawgDaFAB
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It is too hard for me to think of one single favorite match of mine.
However, one match I love watching is the Danielson/Aries 2/3 Falls match from RoH Testing the Limit in 2004. There is just something special about the way that match built up to that big submission spot that I absolutely love.
That match and the RoH 2004 Samoa Joe-CM Punk trilogy are matches I really enjoy watching with friends who have never seen them before. If I were to think of a few somewhat recent others I really loved I would say the first few Desmond Wolfe vs Kurt Angle PPV matches in TNA and the AJ-Joe-Daniels triple threat matches.
However, one match I love watching is the Danielson/Aries 2/3 Falls match from RoH Testing the Limit in 2004. There is just something special about the way that match built up to that big submission spot that I absolutely love.
That match and the RoH 2004 Samoa Joe-CM Punk trilogy are matches I really enjoy watching with friends who have never seen them before. If I were to think of a few somewhat recent others I really loved I would say the first few Desmond Wolfe vs Kurt Angle PPV matches in TNA and the AJ-Joe-Daniels triple threat matches.
As for my favorite match, Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat 2/3 falls match. Not much you can put on highlight reels from it but all the little things both men did added up to a perfect wrestling match.
Also have Stone Cold vs Hart WM13, Kobashi vs Williams, Misawa vs Kawada, Benoit/Jericho vs Austin/HHH, Misawa/Kobashi vs Kawada/Taue and Benoit vs Kurt Angle on the top of the list.
In more recent years my favorites are Kenta vs Marufuji at the end of '06, HBK vs Taker I and II, Samoa Joe vs Kobashi and HHH vs Benoit vs HBK.
Also have Stone Cold vs Hart WM13, Kobashi vs Williams, Misawa vs Kawada, Benoit/Jericho vs Austin/HHH, Misawa/Kobashi vs Kawada/Taue and Benoit vs Kurt Angle on the top of the list.
In more recent years my favorites are Kenta vs Marufuji at the end of '06, HBK vs Taker I and II, Samoa Joe vs Kobashi and HHH vs Benoit vs HBK.
AdawgDaFAB
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Judderman said:
Only thing that would have been better is if Cristina was there beside her when she said that.
British Monsoon
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Speaking of ROH, a few favourites of mine would have to be Aries ending Joe's title reign in ROH, the American Dragon/Paul London 2/3 falls match, the Low Ki match against Joe in his debut, Kobashi/Joe for obvious reasons and the Dragon/Nigel title unification match (even if those damn unprotected head shots to the turnbuckle post make me feel kinda ill).
Seriously, it's mind blowing how easy the internet has made following wrestling. I kinda miss the tape trading days though, it'd be awesome getting a box through and having no real idea of what was on the tapes. I discovered so many promotions and wrestlers I would've never even heard of thanks to tape trading.
dream said:
Seriously, it's mind blowing how easy the internet has made following wrestling. I kinda miss the tape trading days though, it'd be awesome getting a box through and having no real idea of what was on the tapes. I discovered so many promotions and wrestlers I would've never even heard of thanks to tape trading.
Keyser Soze
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AdawgDaFAB said:
FallingEdge
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ZeroRay said:
I loved those matches. Totally forgot about them. I need to watch them again.
Glory By Honor V - Night 2 is my favorite wrestling event of all time. Every match on the show is amazing.
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Gamer98 said:
Yeah man, I totally agree. I love shitting up threads about things I have no interest in too!
Conrad Link
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Not sure if its ever been on a Botchamania before (probably?) but I was just thinking about this earlier today when Bourne touched the rope with his foot then moved away before he tapped out.
I remember laughing my ass off about this sooooooooo much with my friends when we were younger, just the absurdity of it all was hilarious. Its like what is going on?? Why is the ref counting Hogan like he has leverage advantage?? lol. Then Sting just lets go for no reason lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mazEIAL3UWM#t=13m34s
Hogan must of been like wtf?
lol.
I remember laughing my ass off about this sooooooooo much with my friends when we were younger, just the absurdity of it all was hilarious. Its like what is going on?? Why is the ref counting Hogan like he has leverage advantage?? lol. Then Sting just lets go for no reason lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mazEIAL3UWM#t=13m34s
Hogan must of been like wtf?
lol.
AdawgDaFAB
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Well most of them have some kind of experience. Watts is a west coast worker and I know that Matthew Capiccioni = M-Dogg 20.
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