Post by fivecount on Feb 22, 2018 23:57:17 GMT -5
I've been to 38 wrestling shows in my life with the vast majority being WWF/WWE. Here are the best main events I've seen. Curious about the best shows you guys have seen. (Oh, and I have pics that I took from almost all of these shows if you are interested in seeing any).
WWF:
1. Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage - House show in 1987 for the title. Liz was with Randy.
2. Hulk Hogan vs. Triple H (#1 Contender's Match, Smackdown) - 2002. Hogan & HHH "tied" in a battle royal to kick off the show, so this was setup as the main event. Sat front row center. Amazing to see these two square off that close.
3. Randy Savage & Strike Force vs. Honky Tonk Man & Hart Foundation in a Steel Cage - 1988. Savage, Santana, Martel, Honkytonk, Bret & Neidhart in a cage. Pretty great lineup and the first cage match I ever saw.
4. Triple H vs. Chris Jericho (Triple H wins the IC Title, Smackdown) - 2001. Was shocked to see the title change. This was two days after WM17.
5. Steve Austin (Champ) & Triple H (IC Champ) vs. Kane & Undertaker (Tag Champs) - 2001 house show. Fun match with all of the champs.
6. Junkyard Dog vs. Nikolai Volkoff - 1987. First WWF show I ever got to go to. Slick was w/Volkoff. Was advertised as Duggan & JYD vs. Sheik & Volkoff, but Duggan & Sheik got fired a few weeks before this show.
7. Rock & Kane vs. Kurt Angle & Chris Jericho (Raw) - Great names in this one, but no real story.
8. Jerry Lawler & Jim Ross vs. William Regal & Lance Storm (Raw) - 2002. Fun because JR is from here, but c'mon. Dudley Boyz helped Lawler & JR to the win.
WWE:
1. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins (Raw, Cena gets his nose broken legit) - 2015. This was a great match.
2. Triple H vs. Roman Reigns (Reigns wins the title, Wrestlemania 32) - Don't care too much for Roman, but the Main Event at Wrestlemania is hard to beat in person.
3. The Royal Rumble (Orton wins, 2017) - While I was disappointed in this show, it was still cool to see a Rumble, finally. Only time I've seen Goldberg in person, so that was cool too.
4. Kurt Angle vs. John Cena (Unforgiven 05) - First PPV I'd ever been to. These guys can both go.
5. Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero (Lumberjack Match, Surprise return of Big Show, Smackdown) - 2004. Who wouldn't want to see these two in their prime?
6. John Cena vs. Edge (Saturday Night's Main Event) - 2006. Good feud.
7. John Cena vs. Edge (Raw, Dark) - 2005.
8. Randy Orton vs. Roman Reigns (Street Fight, Guest Ref Ric Flair) - 2014. Flair was a nice surprise for a house show.
9. Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit & Randy Orton vs. Triple H, Batista & Edge (Raw, Dark) - 2005. Lots of big names.
10. Dean Ambrose vs. AJ Styles (Streetfight) - 2016. House show for the title. They put on a good show.
11. Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens - 2016. House show. Got to take my son to meek Owens the next morning due to a mutual friend. He was so great with my son. Big fan of his because of this.
12. Seth Rollins & Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro & Dean Ambrose (Smackdown) - 2015. Sat front row. Match was nothing to write home about.
13. Seth Rollins & Big Show vs. Ryback & Erick Rowan (Smackdown) - 2014. My son's first Smackdown, so super fun. Pretty rough main event though.
14. CM Punk & Sheamus vs. Miz & R-Truth (Raw) 2011. Just wasn't into this one at all.
NXT:
Samoa Joe & Tye Dillinger vs. Finn Balor & Shinsuke Nakamura - 2016. Front row, so that was fun. My son got to hug Bayley. Nakamura is awesome.
Others
WCW:
Vader vs. Sting
Jake Roberts & Rick Rude vs. Sting & Nikita Koloff
UWF:
Steve Williams vs. Big Bubba Rogers (Dr. Death wins the title, Dusty Rhodes bullroped to Skandor Akbar during match)
Ric Flair vs. Jimmy Garvin
Steve Williams vs. Terry Gordy
Steve Williams vs. One Man Gang
CSWA:
Porkchop Cash & Ken Timbs vs. Bart Batten & Ric McCord
Indy Shows:
Matt & Jeff Hardy vs. War Machine
Matt Hardy vs. Alberto Del Rio
X-Pac & Billy Gunn w/Kevin Nash vs. Moose & Local Guy
X-Pac & Scott Steiner w/Scott Hall vs. Local Guys
Kamala vs. Local Guy
Vader vs. Local Guy
Honky Tonk Man vs. Local Guy
Doink vs. Local Guy
WWF:
1. Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage - House show in 1987 for the title. Liz was with Randy.
2. Hulk Hogan vs. Triple H (#1 Contender's Match, Smackdown) - 2002. Hogan & HHH "tied" in a battle royal to kick off the show, so this was setup as the main event. Sat front row center. Amazing to see these two square off that close.
3. Randy Savage & Strike Force vs. Honky Tonk Man & Hart Foundation in a Steel Cage - 1988. Savage, Santana, Martel, Honkytonk, Bret & Neidhart in a cage. Pretty great lineup and the first cage match I ever saw.
4. Triple H vs. Chris Jericho (Triple H wins the IC Title, Smackdown) - 2001. Was shocked to see the title change. This was two days after WM17.
5. Steve Austin (Champ) & Triple H (IC Champ) vs. Kane & Undertaker (Tag Champs) - 2001 house show. Fun match with all of the champs.
6. Junkyard Dog vs. Nikolai Volkoff - 1987. First WWF show I ever got to go to. Slick was w/Volkoff. Was advertised as Duggan & JYD vs. Sheik & Volkoff, but Duggan & Sheik got fired a few weeks before this show.
7. Rock & Kane vs. Kurt Angle & Chris Jericho (Raw) - Great names in this one, but no real story.
8. Jerry Lawler & Jim Ross vs. William Regal & Lance Storm (Raw) - 2002. Fun because JR is from here, but c'mon. Dudley Boyz helped Lawler & JR to the win.
WWE:
1. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins (Raw, Cena gets his nose broken legit) - 2015. This was a great match.
2. Triple H vs. Roman Reigns (Reigns wins the title, Wrestlemania 32) - Don't care too much for Roman, but the Main Event at Wrestlemania is hard to beat in person.
3. The Royal Rumble (Orton wins, 2017) - While I was disappointed in this show, it was still cool to see a Rumble, finally. Only time I've seen Goldberg in person, so that was cool too.
4. Kurt Angle vs. John Cena (Unforgiven 05) - First PPV I'd ever been to. These guys can both go.
5. Kurt Angle vs. Eddie Guerrero (Lumberjack Match, Surprise return of Big Show, Smackdown) - 2004. Who wouldn't want to see these two in their prime?
6. John Cena vs. Edge (Saturday Night's Main Event) - 2006. Good feud.
7. John Cena vs. Edge (Raw, Dark) - 2005.
8. Randy Orton vs. Roman Reigns (Street Fight, Guest Ref Ric Flair) - 2014. Flair was a nice surprise for a house show.
9. Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit & Randy Orton vs. Triple H, Batista & Edge (Raw, Dark) - 2005. Lots of big names.
10. Dean Ambrose vs. AJ Styles (Streetfight) - 2016. House show for the title. They put on a good show.
11. Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens - 2016. House show. Got to take my son to meek Owens the next morning due to a mutual friend. He was so great with my son. Big fan of his because of this.
12. Seth Rollins & Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro & Dean Ambrose (Smackdown) - 2015. Sat front row. Match was nothing to write home about.
13. Seth Rollins & Big Show vs. Ryback & Erick Rowan (Smackdown) - 2014. My son's first Smackdown, so super fun. Pretty rough main event though.
14. CM Punk & Sheamus vs. Miz & R-Truth (Raw) 2011. Just wasn't into this one at all.
NXT:
Samoa Joe & Tye Dillinger vs. Finn Balor & Shinsuke Nakamura - 2016. Front row, so that was fun. My son got to hug Bayley. Nakamura is awesome.
Others
WCW:
Vader vs. Sting
Jake Roberts & Rick Rude vs. Sting & Nikita Koloff
UWF:
Steve Williams vs. Big Bubba Rogers (Dr. Death wins the title, Dusty Rhodes bullroped to Skandor Akbar during match)
Ric Flair vs. Jimmy Garvin
Steve Williams vs. Terry Gordy
Steve Williams vs. One Man Gang
CSWA:
Porkchop Cash & Ken Timbs vs. Bart Batten & Ric McCord
Indy Shows:
Matt & Jeff Hardy vs. War Machine
Matt Hardy vs. Alberto Del Rio
X-Pac & Billy Gunn w/Kevin Nash vs. Moose & Local Guy
X-Pac & Scott Steiner w/Scott Hall vs. Local Guys
Kamala vs. Local Guy
Vader vs. Local Guy
Honky Tonk Man vs. Local Guy
Doink vs. Local Guy